Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File 2010
When
1.00 pm, Sun 10 Apr 2016 (32 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
'Based on accounts from primary sources, Wael Shawky complicates the traditional civilization clash narrative by describing scenes that refute common notions of the era. Shawky highlights both the secular motivations of the European fighters and the competition and violence among Arab leaders. Using 200-year-old marionettes from a collection in Italy for the first instalment, and custom-made ceramic figures for the second, Shawky says the puppets help create a "surreal and mythical atmosphere that blends drama and cynicism, telling a story of remote events that could hardly be more topical today. The puppets' strings clearly refer to the idea of control. The work also implies a criticism of the way history has been written and manipulated."' Museum of Modern Art, New York
Production Credits
- Director/Script: Wael Shawky
- Cinematographer: Fabrizio La Palombara
- Editor: Claudio Cavallari
- Production Manager: Judith Wielander
- Scenography: Wael Shawky, Paola Sommaruga, Barbara Di Domizio, Antonio Marzulli
- Costume Design: Sara Conforti, Mara De Matteis, Stefania Bonsignore
- Music: Florent Ghys
- Sound Design: Said Abdel Naim, Said Al Amrousy, Elly Reyard, Mohamed Khamis, Peter Malak, Salma Emara, Mark Lofty, Hesham El Shazly, Wael Shawky
- Lighting Design: Andrea Micaroni
- Sound Engineer: Samir Nabil
- Sound: Federico Del Pozzo
- Puppeteers: Daniele Lupi, Alessandra Odarda, Chiara Codazabetta, Floriano Negri, Francesca Zoccarato, Paola Plebani, Roberta Correale
- Production Companies: Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella/Italien, Theater Der Welt, Essen
- Courtesy: The Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 32 minutes
- Language: Arabic
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Colour