Kurzfassung

Recorded images that are created as a personal or collective expression against political regimes during significant political changes are the counter-weight for those generated by the official media. The recorded document remains when the revolution is over and can often be interpreted not only by its content but also by the type of device used. On the more sophisticated level, video art and experimental cinema are continually using new approaches and forms of presentation. The viewer,...Recorded images that are created as a personal or collective expression against political regimes during significant political changes are the counter-weight for those generated by the official media. The recorded document remains when the revolution is over and can often be interpreted not only by its content but also by the type of device used. On the more sophisticated level, video art and experimental cinema are continually using new approaches and forms of presentation. The viewer, shaken from accustomed visual habits, experiences new forms of perception and becomes more critical.

The geo-political context, the tools and their accessibility to artists and to the large public, and the means of diffusion have obviously changed through time and space. Videos and films included in the exhibition are not considered so much as a genre but more as a means to investigate the changing role and influence of visual technology and the different ways the moving image and its perception can be expressions of resistance.

This project has been initiated by ARCHiNOS Architecture, Cairo, Egypt(www.archinos.com ) in cooperation with WRO Art Center, Wroclaw, Poland (www.wrocenter.pl).

This project is co-funded by the European Union as part of its annual Cultural Cooperation Programme in Egypt. Additional support has been gratefully received from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cairo, and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo.» weiterlesen» einklappen