Al-Ma'mal - Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem...

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/ Benji Boyadgian / Naoko TakaHashi / Tarek Al Ghoussein / The Tile Factory Inauguration - coming soon! / Youmna Chlala & Jeanette Gaussi /
Jerusalem Show V Programme Thursday October 27th, 2011 16:30 - 17:30 Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. Performing Language. Screening of documented performances related to issues of Language curated by Victoria Perez Royo. 18:00 The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd. Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoners' Section a needle in the binding, project by Beatrice Catanzaro Talks curated by Esmail Nashif Fur further information visit The Jerusalem Show Link located above or go to: http://almamalfoundation.org/jshow/


Our 2010 Wall Calendar is out! The 2010 wall Calendar features images of the Jerusalem Show 2009 event. Size 23 cm x 30 cm Price: 25 nis including postage Design: Palitra UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: Ezzdine Qalaq poster exhibition / Masarat Palestine Opening: Friday January 29 at 6pm at Al-Ma'mal


The Tile Factory Inauguration - coming soon! The Tile Factory Inauguration Spring 2013 Preparation are underway for the inauguration of our new art and cultural space: The Tile Factory. Stay posted! The Tile Factory will become a mesmeric cultural art center located in the heart of the old city of Jerusalem. A highly distinctive center providing cultural and art events through a diversity of art exhibitions by emerging and established artists, film screenings, performances and encounters, encouraging development of cultural activities and contemporary art in Jerusalem. The Tile Factory will encompass three studio facilities which will provide work and living spaces to visiting artists participating in Al-Ma'mal's programs such as the Jerusalem Show and the artist-in-residence program. The Tile Factory will include a workshop space and an expansive art library, in addition to an impressively large exhibition hall. A renovation project come true! In 2006, Al-Ma'mal was able to begin intensive renovation plans on the Tile Factory and progress with the first stages of the space's renovation plans with the generous support of the Faisal Husseini Foundation and in partnership with UNESCO and Riwaq centre for Architectural Conservation. Since that time, the Tile Factory has received kind support of the Welfare Association, Goethe Institute, Ramallah, and Alesco Foundation. We are greatly indebted to them all for their generous support, as their partnership has helped to fulfill a long-term dream. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to Chairman of our Board Mr. Issa Kassassieh, to Simon Kouba Architects and to Ayyoub Trading & Building LTD. Overview Situated in the old city of Jerusalem, the tile factory was founded as early as 1900 and, while still in operation, functioned as one of the two primary traditional tile-making factories in Palestine. With the second largest tile factory being located in Jaffa, the Jerusalem factory catered to hundreds of individuals, families and communities in Jerusalem and in the entire region of Jerusalem, reaching and serving clients in Bethlehem, Ramallah and Nablus. Historic Profile The tile factory was created in 1900 by Khaleel Qassaseyah, a very skilled mason who decided to move into the building with his family, the lower floor being used for residence. The building was part of a larger 2 storied complex that was partially demolished in 1870 to widen the Latin Patriarchate Street. In 1935-40, the productive activity expanded and the whole building was devoted to tile production, transforming the lower floor where the family used to live, and adding new rooms to the upper floors. At that time, the factory produced tiles for the west and east Jerusalem; it had 15 workers and was famous for matching good quality with a low price. In order to guarantee the conservation of the traditional high-quality handmade production, it was decided not to use automatic machinery and to continue to import the colour cement from Italy. The fame of the tile factory grew and the most successful product was the expertly made carpet tiles. After 1967 production decreased due to competition with industrial methods of production and increased difficulty in getting the raw materials to the factory (raw materials were delivered by donkeys). Moreover, the permission to use the building as a factory was withdrawn because it was in a residential area. The factory was eventually closed in 1983, when only six or seven workers were employed.


Opening of Al-Ma'mal Foundation at the Lab Jack Persekian Nablus Soap (Presentation, Duration, 30 min) Tuesday, 15.11.2011 18:00 The Khalid Shoman Foundation - Darat al Funun Amman, Jordan In 1996 Jack Persekian invited artist Mona Hatoum to create a site-specific installation in his Anadiel Gallery in Jerusalem. The result was Present tense (1996), a powerful and provocative work where the artist used bars of the famous Palestinian soap to recreate the devastating division of Palestinian Territory mapped out by the 1993 Oslo Accords. The ephemeral and perishable nature of the soap alludes most precisely to the unsustainability of the arrangements for control of the West Bank and Gaza, and over the years has forced Persekian to reflect on the failed promise of peace, the separation wall and the reality of a volatile, shifting and disintegrating country. Jack Persekian and colleagues from Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem will explore the possibilities of working across the region with friends and associates who cannot physically visit Jerusalem. This experiment will be the precursor for a far greater future collaboration between the Darat Al-Fanun in Amman and the Al-Ma'mal Foundation in Jerusalem in an attempt to bridge the divide that had brutally separated the two cities in 1967, allowing the Al-Ma'mal team to personally interact with artists and practitioners from the Arab world they are long denied the pleasure and honour to work with, due to the inaccessibility of Jerusalem.


The Jerusalem Show IV, 1 - 9, 2010, Exhaustion EXHAUSTION The Jerusalem Show IV Programme October 1 � 9, 2010 Friday, 01.10.2010 VERNISSAGE 17:00 � 18:00 The Jerusalem Show Opening Light Composition by Sarah Faruki PADICO Services, Mounib Al Masri House, 9 Saidia Rd., Old City 18:00 Exhibition Tour with Jack Persekian PADICO Services, Mounib Al Masri House, 9 Saidia Rd., Old City 21:00 Opening Reception, Al-Ma�mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City Saturday, 02.10.2010 19:00 � 21:00 The White Night � Nuit Blanche at the Jerusalem Show Presenting video work by Ariane Michel, Al-Ma�mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City Sunday, 03.10.2010 19:00 Exhausted Heroes (Programme 1) the Jerusalem Show film programme curated by Lara Khaldi & Yazan Khalili Tombez la Chemise by Roderick Buchanan Video, 2002 & Full Bloom Directed by Sandra Madi Duration: 46mins, 2006 In presence of the filmmaker Al-Ma�mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City Monday, 04.10.2010 18:00 Young Palestinian Artists The Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, 7 Zaituneh Building, Al Zahra St. 20:00 PERFORMANCE Exhaustion � triptych (1), performance by Uriel Barth�l�mi Duration: 30mins The French Cultural Center, Salah Eldin St. Tuesday, 05.10.2010 19:00 Exhausted Heroes (Programme 2) the Jerusalem Show film programme curated by Lara Khaldi & Yazan Khalili Tombez la Chemise by Roderick Buchanan Video, 2002 & Goal Dreams Directed by Jeffrey Saunders & Maya Sanba Documentary, Duration: 84mins, 2006 The Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, 7 Zaituneh Building, Al Zahra St. Wednesday, 06.10.2010 13:00 � 15:00 TALK with F. Zahir Mibineh writer and curator, Jerusalem Show participant International Academy of Art Palestine, AlBireh, Aref Alaref Building, behind Arab Bank, Ramallah 17:00 The Long and Winding walk exhibition tour with Jack Persekian The Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, 7 Zaituneh Building, Al Zahra St. 19:00 � 21:00 PERFORMANCE Unhinged, by Vlatka Horvat Versave Caf� 20:00 PERFORMANCE Exhaustion � triptych (2), performance by Uriel Barth�l�mi Duration: 50mins Al-Ma�mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City Thursday, 07.10.2010 13:00 � 15:00 TALK with Vlatka Horvat artist and Jerusalem Show participant International Academy of Art Palestine, AlBireh, Aref Alaref Building, behind Arab Bank, Ramallah 19:00 PERFORMANCE The Breakup, performance by Sabreen band, a Michael Rakowitz project The Swedish Christian Study Center, Jaffa Gate, Old City Friday, 08.10.2010 17:00 BOOK LAUNCH Via Khan Al Zeit: Home Sweet Home � Jerusalem Youmna Chlala & Jeanno Gaussi The Educational Book Shop, Salah Eldin St. Saturday, 09.10.2010 FINISSAGE 18:00 The Jerusalem Show IV Closing Walk final exhibition tour with Jack Persekian, Al-Ma�mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City 18:00 � 20:00 PERFORMANCE Unhinged, performance by Vlatka Horvat The Austrian Hospice, Al Wad St., Old City 20:00 PERFORMANCE Exhaustion � triptych (3), performance by Uriel Barth�l�mi Duration: 2 � 4 hours PADICO Services, Mounib Al Masri House, 9 Saidia Rd., Old City Daily Jerusalem Show Events 1 � 9/10/ 2010 RADIO BROADCAST in nine episodes The Breakup, a Michael Rakowitz project Radio Amwaj (look for schedule announcement) Jerusalem Show IV Artists: Anonymous, Karim Abu Shakra, Moayed Amleh, Asad Azi, Mirna Bamieh, Taysir Batniji, Bahar Behbahani, Youmna Chlala and Jeannette Gaussi, Mohamad Fadel, Sarah Faruki, Issa Freij, Mohamad Hawajiri, Dima Hourani, Khaled Jarrar, Yazan Khalili, Martin Lebioda, Randa Madah, F. Zahir Mibineh, Ariane Michel, Nissrin Najjar, Michael Rakowitz, Rigo 23, Raeda Saadeh, Salama Safadi, Inass Yassin Jerusalem Show performance events: Uriel Barth�l�mi, Vlatka Horvat, and Sabreen band (a Michael Rakowitz project). Collaborating institutions: Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Educational Book Shop, French Cultural Center, Gallery Anadiel, International Academy of Art Palestine, Jerusalem Hotel, Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, Palestine Development and Investment Limited (PADICO), Radio Amwaj, Sabreen Association for Artistic Development, Spafford Children�s Center, The African Community Society, The Swedish Christian Study Center, Versave Caf� Supported by: America House, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Bohen Foundation, Ford Foundation, Consulat G�n�ral de France � J�rusalem, European Union, Foundation for Arts Initiatives, Goethe Institute � Ramallah, Pontifical Mission-Jerusalem.


