25years booklet

‘25 Years of Arab Creativity’ 6th – 31st March, 2013

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Primary Strategic Partner

Under the Patronage of

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research

H.E. Hoda Al Khamis-Kanoo Founder & Artistic Director Abu Dhabi Festival Over the last 10 years, Abu Dhabi Festival has become one of the most prominent arts festivals in the Arab world, and a key player on the festival circuit worldwide. For an entire decade, this annual symphony of cultures has celebrated the spirit of ‘Bilad Al Khayr’ (The Land of Blessings), the legacy of the founding Father of the Nation, the late Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan. It has welcomed artists from the four corners of the world and engaged the people of the UAE through unique performances, concerts, exhibitions, workshops and talks.

The 2013 edition celebrates this ‘Decade of Distinction’ in style with a breathtaking main programme featuring the legendary Plácido Domingo, as tribute to this year’s Country of Honour, Spain.

Proud of its role as a ‘Festival of Firsts’, Abu Dhabi Festival 2013 adds to its impressive roster of 7 commissions, 4 world premieres, and 13 Arab premieres. The world premieres ‘Poème Orientale’

by Bechara El Khoury and ‘The Rahbani Legacy’

by Oussama & Ghadi Rahbani, mark the birth of two significant new creations for Arab artistic expression. We are also proud to present two new

commissioned sculptures by Mattar bin Lahej and Jalal Luqman as well as a commemorative coin by Hassan Massoudy.

And for the first time in the UAE, the Festival is delighted to welcome the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, Gilberto Gil, YUNDI, Joshua Bell, and Bryn Terfel.

Each year, the Abu Dhabi Festival takes children and young people on a voyage of discovery. In addition to the ticketed performances, it welcomes thousands of students and the general public to free concerts, performances and workshops, many of which pay homage to the UAE’s rich cultural heritage. In 2013, the Festival presents innovative initiatives including the nationwide tour of Habib Ghuloom Al Attar’s latest production ‘Bil Arabi’ as well as the tantalizing trail of traditional tales by the students of Zayed University developed under the guidance of master storyteller, Abdul Aziz Al Musallem.

The Abu Dhabi Festival is a unique and unforgettable experience. Join us in celebrating the UAE as a capital of culture. Join us in marking a Decade of Distinction!

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Acknowledgements Honourable Patrons H.H. Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan - H.H. Sheikha Sheikha bint Saif Al Nahyan

Abu Dhabi Festival Founder & Artistic Director

H.E. Hoda Al Khamis-Kanoo ADMAF Advisors H.E. Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash H.E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak H.E. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh H.E. Mohammed Khalaf Al Mazrouei H.E. Noura Al Kaabi H.E. Razan Al Mubarak H.E. Reem Al Shemari

Sheikha Noor Fahim Al Qasimi Princess Irina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Ian Stoutzker OBE Terence D. Allen Saeed Al Balushi Dr. Maha Taysir Barakat

Salem Brahimi Mary Corrado Bashir Al Haskouri Frauke Heard-Bey Mohammed A. L. Kanoo Shaikha Al Maskari Zahra Al Masood

Legal Counsel Mr. Raymond Mouracade, Jurisgulf

Special Thanks twofour54 Abu Dhabi Municipality

Embassies of Participating Nations Embassy of Spain Embassy of the United Kingdom Embassy of China Embassy of Russia

Abu Dhabi Department of Transport Abu Dhabi Police

Embassy of the United States of America Embassy of Egypt Embassy of Brazil Embassy of Czech Republic Embassy of Lebanon

Education Partners Schools & Nurseries Abu Dhabi Country Club Sports School Abu Dhabi Grammar School Al Bateen Secondary School Al Mawaheb School Al Shohub School Al Yasmina School American Community School American International School in Abu Dhabi Brighton College British School Al Khubairat Emirates National School GEMS American Academy Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi Horizon Private School International Community School Les Fanfans Nursery Liwa International School - Al Ain Lycee Louis Massignon Raha International School Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Girls The British International School

Universities Higher Colleges of Technology - Madinat Zayed and Ruwais Higher Colleges of Technology - Khalifa City Higher Colleges of Technology - Abu Dhabi Men’s Higher Colleges of Technology - Abu Dhabi Women’s New York University Abu Dhabi Sharjah University UAE University - Al Ain Zayed University - Abu Dhabi Zayed University - Dubai Music & Dance Centres Katarina Peers Piano School Modern Art Music Institute Ministry of Culture,Youth, and Community Development - Piano Centre Bayt Al Oud Others Abu Dhabi Homeschoolers Association Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care & Special Needs

Community Partners Abu Dhabi Municipality Ajman Elderly Care Centre Ajman Special Needs Centre Al Mamzar Centre for the Elderly, Dubai Al Nokhba School, Mirfa Alliance Francaise American School of Dubai Choueifat School - Um Al Quwain Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Dar Al Ber Society Dar Zayed For Family Care Dubai Drums Emirates Wildlife Society - World Wildlife Fund Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra Fujairah Culture and Media Authority Higher Colleges of Technology – Ras Al Khaimah

Imperial College of Diabetes, Abu Dhabi Jennifer Simon Manar Al Eman Charity School – Ajman Ministry of Culture,Youth and Community RAK Special Needs Centre Resuscitation Theatre Sharjah Department of Culture & Information Sharjah Elderly Care Centre Sharjah University Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Tawam Hospital TDIC United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs Zayed University

Partners Strategic Partner

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Supporters

The Abu Dhabi Festival is presented and organised by the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), which seeks to nurture the arts, education, culture and creativity for the benefit of society and the advancement of Abu Dhabi’s cultural vision. ADMAF is an independent, not-for-profit organisation under the presidency and patronage of H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research.

ADMAF, PO Box 245, Abu Dhabi, UAE - Tel: +971 2 651 0300 – Email: info@admaf.org

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Investing in the local community Everything Mubadala undertakes ties back to supporting the economic diversification of Abu Dhabi, from developing key sectors of the economy to creating vital social infrastructure.

The common thread that runs through all Mubadala investments is opportunity, for current and future generations. That includes employment in entirely new sectors to educational and healthcare infrastructure to support the nation’s advancement.

Building on this core mandate, Mubadala supports a number of initiatives with a focus on education, wellbeing and culture, all designed to engage and inspire younger generations.

These three pillars underpin future workforce development and make for well-rounded individuals.

As main sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Festival 2013, Mubadala is proud to play its part in bringing internationally renowned artists and musicians to the UAE. Congratulations to the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation on its efforts to nurture arts, culture and creativity.

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Foreword Mubadala is delighted to support the Abu Dhabi Festival 2013 as we celebrate its 10th year as the UAE’s premier music and arts showcase.

It is a privilege to be part of a world-class event that encourages artistic discovery and cultural learning in Abu Dhabi.

As the UAE forges ahead with its economic vision, it is essential that we continue to preserve our region’s heritage and foster an appreciation of art from around the world.

As part of our mandate to deliver social returns to Abu Dhabi and its citizens, Mubadala is committed to developing cultural understanding among Emirati youth and the wider UAE community as a whole.

Working alongside the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation, we will continue to support the development of programs that cultivate and celebrate regional talent as well as programs that will drive interest in the arts. In that spirit, please enjoy the Abu Dhabi Festival 2013.

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mubadala

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Creating Opportunities: Mubadala in the community Everything Mubadala does links back to supporting the diversification of Abu Dhabi.

This includes developing key sectors of the economy which will establish the UAE as a global center of excellence in multiple industries to creating key social infrastructure in sectors such as healthcare and education.

Generating opportunities for current and future generations is a common thread that runs through all Mubadala activities.

Mubadala leads and supports a number of initiatives designed to engage and inspire younger generations to participate in these opportunities, while also encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle for all.

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Is Mubadala’s youth program and means “with us”in Arabic, Weyana focuses on the three main pillars.

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Mubadala supports the government’s vision for the growth of Abu Dhabi as a thriving regional hub for the arts.

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Youth Forum Created to raise awareness of education and career pathways for young Emiratis, the Youth Forum is a platform that offers personal insights from leading figures from across the UAE.

Football • Official sponsor of the UAE national footballteam and the exclusive grassroots and youth development partner of the UAE FA • Organizer of The Ramadan Football Tournament, an annual competitive platform

Mubadala aims to encourage today’s youth to play a vital role in the country’s long term economic and social development by engaging them with a wide range of options available for their future careers.

As a contributor to Abu Dhabi’s healthcare sector, Mubadala is committed to promoting a healthy lifestyle in the community through its active participation in sports.

Tennis • Title sponsor of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship • Partner in the Tennis in Schools Program committed to growing community participation in tennis and further developing the sport in the UAE

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In 2012, over 400 young Emiratis attended the Mubadala Youth Forum to interact with inspirational speakers including His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE.

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Carlos Santana is ready for the ultimate riff: a memoir. The Grammywinning superstar, 65, has an agreement with Little, Brown and Co to tell his life story, with anecdotes of friends such as Miles Davis, Eric Clapton and Herbie Hancock. The book be will out in 2014

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La Bouche

The dance group scored hits with Sweet Dreams (1994) and Be My Lover (1995). The group were an international operation with the Americans Melanie Thornton and Lance McRay contributing vocals over beats by the German producer Frank Farian of Boney M fame. Thornton tragically died in 2001 in a plane crash. McRay still tours under the name La Bouche with another female vocalist.

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• Despite none of the original performers –

the singer Tania Evans and the rapper Jay Supreme – remaining, the group still tour on the back of their 1993 hit album Serenity, home to the monster singles Mr Vain and Got to Get It.

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Mixtape Rewind is at Dubai’s Emirates Golf Club on Friday. Tickets are Dh275.

Doors open at 5pm and the concert begins at 8pm. For details, visit www.timeouttickets.com

Release date: Friday What they say: “It feels like it’s time to move on and do something radically different,” said Muse’s bassist Christopher Wolstenholme.

What we say: Arguably this year’s most-anticipated rock release, the record’s lead single Madness finds the British trio embracing a more subtle pop sound, while the Olympic theme song Survival is suitably epic.

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‘I was offered everything I’d ever wanted at exactly the same time. I thought I’d be able to do it all to a high standard, and have a personal life, and obviously that wasn’t realistic,’ says the British rapper Plan B. ‘I’m going to have to be very careful about what to do next’

Taylor Swift Red Release date: October 22 What she says: “From intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that, in my mind, all those emotions are red. There’s nothing beige about any of those feelings.”

What we say: Swift promises a warts-and-all outlook with her fourth album.

We wonder if any of these songs contain another kissoff to John Mayer.

Release date: November 13

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Robbie Williams Take the Crown Release date: November 5 What he says: Announcing the album on his website, Williams says his “main priority was to write what I consider, and hopefully what the world would consider, to be hits. I’m very excited.”

What we say: Williams hopes this album will be his big comeback after his 2009 lacklustre effort Reality Killed the Video Star. His recent Take That reunion is already paying off, with his fellow member Gary Barlow producing this album’s summery lead single Candy.

Release date: tomorrow

50 Cent

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The end of the year is traditionally the time record labels unleash some of their major releases. Saeed Saeed looks at some of the biggest albums on the way

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Release date: November 13 What they say: “He’s taking it back to the old 50,” Hitboy, 50 Cent’s producer, told MTV. “And he had some new records that were some different-sounding stuff, too. I’m excited to see how people react to it.”

What we say: 50 Cent experienced a flop record in 2009. With the hip-hop game generally moving so fast, it will be interesting to see if fans will still be interested in what Fiddy has to say.

Alicia Keys Girl on Fire Release date: November 27

Green Day

What they say: the band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong declared the album as “the best music we’ve ever written, and the songs just keep coming”.

What we say: This is the first of a trio of albums to be released over the next three months. Judging by the tracks Kill the DJ and Let Yourself Go, the group ditched their rock-opera vibe for a punchier sound.

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Wyclef Jean can’t get enough out of the Abu Dhabi racing season.

After headlining last year’s Beats on the Beach at the Corniche, the rapper and failed Haitian presidential candidate returned to the capital to perform as part of Movida Abu Dhabi at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Yas Island.

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And the award for the most colourful outfit goes to ... Cee Lo Green. The soul star and The Voice mentor dressed in what appeared to be a red dashiki with leopardprint robes.

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Now you see him, now you don’t. The young rapper Tyga made a lightning quick visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday night to perform at Movida Abu Dhabi.

According to sources, the rapper behind the hit club-rap track Rack City stayed fewer than 24 hours in Abu Dhabi and returned to the US hours after his performance.

Two dresses belonging to Amy Winehouse have been discovered missing from the late singer’s London home. It includes the dress from her 2007 Miami wedding to Blake Fielder-Civil. The dresses were to be auctioned off to benefit the substance abuse prevention charity set up by her father Mitch

Melanie Chisholm was perhaps the fittest performer on the Beats on the Beach bill. She describes a typical performance day as “waking up, having a good healthy breakfast and going to the gym”. The regime worked – her energy didn’t let up throughout her set.

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5 It may have been 10 years between her album releases, but Eve showed the Skybar crowd she was a rapper first before becoming an actress, performing a strong set including her hit track Let Me Blow Ya Mind.

Eminem at the du Arena on Yas Island as part of the F1 weekend entertainment.

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Kylie Minogue reminded us that pop music is first and foremost about having fun. The Aussie pop princess’s colourful hit-filled show cast out the images of Britney Spears’s mime-heavy set last year and Madonna’s bleak performance in June.

bill and kept the crowd clapping along throughout his hour-long set. “To hear them sing along is really humbling,” he said backstage. “This is a great way to finish the year.”

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Amber Lounge reaffirmed itself as the best place to party. The weekend saw Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Natasha Bedingfield and Eva Simons make appearances, plus the grand prix winner Kimi Räikkönen and his fellow F1 drivers Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher.

Music was care of Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas who got the well-heeled crowd dancing, but his Friday night invitation to the ladies to join him on stage was apparently expected to be extended on Sunday night by one lass. She jumped on stage to bust some moves, only to be coaxed down by security. Nonplussed, she made a beeline for the stage a few more times before Taboo’s platform was taken over by guests.

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Eminem’s thrilling set at du Arena confirmed his status as a pop phenomenon and was a great illustration of hip-hop’s growth from street corners to stadium-filling spectaculars. Saeed Saeed reports

Eminem acknowledged the crowd constantly, mentioning Abu Dhabi dozens of time on stage

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Mansour Zayed has done the local music scene proud with an engaging performance during Thursday night’s Beats on the Beach. The Abu Dhabi croon-

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Étoiles had once again became a favourite place to chill for many celebrities and artists during the F1 weekend. The Emirates Palace club welcomed Nickelback and Leona Lewis who all enjoyed separate post-event nights out.

