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Video and sound art on dance in Palestine
May 19, 20188:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
8:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Arabic, with simultaneous translation into Spanish.
Casa Árabe has organized this session on the “Path and Construction of
Subcultures in Night Life,” given by two Palestinian women, as part of
the Third NIX Event: Night Session.
We will begin the session with a screening of the work Memory of the Land, by Palestinian artist Samira Badrán, whose work explores the body’s relationship with the land in the specific case of Palestine, where the limitations on people’s movement and transit have been highlighted by many creators today.
Then we will get a close look at the work by Sama Abdulhadi, a well-known DJ and electronic music producer who is a pioneering figure in Palestine. She will be speaking to us about her career and projects in Ramallah, as well as other Palestinian and European cities. Talking with her will be Maria Taosa, who hosts the radio program Siglo 21 on Radio3, and Raúl Travé, a doctor of Social Anthropology with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. The event will be presented and moderated by Nuria Medina, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator
The day will end with a short performance of live music mixed by Sama Abdulhadi.
Event information sheet
Then we will get a close look at the work by Sama Abdulhadi, a well-known DJ and electronic music producer who is a pioneering figure in Palestine. She will be speaking to us about her career and projects in Ramallah, as well as other Palestinian and European cities. Talking with her will be Maria Taosa, who hosts the radio program Siglo 21 on Radio3, and Raúl Travé, a doctor of Social Anthropology with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. The event will be presented and moderated by Nuria Medina, Casa Árabe’s Culture Coordinator
The day will end with a short performance of live music mixed by Sama Abdulhadi.
Event information sheet
Sama Abdulhadi is the number one Palestinian woman DJ and electronic music producer, and an emblematic performer on the country’s underground music scene. She began to play at special parties near Ramallah (Palestine) in 2006 and to produce her own music with a focus on electronic music, and more specifically techno, house and other deeper subgenres. In 2011, she moved to the United Kingdom to earn her bachelor’s degree in Audio Engineering and Musical Production from the S.A.E. Institute in London. Shortly after, she put out two albums as Skywalker, “Life’s Pace,” a debut EP with Itchycoo Records, and “Quantum Morphosis,” an independent triptych. In April of 2017, she was selected by the French Institute to complete a six-month residency at the International City of the Arts in Paris, in order to develop a new live show. Further information at http://www.samaahadi.com and here.
Samira Badran is a Palestinian visual artist. She studied at Cairo’s Academy of Fine Arts and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Her work has been exhibited at domestic and foreign venues such as the White Box Art Center in New York, Al-Hoash-The Palestinian Art Court in Jerusalem, the Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Arts, the Modern Art Gallery in Baghdad, the Havana Biennial, La Tramontana in Chaillé-les-Marais, the Washington Museum of Women in the Arts, the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, the Gemeetemuseum in The Hague, the Rafia Gallery in Damascus, and the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, as well as others. Badran regularly teaches intensive courses on drawing at Palestine’s International Art Academy in Ramallah. She lives and works in Barcelona. Memory of the Land is her first film.
Memory of the Land
Director: Samira Badran
Duration: 12:50 mins
Country: Spain
Year: 2017
Further information:
http://www.samirabadran.com/
Glasgow Film
Jordan Times
Marvin Wayne
Samira Badran is a Palestinian visual artist. She studied at Cairo’s Academy of Fine Arts and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Her work has been exhibited at domestic and foreign venues such as the White Box Art Center in New York, Al-Hoash-The Palestinian Art Court in Jerusalem, the Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Arts, the Modern Art Gallery in Baghdad, the Havana Biennial, La Tramontana in Chaillé-les-Marais, the Washington Museum of Women in the Arts, the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, the Gemeetemuseum in The Hague, the Rafia Gallery in Damascus, and the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, as well as others. Badran regularly teaches intensive courses on drawing at Palestine’s International Art Academy in Ramallah. She lives and works in Barcelona. Memory of the Land is her first film.
Memory of the Land
Director: Samira Badran
Duration: 12:50 mins
Country: Spain
Year: 2017
Further information:
http://www.samirabadran.com/
Glasgow Film
Jordan Times
Marvin Wayne
NIX: The Night Session in Madrid combines various interests and
groups within its subculture with the intention of creating a forum for
meeting and sharing. This panel for dialogue and participation proposes
the development of innovative ways to meet for understanding, solve
conflicts and implement measures which promote the development of an
economically profitable, socioculturally creative and environmentally
responsible model for the city’s night life. For further information on
other activities forming part of this Third Night Meeting Event, please
go to: https://es-es.facebook.com/nixnochedemadrid/