Preview our Blog! Current writer-in-residence Valerie Grove working hard : preview our blog http://almamal.blogspot.com/ coming up.... The Jerusalem Show 2010 ('Ala Abwab Al Janna) Opening Friday October 1, 2010 Further information will be posted soon


blogsite Al-Ma'mal's blog site is ready! http://almamal.blogspot.com/ Above Image: Khaled Jarrar, I.Soldier, (video, 2010), installation at the Spafford Center, Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Show IV. Photo courtesy of Issa Freij


Youmna Chlala & Jeanette Gaussi HOME SWEET HOME We are delighted to host artists Youmna Chlala and Jeanette Gaussi currently participating in our artist-in-residence programme developing their project Home Sweet Home HOME SWEET HOME is a collaborative multi-city art project by Youmna Chlala and Jeannette Gaussi that was initiated in 2009 in the village of Shatana, Jordan. Our understanding of home developed simultaneously in Beirut and Kabul and these notions have shifted based on personal and politically temporal and disruptive movement. The project serves as an exploration of the spatial relationship between memory and imagination. Special Thanks to Goethe Institute, Ramallah for their sponsorship.


The Jerusalem Show V, Exhaustion, 1-9/10/10 The Jerusalem Show is coming soon..... October 1 - 9, 2010.....mark your calendar! Exhibitions, film screenings, performances, guided tours + a Bonus Day Event on 10/10/2010 in partnership with the Palestinian Art Court - Al Hoash further information, artists and programme will be posted soon We look forward to seeing you!


Naoko TakaHashi A Tale of Two States Opening Exhibition at Al-Ma'mal Thursday March 19th at 19:00 in the presence of the artist www.naokotakahashi.com The exhibition is in partnership with The British Council and Ford Foundation A Tale of Two States is an exhibition of the project produced during and through the artist-in-residence program at Al-Ma'mal Foundation in 2007. The title of the show borrows its name from the novel written in 1859 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, of a story about two cities, Paris as the dangerous place and London as the (temporarily)safe spot, during the French revolution. This fictional novel shows social revolution and personal self-sacrifice, a conception of rebellion and human nature. The project focuses on 'real' and also power relationship within the society through social interaction. Although the project does not have direct relationship to the narrative in the novel itself, and it relates more to the problematic environment in Palestine, they speak about the two states, two authorities, one as 'repressed place' and the other as 'protected place'. - Naoko TakaHashi


The Jerusalem Show October 11- 21, 2009 the Jerusalem syndrome curated by Nina Montmann and Jack Persekian The title of this years' Jerusalem Show, Jerusalem Syndrome, serves as a metaphor for approaching the many facettes of a contested city divided by occupation and ethnic-religious segregation. Opening on Sunday, October 11^th, 2009 Performance: Phil Collins, Al-Ma'mal Foundation, New Gate, Jerusalem, at 5pm Tour: starts from Al-Ma'mal Foundation at 6 pm Reception: Austrian Hospice, Old City of Jerusalem, at 9 pm contact us for a full programme calendar Supported by: Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem and The Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), Bohen Foundation, British Council, Consulat G�n�ral de France � J�rusalem, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Ford Foundation, Goethe Institute - Ramallah, Palestinian Investment Fund, Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development, Sharjah Art Foundation, The Jerusalem Unit, Sociedad Estatal para la Accion Cultural Exterior (Seacex), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) - Jerusalem, The Representative Office of Canada to the PA Exhibition curated by Nina M�ntmann and Jack Persekian Artists</FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Jumana Emil Abboud, Nevin Aladag, Ayreen Anastas + Rene Gabri, Samira Badran, Taysir Batniji, Nathan Coley, Collaboration Around Micro Politics Mumbai (CAMP), Phil Collins, Kajsa Dahlberg, Andrea Faciu, Issa Freij, Raouf Haj-Yahia, Sandi Hilal + Alessandro Petti + Basel Abbas + Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Mahmoud Hojeij, Khaled Hourani, Maider Lopez, Ken Lum, Sliman Mansour, Olaf Nicolai, Ria Pacqu�e, Wael Shawky, Ala� Younis Performance <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Basel Abbas + Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Tarek Atoui, Phil Collins, Dora Garcia, Suheir Hammad <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Sound Project <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">curated by Federica Bueti in collaboration with RAM, Radio Arte Mobile, Rome (Italy) <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Artists</FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Elisabetta Benassi, Riccardo Benassi, Alvin Curran, Etienne Chambaud, Liam Gillick, Christina Kubisch, Brandon La Belle, Tris Vonna Michell, Carsten Nicolai, Cesare Pietroiusti, Vettor Pisani, Annie Ratti, Michael J. Schumacher, Valerio Tricoli, Stephen Vitiello, Luca Vitone, Achim Wollscheid How I Have Missed You� Film Program I co-presented with ArteEast, curated by Rasha Salti Films by Maher Abi Samra, Ghassan Salhab, Mohamed Soueid and Akram Zaatari We Are Never Heroes Film Program II curated by Lara Khaldi and Yazan Khalili Films by Johan Grimonprez, Ann Marie Jacir, Mustafa Abu-Ali, Jean-Luc Godard, Elia Suleiman Walks & Tours in Jerusalem organized by the Center for Jerusalem Studies � Al Quds University Collaborating institutions A.M. Qattan Foundation, Anadiel Gallery, ArteEast, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Center for Jerusalem Studies - Al Quds University, College des Freres, International Academy of Art Palestine, Palestine Development and Investment Limited (PADICO), RAM - Radio Arte Mobile, Rome, Riwaq Biennale, Shabaka - Network of Arab Cineclubs, Spafford Children�s Center, The Jerusalem Hotel, The Tile Factory, The Swedish Christian Study Center, Venice c/o Palestine, Versavee Caf� - Jerusalem The Jerusalem Show: The Jerusalem Show is an annual art exhibition presenting works of Palestinian and international artists held in the Old City of Jerusalem for a period of ten days. The Show highlights works that reflect the importance of the city of Jerusalem as an artistic, cultural, political, and social city. A pilot Jerusalem Show (edition 0), was undertaken successfully in October 2007 and a subsequent edition 0.1 took place from July 9-19, 2008 under the theme of 'Walks in the City'. The Show includes a program of events that is comprised of guided tours, film screenings, artist talks, workshops, and performances that all take place in different venues throughout the Old City.


Al-Ma'mal Summer May 15 - July 15, 2010 Martin Lebioda, Al-Ma'mal's current artist-in-residence. My work concentrates on a single human moment that I look for in the streets of large cities - I try to show on what we usually might only passingly be familiar with. I am focusing on the collective and individual staging of acts of remembrance. Diary workshop: in cooperation with Spafford Center. "In the workshop "Diary" I try to encourage students to adopt a way of conveying a conglomerate of emotions that others can follow and relate -in the form of photo-essay in their own visual language." - Lebioda With the support of Goethe Institute, Ramallah. www.martinlebioda.de


Tarek Al Ghoussein Tarek Al Ghoussein - In Absentia September 3 - 24, 2009 An exhibition of photographs that explore an identity shaped by inaccessibility and loss Opening: Thursday September 3rd, 6pm - 9pm at Al-Ma'mal, New Gate, Old City, Jerusalem in cooperation with The Third Line, Dubai http://www.thethirdline.com sponsored by Ford Foundation and Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE http://www.sharjahart.org Above image: Untitled 2 (Self Portrait Series), 2002. Courtesy of the Artist and The Third Line About Tarek Al-Ghoussein A Palestinian - Kuwaiti photographer based in the UAE, much of Tarek Al-Ghoussein's work exposes an identity shaped by a context of inaccessibility and loss, his fabricated landscapes providing a foil for the experience of exile. In many of his works the artist is dwarfed by a vast desert landscape, reconstructing allegories for the obstacles, barricades and walls erected in the Occupied Territories. Tarek Al-Ghoussein was born in Kuwait in 1962. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts-Photography from New York University in 1985 and four years later a Master of Arts-Photography from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He has exhibited extensively in Germany, France, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, the United States and across the UAE. Al-Ghoussein participated in the first ever UAE Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale, as well as in Dubai Next at the Vitra Design Museum in 2008 and in the 2003 and 2005 editions of the Sharjah Biennial. Al-Ghoussein�s work has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK, the Royal Photography Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Sharjah Biennale Collection, UAE among many others. Al-Ghoussein lives in Sharjah, and is an Associate Professor of photography at the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah (AUS). His work is represented by The Third Line in Dubai. <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: kashida; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%"> Artist Statement In the last ten years while living in the United Arab Emirates I have witnessed tremendous change that has challenged my understanding of what is meant by the term identity. Since 2003 I have explored various aspects of identity through my work, and the rapid transformation of the UAE has been a catalyst and starting point for an investigation into issues related to my own personal relation to land and place. The anonymity of the desert has offered the perfect stage for the investigation. The Self Portrait series represents a commentary on contemporary Western media representations of the Palestinian as terrorist. This project started as a result of my growing frustration with the way in which the Palestinians and other Arabs were being (mis)represented in Western Media. The Untitled A and B series are both concerned with barriers, land, longing and, ultimately, belonging. During the process leading to these images, it became increasingly clear to me how barriers, land, longing, and �identity� inform, shape and define each other. As I attempt to come to terms with the issues related to my personal experience as a Palestinian-Kuwaiti that has never lived within the borders of Palestine, it has become apparent that this current body of work seeks to transcend the obvious reference to the unethical defense barrier being constructed in Palestine. The walls and mounds that appear throughout the images also speak of my own individual struggles irrespective of the conventional notions of national identity. The C Series is an extension of the same themes, however this series departs from these defining/confining concepts and instead focuses on visualized ideas of transience. Although I did not set out to investigate the notion of transience, my work has developed from a process of exploring ideas related to land and place. While unexpected, the strong emphasis on longing led to a consideration of changing landscapes and ephemeral moments that are fixed in time rather than located in a specific place. The D Series continues the exploration by examining the relationship between the subject and space, particularly the relationship between the solitary figure and the temporary boundaries that define a place. The series has allowed me to explore how the individual both affects and is affected by space. *Tarek Al-Ghoussein*


