Jerusalem Show: On/Off Language

Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art.

Curated by Lara Khaldi y José A. Sánchez

Jerusalem and Ramallah. 24/10 – 2/11/2011

Conceived and directed by Jack Persekian and Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, the Jerusalem Show is an annual art and cultural event in the old city of Jerusalem. This year’s programme, titled “on/off Language”, included a curated programme of performances, exhibitions, talks and workshops at a number of venues in the old city and Salah el din area, as well as events in Ramallah.

Concebido y dirigido por Jack Persekian y Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, el Jerusalem Show es un evento anual que en 2011 alcanzó su quinta edición. Como cada año, la ciudad vieja y la zona de Salah-ed-Din fue ocupada durante diez días con exposiciones, instalaciones, proyecciones, charlas, acciones y actuaciones. El tema de este año fue “On/Off Language”. Del 24 de octubre al 2 de noviembre, artistas e intelectuales palestinos e internacionales tuvieron oportunidad de presentar y discutir sus propuestas en las ciudades de Jerusalén y Ramala.

Texto curatorial / Curator’s text.

On/Off Language (2011)

Programa / Programme of Events

Monday 24.10.2011

18:00

Opening of Jerusalem Show: On/Off Language (Part I). Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, New Gate, Old City

18:30 – 19:30

Tour begins to visit Art works at the Tile Factory, Anadiel Gallery, and Swedish Christian Study Centre

18:30 – 21:30

Seven Shanzhai Pieces – part I. Durational Performance by Lan Hungh. The Tile Factory

19:30

I Plan to Stay a Believer. A solo performance by Rania Khalil . The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Muristan Road

20:00

Tour of Art works continues to Cafe al Haj Ahmad Al-A’araj and The Khalidi Libraries

21:00 Opening Reception at Al-Ma’mal Foundation

Tuesday 25.10.2011

11:00 – 12:00

Performing Language. Screening of documented performances related to issues of Language curated by Victoria Pérez Royo. Al Quds University, Faculty of Arts, Abu Deis (programme below)

18:00

Opening Part II. Yabous Cultural Centre. Al-zahra St. Tour continues to Palestinian Art Court – al Hoash, Al Zahra St. Reception organized by the Palestinian Art Court – al Hoash

19:00

Black. Performance by Mette Edvardsen. Palestinian National Theatre (El Hakawati)

19:30

I am human and I live in the city. Public performance by Bisan Abu-Eisheh. Al Zahra St.

20:00

Parallel event: Videos from Gaza, film screening curated by the French Cultural Centre. Reception at the French Cultural Centre

Wednesday 26.10.2011

10:30 – 11:30

Curators’ Talk: Lara Khaldi and José A. Sánchez. International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah

11:30-12:30

Stage-Screen- Language. Screening of documented performances related to issues of language curated by Victoria Pérez Royo. International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah (programme below)

19:00

Panel talk on Revolutions by Toni Serra and Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi. Palestinian Art Court – al Hoash, Al Zahra St. organized in cooperation with Palestinian Court – al Hoash

Thursday 27.10.2011

16:30 – 17:30 Performing Language. Screening of documented performances related to issues of Language curated by Victoria Pérez Royo. Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St (programme below)

18:00

Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoners’ Section. a needle in the binding, project by Beatrice Catanzaro. Talks curated by Esmail Nashik. The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd (programme below)

Friday 28.10.2011

14:00-18:00

Neighbors. A collaboration performance and tour by Gustavo Ciríaco and Andrea Sonnberger. Meeting point in front of Palestinian Art Court, Al Zahra St.

15:00 – 20:00. Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine by Mette Edvardsen * . Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St.

18:30. Nablus Soap. Presentation by Jack Persekian. Al Mammal Foundation. (Presentation, Duration, 30 min)
Text: Jack Persekian. Images and sound: Jack Persekian & Tarek Atoui
Al Ma’mal. In 1996 Jack Persekian invited artist Mona Hatoum to create a site-specific installation in his Anadiel Gallery in Jerusalem. The result was Present tense (1996), a powerful and provocative work where the artist used bars of the famous Palestinian soap to recreate the devastating division of Palestinian Territory mapped out by the 1993 Oslo Accords. The ephemeral and perishable nature of the soap alludes most precisely to the unsustainability of the arrangements for control of the West Bank and Gaza, and over the years has forced Persekian to reflect on the failed promise of peace, the separation wall and the reality of a volatile, shifting and disintegrating country.

