Cairo Biennial, Town House Gallery, Cairo, Egypt

Going Public ’06. Atlante Mediterraneo

10 – 14 December 2006 At Cairo Biennial aMAZElab presented the volume Going Public'06. Atlante Mediterraneo. The book (publishe by Silvana Editoriale, 250 pages book, 2 languages (it+engl), 160 images full colors) gathers the results of 18 months of researches and the site specific artistic interventions by partners and contributors from six mediterranean cities: Istanbul, Beirut, Nicosia, Tel Aviv, Alexandria, Barcelona. Texts by: Claudia Zanfi (curator); Tony Chakar (Beirut architect); Abdalla Daif (Alexandria art critic); Manuel Delgado (Barcelona anthropologist); Sameh El Halawany (Alexandria artist); Achilleas Kentonis (Artos Foundation director, Nicosia); Bilal Khbeiz (Beirut journalist); Elias Khury (Beirut writer); Vasif Kortun (Platfom Garanti director, Istanbul); Stefano Maffei (Politecnico, Milan); Yannis Papadakis (Nicosia sociologist); Marti Peran (Barcelona University); Sharon Rotbard (Tel Aviv urbanist); Nermin Saybasili (Goldsmiths University, London). Special projects by: Atlas Group (Beirut); Ofri Cnaani and Jenny Vogel (NYC); Oda Projesi (Istanbul); Francesca Cogni+ Donatello De Mattia/ Multiplicity (Milano); Gianmaria Conti (Milano); xurban_collective (Istanbul/NYC); Akram Zaatari (Beirut), others. www.thetownhousegallery.com