CHAPTER 6

WRITING

Performances, talks and walks

Al-Ma'mal (The Tile Factory) and Swedish Christian Study Centre

A musician acts both vertically and horizontally in multiple time segments while performing with an instrument and notes. Reading the notes on both treble and bass clefs at the same time signifies the vertical reading; reading the 'yet to come' part while playing in the present time, when connected with the performed element, indicates a perception of multiple times simultaneously. All forms of performance constitute the act of 'writing' rather than reading for the audience. The question, then, is how to multiply and superimpose this act within a current situation in the city.

Artist walk by Benji Boyadgian

The old city, perched on a rock, has been destroyed, rebuilt, venerated and contested throughout its history. While the brutal contemporary fracture unfolds in our sight, there is no escaping the fractured sediments of its history.  Experiences are numerous while meandering through the Kasbah fabric and every stone has stories to tell. In this timeless labyrinth networks of walks and ideas collide. The exhibitions are scattered around the city in different venues, their localities invites different routes. Three different walks encompass all the sites, every route tells a different story of the multiple facets of Jerusalem.

Programme

Sunday, 19 October 2014, Talk: Hera Büyüktaşçıan

15:00 – 17:00, International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah

Monday, 20 October 2014, Talk: Conor McGrady

15:00 – 17:00, International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah

Tuesday, 21 October 2014, Talk: Paul Devens

16:00 – 18:00, International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah

Friday, 24 October 2014 Performance, Jonathan Loppin

16:00 – 16:30, Swedish Christian Study Centre

Friday, 24 October 2014 Exhibition tour led by Basak Senova

16:30, starting from Swedish Christian Study Centre

Friday, 24 October 2014 Sound performance, Paul Devens, in collaboration with Durbakeh performer Raed Issa,

19:30 – 20:00, Al-Ma'mal (Tile Factory)

Friday, 24 October 2014 Reception of the Jerusalem Show VII

19:30 – 20:00, Al-Ma'mal (Tile Factory)

Saturday, 25 October 2014 Unmade Film. Book presentation and reading: Uriel Orlow and Andrea Thal

15:00 – 16:30, Swedish Christian Study Centre

Saturday, 25 October 2014 Talk: Yazid Anani, Anne Barlow, Branko Franceschi, and Basak Senova

18:30 – 20:00, African Community Youth Centre

Saturday, 25 October 2014 Film Premier in Palestine: Sivas, directed by Kaan Müjdeci

20:00 – 22:00, African Community Youth Centre

Sunday, 26 October 2014 Performance, Jonathan Loppin

17:00 – 17:30, Dhahiriyyeh Village, Hebron District

Monday, October 27, 2014 Performance, Jonathan Loppin

15:00 – 15:30, Dheisheh Refugee Camp

Tuesday, October 28 2014 Performance, Jonathan Loppin

17:00 – 17:30, International Academy of Art Palestine, Ramallah

Sunday, 2 November 2014 Walk, Benji Boyadgian

16:00 – 17:00, Tour starts at Al Ma'mal (Tile Factory)

Tuesday, 4 November 2014 Walk, Benji Boyadgian

16:00 – 17:00, Tour starts at Al Ma'mal (Tile Factory)

Wednesday, 5 November 2014 Walk, Benji Boyadgian

16:00 – 17:00, Tour starts at Al Ma'mal (Tile Factory)

Friday 7 November, Exhibition Closing Tour

16:00 – 18:00, starting at Al Ma'mal (Tile Factory)