Saturday 29.10.2011

14:00-18:00. Neighbors a collaboration performance and tour by Gustavo Ciríaco and Andrea Sonnberger. Meeting spot in-front of Palestinian Art Court, Al Zahra St.

15:00 – 20:00. Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine, by Mette Edvardsen *. Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St.

19:00

Sound line, performance by Bartolomé Ferrando. Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family. Via Dolorosa 37. Duración: 13 min. Ver vídeo

20:00

The Culture, performance by Los Torreznos. Centre for Jerusalem Studies, Khan Tankaz, Suq Al-Qattanin.

Sunday 30.10.2011

An evening of the Jerusalem Show in Ramallah

19:00

I Plan to Stay a Believer. A solo Performance by Rania Khalil.

20.00

Los torreznos: 35 minutos. Performance
Al Mahatta Gallery, Ein Misbah str, Ramallah

Monday 31.10.2011

15:00 – 20:00

Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine, by Mette Edvardsen *. Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St.

Tuesday 1.11.2011

15:00 – 20:00

Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine, by Mette Edvardsen *. Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St.

16:00-18:00

Open Mic event. Palestinian Art Court – al Hoash, Al Zahra St., organized in cooperation with Palestinian Court – al Hoash

Wednesday 2.11.2011

Closing

17:00

Tour of all art works in the Jerusalem Show. Meeting point: Educational Bookshop, Salah El Din St.

18:30

The Great Gathering, produced by Sabreen Studio. Performance during a walk, starting at Damascus Gate, ends at Centre for Jerusalem Studies

19:30

Seven Shanzhai Pieces – part II. Durational Performance by Lan Hungh. The Tile Factory

Closing Reception

Special event

Nablus Municipality Library: The Prisoner´s Section. a needle in the binding, project by Beatrice Catanzaro. Talks around the Prisoners’ Library, curated by Esmail Nashif

All talks will be held in Jerusalem at The Khalidi Library, Bab El-Silsilah Rd. Old City and in Ramallah at the International Academy of Art Palestine, Aref al-Aref Building, behind the Arab Bank, Al Bireh using simultaneous transmission

Thursday 20.10.2011

18:00.

Opening Reception. Talks part I. The Imprisoned Book: A general introduction
Adel Samara, Waleed al Hodali

Thursday 27.10.2011

18:00

Talks part II. The Imprisoned Book: The experience of women political prisoners. Rula Abu Duhou and Etaf Elayan

Friday 4.11.2011

18:00. Talks part III. The Imprisoned Book: A comparative perspective
Abid al Sattar Qassem, Hasan Obied.

Artist Talks

Artists give public informal talks about their work at the International Academy of Art Palestine, Aref al-Aref Building, behind the Arab Bank, Al Bireh Ramallah at 15:00 on the following dates.

Monday 17.10. Rania Khalil

Tuesday 18.10. Lan Hungh

Wednesday 19.10. Andrea Sonnberger, Gustavo Ciríaco

Thursday 20.10. Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

Thursday 27.10. Tom Molloy

Film Screenings curated by Victoria Pérez Royo

Screenings of documented performances related to issues of Language

Performing language

Bartolomé Ferrando. Acciones breves (Short actions) (5′)

Ivana Müller. While we were holding it together (excerpt of 14′ 24»)

Gary Stevens. Not Tony (excerpt of 14′)

Jérôme Bel. Shirtology (excerpt of 10′ 10»)

Juan Domínguez. All good spies are my age (excerpt of 8′ 10»)

Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion. Speaking dance (excerpt of 4′ 40»)

Los Torreznos. 35 minutos (35 minutes) (excerpt of 14′ 35»)

stage / screen / language

OVNI archives Desrealitat

María Jerez: The movie (excerpt of 16′ 06»)

Bettina Atala: Season 1, episode 2 (excerpt of 15′ 42»)

Amaia Urra: Time wasters. (excerpt of 10’ 20»)

Daniela Marini / Germán de la Riva: Trío C (10’)

+ in the foyer screening 30 minutes from programme screening time

Ivana Müller: You are there but I cannot see you. (15’)

