He is one of Egypt's most important visual artists. Mixing truth with fiction and childlike enthusiasm with an intellectual dogma, Wael Shawky uses marionettes to recreate the epic medieval clashes between Muslims and Christians in his film trilogy, “Cabaret Crusades”. In parallel with the production of The Song of Roland: The Arabic Version on the OCC's Main Stage, Wael Shawky's The Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show Files (2010), The Path to Cairo (2012) and The Secrets of Karbala (2015) are to be screened at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. With English subtitles. Read more: www.sgt.gr

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Mixing truth with fiction and childlike enthusiasm with an intellectual dogma, Wael Shawky, one of Egypt's most important visual artists, uses marionettes to recreate the epic medieval clashes between Muslims and Christians in his film trilogy, “Cabaret Crusades”. The trilogy recounts the Crusades from an Arab perspective, initially based on Amine Maalouf’s The Crusades through Arab Eyes. The three films are seen as one monumental work, yet each one of them has its own signature aesthetics, speech, music, and scenography. The first two parts of the trilogy were shown at the international Documenta 13 exhibition, the third part at the MoMA PS1 show and the international ArtBasel exhibition.

Program

28.12.2017, 18:00
The Horror Show File (HD video, color, with sound, 31'49'')
The Path to Cairo (HD video, color, with sound, 58')

29.12.2017, 17:00 
The Secrets of Karbala (HD video, color, with sound, 120')

30.12.2017, 16:00
The Horror Show File (HD video, color, with sound, 31'49'')
The Path to Cairo (HD video, color, with sound, 58')
The Secrets of Karbala (HD video, color, with sound, 120')