The Jerusalem Show, 2009 October 11- 21, 2009 the Jerusalem syndrome curated by Nina Moentmann and Jack Persekian The title of this years' Jerusalem Show, Jerusalem Syndrome, serves as a metaphor for approaching the many facettes of a contested city divided by occupation and ethnic-religious segregation. Opening on Sunday, October 11^th, 2009 Performance: Phil Collins, Al-Ma'mal Foundation, New Gate, Jerusalem, at 5pm Tour: starts from Al-Ma'mal Foundation at 6 pm Reception: Austrian Hospice, Old City of Jerusalem, at 9 pm Venues: Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Nicola Zaphiriades' shop, Gallery Anadiel, Versave Cafe, New Imperial Hotel, Swedish Christian Study Center, Austrian Hospice, Spafford Center, Padico, Jerusalem Hotel, Birzeit. Open Daily from 6-9pm. Please contact us for a full programme calendar. Thank you to our sponsors: Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Consulate General of Belgium in Jerusalem and The Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), Bohen Foundation, British Council, Consulat General de France Jerusalem, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Ford Foundation, Goethe Institute - Ramallah, Palestinian Investment Fund, Prince Claus Fund for Culture & Development, Sharjah Art Foundation, The Jerusalem Unit, Sociedad Estatal para la Accion Cultural Exterior (Seacex), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) - Jerusalem, The Representative Office of Canada to the PA Exhibition curated by Nina Moentmann and Jack Persekian Artists: Jumana Emil Abboud, Nevin Aladag, Ayreen Anastas + Rene Gabri, Samira Badran, Taysir Batniji, Nathan Coley, Collaboration Around Micro Politics Mumbai (CAMP), Phil Collins, Kajsa Dahlberg, Andrea Faciu, Issa Freij, Raouf Haj-Yahia, Sandi Hilal + Alessandro Petti + Basel Abbas + Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Mahmoud Hojeij, Khaled Hourani, Maider Lopez, Ken Lum, Sliman Mansour, Olaf Nicolai, Ria Pacquee, Wael Shawky, Ala Younis Performance: Basel Abbas + Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Tarek Atoui, Phil Collins, Dora Garcia, Suheir Hammad Sound Project curated by Federica Bueti in collaboration with RAM, Radio Arte Mobile, Rome (Italy) Artists: Elisabetta Benassi, Riccardo Benassi, Alvin Curran, Etienne Chambaud, Liam Gillick, Christina Kubisch, Brandon La Belle, Tris Vonna Michell, Carsten Nicolai, Cesare Pietroiusti, Vettor Pisani, Annie Ratti, Michael J. Schumacher, Valerio Tricoli, Stephen Vitiello, Luca Vitone, Achim Wollscheid How I Have Missed You Film Program I co-presented with ArteEast, curated by Rasha Salti Films by Maher Abi Samra, Ghassan Salhab, Mohamed Soueid and Akram Zaatari We Are Never Heroes Film Program II curated by Lara Khaldi and Yazan Khalili Films by Johan Grimonprez, Annemarie Jacir, Mustafa Abu Ali, JeanLuc Godard, Elia Suleiman Walks & Tours in Jerusalem organized by the Center for Jerusalem Studies Al Quds University Collaborating institutions A.M. Qattan Foundation, Anadiel Gallery, ArteEast, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Center for Jerusalem Studies - Al Quds University, College des Freres, International Academy of Art Palestine, Palestine Development and Investment Limited (PADICO), RAM - Radio Arte Mobile, Rome, Riwaq Biennale, Shabaka - Network of Arab Cineclubs, Spafford Children�s Center, The Jerusalem Hotel, The Tile Factory, The Swedish Christian Study Center, Venice c/o Palestine, Versavee Cafe, Jerusalem


\| 30-10-2008 To 15-11-2008 Walks in the City An art exhibition featuring art works of youth who participated in art workshops conducted by Al-Ma'mal, in cooperation with Burj Al-Laqlaq Community Centre and Relief International. With Jawad Al-Malhi, Mario Rizzi and Jumana Emil Abboud. Opening: Thursday, October 30th, at 18:00, at Al-Ma'mal, New Gate. Exhibition runs until Saturday, November 15th. Open Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 16:00 and Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00; Sunday closed. This project is made possible thanks to the generous grant from the Pontifical Mission and the Society for Austro-Arab Relations. Image: Angela Ford The works exhibited at Al-Ma'mal are results from youth art workshops. Two of these workshops, a photography workshop with Jawad Al-Malhi, as well as a painting workshop with Jumana E. Abboud, were implemented in the framework of The Jerusalem Show, 2008, edition 0.1, which was held under the theme of 'Walks in the City'. The three videos featured were produced by groups of youth in a workshop with Mario Rizzi in 2006 who produced projects under the theme of the city of Jerusalem. The workshops were conducted in cooperation with Burj Al-Laqlaq Community Center, Jerusalem, and Relief International.


\| 11-12-2009 To 10-01-2010 Never Part Masarat Palestine Curator: Jack Persekian Opening: Friday December 11, 2009 18:00 at Al Ma'mal Foundation


\| 03-05-2010 To 27-05-2010 Ode to Beirut & Sarhat Falastiniyya al-Ma'mal is honoured to be a 2010 Palestine Festival of Literature partner The Palestine Festival of Literature & al-Ma'mal Foundation in cooperation with Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre present Ode To Beirut III artworks by Rachid Koraichi opening Tuesday May 4 at 6:00pm followed by: Sarhat Falastiniyyah a staged reading from Raja Shehadeh;s Palestinian Walks presented by the New Hakawati Theatre Company (reading will be in Arabic) All are welcome! ‏Exhibition: Ode to Beirut   Curated by Misbah Deeb    Ode to Beirut was inspired by Mahmoud Darwish's poem of the same name, written during the Israeli invasion and siege of Beirut and published in 1984 in the collection Praising the High Shadow. Kora�chi and Darwish donated the paintings, Ode to Beirut, to the permanent art collection of the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah  . Three different arts organizations, the Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah, al-Ma'mal Foundation in Jerusalem and Dar Annadwa in Bethlehem are simultaneously exhibiting Ode to Beirut as part of PalFest 2010 Rachid Koraichi graduated from the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Algeria, and three other art institutes in France. His works have been exhibited since 1970 in various museums and galleries around the world. Some of his artworks are part of the collection of prominent art institutions in the world such as The Museum of Contemporary Art, Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cairo, the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, the Miami Art Museum and the Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, New York.


\| 19-01-2011 To 16-02-2011 Jerusalem Symbols Jerusalem Symbols presents paintings by Palestinian youth who participated in al-Ma�mal workshop with painter Mohammad Fadel. The workshop introduced participants to new ideas that address Jerusalem landmarks, features and its well-known symbols. Participants: Rasha Kaloti, Sasha Sifri, Vida Daher, Dina Daher, Najwa Shihabi, Lara Zeidan, Leen Freij, Anan Hadzeh, Muhannad Faro�n, Mike Hreimat, Jessica Hreimat, Tamer Persekian the workshop was made possible thanks to the support of the Pontifical Mission - Jerusalem


\| 25-02-2011 To 27-02-2011 !f 2 : Istanbul Live !f ² : Istanbul Live AFM International Independent Film Festival 25,26,27/2/2011 Al-Ma'mal is delighted to announce our cooperation in the film festival organized by !f Istanbul The film program at Al-Ma'mal Foundation: (full programme attached English+Arabic). 25th of February (Friday) 19:00 Women are Heroes - JR 26th of February (Saturday) 12:00 Four Lions - Christopher Morris 14:30 Boyita - Julia Solomonoff 27th of February (Sunday) 13:00 Mars - Geoff Marslett 15:00 Fleurs Du Mal - David Dusa Entrance fees: 5 NIS To watch film previews and for more details, copy and paste the following link: http://2011.ifistanbul.com/en/if2/About A three day film screening event that involves 12 cities from Turkey and 3 cities from the Middle East to join the festival via simultaneous "!f: Istanbul Live" screenings. 5 films will be screened simultaneously on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of February, 2011. The goal is to highlight the new possibilities offered by digital broadcast. After each screening the Q&A's with the director or the producer of the movie will be webcasted live via internet and audiences in !f theatres will be able to watch and even direct questions through the If Istanbul website to the director or the producer.


\| 02-03-2011 To 01-04-2011 Out of Place - Ruba Salameh exhibition 2March - 1April, 2011 Shattering the boundaries of collective thought as a necessary process to the journey of the soul into self-consciousness, Out of Place presents selected paintings created in the past few years in which I dealt with questions of identity, the need for identity in society, and the connection between the individual and the collective. Out of Place is originally the title of Edward Said's autobiography; the exhibition is a tribute to his work and memory. - Ruba Salameh


\| 07-06-2011 To 12-06-2011 /si:n/ festival of video art & performance 2011 Al-Ma'mal Foundation is delighted to be cooperating in /si:n/ festival of video art & performance 2011 7th- 12th June, 10:00 � 16:00: Video art screenings at Al-Ma'mal Foundation Please go to http://www.sinfestival.blogspot.com/ for full programme


\| 24-06-2011 To 25-06-2011 Picasso In Palestine Documentation Exhibition International Art Academy - Palestine, Van Abbemuseum & Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art Cordially invite you for the opening of Picasso Exhibition At the International Academy of Art - Palestine, Ramallah Friday 24 June 2011, at 5:00 pm Picasso In Palestine Documentation Exhibition At Al-Ma'mal Foundation, New Gate - Old CitySaturday June 25 at 5:00 pm On Friday 24 June a special exhibition opens at the International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP). As an artistic conception of artistic director Khaled Hourani, for the very first time an original painting by Pablo Picasso will be on show in Ramallah. On the basis of a loan request to the museum by the international Art Academy Palestine (IAAP) in July 2009 and following extensive research, the work has now reached Ramallah. On Saturday June 25 at 5pm, an exhibition will open at Al-Ma�mal Foundation documenting the process of bringing Picasso�s painting to Palestine. On June 25 & 26 Picasso Talks and Film Programme will be presented at Birzeit University, Sakakini Culture Centre, A.M Qattan Foundation, The Palestinian Art Court, Windows from Gaza for Contemporary Art, and ILTIQA Artists House, Gaza SponsorsPicasso in Palestine is made possible by contributionsfrom DOEN Foundation (Stichting DOEN) and theMondriaan Foundation. For Further Information please contact: International Art Academy - Palestine: 02-2967601 Al-Ma'mal Foundation For Contemporary Art : 02-6283457