Exhibition Opening hours October 24 – November 02, 2011,18:00 – 21:00

Al-Ma’mal Foundation and Al Hoash Gallery 15:00 – 21:00

The Khaldi Library opening hours October 20 – November 4, 15:00 – 21:00

Yabous Association opening hours October 24 – November 02, 2011 16:00 – 20:00

Al-Ma’mal Mounira Al Solh, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy. Tile Factory Noor Abed, Young Hae Heavy Industries. Anadiel Gallery Khalil Rabah. Al-Tannour Bakery, Al-Khanqa str Mounira Al Solh. The Swedish Christian Study Center Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Juliana Irene Smith. Cafe al Haj Ahmad Al-A’araj Mounira Al Solh. The Khalidi Libraries Beatrice Catanzaro, Yazan Khalili. Hammam at the Center for Jerusalem Studies Mona Hatoum, Sharif Waked, Rania Khalil

Yabous Cultural Centre Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme, Yazan Khalili

Palestinian Art Court – al Hoash Paul Chan, Disreality Archives, Maha Maamoun, Tom Molloy

Yazan Khalili On Love and other Landscapes
Artist Book, size 46.4 x 32cm, 2011
Commissioned for the Jerusalem Show, Al-Ma’mal Foundation
Khalidi Library / Yabous Association

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou Rahme
The Zone (2011) >>>
(Built Structure, dimensions and material variable, 15 minute two channel video/four channel sound) / Yabous Association Ver Vídeo / See video: >>1 >>2

Sharif Waked To Be Continued (2009) Center for Jerusalem Studies – Hammam El Ein

Mona Hatoum. So much I want to say, 1983 Video(Black and white video, sound, 4 minutes 42 seconds). Center for Jerusalem Studies – Hammam El Ein

Mounira Al Solh. The Mute Tongue: 19 Short Video Scenes of 19 Arabic Proverbs and Sayings, 2010. At Taboun Bakery

Rania KhalilWhite Dove of Peace (It’s still not over) (Video, 2011)Center for Jerusalem Studies – Hammam El Ein. Project commissioned for the Jerusalem Show, Al-Ma’mal Foundation

Lawrence Abu Hamdan Aural Contract: The Courtroom Interpreter >>>
(Audio installation, 2011). Produced for The Jerusalem Show, Al-Ma’mal Foundation
The Swedish Christian Study Center

Juliana Irene Smith. Part Three: Nobody Mourned. (Site Specific Installation with Sound, 2011). The Swedish Christian Study Center Unadikum.Clips from Palestine 2011

Khalil Rabah. After 12 Years (installation, 2011). Gallery Anadiel. After 12 Years is a legal case brought before the United Nations and the Swiss legal systems by the Botanical Department of the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind on behalf of a family of five Olive Trees that arrived from Ramallah, Palestine to Ariana Park at the United Nations Office, Geneva, in 1995. The case argues the Trees legal right to be granted Swiss citizenships, since they have fulfilled the Swiss naturalization requirements for the past 12 years, or the Trees legal Right of Return. The case is supported by the Museum’s collection, comprehensive research, and documentation of these trees and their lives.

Noor Abed. Bio Video – ‘Loop’. Other works. Where to?

Maha Maamoun
2026 Based on a text from the Egyptian novel The Revolution of 2053: The Beginning, by Mahmoud Uthman (2007), and referencing a scene from Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962), a time-traveller recounts his vision of the future of the Pyramids area, and by extension Egypt, in the year 2026 – a vision that strains to reach beyond, yet remains severely confined by the present’s imaginal constraints. Actor: Ahmad Kamal. Production: Tamer Eissa, Doa Aly. Lighting: Kareem Seif
Editing: Louly Seif, Maha Maamoun.

Maha Maamoum – Night visitor Palestinian Art Court – Al Hoash. Historically, the term ‘Night Visitor’ referred to undercover police investigators who would attack houses and arrest political activists in the dark of the night. On this night the roles are reversed, at least for a few hours, and the hunted become the hunters. Using material that documents the recent Egyptian revolution, shot by the protagonists of events while storming the state security offices, and later posted on the Internet, the video Night Visitor, by Maha Maamoun, address different layers of sentiment accompanying this time of rupture and blurring of demarcation lines.

Tom Molloy Handshake. Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art. An act of shaking a person’s hand with one’s own, used as a greeting or to finalize an agreement.

Tom Molloy Word. Palestinian Art Court – Al Hoash. A single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms; as a greeting or to finalize an agreement.

Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries >>>. May beEven in Jerusalem Flash animation transferred to video. Produced for the Jerusalem Show – Al-Ma’mal Foundation.