Program for
October - December 2009

Darat al Funun

Exhibitions

Wael Shawky
video installations and drawings

Selection from the
20th Youth Salon
an exhibition of drawings, paintings, photography and video installations curated by Wael Shawky. Featured artists: Ahmed Badry, Ahmed Kamel, Amr Kafrawy, Enas Sakr, Marwa Shazly, Eslam Zeen al Abdeen & Mohamed Hossam, Mahmoud Halawy & Ahmed Nagy, and Mo Nabil.

Un-drum / strategies of surviving noise
physical electronic sound performance by Tarek Atoui

October 6, 2009 - January 7, 2010

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Previous Programs

> New Media Art - Jordan 4-7/09
> Mona Hatoum 10-12/08
> 60 Years 6-7/08
> Art Now in Lebanon 3-5/08
> Lens on Syria 12/07-2/08
> Spirituality & Modernity 9-11/07
> A History of European Art 5-7/07
> A History of European Art 1-5/07
> A History of European Art 9-11/06
> Out of the Desert 5-7/06
> The Wall & the Checkpoints 2-4/06

Tuesday at the Darat

Tuesday, 13/10/2009
Autostrad
Concert | archaeological site at 8 pm 

Yazan Al Rousan’s album ‘Telfizion’, released in 2007, served as a means for social criticism and independence from the mainstream media. ‘Autostrad’ was conceived by six rising talents from Jordan, combining sounds inspired from elements of world music merged with oriental themes. The group’s first album, ‘Yazan Al Rousan in Autostrad’ was released as a result of the group’s first year of working as a collective. Autostrad members are Yazan Rousan, Wisam Qatawneh, Hamza Arnaout, Bashar Abdelghani, Avo Demerjian, and Burhan Ali. 

Film Screenings
Blue House at 6 pm

Tuesday, 20/10/2009
Perforated Memory 62’ | 2009
Documentary film by Sandra Madi - Jordan

The documentary tells the story of a group of ex-guerrilla fighters (Fedayeen) that were active members in the Palestinian Revolution Movement during different stages of the Israeli occupation. A number of the wounded fighters settled in Jordan and are currently suffering from poverty, neglect and obliviousness.

Tuesday, 27/10/2009
Full Bloom 46’ | 2007
Documentary film by Sandra Madi - Jordan
The Shoe 13’ | 1986
Short film by Mohammad Alloh - Jordan

Faraj Darwish, the 21-year-old title holder of the Arab boxing championship in Algeria 2004, lives in Al Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, in a modest house with his family. He dreams of an Olympic medal, because “an Olympic hero will never be forgotten”, yet he was banned from training in the first-team by the Jordanian boxing federation because of his refusal to fight an Israeli boxer in an international championship in Turkey in 2006. Darwish spends his day wondering if he will ever fight again, and dreams of finding an opportunity that will allow him to become a professional boxer abroad.

Tuesday, 10/11/2009
Historical and Political Effects on Folkloric Song in Egypt and Bilad Al Sham
A talk and performance by Nayef Al Zoubi (Jordan)

Tuesday, 8/12/2009
Fasel wa Nowasel
Performance by Abdellah Daif -Egypt

Based on the “Talk Show” format, and utilizing a merge of media projection and live performance, this interactive performance discusses with the audience a group of daily issues that have an effect on man in a technology-based world.

17/11/2009-5/1/2010
Relentlessly Courageous: New Trends and the Other Egyptian Cinema

A program of screenings of narrative and documentary films from Egypt, co-presented by ArteEast. Curated by Rasha Salti

Tuesday, 17/11/2009
[Program 1. 62 minutes]
On a Monday (Yom al-Itneyn)
by Tamer el-Said | 2004 | 10'
On Feeling Cold (‘An el-Shu’ur Bel Buruda)
by Hala Lotfi. Egypt | 2005 | 52'

Tuesday, 24/11/2009
[Program 2. 68 minutes]
Call Center (Centrale)
by Mohammed Hammad | 2006 | 18'
Just Dreams (Mugarrad Ahlam)
by Amal Ramsis | 50'

Tuesday, 15/12/2009
[Program 3. 71 minutes]
One in a Million (Wahed fel Malyon)
by Nadine Khan | 2007 | 12'
Clean Hands, Dirty Soap (Ayaden Nathifah)
by Karim Fanous | 2007 | 25'
The Maid (El-Shaghalah)
by Heidi Saman | 2008 | 19'
At Day's End (Sa‘et Asary)
by Sherif el-Bendary | 2007 | 15'

Tuesday, 22/12/2009
[Program 4. 78 minutes]
Rise and Shine (Sabah el-Foll)
by Sherif el-Bendary | 2006 | 8'
Marina of the Zabbaleen
by Engi Wassef | 2008 |70'

Tuesday, 29/12/2009
[Program 5. 90 minutes]
Four Women of Egypt (Arba‘ Nisa’ men Masr)
by Tahani Rached | 1997 | 90'

Tuesday, 5/1/2010
[Program 6. 81 minutes]
Toi Waguih
by Namir Abdel-Messeeh | 2006 | 29'
Women’s Chitchat (Dardasha Nesa’eyyah)
by Hala Galal | 2004 | 52'

Permanent Exhibition

"Dar Khalid"
A museum of images reflecting
Khalid Shoman's life and legacy.


Darat al Funun opening hours:

Saturday-Thursday: 10am - 7pm
Ramadan: 10am - 3pm

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Tel: (962-6) 464 3251/2
Fax: (962-6) 464 3253
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