Layer of Green: Eleven Photographic Works

[Ahmed Hamed chose to find the layer of green at Al Tawfiqiya Market. Image courtesy of Medrar TV.] [Ahmed Hamed chose to find the layer of green at Al Tawfiqiya Market. Image courtesy of Medrar TV.]

Layer of Green: Eleven Photographic Works

By : Medrar TV مدرار تي في

Layer of Green

Eleven Photographic Works

March - April 2014

Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo

 

“Layer of Green” is the outcome of a photography workshop organized by Goethe-Institut Kairo and CIC- PhotoSchool in November 2013. The theme is a highly adaptable layer that reflects a notion of green within social, political, economic, and cultural contexts. In their works, the photographers addressed this greenness in agriculture and greenhouses, in traffic; recreation; consumerism; still life; life and death; as well as more subtle features and aspects found around the city.

The workshop was led by Egyptian artist Rana ElNemr and German artist Jens Liebchen, who also co-curated the exhibition with CIC. 

Participating photographers include: Ahmed Hamed, Ahmed Safyeldin, Amr El Maghraby, Ebrahim El Moly, Manar Moursi, Maryam Ahmed, Mai Al Shazly, Mireille El Magrissy, Nadia Mounier, Sara Sallam, and Wafaa Samir.

[Translation and subtitling of video by Amira El Masry.] 

                            [This video is produced by Medrar TV and is featured in partnership with Jadaliyya Culture.]               

A Scenography Workshop by Hussein Baydoun

A Scenography workshop by Hussein Baydoun

8-16 September 2013

Falaki Theater, Cairo, Egypt

 

Hussein Baydoun is a Lebanese artist, architect, and scenographer who is known for his unique approach to set design. Baydoun frequently participates in the creation and development of performances from their early stages with the view that scenography is an essential component to the creation of theatrical work, one no less important than the script. His designs are often inspired by the performance spaces in which he works, where he creates fascinating sets from whatever is available as he challenges conventional notions about theater production, such as in his most recent performance "Alice," which was produced in collaboration with Lebanese playwright and director Sawsan Bou Khaled. In September, Baydoun returned to Cairo to lead a scenography workshop following the same vision. At the American University in Cairo`s Falaki Theater, he worked with six upcoming set designers, in addition to amateurs, on creating imaginative environments from the remnants of old sets and other discarded objects. This video highlights the vision and development of the workshop as Baydoun describes the aim of his teaching methods.  


 

      

     [This video is produced by Medrar TV and is featured as part of a new partnership with Jadaliyya Culture.]