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It may have been billed as a solo Eminem show, but hip-hop heads took further pleasure in seeing the superstar rapper joined on stage by Royce Da 5’9”. Eminem credits his fellow rhymer as an influence and they presently work together as a duo under the Bad Meets Evil moniker. 5’9” continued to party after Sunday’s performance with an extra set at Étoiles at Emirates Palace alongside Eminem’s tour DJ Alchemist and the hip-hop producer Fredwreck.

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What he says: “I think it’s time to take it to that next level and make it even bigger and better.”

What we say: So far, the signs are good. Tempah already recorded collaborations with Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris. Sadly, a hookup with Adele was quashed after the soul singer suffered vocal problems.

What she says: “The album represents a new me in every way,” Keys told CNN. What we say: Keys will talk about being a new mother, but the album is not full of sleepy ballads – we think the R&B star is too classy for that.

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The Scottish singer Susan Boyle is in talks to turn her life story into a film. ‘My story will make a great film and there’s only one person I’d love to play me – and that’s Julie Walters. You just know she would do my story justice,’ Boyle told the Daily Mirror

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Soundgarden King Animal What they say: “It reestablishes that we still rock, we’re still heavy, and we’re still a little weird,” stated the band’s guitarist Kim Thayil to Rolling Stone magazine.

What we say: The reformed Seattle grunge legends recently released a 37-second snippet of the lead track Worse Dreams, and it sounds poppy and polished.

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The former Ace of Base singer, now performing solo, says the song sounded initially upbeat before her sister and fellow Ace of Base bandmate Linn Berggren suggested a change to a darker sound.

“The story is about a woman who is always leaving and that is because the woman is not whole in herself,” she says. “I think by changing to minor [chords] people can hear that sadness and relate to that song.

“I really believe the most beautiful songs are sad sounding. The album Happy Nation was actually built from the material of All That She Wants – that’s why the album is darker as well. It all fed from each other.”

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The singer Marty Cintron, who is performing solo under the No Mercy tag, explains that Where Do You Go was born from the leftover production work from the group’s previous single, a cover of Everything But the Girl’s Missing.

“The song was written around the formula of Missing,” he says. “We got a team together, a couple of German authors wrote the lyrics and it was my idea to put Spanish guitars on it.”

Cintron, who is based in Miami, says he still gets a thrill when hearing Where Do You Go on the radio.

“I was driving in Poland the other day and the song came on, like, three times in the car,” he says. “In Miami people still play the Spanish version of it. It’s amazing.”

Biggest hit song: All That She Wants Album: Happy Nation/The Sign (1992) Chart performance: No 1 in at least 10 territories including the US, the UK, Australia and Germany

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The guitarist Richard Drummie says the song was the first written for the group’s Indian Summer album. His enthusiasm for the track initially diminished when the record company asked the duo to contribute it to the film Pretty Woman, starring the up-and-comer Julia Roberts.

“I was dead against it. I didn’t know who Julia Roberts was and Richard Gere’s career was kind of over by then and it just sounded like another Valley Girl film to me,” recalls Drummie. “We did meet Julia Roberts eventually and she did say: ‘Hey, you guys have a song in my film.’ And we said: ‘Yes we do,’ and then Keifer Sutherland appeared and whisked her away pretty quickly. I think he thought one of us was trying to take a run at her or something.”

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Helmed by the German producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, Snap! reached their peak when their hard dance beats were matched with the American rapper Turbo B. Their collaboration resulted in the hits I Got the Power (1990) and Rhythm Is a Dancer (1992). Turbo B quit in 1992 before rejoining the group for another limited spell in 2000.

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Biggest hit song: Where Do You Go Album: No Mercy (1996) Chart performance: No 1 in Ireland, Denmark and Canada; No 2 in the UK; No 3 in the US

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Go West Biggest hit song: King of Wishful Thinking Album: Pretty Woman soundtrack (1990) and Indian Summer (1992) Chart performance: No 8 in the US; No 6 in Australia

supporting acts The four headlining artists will be joined by a trio of Germanbased groups

No Mercy

The Mixtape Rewind concert on Friday promises to be a trip down memory lane. With several artists performing their 1990s hits, the night is set to relive memories both fond and – for some – best forgotten. Saeed Saeed talks to the headliners

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‘You can’t tire a man out who’s already tired. Sometimes you’ve just got to step up to the plate to learn something new. The artists I admire are those who continue to go through evolutions’ – Billy Ray Cyrus, 51, on making his stage debut in the Broadway musical Chicago

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Biggest hit song: What Is Love?

Album: Haddaway (1993) Chart performance: A big success in Europe, topping the charts in nine countries including Spain, Italy and France

The Trinidadian-German singer, real name Nestor Alexander Haddaway, explains the chart-buster arrived in the middle of the night during a recording session.

“We just used ideas that were fresh at that time and tried to make something that nobody else had,” he says.

“The song came really fast. I had the idea for the melodies in about 45 minutes and the total structure of the song was done in a day and a half.”

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The Flight of the Conchords co-creator Bret McKenzie, who took home an Oscar for the song Man or Muppet, has confirmed he is returning to write songs for the sequel of The Muppets. The movie is scheduled to begin production in London in January

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If there was ever a rapper big enough to fill such a prized slot as the race-day concert, it would have to be Eminem.

However, he did have his work cut out for him on Sunday night.

For one thing, the mixed crowd was very unlike the audiences at the music festivals he’s used to headlining. Youths, families and petrol heads don’t normally get along when it comes to musical tastes, hence previous race concerts – from Paul McCartney and Prince to Beyoncé – were big enough to bridge the divide.

After a long day watching the race, the 20,000-strong crowd needed relief in the form of a few big singalongs.

Eminem once again showed his deft command of both the hip-hop and pop worlds with a greatest-hits

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set full of anthems, but with enough space to display his gritty rap skills.

Backed by an eight-piece band and his hype man Mr Porter (also known as the Kon Artist from the rap collective D12), Eminem stepped on to the stage to the urgent riffs of Won’t Back Down before launching into the forceful 3AM. The crowd well and truly warmed up with Square Dance. Backed by its stonking beat, everyone had their hands in the air as Em tore through defiant couplets such as “a pit-bull off his leash/ All this peace talk can cease”.

The energy was maintained with the trunk rattlers So Bad and White Trash Party.

Eminem acknowledged the crowd constantly, mentioning Abu Dhabi dozens of time on stage. In song, however, he was in his own space.

He marauded across the stage, spitting lyrics while looking down at the floor.

Each verse seemed excavated rather than resting on the tip of his tongue.

It was left to Mr Porter to make up the on-stage grin shortage.

However, a steady supply of levity eventually surfaced with the big anthems I Need a Doctor and Love the Way You Lie. Hip-hop heads received a real treat when his fellow Detroit native Royce Da 5’9” joined Eminem on stage as the duo Bad Meets Evil. The fiery performance of Fast Lane was utterly brilliant.

It was the essence of hip-hop: two dope MCs trading rhyme after rhyme over a bass-heavy beat.

Perhaps thanking the audience for this spot of indulgence, Em-

inem quickly followed it up with Stan which, a decade on, remains a high watermark for the genre.

A Dr Dre-produced medley of My Name Is and The Real Slim Shady was performed before the set was rounded off with Without Me, Not Afraid and the encore Lose Yourself – the latter cementing itself as the Eye of the Tiger for this generation.

The hip-hop party continued late into the night with the Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco taking to the Skybar stage at the du Forum and Royce Da 5’9” and Eminem’s tour DJ The Alchemist playing their own show at Étoiles at Emirates Place.

But t he n ight belonged to Eminem.

His performance may have not been to everyone’s taste, yet it thrilled, challenged and remained compelling throughout – increasingly rare qualities to find in to day’s popular music. sasaeed@thenational.ae

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presents

Wednesday 6th March – Sunday, 31st March 2013 The Gallery, Emirates Palace

‘25 Years of Arab Creativity’ in partnership with Institut du Monde Arabe Arab World Premiere Free Admission Opening Times: Sun -Thurs: 12:00 - 8:00pm Fri-Sat: 10:00am -10:00pm Family Art Studio: Choose your favourite work and see it come to life through zoetropes.

Every Saturday (March 9, 16, 23, 30) at 11am To register, email amanda.s@admaf.org Guided Tours: Every Wednesday (March 6, 13, 20, 27) at 3pm Every Saturday (March 9, 16, 23, 30) at 3pm Lecture by Ebtisam Abdulaziz: Explore the artistic practice of this leading Emirati artist Monday, 18th March, 5:30 - 7:00pm To register, email amanda.s@admaf.org

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About the Exhibition ‘25 Years of Arab Creativity’ was conceived and first presented by the Institut du Monde Arabe between 16th October 2012 and 3rd February 2013. Abu Dhabi Festival is proud to present the Arab world premiere of this unprecedented exhibition during the Abu Dhabi Festival 2013.

Created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Paris-based Institut du Monde Arabe. This unprecedented exhibition presents the most exhaustive panorama of contemporary Arab art to date, and features painting, sculpture, photography, video and installations, as well as special commissions and works by UAE artists.

At the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe, Arab contemporary art reveals a great plurality of styles. Many of the exhibited artists share more than one culture. Some of them have settled in Europe or the USA while a great many of them have also returned to their homelands. They thus create a unique link between East and West; a link characterised by its openness towards the world and the profound upheavals that are affecting it.

Younger exhibition visitors can create their own works inspired by pieces seen in the exhibition using a range of creative materials. Accompanied by a series of educational workshops, a family art studio, guided tours, and a limited-edition book, this exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the region’s recent visual arts developments.

Works by the following artists are featured in the exhibition:

Ebtisam Abdulaziz (United Arab Emirates) Arwa Abouon (Libya) Armen Agop (Egypt) Yousef Ahmed (Qatar) Basma Alsharif (Kuwait) Mohamed Alastad (United Arab Emirates) Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon) Mahi Binebine (Morocco) Doris Bittar (Lebanon) Meriem Bouderbala (Tunisia) Ammar Bouras (Algeria) Safwan Dahoul (Syria) Maitha Demithan (United Arab Emirates) Safaa Erruas (Morocco) Reem Al Faisal (Saudi Arabia) Mounir Fatmi (Morocco) Abdulnasser Gharem (Saudi Arabia) Khaled Hafz (Egypt) Jafar Islah (Kuwait) Nadia Kaabi-Linke (Tunisia) Nadim Karam (Lebanon) Muhammed Omar Khalil (Sudan) Nicene Kossentini (Tunisia) Nedim Kufi (Iraq) & Talal Refit (Iraq)

Sadik Kwaish Alfraji (Iraq) Mattar Bin Lahej (United Arab Emirates) Jalal Luqman (United Arab Emirates) Najat Makki (United Arab Emirates) Maha Malluh (Saudi Arabia) Waheeda Malullah (Bahrain) Essam Marouf (Egypt) Ahmad Mater (Saudi Arabia) Dana Al Mazrouie (United Arab Emirates) Hassan Meer (Oman) Najia Mehadji (Morocco) Mahmud Obaïdi (Iraq) Shamsa Al Omaira (United Arab Emirates) Driss Ouadahi (Algeria) Azza Al Qubaisi (United Arab Emirates) Zakaria Ramhani (Morocco) Tamara Al Samerraei (Kuwait) Jawhara Al Saud (Saudi Arabia) Hamdan Buti Al Shamsi (United Arab Emirates) Karima Al Shomaly (United Arab Emirates) Adel Siwi (Egypt) Sumayyah Al Suwaidi (United Arab Emirates) Sami Al Turki (Saudi Arabia)

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The Contemporary Arab Art Scene Ehab El Labban, Exhibition Curator

Ebtisam Abdulaziz. ‘My Brain’. 2006. Video Installation (52 seconds).

2 digital prints back-lit. 250 x 25 x 6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai.

A closer examination of the area commonly referred to as ‘the Arab world’, a term that is geopolitical in origin, reveals that the situation is rather more complex. Indeed, this term extends well beyond a simple abstract notion of an area comprised of 20 states, the majority of whose inhabitants speak a common form of Arabic, which exists alongside dozens of dialectal variants; each variant contributes its cultural and regional specificity, which comprises dialectal variations that are associated with societies that are both similar to and distinct from each other - and sometimes even opposite or opposed to each other.

But, one might question whether a common secular history and a shared language

‘One might question whether a common secular history and a shared language constitute a unified culture’ constitute a unified culture.

I fear that they do not. Indeed, the modern history of the Arab countries, shaped by the Ottoman Empire and the secular domination of colonisations - whether in the Mashriq or the Maghreb - does not explain or describe the experiences of different peoples, who

cannot be defined according to pre-established notions which do not take into account local cultural specificities and the accumulation of collective experiences. I think that our recent history has taught us - if we adopt a critical and analytical approach to our past - that each region in the Arab world, and each of the constituent populations and each social group has its own history and collective experience, which has left a mark - or even a scar - on local cultural forms and practices.

These were my immediate thoughts when I was entrusted by the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris to conceive and organise an exhibition presenting an overview of contemporary Arab art, as part of IMA’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

There are undoubtedly civilizational traits and many diverse cultural characteristics which collectively constitute any society; and a close observation of these traits and characteristics enables us to create an accurate and as comprehensive a picture as possible of the specific nature of a particular society.

So, in view of the preparation of a major exhibition on contemporary Arab art, it was imperative for us to follow and observe all the forms of artistic expression conceived and developed in the Arab world, so that we could gain a clear and precise understanding

Arwa Abouon. ‘Al Matar Rahma’. 2007. Digital print. 91.44 x 289.56 cm.

Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai.

of this artistic landscape. Furthermore, adopting this approach in no way meant that we had to impose a particular vision on the Arab artists that would serve as a point of reference and a framework for their work.

Rather, we had to conduct an in-depth study of the artists’ work, without placing limits on creativity or imposing a particular approach; such constraints would undoubtedly only have hindered the development of the artists’ visions and restricted their choices relating to the nature and form of the work.

When one looks at all the Arab works of art produced in recent years, there is a wide variety of sources of inspiration; art is now an integral part of all areas of life, and the vision of artists encompasses all aspects of life, even if the extent and diversity of their work often result from an abandonment of traditional artistic aesthetic criteria.

The Arab world is now experiencing considerable and radical changes, and the artists are keeping abreast of - and taking an active part in - these changes. Artists, who consider themselves part of the collective conscience, are playing a full and active role in public debate; and, particularly when this concerns cultural matters, they become involved in political debate to a much greater degree than their 20th century predecessors.

Some have even gone so far as to represent political issues in their work, in a surprisingly direct way. Indeed, there has been a relationship between art and socio-political and cultural changes throughout history; art often has an

influence on society, rather than vice versa.