\| 01-07-2011 To 31-08-2011 July - August 2011 Al-Ma'mal Summer Newsletter July - August 2011 Al-Ma'mal Summer Newsletter (Arabic attached) Current exhibition Picasso in Palestine documentation exhibition At Al-Ma'mal Foundation Closing on Wednesday July 13, 2011 at 6 pm This exhibition is part of Picasso in Palestine Event, organized by International Academy of Art - Palestine & Van Abbemuseum Picasso Exhibition is currently on display At the International Academy of Art - Palestine, - Ramallah ---- Photo Competition Call I have something to say Organized by The Palestinian Art Court - Al Hoash, in cooperation with Al-Ma'mal Foundation & Falastin Alshabab Call is open for ages 5 - 30. Call closes October 31, 2011 Please contact Al-Ma'mal or Al Hoash for application and further details ---- Newton's Fourth Law Wafa Hourani exhibition Opening Saturday July 16th at 7:00 pm, Al-Ma'mal Exhibition closes August 4, 2011 ---- Samer Abu Ajamieh exhibition Opening Saturday August 6th, 2011 at noon, Al-Ma'mal August 6th commemorates 8 years since the sudden passing of Hasan Hourani and Samer Abu Ajamieh --- Al-Ma'mal Residency Curators Lara Khaldi and Jose-Antonio Sanchez Artists Gustavo Ciriaco, Andrea Sonnberger, Mette Edvardsen, Lan Hungh --- All that is Unknown Mohammad Joha and Hazem Harb (Gaza) New paintingsOpening in September ---- Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art New Gate, Old City P.O.Box 14644 91145 Jerusalem</st1:City> T + 972 2 6283457 F + 972 2 6272312 info@almamalfoundation.org www.almamalfoundation.org http://almamal.blogspot.com


\| 26-07-2011 To 27-07-2011 Calligraphy Workshop Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art and Yabous Cultural Center cordially invite you to Calligraphy Workshop with artist Ahmad Dari On the occasion of the Jerusalem Festival 2011 When: 16:00 - 18:00 Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 July, At Al-Ma'mal Foundation, New Gate, Old City *By registration only


\| 06-08-2011 To 25-08-2011 Samer Abu Ajamieh


\| 18-08-2011 To 25-08-2011 Artist's Choice Film Screening Programme In the framework of Al-Ma'mal Foundation's monthly film programme Artist's Choice, Please join us for this month's two extraordinary films chosen by Bahaa al-Damoun Thursday, August 18^th at 21:00, Al-Ma'mal Foundation The Puppeteer (Al-aragoz) Director: Hany Lasheen Starring Omar Sharif & Mervat Amin Egypt, 125 minutes, 1989 Arabic, English subtitles Thursday, August 25^th at 21:00, Al-Ma'mal Foundation Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin Shi Nan Nu) A spicy, well-written comedy about family, food and independence Director: Ang Lee Taiwanese, 124 minutes, 1994 Mandarin, English subtitles The Puppeteer (Al-aragoz) Synopsis A father keeps his principles in rural Egypt while power seduces his son in Cairo. Mohamed is a puppeteer, a buffoon whose shows dramatize the promise of Nasser's socialist revolution. He's a widower with one son, Bahlool, whom he sends to university at great financial and emotional sacrifice. In Cairo, Bahlool becomes the protege of a corrupt pasha, marries the pasha's daughter, and sets his sights on Parliament. Meanwhile, his father falls in love with Enaam, a spirited carnival worker. He continues to pray for Bahlool, hoping to rekindle ethics and revolutionary ideals in the young man� Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin Shi Nan Nu) Synopsis Eat Drink Man Woman tells the story of a semi-retired and widowed Chinese master chef at the Taipei Grand Hotel. Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and his family are living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. The film portrays conflicts in a Chinese family, with meals as a centerpiece of the film.


\| 18-08-2011 To 25-08-2011 Film Programme Artist's Choice Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid) Tonight Film Screening at Al-Ma'mal Foundation - 21:00 Director: Youssef Chahine 77 minutes, 1958 Arabic, English Subtitles In this beautiful classic film directed by Youssef Chahine, Cairo's main railroad station is used to represent all of Egyptian society - a place brimming with sexuality, repression, madness and violence among society's most marginalized. http://ia700302.us.archive.org/30/items/linktv_cinemondo_cairo_station20081231/cinemondo_cairo_station20081231_350kb.mp4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t70qfS2vAM Universally banned by Egypt's cinema audiences when it was first released in 1958, Youssef Chahine's "Cairo Station" disappeared from view for two decades until it was rediscovered and hailed as a masterpiece. Watching the film now, almost half a century after its first screening, it's easy to see why it upset so many people "Cairo Station" is a pressure cooker of lust, jealousy, and psychosis. Crippled Kenaoui (Chahine), nicknamed "Limpy" by his cruel co-workers, sells newspapers in Cairo's central station. Living out on the tracks, earning barely enough to keep the makeshift roof over his head, he spends his days fantasizing about the voluptuous Hanuma (Hind Rostom), a lemonade seller engaged to macho porter Abou Serib (Farid Chawqi). Kenaoui's convinced she'll eventually fall in love with him if he keeps pursuing her. But with a murderer on the loose in Cairo, things may yet take an unexpected turn. This Hitchcockian thriller brilliantly lays bare Kanaoui's hopeless sexual obsession - in one uneasy scene we watch as he frantically cuts pictures of scantily clad women out of the magazines he's supposed to be selling. Yet, director Chahine (who also plays Kenaoui) never lets us lose sight of this character's humanity. He may be lame, slightly retarded and unhealthily fixated on the cruelly manipulative Hanuma, but does he really deserve to be treated so badly? Despite the poor quality print "Cairo Station" proves itself to be an excellent thriller, and one that anticipates the serial killer genre that Hitchcock's "Psycho" kick-started a few years later. With its tense score, contrasting performances of Chahine (twitchy and tightly coiled) and Rostom (sexy but cruel) and audacious moments of formal brilliance (Chahine even slots in a musical be-bop interlude from "Mike and the Skyrockets"), "Cairo Station" is a cinematic triumph.


\| 18-08-2011 To 25-08-2011 Film Programme Artist's Choice Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid) Film Screening at Al-Ma'mal Foundation - 21:00 Director: Youssef Chahine 77 minutes, 1958 Arabic, English Subtitles In this beautiful classic film directed by Youssef Chahine, Cairo's main railroad station is used to represent all of Egyptian society - a place brimming with sexuality, repression, madness and violence among society's most marginalized.


\| 25-08-2011 To 25-08-2011 Artist's Choice Film Screening Programme In the framework of Al-Ma'mal Foundation's monthly film programme Artist's Choice, Please join us Thursday, August 25th at 21:00, Al-Ma'mal Foundation Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin Shi Nan Nu) A spicy, well-written comedy about family, food and independence Dirctor: Ang Lee Taiwanese, 124 minutes, 1994 Mandarin, English subtitles For more information and film synopsis - Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin Shi Nan Nu) Synopsis Eat Drink Man Woman tells the story of a semi-retired and widowed Chinese master chef at the Taipei Grand Hotel. Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and his family are living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. The film portrays conflicts in a Chinese family, with meals as a centerpiece of the film.


\| 28-08-2011 To 31-10-2011 Currently at Al-Ma'mal I have something to say Photo Competition Organized by The Palestinian Art Court - Al Hoash, in cooperation with Al-Ma'mal Foundation & Falastin Alshabab Call is open for ages 5 - 30. Call closes October 31, 2011 Please contact Al-Ma'mal or Al Hoash for application and further details ----- Artist-in-Residence Rania Khalil Samer Abu Ajameh exhibition


\| 20-10-2011 To 04-11-2011 a needle in the binding - Exhibition and Talks Please join us at the Khalidi Library Thursday, October 20, 2011 Installation by Artist Beatrice Catanzaro 18:00 Opening reception for installation a needle in the binding (in Jerusalem only) 18:30 The Imprisoned Book: A general introduction - Speakers: Adel Samara, thinker and former political prisoner and Waleed al Hodali, Novelist and former political prisoner


\| 24-10-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show V: on/off Language Thank you to everyone who played a role in The Jerusalem Show V: on/off Language (2011). We wish to especially express our gratitude to: Jack Pereskian, Khadijeh Kanambo, Haya Dow, Jumana Emil Abboud, Walid Ghousheh, Issa Freij, Salama Safadi, Bashar Ghousheh Curators: Lara Khaldi and Jose A. Sanchez Artists: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Noor Abed, Bisan Abu Eisheh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Mounira Al Solh, Paul Chan, Beatrice Catanzaro, Gustavo Ciriaco and Andrea Sonnberger, Mette Edvardsen, Mona Hatoum, Bartolome Ferrando, Lan Hungh, Rania Khalil, Yazan Khalili, Los Torreznos, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy, Khalil Rabah, Juliana Irene Smith, Sharif Waked, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. Speakers: Mahdi Abdulhadi, Waleed al Hodali, Rula Abu Duhou, Etaf Elayan, Esmail Nashef, Hasan Obied, Jack Persekian, Adel Samara, Toni Serra, Abid al Sattar Qassem Film Programme curator: Victoria Perez Royo Supported by: European Cultural Foundation, Ford Foundation, Goethe Institute - Ramallah, Accion Cultural Espaniola (AC/E), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) - Jerusalem, The Italian Cooperation, United Nations Development Programme In collaboration with: Al Mahatta Gallery, Al-Quds University, Al-Tannour Bakery, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Cafe Al-Haj Ahmad Al-A'araj, Educational Bookshop, French Cultural Centre, Gallery Anadiel, Center for Jerusalem Studies, International Academy of Art Palestine, Jerusalem Hotel, Khalidi Library, The Lutheran Church, Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash, Palestinian National Theatre/al Hakawati, Sabreen Association for Artistic Development, Spafford Children's Center, The Municipality Library/Nablus, The Swedish Christian Study Center, The Tile Factory, Versave Cafe, Yabous Cultural Centre. Visit The Jerusalem Show link found at top of page or go to http://almamalfoundation.org/jshow/ to read about the 2011 Jerusalem Show - including artist details, images, and further information.


