Exposition art - VideoKaravaan A Nomadic gallery

  VIDEOKARAVAAN
is a nomadic programme and database on video directors from Arab and
North African countries who have joined together to connect and spread
the works of young creators with an aim to move to different cities and
countries in order to broaden traditional Aesthetic of Video and Media
representations, and aslo to bring a contageous spirit of innovation to
it´s public.

In
addition they aim to diversify and deepen the traditional artistic view
of the western audience towards Arab art, to provide a platform for
Arab artists to gain more exposure. It is also a starting point of a
long term project, whose purpose is to facilitate the circulation,
communication between different representations in order to create
networks of interdisciplinary collaborations.

Videokaravaan
project is structured around particulary themes and have a clear
purpose: to encourage a critique of contemporary culture, using
different strategies: Video art, Video installations, independant
documentary, and mass media archaeology.

The
VIDEOKARAVAAN Project is curated by Abdelaziz Taleb and Abdellatif
Benfaidoul: Video makers, programmers and  founders of the TALEB
CHERCHE MIDI collective (Cologne-Amsterdam based videomakers and
programmers collective).

With the participation this year of:

- La Caixa Art Forum, Barcelona
- Toni Serra . Video maker, programmer and member of the OVNI
collective (Observatori de Video No Identificat): Observatori archives,
audiovisual document archives (video art, independent documentaries and
media archaeology), revolving around a critique of contemporary
culture.
- Jayce Salloum Since 1975, his work has developed in
the fields of video, installation, photography and new media. He has
also been an organiser and programmer of, amongst other things,
different seasons of new Arab video creation.