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Nour Contemporary Middle Eastern North African Arts Festival Announced
septembre 2012 | Communiqués de festivals | Arts plastiques | Royaume-Uni
Source : Nour Festival
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1 October to 1 December 2012 : contemporary art, film, music, literature and fashion from the Middle East and North Africa and North Africa region.
Middle East Arts Festival announces ambitious new plans The Nour Festival of Arts today announces ambitious new plans to bring dazzling contemporary artistic talent from the Middle East and North Africa to London audiences during October-November 2012. For the first time the festival is to expand beyond Leighton House Museum to include a stellar cast of participating cultural organisations.
New festival partners include the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Ismaili Centre, the Mosaic Rooms, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre and The Tabernacle. A significant new feature of Nour 2012 is the organisers’ call to cultural organisations, big and small, across Kensington and Chelsea to get involved with events that:
– reflect and celebrate the arts and culture of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African regions
– promote film, literature, music, visual arts, fashion, dance, cuisine – demonstrate artistic excellence and work that is thought-provoking and challenging The Nour Festival is coordinated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and reflects the Council’s commitment to bring the very best international contemporary arts and culture to the borough. Nour – which means ‘light’ or ‘illumination’ in various Middle Eastern languages – sets out to explore contemporary culture from across the region and North Africa. The festival was inaugurated at Leighton House Museum in 2010, a building that is recognised as being an international symbol of east meeting west. The festival is nonreligious in nature though recognises that faith can inspire great art.
The festival also works in collaboration with a host of London and UK partners, including the Arab British Centre, the British Egyptian Society, the Iran Heritage Foundation, and the London Arab Music Festival.
Nour Festival 2012 highlights include:
– British Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh is confirmed as festival Writer-in-Residence. Known most recently for her acclaimed novel Out of It, Selma will deliver a series of master workshops on writing and publishing at various festival venues.
– A programme of major concerts at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill with Tunisian singersongwriter Amel Mathlouthi, Lebanese musician Charbel Rouhana and special guests.
– Leighton House Museum will host a ground-breaking exhibition of work by photojournalist Bradley Secker highlighting the often forgotten plight of gay and lesbian refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
– Cutting edge contemporary graphic design by Muiz Anwar and spatial design by Dia Batal will be showcased at Leighton House Museum.
– The V&A opens ‘Light from the Middle East’ an exhibition of photography that reflects elements of the region’s social, cultural and political life from the end of the 19th century to the present day.
– Contemporary Moroccan artist Abderrahim Yamou has his first ever UK exhibition at The Mosaic Rooms.
– Music and musicians have historically played a vital role in the cultures of Central Eurasia and the Middle East. The Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI), an interregional music and arts education program with worldwide performance, outreach, mentoring, and artistic production activities, will provide an insight on its work with artists, educators, artistic communities and audiences in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central & South Asia to revitalize traditional and tradition-based music performance and pedagogy in a major music symposium on November 24th at the Ismaili Centre.
– Film screenings from up-and-coming Middle Eastern and North African film makers will be shown at Leighton House Museum in association with the London MENA Film Festival.
Full festival brochure available for download at: http://www.nourfestival.co.uk/resources/NOUR_2011_programme.pdf
Full festival listings available online from beginning of September at www.nourfestival.co.uk
New festival partners include the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Science Museum, the Ismaili Centre, the Mosaic Rooms, the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre and The Tabernacle. A significant new feature of Nour 2012 is the organisers’ call to cultural organisations, big and small, across Kensington and Chelsea to get involved with events that:
– reflect and celebrate the arts and culture of contemporary Middle Eastern and North African regions
– promote film, literature, music, visual arts, fashion, dance, cuisine – demonstrate artistic excellence and work that is thought-provoking and challenging The Nour Festival is coordinated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and reflects the Council’s commitment to bring the very best international contemporary arts and culture to the borough. Nour – which means ‘light’ or ‘illumination’ in various Middle Eastern languages – sets out to explore contemporary culture from across the region and North Africa. The festival was inaugurated at Leighton House Museum in 2010, a building that is recognised as being an international symbol of east meeting west. The festival is nonreligious in nature though recognises that faith can inspire great art.
The festival also works in collaboration with a host of London and UK partners, including the Arab British Centre, the British Egyptian Society, the Iran Heritage Foundation, and the London Arab Music Festival.
Nour Festival 2012 highlights include:
– British Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh is confirmed as festival Writer-in-Residence. Known most recently for her acclaimed novel Out of It, Selma will deliver a series of master workshops on writing and publishing at various festival venues.
– A programme of major concerts at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill with Tunisian singersongwriter Amel Mathlouthi, Lebanese musician Charbel Rouhana and special guests.
– Leighton House Museum will host a ground-breaking exhibition of work by photojournalist Bradley Secker highlighting the often forgotten plight of gay and lesbian refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
– Cutting edge contemporary graphic design by Muiz Anwar and spatial design by Dia Batal will be showcased at Leighton House Museum.
– The V&A opens ‘Light from the Middle East’ an exhibition of photography that reflects elements of the region’s social, cultural and political life from the end of the 19th century to the present day.
– Contemporary Moroccan artist Abderrahim Yamou has his first ever UK exhibition at The Mosaic Rooms.
– Music and musicians have historically played a vital role in the cultures of Central Eurasia and the Middle East. The Aga Khan Music Initiative (AKMI), an interregional music and arts education program with worldwide performance, outreach, mentoring, and artistic production activities, will provide an insight on its work with artists, educators, artistic communities and audiences in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central & South Asia to revitalize traditional and tradition-based music performance and pedagogy in a major music symposium on November 24th at the Ismaili Centre.
– Film screenings from up-and-coming Middle Eastern and North African film makers will be shown at Leighton House Museum in association with the London MENA Film Festival.
Full festival brochure available for download at: http://www.nourfestival.co.uk/resources/NOUR_2011_programme.pdf
Full festival listings available online from beginning of September at www.nourfestival.co.uk
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