New series of Arab videotapes
Opens Sept 8 in Vancouver
Runs: Sept 8-9, 22-23, and Oct 13-14.
VANCOUVER - Starting on September 8, a new series at the Pacific Cinematheque brings together a startling array of voices that are not often heard: those of Arab artists. Curated by Vancouver-based artist Jayce Salloum, the series "in/tangible cartographies: new arab video" aims to shed new light on the experiences of people living in Palestine, North Africa and the Middle East.
For full program see:
www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html
Highlighted works include:
a. Award Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Elia Suleiman's, "Cyber Palestine", the tale of a modern day Mary and Joseph, two Palestinian returnees living in Gaza, and their confrontation with the Israeli occupation.
b. Belkacem Hadjadj's, "A Woman Taxi Driver in Sidi Bel-Abbes", about the only woman taxi driver in a traditional Algerian town divided by extremist political violence. The 52 minute video was voted Best Documentary Film at Qatar's Arab Screen Independent Film Festival.
c. Mounir Fatmi's, "Survival Signs", a fascinating contemporary video about the language's distingrating ability to communicate. It has been programmed at film and video festivals in Toronto, Amsterdam, Brussels, Tokyo, Casablanca and Locarno.
The series will be followed by the Oct 20 screening of Salloum's ongoing untitled project, with the artist in attendance. untitled was the work at he centre of last September's controversial Arab-Canadian art exhibit in Ottawa's Museum of Civilization, when the Museum sought to postone "The Lands Within Me," a large exhibition of works by Arab-Canadian artists, after the September 11 attacks.
in/tangible cartographies: new arab video
Sept 8-9, 22-23, Oct 13-14
More info: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html
untitled: Jayce Salloum 1999-2002
Sunday October 20 - 7:30 pm
More info: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/JayceUntitled.html
Pacific Cinematheque
1131 Howe Street (between Helmcken and Davie), Vancouver
24 Hour Info Line: 604 688 FILM
Web: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca
USEFUL LINKS
Full program details:
http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html
About Jayce Salloum:
http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?SALLOUMJ
About Jayce Salloum's untitled:
http://www.dijafragma.com/konverzacija/1salloum.htm