So, while the social dimension is an important element of artworks, there are other constituent elements that need to be incorporated in this picture of contemporary art that we are attempting to create. We need to closely observe the various forms of contemporary art in all their diversity, keep track of the changes, and ensure that we do not separate these forms of expression from what is happening on the world art scene, even though the focus here is exclusively on art in the Arab world.

The arts and the environment in which they are deployed influence each other, and although

‘Recent history has taught us that each region in the Arab world has its own history and collective experience’ the peoples and cultural communities have distinguishing characteristics, these particularisms do not remain fixed and are now interacting and engaging in dialogue; there is a fertile exchange of ideas, thanks to modern languages and means of communication, techniques, and means of expression, which could be considered a common good worldwide.

We cannot, on the other hand, separate art from its country of origin. We believe that the experiences and artistic projects presented in this exhibition will greatly contribute to highlighting the structure and overall

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The Contemporary Arab Art Scene coherence of the Arab art scene. Because, basically, countries are shaped by art.

We began working on this exhibition project in October 2011. The project was organised around several main themes and a certain number of artists, while bearing in mind that the exhibition had to match the occasion (IMA’s 25th anniversary), have educational value, and serve as a reference for researchers and historians in the years to come. I was faced with a difficult task and answering the three almost philosophical questions was not the least of my difficulties: ‘What?’ ‘Why?’ and ‘Who?’ Only one thing was certain - the geographical location.

Admittedly, my recent experience as an organiser of two biennial events in Cairo (2008, 2010) had familiarised me with the Arab and African art scene, and had also convinced me of the need to present Arab art projects in their dialectic relationship with other projects Western, Asian, and Mediterranean projects - in such a way that they also reflect contemporary visual arts practices at regional level.

As a salutary response to my thoughts and questions, I eventually decided to organise the event in the form of a vast stage set, where visitors can view the exhibition as a whole and in detail; it would be a sort of visual adventure - a challenge even - which would unfold over time and leave certain ideas and means of expression for the final picture. As the days and weeks passed, I became increasingly convinced about the ‘stage’ idea, which even turned into an obsession. Having benefited from my recent experience as an organiser of two biennial events, I decided to build the project around two spatial arrangements: the contemporary Arab works and means of expression would be presented in a horizontal manner, and the work of certain artists - whose works need to be studied or even deciphered in any part of the vast world in which they have already been exhibited for several years would be presented in a vertical manner.

An analysis of the many Arab artistic practices led to the selection of artists invited to take part in the exhibition and their classification,

according to four main themes, or categories: -- artworks that are political in nature, which are simply observational or even critical; -- artistic practices that focus on socioeconomic phenomena, thereby indirectly affecting local political issues; -- artistic practices that have been well established since the beginning of the 20th century, and which make every effort to explore the work’s aesthetic dimension or means of expression, without the distraction of social and political issues; I would describe these as ‘personal practices’; -- and, finally, artistic practices marked by globalisation, in terms of the idea behind the work or its execution, and which extend beyond the boundaries of cultural specificity and national obsessions; some of these practices also feature in the three themes mentioned above.

‘The exhibition contains projects that are dialectically connected to contemporary concepts’ This framework of parallel themes provided me with the answers to the questions: ‘Why?’ and ‘How?’ From December 2011 onwards, I worked with both the exhibition team and the selected artists. Apart from the work and specific projects that I was already familiar with in the Arab world and several European cities, I asked the artists to produce unique works, adapted to the architecture of the buildings and the arrangement of the exhibition rooms in the Institut du Monde Arabe. In just over 10 months, I was able to gain a better understanding of the artists and their projects, and, more importantly, I became aware of a very interesting phenomenon: the existence of very distinct and personal styles in the work of these artists who are, in fact, generationally close in age. This is a phenomenon that involves both the horizontal and vertical dimensions I mentioned above.

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The Contemporary Arab Art Scene

Abdulnasser Gharem. ‘The Stamp (Inshallah)’. 2012. Rubber on wood.

95 x 95 x 50 cm. Courtesy of EOA Projects, UK.

For example, the term ‘personal and spiritual’ could apply to the works by Ahmed Mater, Arwa Abouon, Hassan Meer, Jafar Islah, and Najia Mehadji.

I was absolutely fascinated by Ahmed Mater’s project, which is entitled ‘Magnetism’ and focuses on the pilgrimage to Mecca. When I saw it in the British Museum at the beginning of the year; the circumambulation of the sacred Kaʿbah conveys the notion of eternity.

Arwa Abouon reuses sacred texts to convey the underlying idea in his work entitled ‘AlMatar Rahmah’ (Rain is a Blessing).

‘Mystic Dance’ by Najia Mehadji represents the ethereal nature of the body, produced by upward and circular movement, which is identical to that of the circumambulation around a central area full of invisible energy.

I link this trend with another, ‘personal and philosophical’movement, which aptly describes the works by Driss Ouadahi, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Nedim Kufi and Talal Refit, Nadim Karam, Safwan Dahoul, Safaa Erruas, Sami Al-Turki, and Tamara Al-Samerraei.

Driss Ouadahi obsessively represents

hundreds of symbols, drawing an analogy between the blocks of architecture and the layers of thoughts and memories in the memory, which constitute identity. His work recalls what Jean Baudrillard said when he compared the levels of visual perception with the alternation of the authentic and the artificial in the history of art.

In her project entitled ‘My Brain’, Ebtisam Abdulaziz begins by combining a scientific and philosophical concept, and, by alternating between concealment and conspicuousness,

‘Art is now an integral part of all areas of life’ and dark and light, she succeeds in presenting the viewer with an in-depth study of the structures of the organ that synthesises sensitivity.

Safaa Erruas explores boundaries, fragmentation and unity, utopia, and scars that accumulate over time in works that resemble

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The Contemporary Arab Art Scene

Nadim Karam. ‘Elephant Trio’. 2012. 3 sculptures in stainless steel.

3(H) x 1.5 x 0.7 m. Courtesy of the artist and Ayyam Gallery, Beirut.

woven standards.

One might also use the term ‘personal research’ to describe the artistic practices of such artists as Maha Malluh, Ammar Bouras, Meriem Bouderbala, Ayman Baalbaki, Doris Bittar, and Zakaria Ramhani. These works contain a certain amount of humour and create a direct link with the viewer; they clearly evoke the notion of belonging, boundaries that are crossed or not crossed, flags, and identity; all these works were inspired by an event or a personal experience, and fall under the scope of the first and second theme in the exhibition, insofar as there is an apparent attempt to link socio-political events with personal artistic practices.

And, lastly, there are artistic practices that are centred around more traditional means of expression, such as painting (Adel El Siwi and Yousef Ahmad) and sculpture (Armen Agop),

revealing artists’ ongoing desire to work raw materials into a means of expression. These artists draw their inspiration from traditional symbols or their own experiences.The esoteric dimension enhances the aesthetic qualities highlighted by critics.

This exhibition will enable visitors to discover works and practices that have already been presented at the project stage, on other occasions, or on a regional or international level; the exhibition contains projects that are dialectically connected to contemporary concepts, in their personal, esoteric, or interpretative dimension. These works are by artists including Ahmed Mater, Abdulnasser Gharem and Meriem Bouderbala.

We hope and trust that the exhibition’s impact and solid foundations will establish fruitful dialogue with audiences.

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Hamdan Buti Al Shamsi, ‘State of Mind.’ 2011, Digital mixed media, 100 x 95 cm, Courtesy of the artist.

Part of the specially curated section for the Abu Dhabi Festival featuring additional works by Emirati artists.

Three Generations The Aesthetics of Identity its shadow. Bin Lahej’s sculpture ‘Depth and Abu Dhabi Festival presents a specially curated Speed’ is inspired by the lines and movement section of ‘25 Years of Arab Creativity’ that of calligraphy; transposing the progression of a complements the representation of Emirati reed across a page into an abstract form in steel artistic practice in the original exhibition that captures the gallop of an Arabian horse. presented at the Institut du Monde Arabe Just as no man is an island, no country exists in Paris. in isolation. Luqman’s work ‘ The Hint of a The 10 divergent works by 10 different artists Smile’ brings together in one work distinctive, echo the 10 years of the Abu Dhabi Festival traditional Arab craftsmanship with one of and highlights the creative practices of three the world’s most iconic portraits; generations of Emirati visual artists. highlighting the parallel histories of Together, they use a wide range ‘…evocative two converging cultures. of media in expressing a dynamic statements In doing so, the artist presents cultural identity that is both rooted entrenched in an image of ‘glocality’ – one that in the traditions of the past while emotion and is both local and global, which in firmly focusing on the present essence reflects the identity of the and the future. memory’ UAE in the world. Najat Makki draws Artists such as Alastad, Al Qubaisi, upon the influences and experiences of her own Luqman, Demithan and Bin Lahej seize upon creative journey from the UAE to countries far core functional elements that form the fabric of beyond its borders. traditional Emirati society. By reappropriating The pieces by artists of the youngest generation them as objects of aesthetic appreciation, including Al Suwaidi, Al Shamsi, Al Omeira these elements become both representational and Al Mazrouie are preoccupied with the forms and evocative statements entrenched in psychology of modern society and the almost emotion and memory. From the functionality performative role of the individual. of ‘kurab’ (palm wood), once a staple source of They play on the often contradictory and firewood in the freezing desert nights of winter, contrasting nature of the public persona and the Al Qubaisi has transformed this most basic of private person, in addition to that which is used raw materials into an object of design where to divide, protect and conceal. form and function, the past and present, unite in a single chair. ‘a snapshot of the While the specially curated section of the exhibition in no way seeks to Demithan’s examination of a bisht, breadth and depth present a comprehensive overview a traditional symbol of authority and social status, touches on form, of national creative of Emirati visual arts practice, it endeavours to convey a snapshot function and the memories held expression’ of the breadth and depth of national within. She explores the dichotomy creative expression. of this object that resonates with both strength In addition, the exhibition-within-an-exhibition and fragility, while capturing the spirit of Sheikh commemorates the commitment to the UAE Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, not only the late visual arts sector by both the Abu Dhabi Festival ruler of Dubai but also a loving father and a and its presenter, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts grandfather. Alastad calls upon Nature to play Foundation through the year-round initiative, a deciding role in the creation of his works by The Nationals’ Gallery. giving the coastline (a rich source of history and tradition) a blank canvas on which to cast

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25 Years of Arab Creativity

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Abu Dhabi Festival 2013 Commissions Abu Dhabi Festival adds to its existing roll call of seven commissions with an additional five to commemorate the historic 10th anniversary edition.

‘Poème Orientale’

by Bechara El Khoury World Premiere: Tuesday, 26th March 2013

‘Rhapsody of Culture’

by Mattar bin Lahej

‘Point of View’

by Jalal Luqman

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‘The Rahbani Legacy’

by Ghadi & Oussama Rahbani World Premiere: Monday, 25th March 2013

Jalal Luqman.

‘Point of View’. 2013.

Powder coated aluminium.

400(L) x 200(H) x 200(W) cm with base, 15 cm (H).

An Abu Dhabi Festival Commission.

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‫أعمال التكليف الحصري‬ ‫من مهرجان أبوظبي ‪2013‬‬ ‫احتفا ًء بعقدٍ من التم ّيز‪ ،‬يقدّم مهرجان �أبوظبي‪� ،‬إ�ضاف ًة �إلى �أعمال التكليف احل�صري ال�سبعة‬ ‫خالل الأعوام ال�سابقة‪ ،‬خم�س َة �أعمال جديدة‪ ،‬تعزز التزام املهرجان بخدمة الفنون واحت�ضان‬ ‫منجز الفنانني املبدعني‪ ،‬وحتفيز الإبداع‪.‬‬ ‫“القصيدة الشرقية”‬ ‫للمؤلف الموسيقي بشارة الخوري‬ ‫ألول مرة عالميًا‪ ،‬الثالثاء ‪ 26‬مارس ‪2013‬‬ ‫“طرب الثقافة”‬ ‫للفنان التشكيلي اإلماراتي مطر بن الحج‪.‬‬ ‫“وجهة نظر”‬ ‫للفنان التشكيلي اإلماراتي جالل لقمان‬ ‫“الهدية التذكارية”‬ ‫بمناسبة الذكرى العاشرة لتأسيس مهرجان أبوظبي‪،‬‬ ‫بتصميم من الفنان التشكيلي حسن المسعود‬ ‫يتم تقديمها لكبار الشخصيات وضيوف شرف مهرجان أبوظبي ‪2013‬‬ ‫“اإلرث الرحباني”‬ ‫إعداد غدي وأسامة الرحباني‬ ‫ألول مرة عالميًا‪ ،‬االثنين ‪ 25‬مارس ‪2013‬‬

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‫مسرح أبوظبي ‪ -‬كاسر األمواج‬

‫الغاليري في فندق قصر اإلمارات‬

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‫باليه مارينسكي‪:‬‬ ‫تحية لميخائيل فوكين‬

‫باليه وأوركسترا مارينسكي‬

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‫اإلرث الرحباني‬

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‫حفل المهرجان مع برين‬ ‫تيرفل والقصيدة الشرقية‬ ‫لبشارة الخوري‬

