Discussions and Events

Public conversations around books, images, cultural practices, and questions emerging from the city.

Events host writers, researchers, and artists to share their work and open questions to the public through conversation.

Available material from each encounter is collected so the event remains accessible after it ends.

Program artwork exploring film negatives and memory

Latest entries

Art and History from Below — image 1

Art and History from Below

A critical conversation about writing history as a philosophical and political practice shaped by experience and position.

Like Peter Pan for a Moment! — image 1

Like Peter Pan for a Moment!

A participatory artistic experience reflecting on flight, effort, distance, and repeated attempts to move beyond the ground.

The Seventh Art Group and Film Culture in Alexandria — image 1

The Seventh Art Group

A conversation revisiting the Seventh Art Group and its role in shaping film culture in Alexandria.

A Momentary Mirage of Immortality — image 1

A Momentary Mirage of Immortality

A storytelling performance opening a conversation about photographs, their subjects, and where photographic beauty is produced.

Magda Wassef: Documents and Commentaries — image 1

A Conversation with Magda Wassef

A conversation using documents and commentary to revisit parts of Egypt’s film culture history.

Mashi Mashi: Book Launch and Performative Reading — image 1

Mashi Mashi

A book launch and performative reading bringing text, voice, and presence into a shared space.

Artist Talk with Natascha Sadr Haghighian — image 1

Artist Talk with Natascha Sadr Haghighian

A conversation about research, artistic practice, and questions connecting images, politics, and cultural production.

My Name Is Lulu — image 1

My Name Is Lulu

A performative event exploring identity and personal storytelling through voice, presence, and participation.

Abdelkarim Meets Marinetti — image 1

Abdelkarim Meets Marinetti

A critical performance connecting Marinetti with questions of modernity, violence, and the aesthetics of permanent crisis.

Hyperopia by Menna El Shazly — image 1

Hyperopia

A visual performance examining sight, distance, and our relationship with the images surrounding us.