hi,
thanks for these contacts, of course, we are invited by Roman, the one that throws parties...
err, no, it's for working...
another interesting fact is that my friend Dirar Kalash, from palestina will come to join us and play in the final event :
27/12/08 20h
Final presentation of the winterLab
featuring the participants +
D.R.E.G.S / Diego el de Leon /
Praxis / Atari Noise Orchestra
cool, i won't be bored for xmas
saludos, sevy
Greg Pond wrote:
Yves,
I dont know if you have been to Cairo or not so I dont know if my message will be useful to you but I volunteer it anyway.
Cairo is a great and very interesting city. Much happened while I was there that left strong impressions- but as for exhibiting:
I was there working for the Ministry of Culture for a media arts exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts last year. I found that electronic media can present some challenges in Egypt. There were not many (any) people working in the Fine Arts Sector there with experience to handle work using max, PD, really anything other than dvd. I was only showing videos and jurying part of the exhibition but had to help with some installations too. Many of the people who work there were, however, eager to learn more and maybe things have changed.
Nagla Samir is really excellent to work with and very helpful, if you have not been corresponding with her, she works for the Sector of Fine Arts
Greg Niemeyer form UC Berkley here in the USA did some interesting work through the Whitehouse gallery in Cairo- whitehouse may be interesting for you http://studio.berkeley.edu/niemeyer/art.html http://www.gregniemeyer.com/
if Ursula Bachman, a Swiss artist who may still be living there, is around she can show show you parts of the city that are more interesting than what the ministry of culture will.
Roman, the Spanish cultural counsel in Cairo is an interesting man- very charming and has some interesting stories about his time working in Iran. He likes to entertain and throw parties. He also seemed to get on very well with Sector Fine Arts staff and took very good care of the Spanish artist in the show. The US cultural emissary in Cairo was, by contrast, a cunt.
today is Naguib Mafuz's birthday- enjoy your time in the alley. I hope some documentation of your work there will be posted online.
best, Greg
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:56 AM, yves degoyon ydegoyon@gmail.com wrote:
*Open* *Lab at the 11*^*th* * Cairo Bienale*
*21*^*st* * to 27*^*th* * of December 2008*
*Bab Gallery of the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art*
In the context of the 11^th Cairo Bienale, in cooperation with the Fine Arts Sector of the Ministry of Culture, the Embassy of Spain in Cairo and LABoral Centro de Arte, Hangar has the honour to present an Open Lab in the Bab Gallery, a week of intensive workshops for artists and technicians interested in working with DIY hardware, free software and tactical cartographies.
Program :
21-27/12/08 10h-13h Software - Pure Data : Yves Degoyon
21-27/12/08 14-19h Hardware - DIY Electronics : Diego Rodriguez Gomez
24/12/08 10h-19h Tactical Cartography : Pablo de Soto
27/12/08 20h Presentations & Lives
Free Entry. Limited places.
Reserve by email : _asistente.cultural@gmail.com mailto:asistente.cultural@gmail.com_
Bab Gallery of the Museum of Modern Egyptian Art
Guezira Grounds (Cairo Opera House Complex)
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