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[\"Scholars Enjoying Tea,\" (c. 19th century) by Nakabayashi Chikkei. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image copyright the museum.] [\"Scholars Enjoying Tea,\" (c. 19th century) by Nakabayashi Chikkei. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Image copyright the museum.]

Early Fall Culture

By : Culture Page Editors

The days might get shorter, but culture never does. Below is a selection of Jadaliyya Culture’s recent content for readers to revisit or discover. 

Sinan Antoon discusses the translation of his novel, The Corpse Washer

Jonathan Guyer discusses the old/new red lines of political cartooning in Egypt

Kamran Rastegar reviews Bahman Ghobadi’s Rhino Season and Mohammadreza Farzad’s Falgoosh

Katie Cella reviews She Who Tells a Story at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, which kicked off its 2013 program on 28 September, was highlighted on Jadaliyya’s Culture, Reviews, and Media pages with a series of interviews and reviews.

Malihe Razazan interviews multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar about his new documentary Infiltrators

Alia Yunis interviews filmmaker Annemarie Jacir

Alison L McManus reviews the documentary Lyrics Revolt 

Maymanah Farhat reviews Mais Darwazah`s short film The Dinner

In September, Jadaliyya launched a partnership with Cairo-based online arts channel Medrar TV, which provides unmatched coverage of cultural events in Egypt and the Arab world. Medrar TV posts are published in pairs every Monday and include surveys of exhibitions, concert footage, and performance excerpts alongside exclusive interviews with artists, directors, curators, and other cultural organizers.

"Alice" a performance by Sawsan Bou Khaled and Hussein Baydoun

"Rhino Story" an exhibition and book launch by Egyptian artists Ahmed Sabry and Mohamed Abdelkarim

A Portrait of Tunisian Artist Nicene Kossentini

Exhibition of Collage Workshop by Hany Rashed

Exercises in Collective Reading: A Workshop by Marwa Arsanios 

SMSlingshot: An Interactive Public Intervention by VR/Urban – Germany

Face the Vitrine An interactive installation by Ganzeer and Yasmin Elayat

A Scenography workshop by Hussein Baydoun

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center Student Performance

Shorbet Rosas: A Performance by Shorba (Mohamed Shafik and Nadah El Shazly)

RETUNE CD Release Concert: A Collaborative Project Between Emerging Cairo Musicians

Khadra 2013: A Group Exhibition at Cairo’s Darb 1718

Journey Around My Living Room by Hala Elkoussy

More about the featured artist:

Nakabayashi Chikkei (1816-1867) was an Ansei era, late Edo period painter who lived in Kyoto. Although active while the Ukiyo-e school of woodcuts was at its height, his mastery of color and detailed brushwork have made him a popular figure among historians of nineteenth-century Japanese art. He studied under his father, artist Nakabayashi Chikuto, who trained him in the Nanga style of painting, which adopted elements of traditional Chinese landscapes and prided itself as part of the intellectual class. Although departing from the monochrome palette of this specific movement, he nonetheless retained elements of its classical techniques and philosophical underpinnings. 
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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.]