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‫ثالثة أجيال‬ ‫جماليات الهوية‬ ‫فنيات جم��ردة من ذوات�ه��ا‪ ،‬منتمية �إىل �أب�ع��اد مفاهيمية وجمالية‬ ‫ي�ق� ّدم معر�ض "‪ 25‬ع��ام� ًا م��ن الإب ��داع العربي"‪ ،‬ال��ذي يقام يف‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫العا�صمة الإماراتية �ضمن فعاليات مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪ 2013‬بال�شراكة م�ستقبلية‪� ،‬أو منطلقة من م�ساحاتها الأوىل "كاملوناليزا" �إىل عوامل‬ ‫مع معهد العامل العربي يف باري�س‪ ،‬روائع الفن العربي املعا�صر من �أك�ثر ات�ساع ًا‪ ،‬ت�أتي بها ّ‬ ‫مو�شح ًة بحرير املكان الإم��ارات��ي‪ ،‬ب�أ�صالة‬ ‫�إن�سانه وعراقة موروثه‪.‬‬ ‫�أك�ثر م��ن ‪ 13‬دول��ة عربية‪ ،‬ويت�ضمن ق�سم ًا‬ ‫“يسلط المعرض الضوء على‬ ‫ً‬ ‫الق لثالثـة أجيال من �أو �أن نرى عزة القبي�سي وهي حت ّول �سعف‬ ‫خ��ا��ص�ا ي�ضيء على منجز ال�ف��ن الت�شكيلي اإلسهام الخ ّ‬ ‫الفنانين اإلماراتيين في تشكيل النخيل "الكرب" ال��ذي ا�ستخدمه الأج��داد‬ ‫الإماراتي‪ ،‬ويحتفل مببدعيه‪.‬‬ ‫�إنّ �أع �م��ال ع�شرة فنانني �إم��ارات �ي�ين �إمن��ا هذا الفضاء الفني المفتوح على للتدفئة يف ليايل ال�صحراء ال�شديدة الربودة‪،‬‬ ‫أبعاد إبداعية ال حدود لها‬ ‫�إىل م���ص��در ان��ده��ا���ش ف�ن��ي ودفء جمايل‬ ‫هي �شموع االحتفاء مبرور ع�شر �سنوات على‬ ‫غامر‪� ،‬أو �أن ن�ستعيد ذكريات ما�ضي الإمارات‬ ‫ت�أ�سي�س مهرجان �أب��وظ�ب��ي‪ ،‬ب��ل ه��ي عالمات‬ ‫م�ضيئة ت�شري �إىل م�ستوى الإب��داع الذي حتقق للفنانني الإماراتيني‪ ،‬مع عمل ميثا دميثان "الب�شت"‪ ،‬وهو رمز اجل��اه وال�سلطة واملركز‬ ‫م�ستخدمني جمموع ًة وا�سع ًة من اخلامات والتقنيات التي ت�ستمد من االجتماعي املرموق‪ ،‬جتعله الفنانة رم��ز ًا ا�ستعادي ًا لذاكرة عزمية‬ ‫جذور املا�ضي وحتافظ على الأ�صالة والهوية يف الوقت الذي ت�سعى و�إ�صرار تبني االحتاد‪ ،‬وفرو�سية و�أ�صالة ت�ستعيد الأجماد‪ ،‬وعاطفة‬ ‫�أبوية حانية‪ ،‬م ّثلها الآباء امل�ؤ�س�سون‪ ،‬كما املغفور له ب�إذن اهلل ال�شيخ‬ ‫فيه �إىل ا�ست�شراف امل�ستقبل و�صناعة احلا�ضر‪.‬‬ ‫وي�سلط املعر�ض ال�ضوء على الإ�سهام اخل�ّلثاّ ق لثالثة �أجيال من را�شد بن �سعيد �آل مكتوم‪.‬‬ ‫بينما تبدو لنا �أع�م��ال الفنانني من اجليل الأح��دث �سن ًا‪� ،‬سمية‬ ‫الفنانني الإماراتيني يف ت�شكيل هذا الف�ضاء الفني املفتوح على �أبعاد‬ ‫�إبداعية ال حدود لها‪ ،‬وهم القادرون على متثيل البيئة املحلية بغناها ال�سويدي‪ ،‬حمدان ال�شام�سي‪� ،‬شم�سة العمرية ودانة املزروعي �أكرث‬ ‫وثرائها وجمالياتها الكثرية خ َري متثيل‪ ،‬وتخليدها للذاكرة والتاريخ‪ ،‬الت�صاق ًا بهموم املجتمع احلداثي الذي يعي�شونه‪ ،‬وب�أ�سئلة الفن التي‬ ‫يبحثون لها عن �إجابات‪ ،‬يف جدلية الفن احلياة‬ ‫ك � ��أن ن�ن�ظ��ر يف ع �م��ل جن ��اة م �ك��ي ل�ن�ع�ل��م �أيّ‬ ‫ٌ‬ ‫الأبعاد اللونية تخت�صرها لوحتها‪ ،‬و�أيّ ات�ساع “إنه غيض من فيض ما نشهده وفل�سفة البحث الأزيل عن املعرفة‪.‬‬ ‫من ازدهار فن التشكيل اإلماراتي‬ ‫�إنه ٌ‬ ‫غي�ض من في�ض ما ن�شهده من ازدهار فن‬ ‫لتجربتها الفنية يتحقق بعوملة حتفظ الهوية‬ ‫المعاصر‪ ،‬يقدّ مه مهرجان أبوظبي‬ ‫وال تلغيها‪� ،‬أو عمل حممد الأ�ستاد لن�شهد بيئة ‪ ،2013‬ليستكمل ما تحققه مبادرة الت�شكيل الإماراتي املعا�صر‪ ،‬يق ّدمه مهرجان‬ ‫�أبوظبي ‪ ،2013‬لي�ستكمل ما حتققه مبادرة‬ ‫فنية م��وازي��ة لبيئة البحر الإم��ارات��ي‪ ،‬ت�ستمد‬ ‫“رواق الفن اإلماراتي”‬ ‫م��ن �إرث��ه غناها ومت� ّي��زه��ا‪� ،‬أو عمل مطر بن‬ ‫"رواق الفن الإماراتي" التي �أطلقتها اجلهة‬ ‫يج�سد م�شهديات احلركة املنطلقة �إىل الآفاق ك�أنها تقب�ض املنظمة للمهرجان‪ ،‬جمموعة �أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون‪ ،‬من احت�ضان‬ ‫الحج وهو ّ‬ ‫على الزمن يف حلظة‪� ،‬أو ن�شاهد يف عمل جالل لقمان النزعة الفنية للفنانني الإماراتيني‪ ،‬بهدف التعريف بتجاربهم عاملي ًا‪ ،‬وتر�سيخ �آليات‬ ‫أدوات دال ًة على االحرتاف الفني وتعزيز املمار�سة املجتمعية للفنون‪.‬‬ ‫العالية يف التمرد على الأ�شكال القدمية‪ ،‬و�إحالتها � ٍ‬

‫حمدان بطي ال�شام�سي‪ ،‬مزاج‪2011 ،‬‬ ‫خامات متعددة‪ ،‬رقمية‪ ،‬‏‪� 100x95‬سم‪ ،‬ب�إذن من الفنان‬

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‫مشهد عربي معاصر‬

‫ندمي كرم وطالل رفعت‪ ،‬ماكنة احلكمة‪2011 ،‬‬ ‫عمل تركيبي تفاعلي بالفيديو‪ ،‬ب�إذن من الفنانني‬

‫االجتاه طرافة مبا�شرة �أحيان ًا كما يف �أعمال مرمي بودربالة وعمار‬ ‫بورا�س وحممود العبيدي‪ ،‬فهنا نرى بو�ضوح فكرة الوالء واحلدود‬ ‫والعلم والهوية والعبور وعقباتها‪ .‬ويف كافة امل�شاريع هناك بحث‬ ‫يف حدث بعينه عادة ما يكون ذاتي ًا وناجم ًا عن جتربة �شخ�صية فى‬ ‫هذا االجتاه عند �إجابة �صريحة للمحورين الأول والثاين لبناء هذا‬ ‫العر�ض‪ ،‬حيث هناك حماولة لربط احلدث ال�سيا�سي و االجتماعي‬ ‫بالتجربة الذاتية فى املمار�سة‪.‬‬ ‫يف نهاية املتابعة جند هناك ممار�سات فنية عرب و�سائط را�سخة‬ ‫كالت�صوير والنحت ونرى البحث الد�ؤوب للفنانني يف اخلامة ‪/‬‬ ‫الو�سيط وا�ستلهام الرموز �إما من الرتاث املحلي �أو من التجربة‬ ‫الذاتية‪ .‬فرنى �أعمال عادل ال�سيوي وع�صام معروف ويو�سف �أحمد‬

‫يف الت�صوير‪ ،‬و�أرمن �أجوب يف النحت حيث هناك الغمو� ض �‪ésoté‬‬

‫‪ rique‬الذي يع�ضد و يربز اجلماليات الرا�سخة نقديا‪.‬‬ ‫يعيد العر�ض ا�ستك�شاف �أعمال و ممار�سات مت عر�ضها �أو عر�ض‬ ‫�أفكارها الأوىل يف عرو�ض �سابقة �إقليمية �أو دولية مثل م�شاريع �أحمد‬ ‫ماطر وعبد النا�صر غارم وخالد حافظ ومرمي بودربالة وهي م�شاريع‬ ‫حتاور الفكرة املعا�صرة منها الذاتي �أو الغام�ض �أو الكامل وم�ؤكد‬ ‫التف�سريات‪.‬‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ن�أمل ونثق متاما يف هذا البنيان‪ ،‬ونرى �أنه من ال�صالبة واملتانة‬ ‫بحيث يحاور ويطرح ويثري ويتفاعل مع املتلقي‪.‬‬

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‫مشهد عربي معاصر‬

‫عبدالنا�صر غارم‪،‬اخلتم «�إن �شاء اهلل»‪2010 ،‬‬

‫ختم من اخل�شب والكاوت�شوك‪،‬‏‪� 95x95x50‬سم‪ ،‬ب�إذن من ‪EOA. Projects‬‬

‫للطواف واحلركة حول مركز ذي طاقة �أثريية عظمى‪ .‬كذلك‪� ،‬أود‬ ‫ر�صد اجتاه �أ�سميه «الذاتي الفل�سفي»‪ ،‬نرى ذلك الو�صف منا�سب ًا‬ ‫ملمار�سات دري�س و�ضاحي وابت�سام عبد العزيز ويو�سف نبيل وندمي‬ ‫كويف وطالل رفعت وندمي كرم و�صفوان داحول و�صفاء الروا�س‬ ‫و�سامي الرتكي ومتارا ال�سامرائي‪ .‬فيثابر دري�س و�ضاحي يف طرح‬ ‫�أكواد ورموز‪ ،‬حماو ًال مطابقة الكتل املعمارية املحيطة بالأفكار‬ ‫الرتاكمية امل�ستندة على الذاكرة واملكونة للهوية‪ .‬يذكرنا و�ضاحي‬ ‫بن�صو�ص جان بودريار ‪ Jean Baudrillard‬عن املقارنة بني‬ ‫الأ�صيل والزائف وم�ستويات التلقي الب�صري عرب مراحل تاريخ‬ ‫الفن‪ .‬ويف م�شروع ابت�سام عبد العزيز «دماغي»‪ ،‬ت�ستند الفنانة‬ ‫قبل بداية العمل على دمج فكرة علمية بحتة مع فكرة فل�سفية‪ ،‬وعن‬ ‫طريق الإخفاء والإظهار والإظالم والإ�ضاءة‪ ،‬تتمكن من دفع امل�شاهد‬

‫دفع ًا �إىل اال�ستقراء و�سرب �أغوار مكتمل احلوا�س‪� ،‬أما �صفاء الروا�س‬ ‫فتبحث يف احلدود والت�شرذم والوحدة واليوتوبيا والندبات الناجمة‬ ‫من تراكم الزمن يف عملها الناجم عن غزل �أعالم قد تبدو متوحدة‪.‬‬

‫“عرفنا في تاريخنا الحديث أن لكل إقليم‬ ‫وكل شعب وكل تجمع في العالم‬ ‫العربي قصته الذاتية وتجربته الخاصة”‬

‫هناك �أي�ض ًا اجتاه �أ�سميه «الذاتي الباحث» وي�صف ممار�سات‬ ‫فنانني �أمثال حممود العبيدي ومها ملوح وعمار بورا�س ومرمي‬ ‫بودربالة و�أمين بعلبكي ودوري�س بيطار وزكريا رحماين‪ ،‬فرنى يف هذا‬

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‫مشهد عربي معاصر‬ ‫بد�أنا العمل على املعر�ض يف ت�شرين الأول‪� /‬أكتوبر ‪ 2011‬و ظلت‬ ‫تت�صاعد الأفكار حول فكرة املعر�ض و�آليات بناء امل�شروع وحيثيات‬ ‫الدعوة واملحاور املمكنة لعمل معر�ض يليق باملنا�سبة ويكون عر�ض ًا‬ ‫ذا قيمة تربوية وميكن للدار�س والباحث التاريخي الرجوع له‬ ‫بعد �سنوات‪ .‬وكانت املهمة �شاقة و �أ�صعب ما واجهني هي الأ�سئلة‬ ‫الفل�سفية الأولية «ماذا» و»ملاذا» و»من»‪ ،‬كنت فقط �أعرف «�أين»‪ .‬كنت‬ ‫دوم ًا و�أثناء �إداراتي لدورتي بينايل القاهرة منذ عام ‪ 2008‬باحث ًا‬ ‫يف امل�شهد العربي والإفريقي وكنت دوم ًا �أ�صر على �إخراج م�شاريع‬ ‫الفنانني العرب يف دورتي ‪ 2008‬و‪ 2010‬للتحاور مع امل�شاريع‬ ‫الغربية والآ�سيوية واملتو�سطية لتكون يف الوقت نف�سه �شاهد ًا وممث ًال‬ ‫للممار�سات الفنية الب�صرية املعا�صرة يف اللحظة الآنية‪.‬‬

‫“إذا ما تتبعنا تاريخ الفن عمومًا‪ ،‬فسنجده‬ ‫دائمًا راصدًا لمعظم المتغيرات الثقافية‬ ‫واالجتماعية والسياسية ألي مجتمع‪،‬‬ ‫ومؤثرًا فيها أحيانًا كثيرة”‬

‫حتى طر�أت يل فكرة قد تكون هي الإجابة ال�شافية للأ�سئلة الأولية‪:‬‬ ‫بناء عر�ض يكون «عري�ض ًا»‪� ،‬أي �أ�شبه ببناء م�شهد على م�سرح‬‫ي�ستطيع املتلقي �أن يرى فيه تنوع ًا ب�صريا‪.‬‬ ‫ تكون تفا�صيله متنوعة يف ال�شكل والو�سيط التعبريي والأفكار‪،‬‬‫مع قبول مغامرة – هي �أي�ضا مقامرة‪.‬‬ ‫�أن تتالقى بع�ض الأفكار والو�سائط �أثناء العر�ض النهائي‪.‬‬‫مع مرور الأيام‪ ،‬متلكتني الفكرة متام ًا و�أ�صبحت تالزمني‬ ‫كهاج�س‪ ،‬جل�أت �إىل مراجعي اخلا�صة ب�إداراتي لبينايل القاهرة‬ ‫وبد�أت يف و�ضع ركائز الفكرة‪.‬‬ ‫�أردت �أن �أخلق م�شهد ًا يعرب عن املمار�سات املعا�صرة العربية‬ ‫ميكن للمتلقي �أن يرى ذلك العر�ض بطريقة «�أفقية» ‪horizontal‬‬ ‫وذلك بتنوع الو�سائط وكذلك بطريقة «ر�أ�سية» ‪ vertical‬عن طريق‬ ‫ا�ستقراء عمق الأفكار لدى بع�ض املمار�سني‪ /‬الفنانني والذين تلقى‬ ‫�أعمالهم وو�سائطهم املعا�صرة القائمة بالأ�سا�س على الفكرة والذين‬ ‫يعر�ضون بنجاح يف كافة �أرجاء املعمورة منذ حقبة من الزمن �أو ما‬ ‫يزيد‪.‬‬