\| 24-10-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show V (2011) on/off Language Please Visit The Jerusalem Show Link at top of page or go to: http://almamalfoundation.org/jshow/?cat=18


\| 24-10-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show V Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art Presents The Jerusalem Show V on/off Language October 24th, 2011�- November 2nd, 2011 Curated by Lara Khaldi & Jose A. Sanchez The Jerusalem Show is an annual art and cultural event in the old city of Jerusalem. This year's programme, titled on/off Langugae, will include a curated programme of performances, exhibitions, talks and workshops at a number of venues in the old city and Salah el din area, as well as events in Ramallah, in addition to a screening programmed curated by Victoria Perez Royo. Artists: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Noor Abed, Bisan Abu Eisheh,�Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Mounira Al Solh, Paul Chan, Beatrice Catanzaro, Gustavo Ciriaco and Andrea Sonnberger, Complaints Coral, Mette Edvardsen, Mona Hatoum,�Bartolome Ferrando, Lan Hungh,�Rania Khalil, Yazan Khalil,�Los Torreznos, Maha Maamoun,�Tom Molloy, Khalil Rabah,�Julianna Irene Smith, Sharif Waked, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries. Speakers: Mahdi Abdulhadi, Esmail Nashef, Jack Persekian, Toni Serra Film Programme curated by Victoria Perez Royo For Full Programme go to Read More section The Jerusalem Show On/Off Language 24.10.2011 - 2.11.2011 curated by Lara Khaldi & Jose A. Sanchez Programme of Events Monday 24.10.2011 18:00 Opening of Jerusalem Show: On/Off Language (Part I) Al-Ma�mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, New Gate, Old City 18:30 - 19:30 Tour begins to visit Art works at the Tile Factory, Anadiel Gallery, and Swedish Christian Study Centre 19:30 I Plan to Stay a Believer A solo performance by Rania Khalil The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Muristan Road 20:00 Tour of Art works continues to Cafe al Haj Ahmad Al-A�araj, The Khalidi Libraries, Centre for Jerusalem Studies 21:00 Seven Shanzhai Pieces Performance by Lan Hungh Centre for Jerusalem Studies (in Hammam El Ein), Khan Tankaz, Suq Al-Qattanin Opening Reception at the Centre for Jerusalem Studies �� Tuesday 25.10.2011 11:00 - 12:00 Performing Language Screening of documented performances related to issues of Language curated by Victoria P�rez Royo Al Quds University, Faculty of Arts, Abu Deis (programme below) 18:00 Opening Part II Yabous Cultural Centre. Al-zahra St. 18:30 I am human and I live in the city Public performance by Bisan Abu-Eisheh Al Zahra St. 19:00 Black Performance by Mette Edvardsen Palestinian National Theatre (El Hakawati) 20:00 Tour continues to Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, Al Zahra St. Reception organized by the Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash �� Wednesday 26.10.2011 10:30 - 11:30 Curators' Talk: Lara Khaldi and Jos� A. S�nchez International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah 11:30-12:30 Stage-Screen- Language Screening of documented performances related to issues of language curated by Victoria P�rez Royo International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah (programme below) 18:00 Hamlet (in formal Arabic) by TAM student performers in cooperation with El Hakawati Freres School, New Gate 19:00 Panel talk on Revolutions by Toni Serra and Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, Al Zahra St. organized in cooperation with Palestinian Court - al Hoash �� Thursday 27.10.2011 16:30 - 17:30 Performing Language Screening of documented performances related to issues of Language curated by Victoria P�rez Royo Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. (programme below) 18:00 Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoners' Section a needle in the binding Talks curated by Esmail Nashif The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd. (programme below) �� Friday 28.10.2011 14:00-18:00 Neighbors A collaboration performance and tour by Gustavo Cir�aco and Andrea Sonnberger Meeting point in front of Palestinian Art Court, Al Zahra St. 15:00 � 20:00 Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen * Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. 18:30 Nablus Soap Presentation by Jack Persekian The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd. 20:00 The Great Gathering, produced by Sabreen Studio Centre for Jerusalem Studies (Hammam El Ein) �� Saturday 29.10.2011 14:00-18:00 Neighbors a collaboration performance and tour by Gustavo Cir�aco and Andrea Sonnberger Meeting spot in-front of Palestinian Art Court, Al Zahra St. 15:00 � 20:00 Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen * Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. 19:00 Soundline performance by Bartolom� Ferrando Austrian Hospice, Via Dolorosa 37 20:00 Identity performance by Los Torreznos Centre for Jerusalem Studies, Khan Tankaz, Suq Al-Qattanin �� Sunday 30.10.2011 An evening of the Jerusalem Show in Ramallah 19:00 I Plan to Stay a Believer A solo Performance by Rania Khalil Followed by: The Culture, performance by Los Torreznos Al Mahatta Gallery, Ein Misbah str. �� Monday 31.10.2011 15:00 � 20:00 Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen * Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. �� Tuesday 1.11.2011 15:00 � 20:00 Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen * Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. 18:30 Open Mic event Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash, Al Zahra St. organized in cooperation with Palestinian Court - al Hoash �� 2.11.2011 Closing 17:00 Tour of all art works in the Jerusalem Show Meeting point: Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. 18:30 The Great Gathering, produced by Sabreen Studio Performance during a walk, starting at Damascus Gate, ends at Centre for Jerusalem Studies 19:30 Seven Shanzhai Pieces Performance by Lan Hungh Centre for Jerusalem Studies (in Hammam El Ein), Khan Tankaz, Suq Al-Qattanin �� Special event Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoner�s Section a needle in the binding Talks around the Prisoners' Library, curated by Esmail Nashif hosted by Al Khalidi Library and the International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah. All talks will be held in Jerusalem at The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd. Old City and in Ramallah at the International Academy of Art Palestine, Aref al-Aref Building, behind the Arab Bank, Al Bireh using simultaneous transmission Thursday 20.10.2011 18:00 Opening Reception Talks part I The Imprisoned Book: A general introduction Adel Samara, Waleed al Hodali Thursday 27.10.2011 18:00 Talks part II The Imprisoned Book: The experience of women political prisoners Friday 4.11.2011 18:00 Talks part III The Imprisoned Book: A comparative perspective Abid al Sattar Qassem, Hasan Obied �� Artist Talks Artists give public informal talks about their work at the International Academy of Art Palestine, Aref al-Aref Building, behind the Arab Bank, Al Bireh Ramallah at 15:00 on the following dates. Monday 17.10 Rania Khalil Tuesday 18.10 Lan Hungh Wednesday 19.10 Andrea Sonnberger, Gustavo Cir�aco Thursday 20.10 Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Tuesday 25.10 Maha Maamoun Thursday 27.10 Tom Molloy �� Film Screenings curated by Victoria P�rez Royo Screenings of documented performances related to issues of Language Performing language Juan Dom�nguez: All good spies are my age. 10' Jerome Bel: Shirtology, 10' Jonathan Burrows / Matteo Fargion: Speaking dance. 10' Ivana M�ller: While we are holding it together. 15' Torreznos: 35 minutos 15' Gary Stevens: Not Tony. 10' total: 70' stage / screen / language Ivana M�ller: You are there but I cannot see you. 15� Mar�a Jerez: The movie, 15� Grand Magasin: Season 1, episode 2; 5� Amaia Urra: Time wasters. 8� Daniela Marini / Germ�n de la Riva: Tr�o C ,10� La Ribot: distinguisted pieces, 4' Bartolom� Ferrando: Acciones breves, 5� total: 62' �� * Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen in collaboration with Kristien Van den Brande, David Helbich, Razan Akermawy and others. A group of people performers have each memorized a book of their choice, forming a library collection that consists of living books. Visitors are invited to choose one of those human books and spend some time with them while they recite the content (with possible interpretations). Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St. Book titles will be announced on our website prior to the opening. Kindly RSVP indicating which book you would like to meet and what time, e-mail us at almamalfoundation@gmail.com �� Exhibition Opening hours October 24 � November 02, 2011,18:00 � 21:00 Al-Ma�mal Foundation and Al Hoash Gallery 15:00 � 21:00 The Khaldi Library opening hours October 20 � November 4, 15:00 � 21:00 In collaboration with: Al Mahatta Gallery, Al-Quds University, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Caf� Al-Haj Ahmad Al-A�araj, Educational Bookshop, Freres School, Gallery Anadiel, Center for Jerusalem Studies � Hammam El Ein, International Academy of Art Palestine, Khalidi Library, The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palestinian Art Court � al Hoash,� Palestinian National Theatre � al Hakawati, Sabreen Association for Artistic Development, Spafford Children�s Center, TAM2, The African Community Society, �The Municipality Library � Nablus, The Swedish Christian Study Center, The Tile Factory, Versav� Caf�, Yabous Association Supported by European Cultural Foundation, Ford Foundation, Goethe Institute � Ramallah, Sociedad Estatal para la Accion Cultural Exterior (Seacex), Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)- Jerusalem, The Italian Cooperation, United Nations Development Programme


\| 26-10-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show V Wednesday 26.10.2011 Programme of Events 19:00 Palestinian Court - al Hoash Panel talk on Revolutions Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, director of PASSIA, Toni Serra, video artist - OVNI founding member. Organized in cooperation with Palestinian Court - al Hoash 18:00 - 22:00 Exhibitions continue at: Al-Ma'mal Mounira Al Solh, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy. Tile Factory Noor Abed, Young Hae Heavy Industries. Anadiel Gallery Khalil Rabah. Al-Tannour Bakery, Al-Khanqa St. Mounira Al Solh. The Swedish Christian Study Center Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Juliana Irene Smith. Cafe al Haj Ahmad Al-A'araj Mounira Al Solh. The Khalidi Libraries Beatrice Catanzaro, Yazan Khalili. Hammam al Ein at the Center for Jerusalem Studies Mona Hatoum, Sharif Waked, Rania Khalil Yabous Cultural Centre Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Yazan Khalili Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash Paul Chan, Disreality Archives, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy More info: The Jerusalem Show 2011 website View images from the Jerusalem Show V opening events:


