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Start Date & Time
May 5, 2006
6:00 PM
GMT +2

End Date & Time
May 5, 2006
8:00 PM
GMT +2

Location
20 Safia Zaghloul St. off Kasr el Aini St.
El Mounira
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt

Event Cost
Free of charge

Event URL
http://www.openstudiocairo.com/

RSVP Info
Name: The Townhouse Gallery
Phone: (2 02) 576 80 86
E-mail: info@thetownhousegallery.com
Webpage: http://www.thetownhousegalle...

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Snapshot 1 & 2
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Snapshot 1 & 2 (part of the Open Studio 2006 project * ) is Screenings of Video Compilations from Istanbul (Curated by Basak Senova w/ NOMAD)

screened at the Contemporary Image Collective (CiC)
http://www.ciccairo.com/

A screening of short video works created by artists working in Istanbul. Each work addresses the relation of digital culture to urban context.

The curator will introduce the series and be available for discussion after the screening.

* Snapshot 1:
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- Turkish Light Arts, 2002 (ExtraStruggle)
- I/O Information Overbloated, 2005 (Erhan Muratoglu)
- Derdimi Anla, 1998 (ZeN)
- Istatistiklal, 2004 (Erhan Muratoglu - Ertug Uçar - Simge Goksoy)
- Deniz, 2005-2006 (Cem Yardimci - John Barret)
- Lost Postcard, 2004-2005 (Selda Asal - Ceren Oykut)
- Down-Under, 2005 (Guven Çatak)
- Abstraction, 2004 (Serap Dogan)
- SeashellSea, 2004 (Ozlem Sulak)

* Interval:
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Four days in Cairo (2005) Selda Asal

* Snapshot 2:
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- Strange Intimacy, 2005 (Hatice Güleryüz)
- Nigar, 2006 (Erhan Muratoglu)
- Unawarded Performances, 2005 (Gülsün Karamustafa)

Basak Senova is a curator, writer and designer based in Istanbul. She studied Literature and Graphic Design (MFA in Graphic Design and Ph.D. in Art, Design and Architecture at Bilkent University) and attended the 7th Curatorial Training Programme of Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam. She was the editor of art-ist 6 and was one of the founding members of NOMAD. She is also organizing ctrl_alt_del and Upgrade!Istanbul.

NOMAD is an Istanbul-based association that targets to produce and experiment new patterns in the digital art sphere by using various lenses of other disciplines. Since 2002, NOMAD has developed numerous local and international projects including festivals, exhibitions, performances, multimedia events, experimental film screenings, lectures, panels and publications.
http://www.nomad-tv.net

* Open Studio Project 2006
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An international residency programme in (Downtown) Cairo, Egypt - exploring creative approaches to sound.

The project is inspired by Cairo’s rich aural environment, one shaped by the city’s diverse narratives of sound, sound-making traditions and ongoing explorations of sound in contemporary music and the arts.



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Yahya Mekkawi
Yahya Mekkawi


Amr Mansour Hasan
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The Townhouse Gallery
Since its inception in 1998 (The Townhouse Gallery) has established itself as one of the region's leading independent spaces for art, providing an extensive program of visual arts, film, theatre and music. The three-floor main building, adjoining annex, and 650-meter converted factory space,...