Medrar’s 7^th Cairo Video Festival will open 10 December in Zawya Cinema

This year’s edition of the Cairo Video Festival is set to host its opening night in Cinema Zawya on Thursday 10 December at 7pm. The programme will stretch between 10-25 December. The festival, will showcase an official selection including works by 116 artists of video art and experimental film works from 38 countries, in addition to 24 works that were handpicked by Medrar’s team from Egyptian and international artists.

The festival’s ongoing exhibition of video will take place between Medrar for Contemporary Art and the Contemporary Image Collective while the screenings will take place every other day in Zawya Cinema in Downtown and the French Institute in Mounira.

This year’s jury comprised of Egyptian visual artist and filmmaker Hala El-Kousy, London and Cairo based curator and writer Mia Jankowicz along with Danish video artist Morten Dysgaard.

Highlights of this year’s curated programme include renowned internationally acclaimed artist Marina Abramović’s The Scream, (Serbia, 2014), Iraqi artist Adel Abidin’s Three Love Songs, (Iraq, 2010) and Vincent Borcard’s War (Switzerland, 2014-2015)

The 7^th Cairo Video Festival is founded and organised by Medrar for Contemporary Art and supported generously by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC), Pro Helvetia-the Swiss Arts Council, DEDI-The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute, and the Japan Foundation.

For details on participating artists and programme please visit:http://www.medrar.org/7thcvf/
For festival’s facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1490634314600469/
Festival Trailer: https://vimeo.com/145073608

ITALIA – Montemarcello, Ameglia (SPEZIA) La Marrana, PARCO Arte Ambientale. Sabato 30 giugno alle ore 21 sarà introdotto da Jacqueline Ceresoli il film –  documentario di Marina Abramovic, THE ARTIST IS PRESENT (104 minuti), un’opera che testimonia la mostra tenuta nel 2010, illustrandone la genesi e il divenire, ma soprattutto soffermandosi sulla lunga performance che ha accompagnato la mostra per i 3 mesi della rassegna. Dal 1 al 29 luglio dalle ore 17 alle ore 21 la mostra si svilupperà a partire dalla sintesi del filmato -The artist is present (17 minuti) e su altri due video: Dozing Consciousness, 1997 (7’23″) e Vanitas, 2010 (6’10″) ­ che mostrano due momenti fra loro distanti nel tempo, ma estremamente significativi, della ricerca dell’artista.

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Itlay, Montemarcello, Ameglia (SPEZIA) La Marrana, Ambiental Art Park. On Saturday 30 June at 9 pm will be intoduced by Jacqueline Ceresoli the documentary on Marina Abramovic – THE ARTIST IS PRESENT (104 minutes), a work that presents the exhibition held in 2010, highlighting the different stages, and focusing on the long performances that accompanied the exhibition for the 3 months of the show. From 1 to 29 July h 5 pm – 9 pm , he exhibition will continue with the summary of the fim The artist is present (17 minutes) and two other videos: Dozing Consciousness, 1997 (7’23″) e Vanitas, 2010 (6’10″) ­ that shows two moments apart, but extremely relevant, for the artist’s research.

La Marrana

Davide Balliano, Eva & Franco Mattes e Nico Vascellari rappresenteranno l’Italia alla rassegna 5x5Castellò 2010, per il Premi Internacional d’Art Contemporani Diputaciò de Castellò realizzata all’EACC Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castellon in Spagna, che si è aperta il 16 luglio e rimarrà visibile fino al 26 settembre.

5x5Castelló è un progetto espositivo creato dall’EACC con l’obiettivo di sollecitare il dialogo tra diverse generazioni di artisti. 25 gli artisti selezionati da una giuria composta da: Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, John Baldessari, Esther Ferrer e Antoni Muntadas.