\| 30-10-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show Programme The Jerusalem Show. On/Off Language. 24.10.2011 - 2.11.2011 Curated by Lara Khaldi & Jose A. Sanchez Sunday 30.10.2011 Programme of Events An evening of the Jerusalem Show at Al Mahatta Gallery, Ein Misbah, St., Ramallah 18:30 Rania Khalil's I Plan to Stay a Believer is a semi-improvisational performance. It is created from performance artist Rania Khalil's love of Butoh dance, and draws on the concepts found therein: to distill movement to it's most subtle states, to abstract the interpretive or pantomime, and to communicate to the audience what is in the heart and mind, sometimes with no movement at all. Here is found one of Butoh's most inclusive aspects: even people who cannot walk, see or stand can dance. In this site specific work, Khalil addresses both the space and her inner feelings about the act of performing. On stage she quietly reads three letters sent to her by friends on the eve of an upcoming performance. The piece, like all dance improvisation, becomes an experiment. It is to communicate her inner state wordlessly to the audience, and to hear that which exists beyond what is spoken. (image at end of email) Rania Khalil was born to Egyptian parents in the United States. Through this common diasporic narrative, Khalil lost her ability to communicate fluently in Arabic, a subject which weaves through much of her work. A world of words all around her, sometimes walls and sometimes windows, Khalil learned to take refuge in silence and images. 19:30 Absurd (interactive performance) Bartolome Ferrando A picture of gestures 20:00 35 minutes Los Torreznos (Performance, 35 minutes) Los Torreznos was created in 2000. Its members, Jaime Vallaure and Rafael Lamata, have been working together for over 20 years in different creative projects, both on their own, and other projects dedicated to the generation of art spaces and collectives. The intention of their work turns towards research and expressive experimentation through simple forms, such as gesture, language or presence. Forms that are (or at least should be) reachable by everybody and not only those who are specialized in Contemporary Arts languages. For further details please visit the Jerusalem Show link located above or visit: www.almamalfoundation.org/jshow


\| 02-11-2011 To 02-11-2011 Jerusalem Show V: Closing Day Programme Wednesday 2.11.2011 The Jerusalem Show V: Closing! 17:00 Tour of all art works in the Jerusalem Show Meeting point: The Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash, Al Zahra St. Palestinian Art Court - al Hoash Paul Chan, Disreality Archives, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy: Yabous Cultural Centre Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Yazan Khalili Salah el Din St: Bisan Abu-Eisheh Hammam at the Center for Jerusalem Studies Mona Hatoum, Sharif Waked, Rania Khalil The Khalidi Libraries Beatrice Catanzaro, Yazan Khalili. Al-Tannour Bakery, Al-Khanqa str Mounira Al Solh. The Swedish Christian Study Center Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Juliana Irene Smith. Anadiel Gallery Khalil Rabah. Al-Ma�mal Mounira Al Solh, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy. Tile Factory Noor Abed, Young Hae Heavy Industries. 18:30 - 22:00. Tile Factory Lan Hungh. Seven Shanzhai Pieces - part II (Durational Performance) "Shanzhai" refers to Chinese imitation and pirated brands and goods, particularly electronics. The title "Seven Shanzhai Pieces" refers to Marina Abramovic's "Seven Easy Pieces". For this project, Lan Hungh chooses 7 performances, as she did, but only in search of inspiration: instead to think of whether we are keeping the history straight, Lan takes thes historical pieces as his "found objects" and reproduces his own experience of them. The work poses questions about the possibility of "copying" performance art and ironically reflects about the copyright of some pieces that where conceived against the market and against any idea of ownership. 21.00 Closing Reception Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art Further information is available on The Jerusalem Show V website: http://almamalfoundation.org/jshow/


\| 04-11-2011 To 04-11-2011 Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoner's Section Join us Friday 4.11.2011 18:30 The Imprisoned Book: A comparative perspective. Speakers: Abid al Sattar Qassem, thinker and former political prisoner and Hasan Obied, researcher and former political prisoner The art works and Talks programme are part of the Jerusalem Show: On/Off Language Produced by Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art


\| 25-11-2011 To 15-12-2011 Exhibition at Al-Ma'mal Foundation All that is Unknown Mohammad Joha and Hazem Harb (Gaza) New paintings Exhibition Opens from Friday, November 25 at 13:00 Exhibition closes Thursday December 15, 2011 visit the artists' websites to see more http://hazemharb.weebly.com/mixed-media.html http://mohamedjoha.weebly.com/paintings.html Please Click 'Read More' link to view more images.


\| 02-12-2011 To 02-12-2011 Visual Art Live Performance Visual Art Live Performance by Tam2 Multimedia Crew & The Italian Artist Lucio Diana On Friday December 2nd, 2011 at 19:00, Al-Ma'mal Foundation


