[spectre] August on CologneOFF 2011: Videoart from Middle East

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Tue Aug 2 10:32:18 CEST 2011


CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project
1 January - 31 December 2012

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August 2011 focus --> videoart from Middle East
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?p=1607
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Beirut/Lebenon will be hosting ColognOFF 2011 as the stand-alone event
---> CologneoFF 2011 Beirut @ Sunflower Art Center
30 Aug - 3 September 2011 - www.assshams.org,
which will be also the 1st of three venues launching
CologneOFF VII - the 7th festival edition,
to be followed by Riga (Latvia) and Budapest (Hungary) in September 2011.

But the Middle East aspect is manifesting itself particularly
in the screening programs online and offline
online access and info -->
http://vad.nmartproject.net/?page_id=2364
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?p=1607

featuring

1. Larissa Sansour  - videoartist of the Month August 2011
the internationally reknown artist is living currently in London (UK)
more details --> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1634

2. the curated selection "Close to My Heart" -
videoart from Iran - curated by Alysse Stepanian
including videos by Morehshin Allahyari - Maneli Aygani - Neda Darzi
Samira Eskandarfar - Gelare Khoshgozaran - Laleh Mehran -
Payam Mofidi - Hamed Shahihi - Parya Vatankhah
more details ---> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=761

3. the curated selection "Messages from Gaza" -
videoart from Palestine in collaboration with
"Windows from Gaza" & Gaza International Videoart Festival -
including videos by Ayman Asraq - Mohammed Harb
Shareef Sarhan - Majed Shala - Basel El Maqusi
more details ---> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1612

4. the curated selection - "Behind Words" - 
videoart from Syria - curated by Abir Boukhari (Damascus)
including videos by
Adnan Jatto , Fadi Hamwi, Hazem Hamwi,
Hiba Aizouk, Giwan Khalaf - Female, Maha Shahine,
Nisrine Boukhari, Razan Mohsen, Raed Zeino, Ruba Khweis
more details ---> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=788

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CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project
1 January - 31 December 2012

is operated by
Cologne International Videoart Festival
http://coff.newmediafest.org
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/
& artvideoKOELN -
the curatorial initiative "art & moving images"
http://video.mediaartcologne.org

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