playground, exhibition El Sawy Center Zamalek, Cairo 2005, Feb 11 - 19
The exhibition playground presents 25 new pieces in the fields of photography, object art, video art and drawing. Playground is not just a title referring to some of the exhibited "games", the title also exemplifies a certain understanding of contemporary art which is not just a practise of producing more and more beautiful images but a cultural activity busy with creating playful concepts to deal and cope with reality every day. More over: While artists enjoy a freedom of expression that is extraordinary the price to do so is remarkably high: Their work is just a game, their exhibition a "playground".

The concept of presenting a variety of different media serves as starting point to outline contemporary art practise to a broader audience. Therefore the exhibition is accompanyied by several workshops to the local university and within the exhibition space.

In greater detail the exhibition contains the following pieces: Sightcheck. Clouds. Empty Nests. No Colon, no Conclusions! Panel-Series. Backgammon. Falling Dice. ESC.
Images 1, 3, 4, 5: Su Tomesen