5 – 15 November 2007
TALES AROUND THE PAVEMENT /عالرصيف
A contemporary art project taking place on the streets of Downtown Cairo
In the megalopolis that is present-day Cairo, public space is a scarce resource. TALES AROUND THE PAVEMENT is a contemporary arts project exploring Downtown Cairo’s existing public spaces where residents are allowed to gather and interact as a site in which the complex relationship between the city’s dwellers and its various governing bodies is constantly negotiated and redefined. Seven artists, designers and architects are commissioned to produce new projects through which they subtly disrupt the urban landscape by reinventing some of the guerrilla-style tactics and survival strategies employed by city dwellers on a daily basis in the public sphere.
Curated by Aleya Hamza and Edit Molnar
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Marwan Fayed I Eklego Design I Mohamed Allam I Malak Helmy I Mahmoud Hamdy I Kareem Lotfy I George Azmy
PROJECTS
Malak Helmy
HOW TO MAKE YOUR BODY DOUBLE OVERNIGHT at KOSHK
KOSHK is a kiosk transformed into an interactive art project that is composed of continuous artist collaborations that build upon the interactions and outcomes of the previous art project
LOCATION: On the passage way between Mohamed Bassiouny St. and Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
DATE: 5 November 2007 at 6:30 pm (until 15 November 2007)
Mahmoud Hamdy
TRANSMISSION
A TV-based urban situation
LOCATION: On the pavement in front of CiC (20 Safeya Zaghloul St., Mounira)
DATE: 9 November 2007 during the football game between Ahly and El Negm El Sahili
Marwan Fayed
PADDING THE CITY: AUTHORIZATION OF AN URBAN COMPLEX
Prototype for an architectural public intervention
LOCATION: Champollion St., opposite NSGB Bank, Downtown Cairo
DATE: 13 November 2007 at 6 pm
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Mohamed Allam
A VERY PRIVATE CONVERSATION
A mobile audio installation
LOCATION: Corniche El Nil (adjacent to Kasr El Nil bridge) and various locations across the city
DATE: 14 November 2007 at 7 pm
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Eklego Design
DWELLING STATION
A public furniture project
LOCATION: Corniche El Nil (adjacent to Kasr El Nil bridge, opposite to Semiramis Intercontinental), Garden City
DATE: 5-15 November 2007
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Kareem Lotfy
CATCH ME IF U CAN
A series of graphic interventions throughout the city
LOCATION: Downtown Cairo
DATE: 5-15 November 2007
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George Azmy
NOTICE
A set of signs designed and printed for Cairo
LOCATION: Various locations across the city
DATE: 5-15 November 2007