Malak Helmy: Lost Referents of Some Attraction

[Many of Malak Helmy`s video work are also inspired by a place. Image courtesy of Medrar TV.] [Many of Malak Helmy`s video work are also inspired by a place. Image courtesy of Medrar TV.]

Malak Helmy: Lost Referents of Some Attraction

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Malak Helmy: Lost Referents of Some Attraction

April 2014

Sharjah Gallery, The American University in Cairo

 

This solo show, curated by Beirut for the AUC Sharjah Gallery, presents works from the past five years of Malak Helmy`s practice. Lost Referents of Some Attraction brings together three films, an audio and two text-based works, in addition to a series of objects and spatial interventions. In these works, Helmy sets up environments within environments, presenting altered objects stripped of function as indexical referents within the space. They refer to other sites, studies, research . . . and each other.  

                          [This video was 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.]