𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎: A four-day festival around radical new talents in digital art and culture from the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) and its diasporas.

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From the 6th until the 9th of February 2020 - during Art Rotterdam - a four-day festival takes place in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Introducing radical new talents in the field of digital art and culture. Here you experience a versatility of alternative voices from the Middle East, North Africa and from artists who have settled from these areas in Europe, the Netherlands and in particular Rotterdam (the diasporas). With 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 we hope to breach the often one-sided image of the 'Middle East'.

The festival is both intimate and interdisciplinary in its design, with a wide-ranging exhibition, panels, workshops and a lively music program in the evening. 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 is an initiative of AWAKE

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In collaboration with no fewer than four emerging curators from the MENA (diaspora) area; Sofiane Si Merabet (The Confused Arab Nouha Ben Yebdri and Khalid Abdel-Hadi (MyKali Magazine) and Ibrahim Nehme (The Outpost) we explore new talents in the field of digital art and culture. The curators display a variety of artworks and by that accentuate the versatility and diversity of a new generation of (diaspora) artists from the Middle East and North Africa region. Many MENA artists appear to have worked under the radar, all the more so since they are often overlooked by major museums and cultural institutions. But today, in our globalized and digitized world, the internet offers an opportunity to break through existing educational and socio-economic barriers. The time has come to once more welcome this talent from the digital realm to the physical world and to give them an audience that they deserve.

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Find full program here: https://bit.ly/2Gh4I8d