Screening: Blind Ambition
In Conversation: Hassan Khan and Sherif El-Azma
Salt Beyoğlu
September 26, 2012 18.30
Still from Blind Ambition (2012)
Courtesy of Hassan Khan and Chantal Crousel Gallery, Paris
Courtesy of Hassan Khan and Chantal Crousel Gallery, Paris
SALT Beyoğlu, Walk-in Cinema
Hassan Khan, Blind Ambition, 2012
Single-channel B&W video
Dubbed and synchronized voices HD video shot on a Samsung Galaxy SII cell phone
46 minutes
A screening of Blind Ambition by Hassan Khan will be followed by a conversation about the work between Khan and Sherif El-Azma.
“Blind Ambition (2012) is not made like a film. It has no decoupage or preplanned cuts, per se. It is shot on a cell phone: I create the situation, put the actors in it, and shoot. I edit later. But, as I edit, something remains hidden.” - Extract from a conversation mediated by Shahira Issa for Kaleidoscope
Blind Ambition premiered at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, 2012.
Sherif El-Azma (1975, Manchester)
Lives and works in Cairo. Sherif El-Azma is an experimental film-maker and video artist. In his works he uses the narrative strategies of cinema and media semiotics to re-question human experience. Since 1997, his work has been shown in major art institutions including the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, Camden Art Centre in London, Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, Madre Museum in Naples and the National Film Theatre in London. El-Azma is currently working on projects that involve a more classical narrative film form.
The conversation will be held in English.
