AHMED BASIONY: 30 DAYS RUNNING IN THE PLACE
Organisation: FACT
Time: 30 September 2011 12:00pm - 28 November 2011 6:00pm
Place: FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ
FACT Presents
Ahmed Basiony: Thirty Days Running in the Place
Ahmed Basiony was one of the few contemporary artists in Egypt who was consistently experimenting with the tools of new media. One of his works, Thirty Days Running in the Place (2010) reveals Basiony jogging daily for one hour while a suit of electronic sensors picked up how far he ran and how much sweat he produced. Visualised by computer and projected onto a large screen, the data formed an abstract portrait of a body not just in motion but changing physiologically under the influence of exercise. The piece is all the more poignant as it contains the last echoes of Basiony’s life in the form of the data he collected: the artist was killed during the Egyptian uprising just a few months later.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a discussion on 14 November entitled 'Art in Revolution' with FACT curator Omar Kholeif, Liverpool Arabic Centre Chair Taher Qassim MBE and artist Nina Edge.
Until 28 November 2011
'Art in Revolution' Discussion on 14 November | 18:30
Gallery 2,
FACT
88 Wood Street
Liverpool
L1 4DQ
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