There are unmissable opportunities, unique and unrepeatable events. This is the case of this special film screening organized at the Dubai Opera which presents - a more unique than rare case - one of the greatest and most precious cinema treasures of all time. We are talking about The Kid, a silent film made in 1921, written, produced, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. The Kid was Chaplin's first feature film, and since its debut in theaters it has enjoyed enormous success with audiences and critics all over the world. Even today the film maintains its artistic value and poetry unchanged, so much so that it is considered one of the greatest masterpieces that Hollywood cinema has been able to express since the beginning of the history of cinema. The screening of the title will be enriched by the music of the Armenian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Timothy Brock who will perform the soundtrack live to accompany the poignant and magical story of love, resilience and humor that Charlie Chaplin gave to humanity.
Photographer Gauri Gill is the curator of this exhibition which - reflecting on the intertwined relationship between dynamic cities, the natural environment and the inseparable sacred - features twelve artists and collectives working in different contexts of urban, rural, domestic, community, public and immaterial spaces.
Cédric Kouamé, also known as Gifted Mold Archive, has always been fascinated by old photographic archives that he collected in large quantities in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He used these images, often ruined by the patina of time, reviving them again.
This is the first major exhibition of Lala Rukh's work, reflecting on three decades of drawing, printmaking, photography and video, produced against the backdrop of political unrest and feminist movements in Pakistan.
Drawing from astrology, religion and spirituality, the Ethiopian art form of telsem interweaves symbols, drawings and texts imbued with spiritual and philosophical significance.