Background

Is this only a generation trend? Or has there been a profound change in perspective among contemporary Arab artists in the Arab world? Without claiming to be the new avant-garde, without clear cut attitude, young Arab filmmakers, video and media art artists are exploring paths of subjective expression with a fragile and anxious freedom. They are preparing for a genesis and a risking path ahead in their fragile societies...

Since the 1990s, video creation in Arab countries has witnessed constant growth and renewal.The specific political and social conditions of these communities, their deeply-rooted narrative and poetic traditions (written and oral), as well as a decisive presence of music and ritual have all allowed these works to encompass a very wide-ranging field of experimentation and reflection in which a fascination with technology is mixed with a sense of poetry and rhythm, the use of silence, and the ability to speak to us directly or metaphorically of their individual or communal realities.

Inside all these realities, TalebCherche Midi has initiated various projects in order to explore the Arab happenings by creating a nomadic program and database on video directors and digital filmmakers from the Arab world. Among them,Videokaravaan, a "nomadic program", which has travelled through different countries and has collaborated with many international institutions and organization using video presentations, lectures, workshops and film screenings.

The idea behind our inititatives is to show the richness and complexity of reflections on the countries with an Arabic culture through video and moving images. In 2010 Taleb Cherche Midi and Videokaravaan project will launch another major initiative: ARAB MEDIA LAB CENTRE © In Marrakech , Morocco.

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