25 Larbi Ben M’hidi, 16002 Alger, Algeria
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The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Algiers, affectionately known as the MAMA, is one of the most beautiful cultural achievements since the Independence of Algeria. It was inaugurated on December 1st, 2007 by Mrs. Khalida TOUMI, Minister of Culture, for the event "Algiers, Capital of Arab Culture". Built between 1901 and 1909, this majestic five-storey building is one of the jewels of neo-Moorish architecture. 

يعد المتحف الوطني للفن الحديث والمعاصر في الجزائر العاصمة ، المعروف باسم ماما، واحدًا من أجمل الإنجازات الثقافية منذ استقلال الجزائر. تم افتتاحه في 1 ديسمبر 2007 من قبل السيدة خليدة تومي ، وزيرة الثقافة ، لحضور "الجزائر عاصمة الثقافة العربية". بني هذا المبنى الفخم المكون من خمسة طوابق بين عامي 1901 و 1909 ، وهو أحد جواهر العمارة المغاربية الجديدة.

Exclusive press conference powered by The CIP International Press Center of Algeria revealing thaughts behind the 7th edition curatorial, choice of the artists and the its worldwide cultural network.

06:30pm Vernissage of the main exhibition garthing 23 artists from around the world 2000m2 exhibition space at MAMA Modern Art Museum of Algeria curated by Mohamed Benhadj.

3:00pm Meet up with our artists around a talk covering topics such as the social-political and cultural factors which influence contemporary art today and its importance in the Arab world.

FASHION WEEKEND

ACFW is a weekend of Fashion like no other! Blending contemporary fashion and performance with independent high profile designers, it is a weekend of performing runway shows and performing live.

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Phil Akashi

Zoulikha Bouabdellah

Chris Wood

Amirah Sackett

Fabrizio Corneli

Basmah Falemban

Dimitris Dokos

Mohamed Benhadj

Curator

Al-Tiba9 Algiers 2019 / STATEMENT

Transgression allows the liberation of the creative energies whose agent is the human. This power of act has been theorized by several thinkers of the Eastern and Western world. This logic of action is introduced only by the understanding ot notion of the different levels of reality. It is a logic of complexity, freedom and transgression, which intermediates the image between here and there, between body and soul, between visible and invisible.

The greatest Sufis theorists explain that we must see and understand the contradictions and tensions contained in names. It is necessary that the word joins the thing and to perceive the different levels of reality which compose it. It would be a transgression to overcome the limit of the present, to go beyond appearances, to access the hidden reality, the light of the intellect. These levels are the degrees of hierarchy of the being. According to the mystic sufi poet, Rumi, the love for god can be reached by seeing creation as god’s divine power and a divine expression. The universe speaks to us by whisperers and signs, therefore, one needs to observe and think about it to reach the “Ishq عشق” (love) of god. The further we move away from the center, from the faith, the more contradictions and paradox emerge. "We are not going East and West, but rather we are constantly traveling to the Sun" Rumi says.

And in the verse: "And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.” (115) Al-Baqarah, Qoran.

ACFW Contemporary Fashion Weekend Alger 2019

18:00H VIP Reception & Photocall Shooting
18:30H Public Reception

19:00H Farah Hourani - Fashion Runway
19:15H Mindless - Fashion Runway (Collection 1)

19:40H Coffee Break
20:00H Mindless - Fashion Runway (Collection 2)

20:20H Amirah Sackett - Dance Performance
20:40H Mohamed Benhadj - Performance Runway

21:00H Speech