FIFTY FIFTY
Part 2
In Collaboration with Pro Helvetia Cairo

The project "Fifty Fifty" tries to link visual contemporary art to other artistic fields such as architecture and traditional crafts on one hand; on the other hand it seeks the historical, philosophical and social context in which contemporary art is produced and received.
It is questioning the role of contemporary art in modern societies in general and in a society like the Egyptian one in particular.

It also tries to shed light on the patterns used in the popular art and its relation to the artistic heritage, while taking into consideration that patterns and ornaments have different status and development in the European and the Arab context.
April 12 - 21, 2013
Wälchli / Reichlin and Markus Stegmann

Research and Brainstorming Session



April 17 2013, Brainstorming Session, Participants:

Pro Helvetia Cairo: Hebba Sherif, Weaam Elmasri, Asmaa Abdallah, Maysoon Mahfoudh;

Nawal El Messiri, Hanna Naim Hanna, Diaa Dawood, Hala Aimaa, Aiman Abu Razi,
Mahmoud Hanafi, Hamdy Reda, Huda Lutfi
Markus Stegmann, Karin Wälchli, Guido Reichlin

previously:
A Walk with Hamdy
November 11 - 21, 2012
Wälchli & Reichlin

Pro Helvetia Cairo

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