[antiwar-van] Fw: in/tangible cartographies: new arab video series begins Sept. 8th

[Ken]

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in/tangible cartographies: new arab video series begins Sept. 8th


Fresh perspectives from the Arab world New series of Arab videotapes Opens
Sept 8 in Vancouver Runs: Sept 8-9, 22-23, and Oct 13-14.

VANCOUVER - Starting on September 8, a new series at the Pacific
Cinematheque brings together a startling array of voices that are not often
heard: those of Arab artists. Curated by Vancouver-based artist Jayce
Salloum, the series "in/tangible cartographies: new arab video" aims to shed
new light on the experiences of people living in Palestine, North Africa and
the Middle East.

For full program see: www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html

Highlighted works include: a. Award Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Elia
Suleiman's, "Cyber Palestine", the tale of a modern day Mary and Joseph, two
Palestinian returnees living in Gaza, and their confrontation with the
Israeli occupation. b. Belkacem Hadjadj's, "A Woman Taxi Driver in Sidi
Bel-Abbes", about the only woman taxi driver in a traditional Algerian town
divided by extremist political violence. The 52 minute video was voted Best
Documentary Film at Qatar's Arab Screen Independent Film Festival. c. Mounir
Fatmi's, "Survival Signs", a fascinating contemporary video about the
language's distingrating ability to communicate. It has been programmed at
film and video festivals in Toronto, Amsterdam, Brussels, Tokyo, Casablanca
and Locarno.


The series will be followed by the Oct 20 screening of Salloum's ongoing
untitled project, with the artist in attendance. untitled was the work at he
centre of last September's controversial Arab-Canadian art exhibit in
Ottawa's Museum of Civilization, when the Museum sought to postone "The
Lands Within Me," a large exhibition of works by Arab-Canadian artists,
after the September 11 attacks.


in/tangible cartographies: new arab video Sept 8-9, 22-23, Oct 13-14 More
info: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html

untitled: Jayce Salloum 1999-2002 Sunday October 20 - 7:30 pm More info:
http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/JayceUntitled.html

Pacific Cinematheque
1131 Howe Street (between Helmcken and Davie), Vancouver
24 Hour Info Line: 604 688 FILM Web: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca


USEFUL LINKS Full program details:
http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/NewArab.html About Jayce Salloum:
http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?SALLOUMJ About Jayce Salloum's
untitled: http://www.dijafragma.com/konverzacija/1salloum.htm

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