\| 01-11-2012 To 15-11-2012 GESTURES IN TIME 1-15th November 2012 'Gestures in Time' is the flagship international exhibition for the pilot edition of Qalandiya International - art and life in Palestine. Presenting 30 artists (including 21 new commissions) whose works explore the individual gesture as an act of aesthetic and social creation, 'Gestures in Time' takes place in urban and rural locations across Palestine (Abwein, Hajja, Jamma'in, Dhahiriya, Jerusalem and Ramallah). Commissioners: Riwaq Biennial and the Jerusalem Show for Qalandiya International Curators: Katya Garcia-Anton and Lara Khaldi Exhibiting artists: Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas, Mohammed Alhawajri, Rheim Alkadhi, Marwa Arsanios & Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Erick Beltran, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Jumana Emil Abboud, Matias Faldbakken, Subversive Film, Amjad Ghannam, Ra'ouf Haj yahia, Wafa Hourani, Quinn Latimer, Bruno Munari, Ciprian Muresan, Shahryar Nashat, Tom Nicholson, Uriel Orlow, Cornelia Parker, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, Amer Shomali, Socratis Socratous, Martin Soto Climent, Nardeen Srouji, Javier Tellez www.riwaq.org www qalandiyainternational.org As the myriad of recent public mobilizations world-wide show us, our times are characterized by an overarching sense of disenchantment with high forms of government. 'Gestures in Time' seeks to reconsider how the individual can conceive of having an aesthetic and socially creative life, within and beyond a specific geography. The exhibition sets out to explore the individual gesture on an intimate, social, political and aesthetic level, as a means to re-claim our relationship with society. The gesture offers a liberating degree of personal autonomy, which is lacking in the more formalized form of an action or a movement. In the terrain of regulated conflict which this exhibition inhabits (Palestine), but also well beyond it, the gesture can become a form of divine dissent - chaotic, wild, anachronistic, guttural, amorphous and unregulated - requiring neither legitimacy from, or attachment to, any recognized body of authority. In the global field of artistic practice, the gesture functions as a self-reflexive tool of analysis of questions ranging from identity, behavior, instinct, authorship and the promise of creativity at large. 'Gestures in Time' is anchored to the precise geographic, historic, poetic and political location of Palestine. Yet Palestine's imbrication in the wider international perspective gives the project an overall international resonance. From this expanded perspective, artists in "Gestures in Time" consider the urgency to 'intervene' the visual and textual present by fracturing the everyday forms that defined the world in the recent past, enabling a radical re-interpretation and reconstruction of the present moment. The notion that the present is incomplete and that, therefore, it falsifies the construction of future History, is pivotal to this exhibition. For these artists the very notion of "historical progress" is a cruel illusion. The gesture becomes a form of poetic and performative unbinding of progress; a force of construction and individual creation. 'Gestures in Time' operates beyond any impetus of fragmentation and isolation, and beyond religious imperatives, which are being misused within the region and well beyond it. From this perspective the gesture functions as a micro, and subtle, tool towards speaking together and to each other. Venues 'Abwein village, Dhahiriya village, Al-Ma'mal Lab, Birzeit University, Center for Jerusalem Studies - Al Quds University, Gallery Anadiel, Hajja village, Institut Francais, Jerusalem, Jamma'in village, The Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem, The Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Tile Factory, Yabous Cultural Center CLICK ON 'READ MORE' FOR PROGRAM OF EVENTS Riwaq Biennale & Jerusalem Show for Qalandiya International Present GESTURES IN TIME upcoming events Thursday 1.11.2012 Inauguration of Qalandiya International, Qalandiya and Ramallah 20:00 \| Riwaq, Al-Bireh \| 4th Riwaq Biennale opening reception Friday 2.11.2012 18:00 \| The Centre for Jerusalem Studies- Al Quds University, Jerusalem Old City \|Jerusalem Show VI opening and tour guided by exhibition curators Katya-Garcia Anton and Lara Khaldi to Hammam Al Ayn and Hammam Al Shefa to view works by Rheim Alkadhi, Erick Beltran, Martin Soto Climent, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, Subversive Film and Uriel Orlow 19:00 \| The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jerusalem Old City \| Jerusalem Show VI. Performance by poet Quinn Latimer 20:30 \| Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem Old City \| Gestures in Time - Jerusalem Show VI tour continues to view works by Ruanne Abou Rahme & Basel Abbas, Amjad Ghannam, Wafa Hourani, Shahryar Nashat, Tom Nicholson, Cornelia Parker, Amer Shomali, Ra'ouf Haj Yahia and Mohammed Al Hawajri 21:00 \| Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem Old City \| Jerusalem Show VI opening reception. Saturday 3.11.2012 11:00 \| Abwein Historic Centre \| 4th Riwaq Biennale opening tour. View works by Jumana Emil Abboud (Eye of the Tiger, performance), Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh (presentation without title, a lecture performance), Nardeen Srouji (Funnel, installation) and Uriel Orlow (Specters in Stones, an audio walk). Buses leave for Abwein at 10:30 from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact RiwaqSunday 4.11.2012 10:00 - 15:00 \| Al-Quds University Modern Media Center, Al-Bireh \| Symposium: Modernity, Architecture and Urban Life in the Arab Region. Organised by Riwaq and the Studio-X Global Network from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University 16:00 \| Harb House, Friends Girls School Street, Ramallah \| City of Mirage: Baghdad 1952 - 1982 exhibition curated by Pedro Azara 16:00 \| Birzeit Historic Centre \| Artists in Residence exhibition opening and tour of works by Marie Zolamian, Roberta Gigante and Laure Deselys. A collaboration between Riwaq and Centre wallon d'Art contemporain - La Chataigneraie and the support of Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, WBI and the Loterie Nationale of Belgium 18:20 \| Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem \| Film screening of Ciprian Murisan's Untitled (45 mins) SUNDAY November 4 18:20 Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem Film screening of Ciprian Muresan�s Untitled (2012, 41mins) Parallel Event: 17:00 Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem. The Palestinian Counselling Center Al Irshad presents Face to Face, Nasser Zalloum solo exhibition Monday 5.11.2012 11:00 \| Hajja and Jamma'in historic centres \| 4th Riwaq Biennale tour. View works by Jumana Emil Abboud, Poster Sculpture 3 by Matias Faldbakken, and Collective Knotting Together of Hairs by Rheim Al Kadhi. Buses leave for Hajja and Jamma'in at 10:00am from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq. MONDAY November 5 11:00 Hajjah and Jamma�in historic centers 4th Riwaq Biennale tour View works in Hajjah by Jumana Emil Abboud (Eye of the Tiger: wound, installation), and in Jamma�in works by Matias Faldbakken (Poster Sculpture 3, installation) and Rheim Alkadhi (Collective Knotting Together of Hairs, installation). Buses leave for Hajjah and Jamma�in at 10:00 from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq Tuesday 6.11.2012 10:00 \| Arafat Mausoleum, Al-Bireh \| Walk Ramallah! A guided tour by Khaldun Bshara. Tour passes through the city centre and ends in Ramallah Old City \| Organized by Riwaq. 18:20 Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem Film screening of Javier Tell�z�s O Rinoceronte de Durer (Durer�s Rhinoceros, 41 mins, Arabic subtitles) 19:00 � 22:00 The Pessoptimist Marathon: contemporary encounters with Saeed. A live streaming audio performance by Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Marwa Arsanios. The Educational Bookshop Caf�, Salah Eddin St., Jerusalem and simultaneously at Beit Aneeseh restaurant and bar, Ramallah and at Radio Beirut, Lebanon, 18:00 � 22:00 19:00 - 22:00 \| Al-Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem Old City \| Jerusalem Show VI. The Pessoptimist Marathon : contemporary encounters with Saeed. A live streaming audio performance by Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Marwa Arsanios. The Educational Bookshop Cafe, Salah Eddin St., Jerusalem and simultaneously at Beit Aneeseh restaurant and bar, Ramallah and at Radio Beirut, Lebanon, 18:00 - 22:00 Wednesday 7.11.2012 11:00 \| Dhahiriya historic centre \| 4th Riwaq Biennale tour and viewing of A Cave in Dhahiriya by Socratis Socratous and O Rinoceronte de Durer (Durer's Rhinoceros) by Javier Tellez. Buses leave for Dhahiriya at 9:00 from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq. 14:00 \| Hebron Old City \| tour with the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee. Thursday 8.11.2012 11:20 \| Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem \| Film screening of Javier Tellez's O Rinoceronte de Durer ('Durer's Rhinoceros', 41 mins, Arabic subtitles). Parallel event 10:00 - 18:30 \| Columbia Global Center - Middle East, Amman \| Symposium: Modernity, Architecture and Urban Life in the Arab Region. Organised by Riwaq and the Studio-X Global Network from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University. Sunday 11.11.2012 11:00 \| Hajja and Jamma'in historic centres \| 4th Riwaq Biennale tour. View works by Jumana Emil Abboud, Poster Sculpture 3 by Matias Faldbakken and Collective Knotting Together of Hairs by Rheim Al Kadhi. Buses leave for Hajja and Jamma'in at 10:00am from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq. Monday 12.11.2012 11:00 \| Abwein historic centre \| 4th Riwaq Biennale tour. View works by Jumana Emil Abboud (Eye of the Tiger, performance), Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh (presentation without title, a lecture performance), Nardeen Srouji (Funnel, installation) and Uriel Orlow (Specters in Stones, an audio walk). Buses leave for Abwein at 10:30 from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq. Tuesday 13.11.2012 11:00 \| Dhahiriya Historic Centre \| 4th Riwaq Biennale tour. View A Cave in Dhahiriya by Socratis Socrates, and Javier Tellez's film O Rinoceronte de Durer (Durer's Rhinoceros) Buses leave for Dhahiriya at 9:00 from Riwaq, Al-Bireh. To register, please contact Riwaq. Wednesday 14.11.2012 11:20 \| Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem \| Screening of Javier Tellez's O Rinoceronte de Durer ('Durer's Rhinoceros', 45 mins, Arabic subtitles). 18:20 \| Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem \| Film screening of Ciprian Murisan's Untitled (45 mins). 19:00 \| Al-Ma'mal, Jerusalem old city \| Jerusalem Show VI tour guided by exhibition curators Katya Garcia-Anton and Lara Khaldi. View works by Ruanne Abou Rahme & Basel Abbas, Amjad Ghannam, Wafa Hourani, Ciprian Muresan, Tom Nicholson, Cornelia Parker, Amer Shomali, Ra'ouf Haj Yahia and Mohammed Al Hawajri. Tour continues to the Center for Jerusalem Studies, Hammam Al Ein and Hammam El Shefa, Jerusalem old city, to view works by Rheim Alkadhi, Erick Beltran, Martin Soto Climent, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, Subversive Film, and Uriel Orlow. Thursday 15.11.2012 Closing of Qalandiya International Contacts Riwaq: tel 02-2406887. email: info@riwaq.org Al-Ma'mal: tel 02-6283457. email: info@almamalfoundation.org Gestures in Time In Jerusalem open daily, opening hours 18:00 - 21:00 November 2nd - 15th Gallery Anadiel, Al-Ma'mal LAB, The Tile Factory, Centre for Jerusalem Studies. In Abwein, Jamma'in, Dhahiriya open daily except Friday November 3rd - 15th Opening hours 10:00 - 16:00 In Hajja November 5th - 15th Opening hours 10:00 - 16:00 In Harb House- Ramallah November 4th -11th Opening hours 12:00-18:00


\| 02-11-2012 To 15-11-2012 GESTURES IN TIME FOLLOW LINK TO SEE FIRST SNAPSHOTS FROM THE JERUSALEM SHOW VI & RIWAQ BIENNIALE OPENING in the old city of jerusalem https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514451301906499.121369.100000249029265&type=1&l=7adc28229f CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS: WEDNESDAY 14/11/2012 11:20 Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem Film screening of Ciprian Mureşan, Untitled, 2012, 41min, english subtitles 18:20 Yabous Cultural Center, Jerusalem Screening of Javier Tellez, O Rinoceronte de Durer (Durer's Rhinoceros, 2010, 40min, in Portugese with Arabic & English subtitles) 19:00 Jerusalem Show VI tour guided by exhibition curator Lara Khaldi, starting from the French Institute, Salah Eddin St, Jerusalem. View work by Julia Rometti & Victor Costales and Amer Shomali. Proceed to Hammam Al Ayn & Hammam Al Shifa, old city to view works by Rheim Alkadhi, Erick Beltran, Martin Soto Climent, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, Subversive Film, Wafa Hourani and Uriel Orlow. Tour continues to the Tile Factory, the Al-Ma'mal Lab and Gallery Anadiel, New Gate to view works by Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas, Amjad Ghannam, Ciprian Mureşan, Tom Nicholson, Cornelia Parker, Raouf Haj Yehia and Mohammed Al-Hawajri. exhibitions in jerusalem open daily 18:00 - 21:00 / Hammam Al Ayn, Hammam Al Shifa and French Institute open 16:00 - 19:00 in addition, view works in historic centers of Abwein (Jumana Emil Abboud, Nardeen Srouji, Uriel Orlow), Hajjah (Jumana Emil Abboud), Jamma-in (Rheim Alkadhi, Mathias Faldbakken), & Dhahiriya (Socratis Socratous) 'Gestures in Time' is an international exhibition for the pilot edition of Qalandiya International - art and life in Palestine. Presenting 30 artists (including 21 new commissions) whose works explore the individual gesture as an act of aesthetic and social creation, 'Gestures in Time' takes place in urban and rural locations across Palestine (Abwein, Hajja, Jamma'in, Dhahiriya, Jerusalem and Ramallah). Commissioners: Riwaq Biennial and the Jerusalem Show for Qalandiya International Curators: Katya Garcia-Anton and Lara Khaldi Exhibiting artists: Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas, Mohammed Alhawajri, Rheim Alkadhi, Marwa Arsanios & Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Erick Beltran, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Jumana Emil Abboud, Matias Faldbakken, Subversive Film, Amjad Ghannam, Ra'ouf Haj yahia, Wafa Hourani, Quinn Latimer, Bruno Munari, Ciprian Muresan, Shahryar Nashat, Tom Nicholson, Uriel Orlow, Cornelia Parker, Julia Rometti & Victor Costales, Amer Shomali, Socratis Socratous, Martin Soto Climent, Nardeen Srouji, Javier Tellez www.riwaq.org www qalandiyainternational.org As the myriad of recent public mobilizations world-wide show us, our times are characterized by an overarching sense of disenchantment with high forms of government. 'Gestures in Time' seeks to reconsider how the individual can conceive of having an aesthetic and socially creative life, within and beyond a specific geography. The exhibition sets out to explore the individual gesture on an intimate, social, political and aesthetic level, as a means to re-claim our relationship with society. The gesture offers a liberating degree of personal autonomy, which is lacking in the more formalized form of an action or a movement. In the terrain of regulated conflict which this exhibition inhabits (Palestine), but also well beyond it, the gesture can become a form of divine dissent - chaotic, wild, anachronistic, guttural, amorphous and unregulated - requiring neither legitimacy from, or attachment to, any recognized body of authority. In the global field of artistic practice, the gesture functions as a self-reflexive tool of analysis of questions ranging from identity, behavior, instinct, authorship and the promise of creativity at large. 'Gestures in Time' is anchored to the precise geographic, historic, poetic and political location of Palestine. Yet Palestine's imbrication in the wider international perspective gives the project an overall international resonance. From this expanded perspective, artists in "Gestures in Time" consider the urgency to 'intervene' the visual and textual present by fracturing the everyday forms that defined the world in the recent past, enabling a radical re-interpretation and reconstruction of the present moment. The notion that the present is incomplete and that, therefore, it falsifies the construction of future History, is pivotal to this exhibition. For these artists the very notion of "historical progress" is a cruel illusion. The gesture becomes a form of poetic and performative unbinding of progress; a force of construction and individual creation. 'Gestures in Time' operates beyond any impetus of fragmentation and isolation, and beyond religious imperatives, which are being misused within the region and well beyond it. From this perspective the gesture functions as a micro, and subtle, tool towards speaking together and to each other. Venues Abwein village, Dhahiriya village, Al-Ma'mal Lab, Birzeit University, Center for Jerusalem Studies - Al Quds University, Gallery Anadiel, Hajjah village, Institut Francais, Jerusalem, Jamma'in village, The Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem, The Evangelical Lutheran Church, The Tile Factory, Yabous Cultural Center


