Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) Programme

Ahram Online, Thursday 29 Mar 2012

Ahram Online provides the full D-CAF programme with a map of downtown Cairo to pinpoint the festival's venues

D-CAF

The Programme

 

Thursday, 29 March

6.00pm-10.00pm


'I am not there' —
 art exhibition

'The axis of the universe runs through you' — lecture by Young-hae Chang, Heavy Industries (USA/Korea)

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space


 

10.30pm-11.30pm

'Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first' — play by Tim Etchells (UK)

Falaki Theatre


 

Friday, 30 March

12.00pm-10.00pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

2.00pm-4.00pm


Urban Visions Programme: Contemporary Dance

'Entomo' by Elías Aguirre and Álvaro Esteban (Spain)

'Apparemment, ce qui ne se voit pas' by Ex Nihilo (France)

'Murikamification' by Erik Kaiel / archeopterix8 (The Netherlands)

'Entity' by Nadine Emile (Egypt)

'Small Story' by Mounir Saeed (Egypt)

In front of the Egyptian Stock Market

 

8.30pm-9.30pm

'Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first' — play by Tim Etchells (UK)


Falaki Theatre

 

10.00pm-12.00am


Music concert: Hassan Khan (Egypt) presents Trusted Sources and The Ex (The Netherlands)

Radio Theatre

 

Saturday, 31 March

12.00pm- 8.00pm


'I am not there' — arts exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12.00pm- 8.00pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton and Gert, Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6.00pm-7.00pm

'Don’t tell your story' — talk by Sondos Shabayek (Egypt)


The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

6.00pm-12.00am

'Quizoola!' — play by Forced Entertainment (UK)

Goethe Institute basement


 

9pm-12.00am


Music Concert: Telepoetic (Egypt), R.A.= Mutamassik+Morgan Craft (USA/Italy), Neobyrd (Egypt)

Radio Theatre

 

Sunday, 1 April

12pm-8pm


'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)


'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton and Gert, Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

2pm-4pm


Urban Visions Programme: Contemporary Dance

'Entomo' by Elías Aguirre and Álvaro Esteban(Spain)

'Apparemment, ce qui ne se voit pas' by Ex Nihilo (France)

'Murikamification' by Erik Kaiel / archeopterix8 (The Netherlands)

'Entity' by Nadine Emile (Egypt)

'Small Story' by Mounir Saeed (Egypt)

In front of the Egyptian Stock Market

 

6pm-8pm


Urban Visions Programme: Contemporary Dance

'Entomo' by Elías Aguirre and Álvaro Esteban(Spain)

'Apparemment, ce qui ne se voit pas' by Ex Nihilo (France)

'Murikamification' by Erik Kaiel / archeopterix8 (The Netherlands)

'Entity' by Nadine Emile (Egypt)

'Small Story' by Mounir Saeed (Egypt)

'Here(s)' by Muzaq (Tunisia/Belgium) (TBC)

The Greek Campus of the American University in Cairo - AUC

 

8pm-9pm

'We are not from outer space' — contemporary dance performance by Rita Vilhena, Mohamed Shafik and Thomas Proksch (Egypt/The Netherlands)


Falaki Theatre

 

Monday, 2nd April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' —  play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

8pm-10pm

Music Concert: Sing Egyptian Women

Film Screening: 'Tracks from Cairo' by Alex Brief and Johannes Roskamm

Radio Theatre


 

9pm-10pm

'We are not from outer space' — contemporary dance by Rita Vilhena, Mohamed Shafik and Thomas Proksch (Egypt/The Netherlands)


Falaki Theatre

 

Tuesday, 3 April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

3pm-7pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdelfatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

7.30pm-8.30pm

'An evening with Hampton, Koyama and Khroustaliov' — lecture by GuruGuru creators (UK)


Radio Theatre

 

Wednesday, 4 April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservations required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

3pm-7pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdelfatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

8pm-10pm

'If I weren’t Egyptian, ...' — play by Omar Ghayatt | Studio Moroni (Switzerland/Egypt)

Falaki Theatre

 

