Sameh AL Tawil (Artist in residency 2013)
Pro Helvetia, Artist in residency program 2013
The regional office of Pro Helvetia in Cairo has been working for more than 20 years in the region. Among its activities, Pro Helvetia has been focusing on the residency exchange programs, offering a great opportunity for interested artists to get in contact with the local art scenes. The residency program works in both directions, sending Swiss artists to the region and artists from the region to Switzerland.
Pro Helvetia welcomes artists who have been selected to be granted residencies in the year 2013. Selected artists are:
From Switzerland:
Alex Meszmer & Reto Müller (Curator/Installation/Performance): October – December 2013
Dennis Schuler & Noémie Etienne (Music/Visual Art): September – December 2013
Sibylle Omlin (Visual Art): March 2013
Goran Galic & Gian-Reto Gredig (Visual Art/Text): January – March 2014
From the region:
Nahla Mattar (Egypt – Music): March 2013
Shayma Kamel (Egypt – Painting): March – May 2013
Sameh Al Tawil (Egypt – Media Art): April – June 2013
Kareem Al Qurity (Egypt – Painting): June – August 2013
Ahmad ElSawy (Egypt – Music): July 2013
Mohamed Siam (Egypt – Filmmaker): July – September 2013
Ahmed Nagy (Egypt – Media Art): September – November 2013
Source: http://www.prohelvetia.org.eg/Residencies-2013.2542.98.html?&no_cache=1&L=4&type=98
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