mahmoud khaled

mahmoud khaled's 'niche' project "concerns itself with the objet d’art and its display. an ornate vitrine characteristic of bourgeois households showcases a set of small-scale framed photographs, abstracted crops of wild but lush landscapes. taken by khaled during an artist residency, the images are depictions of montjuic park, a cruising spot in barcelona and a site for stranger intimacy in public space. this tension between ambiguity and familiarity in the photo-installation redefines our relationship to an artwork, the value assigned to it and the context that informs its meaning." see more here.

[all mahmoud khaled. niche (15 photographs, digital print, wood and glass cabinet). 2009-10.]

khaled hafez

from khaled hafez's video 'revolution project'. "in 1952, a group of military officers came to power in egypt with a coup d’etat. they came with a bouquet of promises: independence from the british empire, modernization of a country worn out by centuries of occupation, social equity and proper distribution of wealth to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, unity of all factions, minorities and ideologies in one big modern democratic society...slightly over half a century later and despite the sometimes blind faith and total belief of the mass public, all promises remain unfulfilled..." see more here.

[all khaled hafez. stills from revolution project. three-channel video.]

iman issa

work by iman issa. see more here.

[all iman issa. from the series meeting point. c-prints on vinyl. 2004]