Thursday, 5 April

10am-5pm

'Fantasy interventions' — workshop by Ant Hampton (UK)


Orient Productions / Studio Emad Eddin

 

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservations required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

3pm-7pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdelfatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

6pm-7pm

Film Screening and discussion: 'The Lost Film' by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (Lebanon)

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space


 

8pm-10pm

'If I weren’t Egyptian, ...' — play by Omar Ghayatt | Studio Moroni (Switzerland/Egypt)

Falaki Theatre


 

10pm-12am


Audio/Visual Performances: 'Aegri Somnia' Munma & Engram (Lebanon) then DJ Sosta & Shaawaza (Egypt)

Radio Theatre


 

Friday, 6 April

10am-5pm

'Fantasy interventions' — workshop by Ant Hampton (UK)

Orient Productions / Studio Emad Eddin


 

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservations required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-8pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdel-Fatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

9pm-12am


Music Concert: Fathy Salama & Sharkiyat Grouppresent 'Sultany' (Egypt) then 'The Middle Beast' by Jade (Lebanon)

Radio Theatre

 

Saturday, 7 April

10am-5pm

'Fantasy Interventions' — workshop by Ant Hampton (UK)

Orient Productions / Studio Emad Eddin


 

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama, and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-8pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdelfatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

9pm-12am


Music Concert: Nassibian Orchestra(Egypt), Djjit (Egypt), Maurice Louca(Egypt)

Radio Theatre

 

Sunday, 8th April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-7pm

'The art of not being (t)here: on representing absence' — lecture by Angus Cameron (UK)

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

6pm-8pm

'House of Tales' — workshop by Mohamed Abdelfatah - Hala Group (Egypt)

Viennoise Space


 

8pm-9pm


'Banafsaj' — play by Issam Bou Khaled (Lebanon) (TBC)

Falaki Theatre

 

Monday, 9th April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-7pm

'A history of performance in 20 minutes' — lecture by Guillaume Désanges (France)


The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

8pm-9pm


'Banafsaj' — play by Issam Bou Khaled (Lebanon) (TBC)

Falaki Theatre


 

Tuesday, 10th April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12.00pm-8.00pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-7pm

Discussion of 'Picasso in Palestine' by Khaled Hourani and Amr Shalakany (Palestine/Egypt)

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory space


 

Wednesday, 11th April 

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama, and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

8pm-10pm

Contemporary Dance Film Programme: Short movies

The Greek Campus of the American University in Cairo - AUC free

 

9pm-12am


Music Concert: Kareem Lotfy (Egypt), 
Mahmoud Refaat (Egypt), Erik Truffaz Trio (France)  

Radio Theatre


 

Thursday, 12th April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour, reservation required)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

8pm-10pm

Contemporary Dance Film Programme: 'Tout près des étoile' by Nils Tavernier


The Greek Campus of the American University in Cairo - AUC

 

9pm-12am


Music Concert: Dubosmium (Morocco), Filastine with Nova (Spain/Indonesia), DJ Weza / Okka / Ortega (Egypt)

Radio Theatre

 

Friday, 13th April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

12pm-8pm (performed every hour)

'GuruGuru' — play by Ant Hampton (Rotozaza), Joji Koyama and Isambard Khroustaliov (UK)

'OK OK' — play by Ant Hampton, Gert and Jan Stam (UK)

Viennoise Space

 

6pm-7pm

'Monuments and substitution:
 A discussion of the exhibition Material' — 
by Iman Issa and Mia Jankowicz (Egypt / UK)

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

8pm-10pm

'The Speaker’s Progress' — play by Sulayman Al-Bassam / SABAB theatre (Kuwait)

Falaki Theatre

 

10pm-12am


Music Concert: Bikya (Egypt), Ramsi Lehner (Egypt)

Radio Theatre

 

Saturday, 14 April

12pm-8pm

'I am not there' — art exhibition

The Townhouse Gallery - Factory Space

 

8pm-10pm

'The Speaker’s Progress' — play by Sulayman Al-Bassam / SABAB theatre (Kuwait)

Falaki Theatre

 

All addresses of venues are on the downtown map above

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