Harun Farocki & Andrej Ujica, Videograms of a Revolution, 1992
German filmmaker Harun Farocki will screen a selection of his productions and deliver a series of talks in Cairo. This four-day programme follows a two-week workshop with Farocki and Antje Ehmann entitled 'Labour in a single shot', which focuses on creating a film tackling labour issues.
Known for his experimental documentaries since 1969, Harun Farocki delves into matters of modernisation, labour, and alternative ways of perception. In his films and installations, he acts as a critical observer, raising controversial questions including social coexistence, power relations, warfare and the threat of capitalisation in today's world. The artist brings his different "ways of seeing" to a Cairo audience.
The talks and discussion programmes will delve into a number of topics that are of great importance to the contemporary media scene in Egypt, such as the representation of labour movements in the media, the activities of rights movements, the role of documentation and filming in the shadow of revolution, and the question of the supremacy of form over content in terms of coverage of such events.
Panellists and speakers include Lina Attalah, Jano Charbel, Shahir George Ishaq, Ute Holl, Philip Rizk and Ahmad Shokr.
How We See is organised in collaboration with the Goethe Institut, CIC and Cimatheque and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation.
Programme:
Saturday, 24 November, at 7pm
Videograms of a Revolution, 1992, 106 min.
Followed by a conversation between Philip Rizk and Ahmad Shokr.
Sunday, 25 November, at 7pm
Workers Leaving the Factory, 1995, 36 min.
Followed by a discussion with Jano Charbel and Shahir George Ishaq, moderated by Lina Attalah.
Monday, 26 November at 7pm
Inextinguishable Fire, 1969, 25 min.
A New Product, 2012, 37 min.
8.30pm Talk by Ute Holl
9.30pm Prison Images, 2000, 60 min.
Tuesday, 27 November, at 7pm
As You See, 1986, 72 min.
8.30pm Talk by Ute Holl
9,30pm War at a Distance, 2003, 58 min.
All screenings and talks will take place at Beirut
11 Road 12, Mahmoud Sedky st.
Agouza, Giza
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