Oct 25, 2013
UC Santa Cruz


ORGANIZER: Peter Limbrick, Associate Professor, Film and Digital Media, UCSC
CO-ORGANIZER: Omnia El Shakry, Associate Professor, History, UC Davis
UCSC STEERING COMMITTEE: Soraya Murray, Irene Lusztig, Neda Atanasoski

Details & Schedule: http://artsresearch.ucsc.edu/unfixed/

A two-day symposium of scholars and artists at UCSC’s DARC, and an exhibition of visual art at UCSC’s Sesnon Gallery.

This symposium on Arab film and visual culture emphasizes its plurality, the complex itineraries by which it is produced, and the multiple trajectories through which it can be experienced. Artists and scholars will visit from Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Europe and the US. Work presented will cover a wide area of forms, styles and thematic concerns.

Featuring participation and work by:

Livia Alexander • Michael Allan • Ahmed Bouanani • Dore Bowen • Ali Cherri • Kay Dickinson • Tarek El-Ariss • Nouri Gana • John Greyson • Lamia Joreige • Hassan Khan • Marie El Khazen • Sunaina Maira • Nabil Maleh • Susette Min • Stefania Pandolfo • Larissa Sansour • Zineb Sedira • Jeffrey Skoller

With special guest: Moumen Smihi

Symposium screenings, panels and presentations will address topics such as: Movement and Extra-territoriality; Itineraries of Intertextuality; Past, Present and Future Itineraries; Narrative and non-Narrative Itineraries; Archives, Images, Memory.