post war festival 2009


Post War Festival 2009

Programme

The Artists

The venue - The Red Jail

Symposium

Sulaymaniyah City

Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq

 

 

 

Programme

Events taking place during the festival 7-9 November 2009

Formal opening by Prime Minister Dr. Barham Saleh and Lady Hero.
Introductory speech by Chief Executive of ArtRole UK, Adalet R. Garmiany.
Speech by President of Kahk Press & Media Centre KRG, Ako Garib.
Speech by acting Consul-General of the British Embassy in Iraq Beverley Simpson.
Speech by USA Regional Reconstruction Team Erbil-Kurdistan region, Andrew Snow.

 

Screening of a documentary film about the Red Jail by Kahk.

Richard Wilson installation 20:50 installation.

Susan Meiselas Participatory Picture of Kurdistan.

 

Exhibition of Kurdish Art

 

ArtRole and other UK arts organisations display.

 

Introduction to ArtRole: Presentation and Screening.

 

Memory Game: a Performance specially created by Adalet R. Garmiany for this event. With Anne Bean, Richard Wilson, Chris Gladwin, Miyaka Marita, Liaka Rafik, and Kurdish artists, musicians and students from
America University, Sulaymaniyah.

 

Presentation on post-war Iraq by Professor Maki Omaran, Babylon College of Fine Art. The presentation will explore art and cultural developments in Iraq.


Opportunity to explore Amna Suraka site and buildings.

 

Art film screenings in cinema.

 

Screening of two documentary films about the reconstruction of the Kurdistan region and the history of Sulaymaniyah.

Dinner.