Pardeh Khani

Narration with imagery (Pardeh Khani) in Iranian tradition at the Tidemanplein and in the library at the Visserijplein Delfshaven, Rotterdam, 25 June and 2 July 2011.

The actor Sahand Sahebdivani narrated two stories from the oriental and western cultures, following the Iranian tradition of Pardeh Khani. He accompanied himself on the frame drum (Daiyre).
The performances were organized by MECART Foundation in collaboration with Interact Theatre Company. Admission was free. Corien Hoek.

Women & Nature

MECART is preparing a cultural program on Women & Nature in cities in the Balkan in collaboration with artist Nena Sesic-Fisher and the female artists organisation CURE Foundation in Sarajevo. The project will take shape in 2008. Dineke Huizenga.

Art and Communication

MECART is preparing a communication project on arts of the Middle East and Africa in collaboration with the World Policy Institute Visions of Peace. The project will take shape in 2008. Corien Hoek.

Saleh Hassan Faris at IIIrd Festival de Théâtre Professionel Amazigh de Casablanca
In 2008 the theatre group of Saleh Hassan Faris played on the IIIrd Festival de théâtre professionel Amazigh de Casablanca, Morocco. [read more...]

Visit from Yemen: Ali Naji Abdullah Al-Humaidi
MECART Foundation has been visited by Mr Ali Naji Abdullah Al-Humaidi, Director General of Culture and Cultural Institutions in Yemen, Ministry of Culture in Sanaa from the 1st – 21st of July 2008 [read more...]

Fact Finding Trips:
Contemporary art in former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia), May 2007
Contemporary art in Yemen, October 2007
Contemporary art and literature in Iraq, March-April 2005

Project: "Young Iranian artists"
In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, Teheran (on hold)

Project: "Two Signatures, One Painting"
Opening exhibition of galery De Levante, Amsterdam; with works of Kadhem Al-Khalifah and Anahit Sarkes (2006)

Project: "The Unity of Iraq: in politics, poetry and the visual arts"
Debate Podium Mozaik, Amsterdam; in collaboration with Robert Soeterik, Chaalan Charif and Dineke Huizenga. Concert by Jamil Al-Asadi, Latif Al-Obaidi and the singer Saleh Bustan (2006)

Project: "Dwaallicht" 10 Iraakse dichters in Nederland
2006, Publisher Passage. Publication of poems by ten Iraqi poets in The Netherlands with an introduction on Iraqi poetry by professor Hatem Al-Sagr, University of Sanaa. Poems by: Mohammed Amin, Chaalan Charif, Venus Faiq, Hamid Haddad, Balkis Hamid Hassan, Salah Hassan, Karim Nasser, Naji Rahim, Mowaffk Al-Sawad, Ali Shaye. Design and images by Kifah Al-Reefi. Chif editor Dineke Huizenga; made possible by the Fonds voor de Letteren, Nederlands Literair Productie- en Vertalingenfonds

Project: "Back to Baghdad"
Looking through the eyes of poets and painters, in collaboration with Qassim Al-Saedy, Kadhem Al-Khalifa, Ali Finjan, Anahit Sarkes (2005-2006 cancelled)

Project: "Hearing, Seeing, Silenced"
Atrium City Council Den Haag, for the yearly festival hearing, Seeing, Silenced of Stichting Lancelot; exhibition with Nena Sesic-Fisher, Kadhem Al-Khalifah, Peter Lazarov, Gregory Kohelet, Senad Alic. In collaboration with AIDA Nederland (2005). Lecture on art and freedom at the Vrije Academie Den Haag.

Project: "Enkidu’s Gilgamesh"
A family play with an educational programme, to be played in The Netherlands and in schools in Iraq; in collaboration with Stichting Ultramarijn (VSB-funded, 2005, on hold).

Project: "Travelling the Tigris"
Contemporary Iraqi art in context; festival in collaboration with major art institutions (music, visual art and literature), galeries and universities in Amsterdam and Iraq. With publications: Travelling the Tigris: contemporary art in context and Muhammad Khudayr’s 'Autumn Visions' (2005, on hold)

Project: "Over the Bow of Darkness"
Festival of Iraqi Artists
Amsterdam: exhibition, poetry recital, concert, theatre and debate led by Professor Kitty Zijlmans (Leiden University).
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Contribution to "Gilgamesh Salon"
Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
in collaboration with Streamtime, RO-theater, Compagnietheater, 2005

Contribution to "Iraq’s Election Day"
30th of January 2005
cultural program, Berlage Café, Amsterdam for IKV-Pax Christi