\| 15-11-2012 To 15-11-2012 The Jerusalem Show VI, 2012: farewell and see you again soon!! thank you to our Jerusalem Show supporters, partners, curators, artists, friends ...see you again soon!! copy and paste link below to go to the Jerusalem Show 2012 http://almamalfoundation.org/jshow/?cat=20 'Gestures in Time' is the theme of the Jerusalem Show 2012 curated by Katya Garcia-Anton and Lara Khaldi. In its sixth edition, the JShow is part of the pilot edition of Qalandiya International - art and life in Palestine. Gestures in Time presents 30 artists (including 21 new commissions) whose works explore the individual gesture as an act of aesthetic and social creation, 'Gestures in Time' takes place in urban and rural locations across Palestine (Abwein, Hajja, Jamma'in, Dhahiriya, Jerusalem and Ramallah). The project is supported by the European Union, the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany Ramallah, the British Council, Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation, The French Consulate, Jerusalem, IKON Gallery, Pro Helvetia (Swiss Art Council), Ford Foundation, Monash University, Melbourne, and Rana Sadik & Samer Younis.


\| 09-04-2013 To 26-04-2013 Unmade Film an exhibition by Uriel Orlow Unmade Film An exhibition by Uriel Orlow With Students from Dar Al Tifel Al Arabi, Jerusalem 9 to 26 April 2013 Opening Monday 8 April 6 to 8pm The Tile Factory, Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art New Gate, Old City, Jerusalem The Score Concert With Dirar Kalash and others Tuesday, 9 April, 8pm Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Al Raja street, Ramallah Taking Ruins with Esmail Nashef Wednesday, 10 April, 8pm The Tile Factory, Al Mamal Foundation for Contemporary Art New Gate, Old City, Jerusalem Exhibition opening hours: Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm --- The project was made possible with the generious support of: Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council British Council Al-Ma'mal and the artist wish to thank the following institutions for their support and collaboration: Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris Les Complices*, Zurich Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah Center for Jerusalem Studies, Al Quds University Palestinian Councelling Center (PCC), Jerusalem Torture Rehabilitation Center (TRC), Ramallah Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi, Jerusalem Al-Kasaba Theatre, Ramallah International Academy of Art Palestine Ramallah Uriel Orlow Unmade Film Haunting can be considered as a gesture across time; haunting is both temporal rupture and unstable representation; haunting is a form of dispossession but also a form of return; haunting points to unfinished business in the past that addresses us in the present. Unmade Film takes as its starting point the at once emblematic and wholly invisible Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, formerly on the outskirts of Jerusalem. In April 1948 Deir Yassin was attacked by two Jewish paramilitary groups and over 100 villagers were brutally killed. The massacre of Deir Yassin is considered to be one of the pivotal events that led to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from many other towns and villages. In 1951 a mental hospital was established on the grounds of Deir Yassin, incorporating the buildings that remained intact after the massacre. Initially treating holocaust survivors, the psychiatric clinic is today also known for its treatment of and research into the so-called Jerusalem Syndrome. There is no plaque that acknowledges the hospital�s occupation of the houses of Deir Yassin and whilst Yad Vashem, the Holocuast memorial is in close proximity to Deir Yassin, attempts at commemorating the Nakba are continually challenged. Unmade Film takes the form of a fragmented film, constituent parts that emerge over a long period of research and production, pointing to the structure of a film but never fully becoming one. Artist Statement Uriel Orlow is a Swiss-born, London-based artist. Orlow�s work explores the spatial and pictorial conditions of history and memory, focusing on blind spots and questions around the ethics/politics of representation. Individual works take specific locations and events as starting points: minor histories, little known or hidden episodes in the shadow of larger events, life in the midst of failure or break-down, as well as the eruption of possible futures in a present which is trying to come to terms with the past. Initially working like a micro-historian, intensively engaging with a single event, community or place, Orlow employs methodologies which range from archival and field research to filming, drawing and setting up workshops and events. A long-term montage process produces modular and fragmentary multi-media works that bring different image-regimes and narrative modes into correspondence. Orlow�s work was presented at Manifesta 9 (2012), the 54th Venice Bienniale (2011) and 8th Mercosul Biennial in Brazil (2011). Recent solo exhibitions include Uriel Orlow: Back to Back, Spike Island, Bristol (2013), Time is a Place at Kunsthause/Centre PasquArt, Biel (2012), The Short and the Long of it 9.0 at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2012) and There is Nothing Left at ACAF Alexandria, Egypt (2011). His work has been included in numerous international group exhibitions, including Ateliers de Rennes (2012), Anarchism without Adjectives at Extra-City, Antwerp (2012), Unseen Blows at Seventeen Gallery, London (2012) and The Gate of the Invisible Must be Visible at Casa del Lago, Mexico City (2012).


\| 11-05-2013 To 07-06-2013 Benji Boyadgian opening snaps May 11th Opening images at the Al-Ma'mal Tile Factory from the current exhibition, A Journey into Abstrabesque; drawings by Jerusalem-based artist Benji Boyadgian Exhibition at the Al-Ma'mal Tile Factory closes June 7th, open daily 10-5pm except Saturday & Sunday A selection of Benji's works are also on exhibit at the French Institute, Salah Eddin St. Jerusalem. Exhibition at the French Institute closes May 28th. Open daily 10-1pm and 2-6pm, except Friday & Sunday The exhibition is kindly supported by Anton Boyadgian, Institute Francais and Ghadeer foundation A Journey Into Abstrabesque an exhibition by Benji Boyadgian Al-Ma�mal Tile Factory May 11 � June 7 2013 A Journey into Abstrabesque is a dialogue between geometrical arabesque patterns and abstract art paradigms. Aged 'Moorish tile' from the turn of the 20th century seen throughout Palestine serve as inspiration. The texture renders the tiles a different dimension, a timeless feeling. The invention of those tiles happens with the premises of the machine age, (modernity and globalization). The pattern design stems from oriental arts and craft iconography. Their fabrication is invented in the west, designed to suit a taste for the oriental. Although exogenous they have become inherent to Palestinian heritage. I use the tiles as a metaphor for surface, the surface as a concept. The different patterns are the starting point of the process of abstraction and they operate as platforms for endless interpretations. The surfaces of the patterns erode as layers of watercolour flow. It's an allusion to the history of Palestine, a place at a junction. In the journey through this world we fuse with the forces of erosion, playing our part in the mutation of the physical and metaphysical. Our tread on a surface is not inconsequential, leaving lasting traces. A journey into abstrabesque is a reflection on craft, heritage and identity. Abstrabesque is a word play, a fusion-confusion concept, as were those tiles, mirroring the World's Story. � Benji Boyadgian --- The exhibition features fourteen drawings 75x75 cm, all watercolour on paper produced between 2011 - 2013; in addition to a selection of the artist�s sketches and research work. BIO Benji Boyadgian was born in Jerusalem in 1983. He graduated in 2009 from the Architecture school of La Villette in Paris specializing in urban sociology in post conflict areas. Since 2010, he is based and works in Jerusalem, exploring theme revolving around heritage and landscape through painting.


Benji Boyadgian \| 11-05-2013 To 07-06-2013 A Journey Into Abstrabesque an exhibition by Benji Boyadgian OPENING SATURDAY MAY 11TH 7PM Al-Ma'mal Tile Factory New Gate, Old City exhibition closes June 7th selected drawings are also on exhibit at the French Institute 21 Salah Eddin Street A Journey into Abstrabesque is a dialogue between geometrical arabesque patterns and abstract art paradigms. Aged �Moorish tile� from the turn of the 20th century seen throughout Palestine serve as inspiration. The texture renders the tiles a different dimension, a timeless feeling. The invention of those tiles happens with the premises of the �machine age�, (modernity and globalization). The pattern design stems from oriental arts and craft iconography. Their fabrication is invented in the west, designed to suit a taste for the oriental. Although exogenous they have become inherent to Palestinian heritage. I use the tiles as a metaphor for surface, the surface as a concept. The different patterns are the starting point of the process of abstraction and they operate as platforms for endless interpretations. The surfaces of the patterns erode as layers of watercolour flow. It�s an allusion to the history of Palestine, a place at a junction. In the journey through this world we fuse with the forces of erosion, playing our part in the mutation of the physical and metaphysical. Our tread on a surface is not inconsequential, leaving lasting traces. A journey into abstrabesque is a reflection on craft, heritage and identity. Abstrabesque is a word play, a fusion-confusion concept, as were those tiles, mirroring the World�s Story. --- Benji Boyadgian was born in Jerusalem in 1983. He graduated in 2009 from the Architecture school of La Villette in Paris specializing in urban sociology in post conflict areas. Since 2010, he is based and works in Jerusalem, exploring theme revolving around heritage and landscape through painting.


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