‫بعد حتليل العديد من املمار�سات الفنية العربية متت دعوة‬ ‫الفنانني وبناء العر�ض على �أربع ركائز متوازية رئي�سة هي التالية‪:‬‬ ‫• ممار�سات فنية تتناول وتبحث يف امل�شهد ال�سيا�سي �إما‬ ‫باملالحظة �أو بالنقد‪.‬‬ ‫• ممار�سات فنية باحثة يف الظواهر االجتماعية – االقت�صادية‬ ‫والتي تلم�س‪ ،‬بطريق غري مبا�شر‪ ،‬تبعيات امل�شهد ال�سيا�سي‬ ‫املحلي‬ ‫• ممار�سات را�سخة منذ بداية القرن الع�شرين وباحثة يف‬ ‫جماليات العمل �أو الو�سيط ب�إ�صرار ومثابرة غري قابلة للإهتزاز‬ ‫من املحيط ال�سيا�سي ‪ -‬االجتماعي ‪ -‬االقت�صادي‪ ،‬ممار�سات‬ ‫�أود طرحها با�سم «ممار�سات ذاتية»‪.‬‬ ‫• ممار�سات فنية عوملية الفكرة والو�سيط‪ ،‬تتخطى حواجز‬ ‫اخل�صو�صية الثقافية املحلية و الهواج�س القومية وقد تبحث‬ ‫بع�ض تلك املمار�سات يف �أي من املحاور الثالثة الأخرى‪.‬‬ ‫تلك الركائز املتوازية ا�ستطاعت الإجابة على «ملاذا» و «من»‪.‬‬ ‫عملت منذ دي�سمرب‪ /‬كانون الأول ‪ 2011‬مع فريق العرو�ض مبعهد‬ ‫العامل العربي ومع الفنانني يف �آن واحد‪.‬‬ ‫دعوت الفنانني وطلبت �أحيان ًا �أعما ًال وم�شاريع بعينها عرفتها من‬ ‫خالل متابعتي للمنتج الفني يف كافة �أرجاء الوطن العربي ويف العديد‬ ‫من املدن الأوروبية الأخرى‪ ،‬كذلك دعوت بع�ض امل�شاريع اجلديدة‬ ‫للإنتاج وفق ًا لعمارة املكان يف قاعات املعهد‪ ،‬وخالل ع�شر �شهور �أو‬ ‫ما يزيد قليال‪ ،‬ازداد عمق معرفتي لي�س بالفنانني ولي�س مب�شاريعهم‬ ‫فقط بل ب�شيء جدير بالدرا�سة هو وجود تلك التيارات �شديدة‬ ‫الذاتية و�شديدة التباين لدى الفنانني متقاربي الأجيال‪ .‬حق ًا �أنها‬ ‫ظاهرة تخدم املنظورين الأفقي و الر�أ�سي مع ًا عند املتلقي‪.‬‬ ‫كمثال �أود ا�ستخدام ا�صطالح «الذاتي الروحاين» فرنى يف ذلك‬ ‫امل�صطلح و�صف ًا �شافي ًا لأعمال �أحمد ماطر و�أروى �أبو عون وح�سن‬ ‫مري وجعفر �إ�صالح وناجية حماجي‪ .‬ففي م�شروع �أحمد ماطر‬ ‫«مغنطة « �أو ‪ ،Magnetism‬وقد اجتذبني هذا العمل عن احلج‬ ‫يف املتحف الربيطاين يف بداية هذا العام‪ ،‬نرى الفكرة الأزلية حول‬ ‫الطواف حول مركز يعرب عن كيان هو الأعظم‪ ،‬وت�ستخدم �أروى �أبو‬ ‫عون يف فكرتها ن�صو�ص مقد�سة لرت�سيخ فكرة عملها «املطر رحمة»‪،‬‬ ‫�أما ناجية حماجي يف عملها «رق�صة �صوفية» فتتناول اجل�سد و�أبعاده‬ ‫الأثريية املت�صاعدة باحلركة الدائرية مرة �أخرى من �أمام فكرة‬

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‫�أروى �أبو عون‪ ،‬املطر رحمة‪2007 ،‬‬ ‫مطبوعة فوتوغرافية رقمية‪ ،‬‏‪� 289,56x91,44‬سم‪ ،‬ب�إذن من الفنانة واخلط الثالث‬

‫هناك �ضرورة التباع هذا املنهج‪ ،‬فل�سنا بحاجة الآن لطرح مفهوم‬ ‫معني على الفنانني العرب‪ ،‬لاللتفاف حوله والعمل داخل �إطاره‪،‬‬ ‫ولكننا بحاجة ملحة للبحث يف داخل ما ينتجه الفنان العربي ذاته‪،‬‬ ‫دون �أن نحدد له م�سار ًا بعينه‪� ،‬أو �أن نت�صور �أننا مُنلي عليه اجتاه ًا‬ ‫بعينه‪ ،‬مما قد يعطله يف �أغلب الظن عن متابعة مفهومه وطرحه‬ ‫ال�شخ�صي لطبيعة منتجه‪.‬‬ ‫و�إذا ما نظرنا للإنتاج الفني العربي يف احلقبة الزمنية الأخرية‪،‬‬ ‫ف�سنالحظ �أنه قد تعددت م�صادر الإبداع ب�شكل كبري عند الفنانني‪،‬‬ ‫وتداخل الفن يف �أدق تفا�صيل احلياة‪ ،‬وات�سعت ر�ؤية الفنانني لت�شمل‬ ‫جوانب كثرية‪ ،‬و�إن كان ذلك على ح�ساب جماليات العمل الفني‬ ‫املتعارف عليه �أحيان ًا‪.‬‬ ‫لقد بدت على العامل العربي مالمح تغيريات كبرية وجذرية يف‬ ‫الآونة الأخرية‪ ،‬مل ينف�صل عنها الفنانون‪ ،‬بل انخرطوا يف داخلها‪،‬‬ ‫و�أ�صبح للفنان العربي يف ظل هذه املتغريات ‪ -‬باعتباره جزء ًا من‬ ‫�ضمري املجتمع ‪ -‬دور ًا وا�ضح ًا يف مناق�شة ق�ضايا جماعية معينة‬ ‫و�أخرى ثقافية‪ ،‬كما �أ�صبح �أكرث انغما�س ًا من ذي قبل يف الق�ضايا‬ ‫ال�سيا�سية‪ ،‬ومهموم ًا بها على نحو قد يفوق ما مل�سناه من قبل من‬ ‫اهتمام الفنانني العرب بال�سيا�سة يف تاريخهم املعا�صر‪ ،‬وبدا ذلك‬ ‫وا�ضح ًا يف حماوالت الكثري منهم طرحها يف �أعمالهم‪ ،‬على نحو قد‬ ‫يبدو مبا�شر ًا يف كثري من الأحيان‪.‬‬ ‫و�إذا ما تتبعنا تاريخ الفن عموم ًا‪ ،‬ف�سنجده دائم ًا را�صد ًا ملعظم‬ ‫املتغريات الثقافية واالجتماعية وال�سيا�سية لأي جمتمع‪ ،‬وم�ؤثر ًا فيها‬

‫�أحيان ًا كثرية‪ .‬و�إذا ما اعتربنا �أن ق�ضايا املجتمع هي جزء كبري من‬ ‫املكون الفني؛ ف�إن هناك �أجزا ًء �أخرى تكمل لنا هذا امل�شهد الذي‬ ‫نبحث عنه الآن‪ ،‬ف�أ�شكال املنتج الفني متعددة وكثرية‪ ،‬ونحتاج‬ ‫دائم ًا �إىل متابعتها ور�صدها‪ ،‬ومالحظة املتغريات التي تطر�أ عليها‪،‬‬ ‫دون ف�صلها عما يحدث يف كافة �أنحاء العامل‪ ،‬حتى لو كنا نتحدث‬ ‫ب�شكل خا�ص وح�صري عن الفن العربي‪ .‬فالفنون عامة ت�ؤثر وتت�أثر‬ ‫مبا حولها‪ ،‬وبالرغم من مالمح اخل�صو�صيات الثقافية التي متيز‬ ‫ال�شعوب واجلماعات الثقافية‪� ،‬إال �أن طبائع هذه اخل�صو�صيات‬ ‫و�صفاته �أثبتت �أنها �أ�صبحت متيل للتجاور والتحاور‪ ،‬وت�سعى للتبادل‬ ‫والتفاعل‪ ،‬م�ستعينة مبفردات اللغة االت�صالية احلديثة‪ ،‬وم�ستفيدة‬ ‫من التقنيات املتداولة وطرق التعبري التي ميكن اعتبارها ملكية عامة‬ ‫وو�سائل ت�شاركية كونية‪.‬‬

‫“نالحظ أنه قد تعددت مصادر اإلبداع‬ ‫عند الفنانين‪ ،‬وتداخل الفن في أدق‬ ‫تفاصيل الحياة”‬ ‫وحيث �إننا ال ن�ستطيع ف�صل الفن عن الأوطان التي ينتج من‬ ‫داخلها؛ ف�إننا نعتقد �أن التجارب وامل�شروعات الفنية التي يطرحها‬ ‫امل�شاركون يف هذا املعر�ض قد ت�ساهم‪ ،‬وب�شكل كبري‪ ،‬يف الك�شف عن‬ ‫البناء املتناغم واملالمح املكونة للم�شهد الفني العربي‪ ،‬فالفن ير�سم‬ ‫الأوطان‪.‬‬

‫مشهد عربي معاصر‬ ‫إيهاب اللبان (القيّم العلمي)‬

‫�إبت�سام عبدالعزيز‪ ،‬دماغي‪ ،2006 ،‬فيديو‪ 52 ،‬ثانية‬ ‫مطبوعتان فوتوغرافيتان رقميتان �ضوئيتان‪،‬‏‪� 250x25x6‬سم‪ ،‬ب�إذن من الفنانة واخلط الثالث‬ ‫نحن حق ًا �أمام �أطروحة لغز عندما نحاول االقرتاب من ذلك‬ ‫امل�صطلح اجليوبولتيكي ‪� -‬أو اجلغرايف ال�سيا�سي ‪ -‬وامل�سمى بالعامل‬ ‫العربي‪ ،‬فامل�صطلح يتخطى حدود الو�صف الذهني ملا يزيد عن‬ ‫ع�شرين دولة بقليل‪ ،‬يتحدث �أغلب �سكانها بلغة �أ�سا�سية مع ع�شرات‬ ‫اللكنات واللهجات اخلا�صة‪ ،‬كل لكنة منها وكل لهجة لها خ�صو�صية‬ ‫ثقافية حملية �شديدة التعبري من جمتمعات تت�شابه �أحيانا وتتمايز‬ ‫عن بع�ضها البع�ض يف اختالف قد يتنافر يف �أحيان كثرية ‪.‬‬ ‫حقا �إنها �أطروحة لغز‪.‬‬ ‫هل وحدة التاريخ عرب قرون‪ ،‬امل�صحوب بوحدة اللغة كاف خللق‬ ‫ثقافة واحدة؟‬ ‫بالقطع نحن �أمام نفي قاطع‪ .‬هل التاريخ احلديث ن�سبي ًا يف‬ ‫االنتماء للإمرباطورية العثمانية واخل�ضوع عرب قرون للإ�ستعمار‬ ‫تلو الآخر من امل�شرق واملغرب كاف لو�صف جتارب ال�شعوب وحب�سها‬ ‫يف قوالب جمهزة مع غ�ض الأنظار عن خ�صو�صية الثقافة املحلية‬ ‫وجتاربها الرتاكمية؟ �أظن �أننا عرفنا يف تاريخنا املعا�صر الناقد و‬ ‫املحلل لتاريخنا احلديث �أن لكل �إقليم وكل �شعب وكل جتمع ق�صته‬ ‫الذاتية وجتربته اخلا�صة التي ترتك دوم ًا �آثارها وب�صماتها وحتى‬ ‫ندباتها على الثقافة املحلية واللغة والتوجه النف�سي اجلماعي‬ ‫‪ 37‬وال�سلوك‪.‬‬

‫دارت تلك الأفكار بر�أ�سي عندما ُكلِفت من قبل معهد العامل العربي‬ ‫بباري�س ببناء معر�ض يعرب عن الفن العربي املعا�صر عموم ًا‪ ،‬ويكون‬ ‫ذلك �أحد املكونات الرئي�سية الحتفالية املعهد بيوبيله الف�ضي‪.‬‬ ‫من امل�ؤكد �أن هناك مالمح ح�ضارية و�سمات ثقافية كثرية‬ ‫ومتباينة‪ ،‬يتكون عرب جتاورها �شكل �أي جمتمع‪ ،‬وعن طريق ر�صد‬ ‫ومالحظة هذه ال�صفات‪ ،‬ن�ستطيع فع ًال ر�سم �صورة �شارحة وبناء‬ ‫م�شهد �شبه متكامل ل�شخ�صية وطبائع هذا املجتمع‪.‬‬ ‫ويف �إطار تعر�ضنا املبا�شر لإقامة معر�ض كبري عن الفن العربي؛‬

‫“نحن بحاجة ضرورية إلى متابعة‬ ‫ومالحظة كافة مناحي الفن‪ ،‬التي‬ ‫تنتج بأياد ورؤى عربية‪ ،‬حتى يتسنى‬ ‫لنا وفقًا لهذه المنهجية أن نضع‬ ‫أيدينا على صورة واضحة المعالم‬ ‫ُتكوِّ ن مشهد الفن العربي”‬ ‫فنحن بحاجة �ضرورية �إىل متابعة ومالحظة كافة مناحي الفن‪ ،‬التي‬ ‫تنتج ب�أياد ور�ؤى عربية‪ ،‬حتى يت�سنى لنا وفق ًا لهذه املنهجية �أن ن�ضع‬ ‫�أيدينا على �صورة وا�ضحة املعامل تُك ِّون م�شهد الفن العربي‪ ،‬وملا كانت‬

‫نبذة عن معرض «‪ 25‬عامًا من اإلبداع العربي»‪:‬‬ ‫مت تنظيم معر�ض «‪ 25‬عام ًا من الإبداع العربي» لأول مرة من قبل معهد العامل العربي يف باري�س‪ ،‬فرن�سا يف الفرتة يف الفرتة من ‪� 16‬أكتوبر لغاية ‪ 3‬فرباير ‪،2013‬‬ ‫ويفخر مهرجان �أبوظبي بتقدميه لأول مرة يف العامل العربي‪� ،‬ضمن فعاليات دورته العا�شرة ‪.2013‬‬

