Al Araba Al Madfuna, 2012
Wael Shawky
Al Araba Al Madfuna, 2012
Black and white video projection with sound
21 minutes, 21 seconds
Film still
Photo courtesy of the Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg
Overview
Dressed like grown men, with glued-on moustaches and dubbed with the voices of adults, a group of boys retell a story by Egyptian writer Mohamed Mustagab. Shawky builds upon his own experiences with researchers and archaeologists involved in treasure hunting in Upper Egypt to consider this parable about the folly of blindly following one’s forebears.
2013
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 11
Visuals
Al Araba Al Madfuna
Wael Shawky
2012
Black and white video projection with sound
21 minutes, 21 seconds
Installation View
Al Araba Al Madfuna
Wael Shawky
2012
Black and white video projection with sound
21 minutes, 21 seconds
Film still
Photo courtesy of the Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg
Al Araba Al Madfuna
Wael Shawky
2012
Black and white video projection with sound
21 minutes, 21 seconds
Film still
Photo courtesy of the Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg
Al Araba Al Madfuna
Wael Shawky
2012
Black and white video projection with sound
21 minutes, 21 seconds
Film still
Photo courtesy of the Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg
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Shawky, Wael
In photographs, installations, videos and performances, Wael Shawky mines traditions of entertainment and performance through multilayered historical reconstructions that force viewers to navigate the territory of truth, myth, stereotype and cliché.