August program /2005

Presentation:
“A Place To Go”
Jack Persekian on the 7th Sharjah Biennial
**“….reflecting on shifting interpretations of identity, home and land, the 7th Sharjah Biennial sheds new light on the elusive subject of belonging in its many manifestations….”
Sharjah has the only contemporary art biennial of its kind in the whole Arab world. Jack Persekian, head curator of the 7th Sharjah Biennial, will give a slide presentation reflecting on the biennial experience.
Saturday 6/8 @ 7:00 pm

Children's exhibition
** A panel and postcard exhibition prepared with dried Palestinian wild flowers and produced by Palestinian children from various villages in the periphery of Ramallah. The exhibition is the culmination of a project that lasted for a few months and was organized by the Child Care Society and UNDP/GEF
Tuesday 9/8 at 5:00 p.m.

Musical Performance:-
Patriarch Extends his Son of a Refugee Tour with a stop in the Holy land on August 11th at the Palestinian Cultural Palace. Ramallah, Palestine will be the backdrop to the biggest Hip Hop Concert in the Occupied Territories of Palestine in history. Joining him in this historic event will be local Palestinian Hip Hop acts, such as DAM, MWR, PR with their own respected performances.
Sunday 11/8 @ 7:30 pm

Film screening:
ELOGE DE L'AMOUR (in praise of love) by jean-luc godard In “Visually stunning…this is cinema at its most challenging and essential”
From Jean-Luc Godard, possibly the most respected and influential European film director of all time, comes Eloge de l’amour, an intelligent, visually ravishing, witty meditation on life, love and popular culture. The film follows three couples: one youthful, one middle-aged, and one elderly and explores the four key moments of falling in love: physical passion, arguments, separation, and reunion. French with English subtitles(90 min, 2001)
Monday 15/8 @ 8:00 pm

Art Exhibition:
**Khalil Al Sakakini Cultural Center cordially invites you to attend the opening of a special collective art exhibition that stands as the culmination of the “Contemporary Art Summer School” for young emerging artists. This program is based on two such introductory seminars held in 2003 and 2004 at the KSCC (the exhibition continues until Wednesday 10/8)

"Sponsored by The Arab Bank"

The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1996. Located in Ramallah in a restored traditional mansion, it works in three areas: The visual arts, Palestinian identity & narrative, and holding regular public activities such as: Art exhibits, concerts, literary events, film screenings, children's activities, & lectures. Http://www.sakakini.org. Telefax: (02) 298 73 75/4.

THANK YOU AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ALL THESE EVENTS!

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