‫ّ‬ ‫نظم معهد العامل العربي يف باري�س معر�ض «‪ 25‬عام ًا من الإبداع العربي» احتفا ًء مبرور خم�سة وع�شرين عام ًا على ت�أ�سي�س املعهد‪ ،‬وي�ضيء املعر�ض على منجز رواد‬ ‫فن الت�شكيل املعا�صر العرب‪ ،‬ويت�ضمن �أعما ًال لفنانني من ‪ 13‬دولة عربية بينها �أعمال لفنانني �إماراتيني‪ ،‬تتنوع بني الت�شكيل‪ ،‬الت�صوير الفوتوغرايف‪ ،‬النحت‪ ،‬الفيديو‬ ‫والفن الرتكيبي‪.‬‬ ‫مي ّثل املعر�ض ملتقى ثقافات وح�ضارات‪� ،‬إذ تعك�س الأعمال فيه احلداثة واملعا�صرة مبا تعنيانه من تفاعل حي باملكان والزمان‪ ،‬كما تعك�س االنتماءات اجلغرافية‬ ‫املختلفة لفنانني عرب ي�أتي بع�ضهم من �أوطانهم الأ�صلية‪ ،‬بينما يحمل الآخرون ر�سالة الإبداع العربي يف �أقا�صي الأر�ض �شرق ًا وغرب ًا‪.‬‬ ‫توثيق ًا ملا يقدّمه املعر�ض من �إ�ضاءة على املنجز الت�شكيلي‪ ،‬يتم �إ�صدار كتاب خا�ص بطبعة حمدودة‪ ،‬كما تنعقد فعاليات متميزة ت�شتمل على جوالت الزوار‪� ،‬أن�شطة‬ ‫فنية للعائالت والطالب‪ ،‬حيث ي�ستطيع زوار املعر�ض من ال�شباب �أن ينجزوا عم ًال فني ًا بوحي من الأعمال املعرو�ضة فيه‪.‬‬

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‫�صادق كوي�ش الفراجي (العراق)‬ ‫مطر بن الحج (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫جالل لقمان (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫جناة مكي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫مها م ّلوح (اململكة العربية ال�سعودية)‬ ‫وحيدة مال اهلل البحرين)‬ ‫ع�صام معروف (م�صر)‬ ‫�أحمد ماطر (اململكة العربية ال�سعودية)‬ ‫دانة املزروعي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫ح�سن مري (عُ مان)‬ ‫ناجية حماجي (املغرب)‬ ‫حممود العبيدي (العراق)‬ ‫�شم�سة العمرية (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫�إدري�س و�ضاحي (اجلزائر)‬ ‫عزة القبي�سي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫زكريا رحماين (املغرب)‬ ‫متارا ال�سامرائي (الكويت)‬ ‫جوهرة �آل �سعود (اململكة العربية ال�سعودية)‬ ‫حمدان بطي ال�شام�سي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫كرمية ال�شوملي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫عادل ال�سيوي (م�صر)‬ ‫�سمية ال�سويدي (الإمارات العربية املتحدة)‬ ‫�سامي الرتكي (اململكة العربية ال�سعودية)‬

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‫الدعوة عامة‬ ‫�أوقات الزيارة‪:‬‬ ‫الأحد – اخلمي�س‪ :‬ال�ساعة ‪ 12‬ظهر ًا – ‪ 8‬م�سا ًء‬ ‫اجلمعة وال�سبت‪ :‬ال�ساعة ‪� 10‬صباح ًا – ‪ 10‬م�سا ًء‬ ‫ا�ستديو الفنون للعائالت‪:‬‬ ‫�إخرت عملك الفني املف�ضل‪ ،‬و�شاهد كيف يتحول �إىل عمل حي وناطق‪،‬‬ ‫بتقنية الر�سم املتحرك ‪ ،zoetropes‬كل �سبت (‪ 23 ،16 ،9‬و‪ 30‬مار�س)‪ ،‬ال�ساعة ‪� 11‬صباح ًا‪.‬‬ ‫للت�سجيل‪ ،‬يرجى التوا�صل عرب الربيد الإلكرتوين ‪amanda.s@admaf.org‬‬ ‫جوالت الزوار‪:‬‬ ‫كل �أربعاء (‪ ،20 ،13 ،6‬و‪ 27‬مار�س) ال�ساعة ‪ 3‬ع�صر ًا‪.‬‬ ‫كل �سبت (‪ 23 ،16 ،9‬و‪ 30‬مار�س) ال�ساعة ‪ 3‬ع�صر ًا‪.‬‬ ‫حما�ضرة الفنانة الت�شكيلية �إبت�سام عبد العزيز‪:‬‬ ‫ت�سلط الفنانة الت�شكيلية الإماراتية الرائدة �إبت�سام عبد العزيز ال�ضوء على جتربتها الفنية و�أعمالها املبدعة‪.‬‬ ‫االثنني ‪ 18‬مار�س‪ ،‬ال�ساعة ‪ 7 – 5:30‬م�سا ًء‪.‬‬ ‫للت�سجيل‪ ،‬يرجى التوا�صل عرب الربيد الإلكرتوين ‪amanda.s@admaf.org‬‬

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The Trinidadian-German singer, real name Nestor Alexander Haddaway, explains the chart-buster arrived in the middle of the night during a recording session.

“We just used ideas that were fresh at that time and tried to make something that nobody else had,” he says.

“The song came really fast. I had the idea for the melodies in about 45 minutes and the total structure of the song was done in a day and a half.”

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Carlos Santana is ready for the ultimate riff: a memoir. The Grammywinning superstar, 65, has an agreement with Little, Brown and Co to tell his life story, with anecdotes of friends such as Miles Davis, Eric Clapton and Herbie Hancock. The book be will out in 2014

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Release date: Friday What they say: “It feels like it’s time to move on and do something radically different,” said Muse’s bassist Christopher Wolstenholme.

What we say: Arguably this year’s most-anticipated rock release, the record’s lead single Madness finds the British trio embracing a more subtle pop sound, while the Olympic theme song Survival is suitably epic.

La Bouche

The dance group scored hits with Sweet Dreams (1994) and Be My Lover (1995). The group were an international operation with the Americans Melanie Thornton and Lance McRay contributing vocals over beats by the German producer Frank Farian of Boney M fame. Thornton tragically died in 2001 in a plane crash. McRay still tours under the name La Bouche with another female vocalist.

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• Despite none of the original performers –

the singer Tania Evans and the rapper Jay Supreme – remaining, the group still tour on the back of their 1993 hit album Serenity, home to the monster singles Mr Vain and Got to Get It.

• Mixtape Rewind is at

Dubai’s Emirates Golf Club on Friday. Tickets are Dh275.

Doors open at 5pm and the concert begins at 8pm. For details, visit www.timeouttickets.com

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‘I was offered everything I’d ever wanted at exactly the same time. I thought I’d be able to do it all to a high standard, and have a personal life, and obviously that wasn’t realistic,’ says the British rapper Plan B. ‘I’m going to have to be very careful about what to do next’

Taylor Swift Red Release date: October 22 What she says: “From intense love, intense frustration, jealousy, confusion, all of that, in my mind, all those emotions are red. There’s nothing beige about any of those feelings.”

What we say: Swift promises a warts-and-all outlook with her fourth album.

We wonder if any of these songs contain another kissoff to John Mayer.

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Robbie Williams Take the Crown Release date: November 5 What he says: Announcing the album on his website, Williams says his “main priority was to write what I consider, and hopefully what the world would consider, to be hits. I’m very excited.”

What we say: Williams hopes this album will be his big comeback after his 2009 lacklustre effort Reality Killed the Video Star. His recent Take That reunion is already paying off, with his fellow member Gary Barlow producing this album’s summery lead single Candy.

Release date: tomorrow

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What they say: “He’s taking it back to the old 50,” Hitboy, 50 Cent’s producer, told MTV. “And he had some new records that were some different-sounding stuff, too. I’m excited to see how people react to it.”

What we say: 50 Cent experienced a flop record in 2009. With the hip-hop game generally moving so fast, it will be interesting to see if fans will still be interested in what Fiddy has to say.

The end of the year is traditionally the time record labels unleash some of their major releases. Saeed Saeed looks at some of the biggest albums on the way

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Release date: November 13

Alicia Keys Girl on Fire Release date: November 27

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Season for songs

Saeed Saeed counts down the top highlights from the F1 concert weekend

It may have been billed as a solo Eminem show, but hip-hop heads took further pleasure in seeing the superstar rapper joined on stage by Royce Da 5’9”. Eminem credits his fellow rhymer as an influence and they presently work together as a duo under the Bad Meets Evil moniker. 5’9” continued to party after Sunday’s performance with an extra set at Étoiles at Emirates Palace alongside Eminem’s tour DJ Alchemist and the hip-hop producer Fredwreck.

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Wyclef Jean can’t get enough out of the Abu Dhabi racing season.

After headlining last year’s Beats on the Beach at the Corniche, the rapper and failed Haitian presidential candidate returned to the capital to perform as part of Movida Abu Dhabi at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Yas Island.

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And the award for the most colourful outfit goes to ... Cee Lo Green. The soul star and The Voice mentor dressed in what appeared to be a red dashiki with leopardprint robes.

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Now you see him, now you don’t. The young rapper Tyga made a lightning quick visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday night to perform at Movida Abu Dhabi.

According to sources, the rapper behind the hit club-rap track Rack City stayed fewer than 24 hours in Abu Dhabi and returned to the US hours after his performance.

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Two dresses belonging to Amy Winehouse have been discovered missing from the late singer’s London home. It includes the dress from her 2007 Miami wedding to Blake Fielder-Civil. The dresses were to be auctioned off to benefit the substance abuse prevention charity set up by her father Mitch

Melanie Chisholm was perhaps the fittest performer on the Beats on the Beach bill. She describes a typical performance day as “waking up, having a good healthy breakfast and going to the gym”. The regime worked – her energy didn’t let up throughout her set.

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5 It may have been 10 years between her album releases, but Eve showed the Skybar crowd she was a rapper first before becoming an actress, performing a strong set including her hit track Let Me Blow Ya Mind.

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Eminem at the du Arena on Yas Island as part of the F1 weekend entertainment.

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Kylie Minogue reminded us that pop music is first and foremost about having fun. The Aussie pop princess’s colourful hit-filled show cast out the images of Britney Spears’s mime-heavy set last year and Madonna’s bleak performance in June.

bill and kept the crowd clapping along throughout his hour-long set. “To hear them sing along is really humbling,” he said backstage. “This is a great way to finish the year.”

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Amber Lounge reaffirmed itself as the best place to party. The weekend saw Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Natasha Bedingfield and Eva Simons make appearances, plus the grand prix winner Kimi Räikkönen and his fellow F1 drivers Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher.

Music was care of Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas who got the well-heeled crowd dancing, but his Friday night invitation to the ladies to join him on stage was apparently expected to be extended on Sunday night by one lass. She jumped on stage to bust some moves, only to be coaxed down by security. Nonplussed, she made a beeline for the stage a few more times before Taboo’s platform was taken over by guests.

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Eminem’s thrilling set at du Arena confirmed his status as a pop phenomenon and was a great illustration of hip-hop’s growth from street corners to stadium-filling spectaculars. Saeed Saeed reports

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Mansour Zayed has done the local music scene proud with an engaging performance during Thursday night’s Beats on the Beach. The Abu Dhabi croon-

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Eminem acknowledged the crowd constantly, mentioning Abu Dhabi dozens of time on stage

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Étoiles had once again became a favourite place to chill for many celebrities and artists during the F1 weekend. The Emirates Palace club welcomed Nickelback and Leona Lewis who all enjoyed separate post-event nights out.

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Release date: mid-October What he says: “I think it’s time to take it to that next level and make it even bigger and better.”

What we say: So far, the signs are good. Tempah already recorded collaborations with Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris. Sadly, a hookup with Adele was quashed after the soul singer suffered vocal problems.

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What they say: the band’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong declared the album as “the best music we’ve ever written, and the songs just keep coming”.

What we say: This is the first of a trio of albums to be released over the next three months. Judging by the tracks Kill the DJ and Let Yourself Go, the group ditched their rock-opera vibe for a punchier sound.

What she says: “The album represents a new me in every way,” Keys told CNN. What we say: Keys will talk about being a new mother, but the album is not full of sleepy ballads – we think the R&B star is too classy for that.

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The Scottish singer Susan Boyle is in talks to turn her life story into a film. ‘My story will make a great film and there’s only one person I’d love to play me – and that’s Julie Walters. You just know she would do my story justice,’ Boyle told the Daily Mirror

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What they say: “It reestablishes that we still rock, we’re still heavy, and we’re still a little weird,” stated the band’s guitarist Kim Thayil to Rolling Stone magazine.

What we say: The reformed Seattle grunge legends recently released a 37-second snippet of the lead track Worse Dreams, and it sounds poppy and polished.

Here’s hoping their music hasn’t lost all its sludgy beauty.

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The former Ace of Base singer, now performing solo, says the song sounded initially upbeat before her sister and fellow Ace of Base bandmate Linn Berggren suggested a change to a darker sound.

“The story is about a woman who is always leaving and that is because the woman is not whole in herself,” she says. “I think by changing to minor [chords] people can hear that sadness and relate to that song.

“I really believe the most beautiful songs are sad sounding. The album Happy Nation was actually built from the material of All That She Wants – that’s why the album is darker as well. It all fed from each other.”

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The singer Marty Cintron, who is performing solo under the No Mercy tag, explains that Where Do You Go was born from the leftover production work from the group’s previous single, a cover of Everything But the Girl’s Missing.

“The song was written around the formula of Missing,” he says. “We got a team together, a couple of German authors wrote the lyrics and it was my idea to put Spanish guitars on it.”

Cintron, who is based in Miami, says he still gets a thrill when hearing Where Do You Go on the radio.

“I was driving in Poland the other day and the song came on, like, three times in the car,” he says. “In Miami people still play the Spanish version of it. It’s amazing.”

Biggest hit song: All That She Wants Album: Happy Nation/The Sign (1992) Chart performance: No 1 in at least 10 territories including the US, the UK, Australia and Germany

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The guitarist Richard Drummie says the song was the first written for the group’s Indian Summer album. His enthusiasm for the track initially diminished when the record company asked the duo to contribute it to the film Pretty Woman, starring the up-and-comer Julia Roberts.

“I was dead against it. I didn’t know who Julia Roberts was and Richard Gere’s career was kind of over by then and it just sounded like another Valley Girl film to me,” recalls Drummie. “We did meet Julia Roberts eventually and she did say: ‘Hey, you guys have a song in my film.’ And we said: ‘Yes we do,’ and then Keifer Sutherland appeared and whisked her away pretty quickly. I think he thought one of us was trying to take a run at her or something.”

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Helmed by the German producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, Snap! reached their peak when their hard dance beats were matched with the American rapper Turbo B. Their collaboration resulted in the hits I Got the Power (1990) and Rhythm Is a Dancer (1992). Turbo B quit in 1992 before rejoining the group for another limited spell in 2000.

