Egyptian Body Politic: Adaptation of #Tahrir
Video Installation at Cultural Rio in Brazil in 2012.
AN ANIMATED ADAPTATION OF “The Dream” by Alaa Abd El-Fattah, translated by Lina Attalah, 2011. Voice narration by VJ Um Amel. A SOUNDTRACK REMIX OF “Immortal Egypt Revolution Dub” by DJ Zhao, “Amble ambience” by VJ Um Amel, KPCC radio interview of VJ Um Amel on November 23, 2011, and voice overs. A VISUAL REMIX OF YouTube videos, Twitter data, R-Shief’s visualizations of 1.25 million tweets on #Tahrir over 23 days in November, and 1.23 million tweets on #NOSCAF over the same date range. Cartoon by Carlos Latuff, “in honour of martyr Shehab Ahmed, killed by SCAF forces in #Nov20” This is the first in a series of cinematic media that will be used in an upcoming, performative installation. For original text, see: facebook.com/notes/lina-attalah/alaa-s-first-piece-in-al-shorouk-translated-dream-first-remember-to-dream-first/10150458343398064