THE ARAB BRITISH CENTRE AWARD FOR CULTURE 2013
Applications now open (deadline: 12 July 2013)
The Arab British Centre continues its great work in supporting Arab culture with the launch of the 2013 Award for Culture.
The Award celebrates an individual who has made the most constructive contribution to British understanding of Arab culture in the past two years.
The prize is open to individuals working in any field. In addition to the £2,500 prize money, The Arab British Centre is able to provide the winner with opportunities to promote his or her work more widely. Applications are welcome directly from individuals that wish to be considered for the award.
The Award for Culture 2013 is a successor to the Arab British Culture & Society Award, which ran for four years between 2008 & 2011 and celebrated organisations which had made a considerable impact on the British public’s understanding of the life, society and culture of the Arab world. Winners of that prize were Al Saqi Books, Zaytoun, Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival and Al Jazeera English.
The winner of the 2013 prize will be chosen by a panel of distinguished experts with knowledge of the cultures of the Arab World and the United Kingdom. We are delighted to announce Baroness Helena Kennedy QC returning as Chair of this year’s panel. Baroness Kennedy has served as Chair of the British Council, Chair of the London International Festival of Theatre, and is a Trustee of the British Museum and the Booker Prize. The other panellists are: Maxime Duda, CEO and Founder of Arab New Trends; Rose Issa, a curator, writer and publisher who for the last 30 years has been promoting contemporary art and films from the Arab world and Iran; Deborah Shaw, Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Director of the World Shakespeare Festival 2012, and Brian Whitaker, journalist and former Middle East Editor of the Guardian newspaper.
Find out more about the guidelines, panelists and how to apply here
UNCOLLECTABLE: A Sound Art Popup Experience
Help Kalimat friend and contributor +Aziz in funding his latest sound project “Uncollectable: A Sound Art Popup Experience.” What is it about? Here’s a summary:Situated at the intersection of conceptual art and music, UNCOLLECTABLE is a two-night performance that will combine elements of an art gallery reception and a musical experience. By highlighting the rising importance of sound art, UNCOLLECTABLE is a show that seeks to expand the vocabulary of songwriting. This multicultural performance will be kicking off a month-long art exhibit hosted at Soho’s Hotel Particulier and is being co-curated by Murtaza Vali, an independent Art Critic, Historian and Curator.
More info (about projects and perks!) http://igg.me/at/uncollectable/x/397610
DOSSIER: ART & DESIGN
Beirut/SECAM - An exhibition of works by Tarek Chemaly
When people are denied a future, they automatically look back at the past wearing rose-tinted spectacles, embellishing it and ruminating about the “good old days” – but underneath the candy floss there lurks all the disregarded monsters of the past that come crawling back to the surface haunting us in our romanticized recollections. Beirut/SECAM (Still Endlessly Changing Against Memory) is one such recollection, playing on visuals of stereotyping, gender bias, and kitsch images, it begs to challenge the recounting on the history through today’s skewed lens.
Exhibition runs 7-28 May in Beirut at 392rmeil393
Tarek Chemaly (1974), is an agriculture engineer and an environmental economist who converted himself into a communication consultant (advertising and marketing) and university lecturer but also has recycled his talents (in an environmentally-friendly way) as blogger, (not for profit) online publisher and artist. He currently runs the Beirut/NTSC (Never Twice Same City) blog and the 7Upstairs Publishing house (online and not for profit). www.beirutntsc.blogspot.co.uk
“Rebirth and Revolution: The Story of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina”
Date: Tuesday 28 May 2013, 6pm-8pm.
Location: The British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AH
London Palestine Film Festival opens on the 3rd of May and runs until the 15th. Check out the full programme online.
Kalimat would like to congratulate the Arab British Centre for their excellent work - a prize well earned!
Resilience and Light: Contemporary Palestinian Art
11 April – 18 May 2013
Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm
Studio 3 Gallery, Jarman Building, School of Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7UG
London Palestine Film Festival Pre-Festival Season
DOSSIER: Culture
The 2013 Pre Festival Season takes place from April 11th through to April 26th, with exclusive screenings and talks ocurring each week at three great London venues.
Download information on screenings here.
More info: www.palestinefilm.org/events.asp?s=mini
DOSSIER: Art & Design
Design Days Dubai, 18-21 March
4pm-10pm - Downtown Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard (former Emaar Boulevard, next to Burj Khalifa)
Tickets can be purchased at the fair.
MONA CHALABI: PHOTOGRAPHS BY NUMBERS
A lot has happened since multi-national forces first entered Iraq ten years ago. But what exactly has changed and by how much?
- Exhibition Dates: 22 – 28 March 2013 | 11:00 – 17:00 | Closed Saturday & Sunday
- Discussion: Monday 25 March 2013 | 19:00 – 20:00 (doors open 18:30)
- Venue: The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE
- More info: http://www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/events/photographs-numbers-22-28-march-2013
In February and March 2003, people took to the streets in their hundreds of thousands to protest against war in a country they scarcely knew and would most probably never see. The ten year anniversary of multinational forces entering Iraq has made many ask themselves what has changed in the country.
Each image in Mona Chalabi’s exhibition Photographs by Numbers has been manipulated to display a development statistic which tells part of the story of progress, stagnation and deterioration. The exhibition aims to show that development is an extremely complex ambition where success in one area can coexist with, and sometimes even cause, losses in others.
The Challenges of the Non-Profit Cultural Space a conversation with Nora Razian, Gayatri Uppal and Iben Elmstøm, moderated by Danah Abdulla
Non-profit/artist-led art/cultural spaces face numerous challenges and problems - specifically those located in the Global South and the Arab region. Looking at three different locations and perspectives (Lebanon/Denmark/India), this conversation seeks to investigate the various problems including funding, education and maintaining a vision, and the potential solutions to these challenges.
- Sunday, 10 March, 18h30-20h00
- P21 Gallery, 21 Charlton Street, NW1 1JD, London (Station: King’s Cross/Euston)
- £5 entry on door
- RSVP required: info@kalimatmagazine.com
More details and bios of panelists can be found on our website
DOSSIER: Art & Design
Beirut Art Beat brings together some of the most renowned designers straight from the heart of Lebanon. With designers in the field of jewellery and fashion, to unique and avant garde interior and furniture pieces, not to mention some truly awe-inspiring artists – the exhibit will inspire and appeal to everyone.
The event will include lectures being held by the designers themselves including Mona Maktabi’s “the undiscovered carpet”, running on 20 March, an arts and crafts workshop will be held on 21 March, welcoming the whole family to participate. The opportunity to purchase some treasures from the market is also not to be missed.
Dates: Monday 18th* Opening night (6-10pm)//Tuesday 19th – Thursday 21st (11am-9pm)
Time: 11am – 9pm
Venue: The Atrium, DIFC (building 5)
Artists/designers/musicians/poets/writers/performers/filmmakers are invited to submit proposals for consideration for exhibition as part of the Nour Festival of Arts 2013. Prospective applicants are strongly recommended to read the Nour Festival vision document which accompanies the call-out
(Source: nourfestival.co.uk)
DOSSIER: Culture
ISHRAQAH
15 February-16 February at New Art Exchange, 39 - 41 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE
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