Biggest hit song: Where Do You Go Album: No Mercy (1996) Chart performance: No 1 in Ireland, Denmark and Canada; No 2 in the UK; No 3 in the US

Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base

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No Mercy

The Mixtape Rewind concert on Friday promises to be a trip down memory lane. With several artists performing their 1990s hits, the night is set to relive memories both fond and – for some – best forgotten. Saeed Saeed talks to the headliners

Biggest hit song: King of Wishful Thinking Album: Pretty Woman soundtrack (1990) and Indian Summer (1992) Chart performance: No 8 in the US; No 6 in Australia

The four headlining artists will be joined by a trio of Germanbased groups

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Biggest hit song: What Is Love?

Album: Haddaway (1993) Chart performance: A big success in Europe, topping the charts in nine countries including Spain, Italy and France

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‘You can’t tire a man out who’s already tired. Sometimes you’ve just got to step up to the plate to learn something new. The artists I admire are those who continue to go through evolutions’ – Billy Ray Cyrus, 51, on making his stage debut in the Broadway musical Chicago

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The Flight of the Conchords co-creator Bret McKenzie, who took home an Oscar for the song Man or Muppet, has confirmed he is returning to write songs for the sequel of The Muppets. The movie is scheduled to begin production in London in January

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If there was ever a rapper big enough to fill such a prized slot as the race-day concert, it would have to be Eminem.

However, he did have his work cut out for him on Sunday night.

For one thing, the mixed crowd was very unlike the audiences at the music festivals he’s used to headlining. Youths, families and petrol heads don’t normally get along when it comes to musical tastes, hence previous race concerts – from Paul McCartney and Prince to Beyoncé – were big enough to bridge the divide.

After a long day watching the race, the 20,000-strong crowd needed relief in the form of a few big singalongs.

Eminem once again showed his deft command of both the hip-hop and pop worlds with a greatest-hits

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set full of anthems, but with enough space to display his gritty rap skills.

Backed by an eight-piece band and his hype man Mr Porter (also known as the Kon Artist from the rap collective D12), Eminem stepped on to the stage to the urgent riffs of Won’t Back Down before launching into the forceful 3AM. The crowd well and truly warmed up with Square Dance. Backed by its stonking beat, everyone had their hands in the air as Em tore through defiant couplets such as “a pit-bull off his leash/ All this peace talk can cease”.

The energy was maintained with the trunk rattlers So Bad and White Trash Party.

Eminem acknowledged the crowd constantly, mentioning Abu Dhabi dozens of time on stage. In song, however, he was in his own space.

He marauded across the stage, spitting lyrics while looking down at the floor.

Each verse seemed excavated rather than resting on the tip of his tongue.

It was left to Mr Porter to make up the on-stage grin shortage.

However, a steady supply of levity eventually surfaced with the big anthems I Need a Doctor and Love the Way You Lie. Hip-hop heads received a real treat when his fellow Detroit native Royce Da 5’9” joined Eminem on stage as the duo Bad Meets Evil. The fiery performance of Fast Lane was utterly brilliant.

It was the essence of hip-hop: two dope MCs trading rhyme after rhyme over a bass-heavy beat.

Perhaps thanking the audience for this spot of indulgence, Em-

inem quickly followed it up with Stan which, a decade on, remains a high watermark for the genre.

A Dr Dre-produced medley of My Name Is and The Real Slim Shady was performed before the set was rounded off with Without Me, Not Afraid and the encore Lose Yourself – the latter cementing itself as the Eye of the Tiger for this generation.

The hip-hop party continued late into the night with the Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco taking to the Skybar stage at the du Forum and Royce Da 5’9” and Eminem’s tour DJ The Alchemist playing their own show at Étoiles at Emirates Place.

But t he n ight belonged to Eminem.

His performance may have not been to everyone’s taste, yet it thrilled, challenged and remained compelling throughout – increasingly rare qualities to find in to day’s popular music. sasaeed@thenational.ae

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‫ﺔ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﻔﻨﻮن‪.‬‬

‫ت اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻤﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻊ وإﻟﻬﺎم‬

‫اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ‬

‫ﺗﺆﻣﻦ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ أن ﺷﺒﺎب اﻟﻴﻮم ﺳﻮف ﻳﻘﻮﻣﻮن ﺑﺪور ﺣﻴﻮي ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎدﻳﺔ واﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺪوﻟﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﳌﺪى اﻟﺒﻌﻴﺪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻟﺬا ﺗﻠﺘﺰم اﻟﺸﺮﻛﺔ ﺑﺈﻋﺪاد اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ﻟﻬﺬه اﳌﺴﺆوﻟﻴﺔ ﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺧﻼل اﻟﺘﻮاﺻﻞ ﻣﻌﻬﻢ وﺗﻌﺮﻳﻔﻬﻢ ﲟﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ واﺳﻌﺔ ﻣﻦ‬ ‫اﳋﻴﺎرات اﳌﺘﺎﺣﺔ أﻣﺎﻣﻬﻢ ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﻳﺘﻌﻠﻖ ﲟﺴ ﺗﻬﻢ اﳌﻬﻨﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﳌﺴﺘﻘﺒﻠﻴﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﻣﻨﺘﺪى اﻟﺸﺒﺎب‬

‫ﻄﺒﻴﻘﻴﺔ‬

‫اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ﻛ َ​َﺤ ٍ‬ ‫ﺳﻨﻮي ﻳﻬﺪف إ ﻧﺸﺮ‬ ‫ﺪث‬ ‫أﻃﻠﻘﺖ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻣﻨﺘﺪى‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﱟ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﻋﻲ اﳌﻬﻨﻲ و ﺗﻮﺳﻴﻊ أﻓﻖ اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ ﻓﻴﻤﺎ ﻳﺨﺺ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﺨﻄﻴﻂ ﳌﺴﺘﻘﺒﻠﻬﻢ اﳌﻬﻨﻲ‪ ،‬وذﻟﻚ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼل ﺗﻘﺪﱘ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫ٍ‬ ‫ﻟﺸﺨﺼﻴﺎت راﺋﺪةٍ ¸ﺎﻟﻬﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺷﺨﺼﻴﺔ‬ ‫رؤى‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﲡﺎرب و ً‬ ‫¦ﺘﻠﻒ أﻧﺤﺎء ا ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ اﳌﺘﺤﺪة‪.‬‬

‫ن‪ ،‬ﺗﻨﻈﻢ‬ ‫ﻣﺴﺘﻮى‬ ‫ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺼﺤﺔ‬

‫ﺑﺎﻋﺘﺒﺎرﻫﺎ واﺣﺪة ﻣﻦ أﻛ‪ Ç‬اﳌﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮﻳﻦ ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﺮﻋﺎﻳﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﻴﺔ إﻣﺎرة أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‪ ،‬ﺗﺴﻌﻰ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻟﺘﺸﺠﻴﻊ اﻟﺸﺒﺎب‬ ‫و أﻓﺮاد ا¿ﺘﻤﻊ ﻋﻠﻰ إﺗﺒﺎع ﳕﻂ ﺣﻴﺎة ﺻﺤﻲ وذﻟﻚ ﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺧﻼل رﻋﺎﻳﺔ و ﺗﻨﻈﻴﻢ اﻟﻔﻌﺎﻟﻴﺎت اﻟﺮﻳﺎﺿﻴﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﻛﺮة اﻟﻘﺪم‬ ‫اﻟﺮاﻋﻲ اﻟﺮﺳﻤﻲ ﳌﻨﺘﺨﺐ ا ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻮﻃﻨﻲ ﻟﻜﺮة‬ ‫اﻟﻘﺪم واﻟﺸﺮﻳﻚ ا‪£‬ﺳﺎﺳﻲ اﳊﺼﺮي ﺗﻄﻮﻳﺮ‬ ‫ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﺸﺒﺎب اﲢﺎد ﻛﺮة اﻟﻘﺪم ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺑﻄﻮﻟﺔ ﻛﺮة اﻟﻘﺪم اﻟﺮﻣﻀﺎﻧﻴﺔ‪ ،‬اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﻨﻈﻤﻬﺎ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ‬ ‫ﺳﻨﻮﻳ ﻛﻤﻨﺼﺔ ﺗﻨﺎﻓﺴﻴﺔ ﻟﻼﻋﺒﲔ‬ ‫ﻛﺮة اﳌﻀﺮب )اﻟﺘﻨﺲ(‬ ‫اﻟﺮاﻋﻲ اﻟﺮﺋﻴﺴﻲ ﻟﺒﻄﻮﻟﺔ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﳌﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻨﺲ‬ ‫ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻨﺲ اﳌﺪارس و ﻫﻮ ﻣﺒﺎدرة‬ ‫ﻟﺘﻄﻮﻳﺮ اﻟ·اﻋﻢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻴﺚ ﻳﺘﻢ ﺗﺸﺠﻴﻊ اﻟﻄﻼب و‬ ‫اﳌﺪرﺳﲔ اﳌﺪارس اﳊﻜﻮﻣﻴﺔ واﳋﺎﺻﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﺪرب و ﳑﺎرﺳﺔ ﻟﻌﺒﺔ ﻛﺮة اﳌﻀﺮب‪.‬‬

‫و ﻗﺪ ﺷﺎرك أﻛ‪ ß‬ﻣﻦ ‪ 400‬ﻃﺎﻟﺐ وﻃﺎﻟﺒﺔ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺸﺒﺎب‬ ‫ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ ﻣﻨﺘﺪى اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ﻋﺎم ‪ ،2012‬ﻟﻠﺘﻔﺎﻋﻞ ﻣﻊ ﻧﺨﺒﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻛﺒﺎر اﳌﺘﺤﺪﺛﲔ‪ ،‬اﻟﺬﻳﻦ ﺗﻘﺪﻣﻬﻢ ﺳﻤﻮ اﻟﺸﻴﺦ ﻋﺒﺪ ا‪à‬‬ ‫ﺑﻦ زاﻳﺪ آل ﻧﻬﻴﺎن‪ ،‬وزﻳﺮ اﳋﺎرﺟﻴﺔ دوﻟﺔ ا ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﳌﺘﺤﺪة‪.‬‬

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‫ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ودﻋﻢ ا ﺘﻤﻊ‬ ‫إﺗﺎﺣﺔ اﻟﻔﺮص‬ ‫ﺗﻘﻮم ﺷﺮﻛﺔ اﳌﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ )ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ( ﺑﺪﻋﻢ ﻣﺴ ة اﻟﻨﻤﻮ‬ ‫واﻟﺘﻨﻮع اﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎدي إﻣﺎرة أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‪ ،‬وﻳﺸﻤﻞ ذﻟﻚ ﺗﻄﻮﻳﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻄﺎﻋﺎت ا ﺳﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﻟﻼﻗﺘﺼﺎد‪ ،‬واﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﺴﺎﻫﻢ ﺗﺮﺳﻴﺦ‬ ‫ﻣﻜﺎﻧﺔ دوﻟﺔ ا ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ اﳌﺘﺤﺪة ﺑﺎﻋﺘﺒﺎرﻫﺎ ﻣﺮﻛﺰ ﻋﺎﳌﻴ ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻤﻴﺰ اﻟﻌﺪﻳﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﻄﺎﻋﺎت‪ ،‬إﺿﺎﻓﺔ إ ﺗﻄﻮﻳﺮ اﻟﺒﻨﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﺤﺘﻴﺔ اﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ‪ ،‬ﲟﺎ ذﻟﻚ اﻟﺒﻨﻴﺔ اﻟﺘﺤﺘﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺮﻋﺎﻳﺔ اﻟﺼﺤﻴﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وﻳﺘﻤﺜﻞ اﻟﻘﺎﺳﻢ اﳌﺸ¬ك اﻟﺬي ﻳﺠﻤﻊ ﺑﲔ ¦ﺘﻠﻒ‬ ‫اﻟﻔﺮص اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﻮﻓﺮﻫﺎ ﻟ‪°‬ﺟﻴﺎل‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرات وأﺻﻮل ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ‬ ‫اﳊﺎﻟﻴﺔ واﳌﺴﺘﻘﺒﻠﻴﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫و ¸ﺎل دﻋﻤﻬﺎ ﻟﻠﻤﺠﺘﻤﻊ‪ ،‬ﺗﻄﺮح ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻋﺪد ﻣﻦ‬ ‫اﳌﺒﺎدرات اﻟﺮاﻣﻴﺔ إ إﺷﺮاك وإﻟﻬﺎم اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ‬ ‫ﻟﻼﺳﺘﻔﺎدة ﻣﻦ اﻟﻔﺮص اﳌﺘﺎﺣﺔ دوﻟﺔ ا ﻣﺎرات‪ ،‬وﺗﺸﺠﻴﻊ‬ ‫إﺗﺒﺎع ِ‬ ‫ﳕﻂ ﺣﻴﺎةٍ ﺻﺤﻲ وﻧﺸﻂ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ أﻓﺮاد ا¿ﺘﻤﻊ ﻋﻠﻰ ِ‬

‫ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻟﻠﺸﺒﺎب – ”و ّﻳﺎﻧﺎ“‬

‫ﻳﺮﻛﺰ و ّﻳﺎﻧﺎ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺛﻼث رﻛﺎﺋﺰ أﺳﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﻫﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤﺔ‬ ‫وﻳﻬﺪف إ إﻟﻬﺎم وإﻋﺪاد اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺎرﻛﺔ ‬ ‫ﺑﻨﺎء ﻣﺴﺘﻘﺒﻞ اﻟﺒﻼد‪ ،‬ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳﺴﻌﻰ إ ﻧﺸﺮ اﻟﻮﻋﻲ واﻟﺘﻌﺮﻳﻒ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻟﻔﺮص اﳌﺘﺎﺣﺔ ﻟﻬﻢ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬

‫تدﻋﻢ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ رؤﻳﺔ اﳊﻜﻮﻣﺔ ﺗﻌﺰﻳﺰ ﻣﻜﺎﻧﺔ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﺑﺎﻋﺘﺒﺎرﻫﺎ ﻣﺮﻛﺰ إﻗﻠﻴﻤﻴ ﻣﺰدﻫﺮ ﻟﻠﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ واﻟﻔﻨﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫ ﻤﻮﻋﺔ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ ﻟﻠﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ واﻟﻔﻨﻮن‬

‫ﺗﻬﺪف ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼل دﻋﻢ اﻟ‪Ç‬اﻣﺞ واﳌﺒﺎدرات اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻤﻴﺔ‬ ‫¿ﻤﻮﻋﺔ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ ﻟﻠﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ واﻟﻔﻨﻮن إ ﺗﺸﺠﻴﻊ وإﻟﻬﺎم‬ ‫وﺗﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﳌﻮاﻫﺐ اﶈﻠﻴﺔ‪.‬‬

‫رﻋﺎﻳﺔ ﻣﻬﺮﺟﺎن أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ‬ ‫ﺳﻠﺴﻠﺔ اﶈﺎﺿﺮات وورش اﻟﻌﻤﻞ اﻟﺘﻄﺒﻴﻘﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻣﺴﺎﺑﻘﺔ وﻣﻌﺮض اﻟﻔﻨﻮن‬

‫ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻌﺎون ﻣﻊ ¸ﻤﻮﻋﺔ أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ ﻟﻠﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ واﻟﻔﻨﻮن‪ ،‬ﺗﻨﻈﻢ‬ ‫ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ ﻣﺴﺎﺑﻘﺔ ﻓﻨﻴﺔ ﺳﻨﻮﻳﺔ ﺗﻬﺪف إ رﻓﻊ ﻣﺴﺘﻮى‬ ‫اﻻﻫﺘﻤﺎم ﺑﺎﻟﻔﻨﻮن واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ أوﺳﺎط اﻟﺸﺒﺎب ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ‪.‬‬

‫اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ‬

‫ﺗﺆﻣﻦ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻻﻗﺘﺼ‬ ‫ﻟﺬا ﺗﻠﺘﺰم اﻟﺸﺮ‬ ‫ﺧﻼل اﻟﺘﻮاﺻﻞ‬ ‫اﳋﻴﺎرات اﳌﺘﺎﺣ‬ ‫اﳌﺴﺘﻘﺒﻠﻴﺔ‪.‬‬

‫ﻣﻨﺘﺪى اﻟﺸﺒ‬

‫أﻃﻠﻘﺖ ﻣﺒﺎدﻟ‬ ‫اﻟﻮﻋﻲ اﳌﻬﻨﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﺨﻄﻴﻂ ﳌﺴ‬ ‫رؤى ﺷ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﲡﺎرب و ً‬ ‫¦ﺘﻠﻒ أﻧﺤﺎء‬

‫و ﻗﺪ ﺷﺎرك أﻛ‬ ‫ا ﻣﺎراﺗﻲ ‬ ‫ﻣﻦ ﻛﺒﺎر اﳌﺘﺤ‬ ‫ﺑﻦ زاﻳﺪ آل ﻧﻬﻴ‬ ‫اﳌﺘﺤﺪة‪.‬‬

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‫مقدمة‬ ‫ي�سعدنا يف �شركة املبادلة للتنمية (مبادلة) �أن ن�شارك يف دعم‬ ‫مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪ 2013‬الذي نحتفل هذه الأيام بالذكرى‬ ‫ال�سنوية العا�شرة النطالقه‪.‬‬ ‫ميثل هذا املهرجان احلدث الأبرز للثقافة والفنون يف دولة‬ ‫الإمارات العربية املتحدة‪ ،‬لذلك ي�شرفنا �أن ن�شارك �ضمن‬ ‫فعاليات هذا احلدث العاملي الذي ي�ساهم يف ت�شجيع الإبداع‬ ‫الفني وتر�سيخ دعائم الثقافة يف �أبوظبي‪.‬‬ ‫ويف الوقت الذي توا�صل فيه الإمارات العربية املتحدة م�سريتها‬ ‫نحو حتقيق ر�ؤيتها االقت�صادية‪ ،‬ف�إنه من الأهمية مبكان �أن‬ ‫نحافظ على تراث منطقتنا ونحر�ص على تقديرنا للفنون‬

‫والثقافات من جميع �أنحاء العامل‪.‬‬ ‫وكما �أن مبادلة تهتم بتحقيق عوائد اجتماعية ملمو�سة لأبوظبي‬ ‫ومواطنيها‪ ،‬ف�إنها تلتزم بتطوير التفاهم الثقايف بني ال�شباب‬ ‫الإماراتي وجمتمع الإمارات عموم ًا‪.‬‬ ‫و�سنوا�صل العمل مع جمموعة �أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون لتطوير‬ ‫برامج ترعى وحتتفي باملواهب الإقليمية‪ ،‬و�إطالق مبادرات‬ ‫ت�ساهم يف تعزيز اهتمام املجتمع بالثقافة والفنون‪ .‬ومن هذا‬ ‫املنطلق‪ ،‬نتمنى لكم كل املتعة والفائدة مبتابعة و ح�ضور فعاليات‬ ‫مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪.2013‬‬

‫خلدون خليفة املبارك‬ ‫الرئي�س التنفيذي والع�ضو املنتدب ل�شركة املبادلة للتنمية‬

‫االستثمار في المجتمع المحلي‬ ‫إن كل ما تقوم به شركة المبادلة للتنمية (مبادلة) يرتبط أساس ًا بدعم مسيرة النمو والتنوع االقتصادي في أبوظبي‬ ‫ليشمل ذلك تطوير القطاعات األساسية لالقتصاد باإلضافة إلى تطوير البنية التحتية االجتماعية‪.‬‬ ‫ويتجسد القاسم المشترك الذي يجمع بين مختلف استثمارات وأصول مبادلة في الفرص التي توفرها لألجيال الحالية‬ ‫والمستقبلية من الوظائف في قطاعات اقتصادية جديدة بالكامل‪ ،‬ناهيك عن تطوير البنية التحتية للتعليم والرعاية‬ ‫الصحية لدعم مسيرة النمو المستدام في الدولة‪.‬‬ ‫وفي إطار هذا الهدف‪ ،‬تدعم مبادلة عددا ً من المبادرات التي تركز على تطوير التعليم والصحة والثقافة‪ ،‬وتهدف جميعها‬ ‫إلى إلهام جيل الشباب لالستفادة من الفرص المتاحة في دولة اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‪ ،‬وتشجيع أفراد المجتمع على‬ ‫إتباع نمط حياة صحي و نشط‪ .‬وتستند برامج تنمية الموارد البشرية المستقبلية على هذه الركائز الثالث لتنمية جيل‬ ‫يمتلك كل األدوات الالزمة لبناء مستقبل مزدهر‪.‬‬ ‫وباعتبارها الراعي الرئيسي لمهرجان أبوظبي ‪ ،2013‬تفخر مبادلة بدورها في دعم هذا المهرجان من خالل استقطاب‬ ‫نخبة من أبرز الموسيقيين والفنانين العالميين للمشاركة في هذا المهرجان‪.‬‬ ‫و تنتهز مبادلة هذه الفرصة لتشيد بجهود مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون في رعاية الفن والثقافة واإلبداع‪.‬‬

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‫الرعاة والشركاء‬ ‫يشكر مهرجان أبوظبي الرعاة والشركاء‪:‬‬ ‫الشريك اإلستراتيجي‬

‫الشركاء الرسميون‬ ‫الراعي الرئيسي‬

‫الشريك المانح للجائزة‬

‫الشريك المجتمعي‬

‫الشريك اإلعالمي‬

‫موقع الفعاليات الرسمي‬

‫شريك البرنامج المجتمعي‪ /‬التعليمي‬

‫الشريك التعليمي‬

‫الناقل الرسمي‬

‫الداعمـون‬

‫تنظم مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون فعاليات مهرجان أبوظبي‪ ،‬في إطار سعيها إلى احتضان وصقل المهارات الفنية‪ ،‬التعليمية‪،‬‬ ‫الثقافية‪ ،‬اإلبداعية‪ ،‬واالرتقاء بالوسائل التعليمية لما فيه خير المجتمع وبما ينسجم مع الرؤية الثقافية للعاصمة أبوظبي‪.‬‬ ‫تأسست مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون كمؤسسة نفع عام‪ ،‬انطالقًا من إيمانها بأهمية العمل الثقافي في خدمة المجتمع‪ ،‬برعاية‬ ‫ورئاسة معالي الشيخ نهيان مبارك آل نهيان وزير التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي‪.‬‬

‫مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون‪ ،‬ص‪،‬ب‪ ،245 :‬أبوظبي‪ ،‬اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‪ ،‬هاتف‪ ،+971 2 651 0300 :‬البريد اإللكتروني‪info@admaf.org :‬‬

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‫السيدة هدى الخميس كانو‬

‫مستشارو مجموعة أبوظبي للثقافة والفنون‪:‬‬ ‫معالي صقر غباش‬ ‫معالي خلدون المبارك‬ ‫سعادة د‪ .‬زكي أنور نسيبة‬ ‫سعادة محمد خلف المزروعي‬ ‫سعادة نورة الكعبي‬ ‫سعادة رزان المبارك‬ ‫سعادة ريم الشمري‬

‫الشيخة نور فاهم القاسمي‬ ‫األميرة أيرينا ويتجينشتاين‬ ‫السيد يان ستوتزكر ‪OBE‬‬ ‫السيد تيرنس د ألن‬ ‫السيد سعيد البلوشي‬ ‫د‪ .‬مهى تيسير بركات‬ ‫السيد سالم براهيمي‬

‫السيدة ماري كورادو‬ ‫السيد بشير الحسكوري‬ ‫د‪ .‬فراوكه هيرد بي‬ ‫السيد محمد عبد اللطيف كانو‬ ‫د‪ .‬شيخة المسكري‬ ‫السيدة زهرة المسعود‬

‫المستشار القانوني‬ ‫السيد ريمون مرقدي‪flugsiruJ ،‬‬

‫شكر خاص‪:‬‬ ‫توفور‪45‬‬ ‫بلدية أبوظبي‬

‫دائرة النقل‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫شرطة أبوظبي‬

‫سفارات الدول المشاركة‪:‬‬ ‫سفارة مملكة إسبانيا‬ ‫سفارة المملكة المتحدة‬ ‫سفارة جمهورية الصين الشعبية‬ ‫سفارة االتحاد الروسي‬ ‫سفارة الواليات المتحدة األمريكية‬

‫سفارة جمهورية مصر العربية‬ ‫سفارة البرازيل‬ ‫سفارة الجمهورية التشيكية‬ ‫سفارة الجمهورية اللبنانية‬

‫الشركاء التعليميون‬ ‫المدارس ودور الحضانة‬ ‫نادي أبوظبي الرياضي‬ ‫غامر سكول‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫مدرسة البطين الثانوية‬ ‫مدرسة المواهب‬ ‫مدرسة الشهب‬ ‫مدرسة الياسمينة‬ ‫مدرسة الجالية األمريكية‬ ‫المدرسة األمريكية الدولية‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫كلية برايتون‬ ‫المدرسة البريطانية‪ ،‬الخبيرات‬ ‫مدرسة اإلمارات الوطنية‬ ‫أكاديمية جيمس األمريكية‬ ‫مدرسة غلنيلغ‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫مدرسة األفق الخاصة‬ ‫إنترناشيونال كوميونيتي سكول‬ ‫حضانة ‪Les Fanfans‬‬ ‫مدرسة ليوا الدولية‪ ،‬العين‬ ‫مدرسة لويس ماسينيون‬ ‫مدرسة الراحة الدولية‬ ‫أكاديمية الشيخ زايد الخاصة للبنات‬

‫المدرسة البريطانية الدولية‬ ‫الجامعات‬ ‫كليات التقنية العليا‪ ،‬مدينة زايد والرويس‬ ‫كليات التقنية العليا‪ ،‬مدينة خليفة‬ ‫كليات التقنية العليا‪ ،‬كلية أبوظبي للطالب‬ ‫كليات التقنية العليا‪ ،‬كلية أبوظبي للطالبات‬ ‫جامعة نيويورك أبوظبي‬ ‫جامعة اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‪ ،‬العين‬ ‫جامعة زايد‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫جامعة زايد‪ ،‬دبي‬ ‫مراكز الموسيقى والفنون‬ ‫مدرسة كاتارينا بيرز للبيانو‬ ‫معهد الفن المعاصر للموسيقى‬ ‫وزارة الثقافة والشباب وتنمية المجتمع‪ ،‬مدرسة البيانو‬ ‫بيت العود‬ ‫مؤسسات أخرى‬ ‫اتحاد مدارس أبوظبي‬ ‫أوركسترا اإلمارات السيمفونية للناشئة‬ ‫مؤسسة زايد العليا للرعاية اإلنسانية وذوي االحتياجات الخاصة‬

‫الشركاء المجتمعيون‬

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‫بلدية أبوظبي‬ ‫دار رعاية المسنين في عجمان‬ ‫مركز عجمان لذوي االحتياجات الخاصة‬ ‫مركز رعاية المسنين‪ ،‬الممزر‪ ،‬دبي‬ ‫مدرسة النخبة‪ ،‬المرفأ‬ ‫الرابطة الفرنسية‬ ‫المدرسة األمريكية في دبي‬ ‫مدرشة الشويفات‪ ،‬أم القيوين‬ ‫كليفالند كلينيك‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫جمعية دار البر‬ ‫دار زايد للرعاية األسرية‬ ‫دبي درمز‬ ‫جمعية اإلمارات للحياة الفطرية ‪ -‬الصندوق العالمي لصون الطبيعة‬ ‫أوركسترا اإلمارات السيمفونية للناشئة‬ ‫هيئة الفجيرة للثقافة واإلعالم‬ ‫كليات التقنية العليا‪ ،‬الفجيرة‬

‫مركز إمبيريال كوليدج للسكري‪ ،‬أبوظبي‬ ‫جنيفر سيمون‬ ‫مدرسة منار اإليمان الخيرية – عجمان‬ ‫وزارة الثقافة والشباب وتنمية المجتمع‬ ‫مركز رأس الخيمة لذوي االحتياجات الخاصة‬ ‫مسرح اإلحياء‬ ‫دائرة الثقافة واإلعالم في الشارقة‬ ‫دار رعاية المسنين في الشارقة‬ ‫جامعة الشارقة‬ ‫مدينة الشيخ خليفة الطبية‬ ‫مستشفى توام‬ ‫شركة التطوير واالستثمار السياحي‬ ‫جامعة اإلمارات العربية المتحدة‪ ،‬العين‬ ‫مؤسسة زايد العليا للرعاية اإلنسانية وذوي االحتياجات الخاصة‬ ‫جامعة زايد‬

‫تحت رعاية‬ ‫معالي الشيخ‬

‫نهيان مبارك آل نهيان‬ ‫وزير التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي‬

‫ال�سيدة هدى اخلمي�س كانو‬ ‫امل�ؤ�س�س واملدير الفني ملهرجان �أبوظبي‬ ‫التزم مهرجان �أبوظبي �أرقى معايري الأداء و�أنبل معاين العطاء‪ ،‬فكان‬ ‫طوال العقد املا�ضي‪ ،‬مهرجان اخلري من بالد اخلري‪ ،‬م�ستهدف ًا �شرائح‬ ‫املجتمع الإماراتي كافة‪ ،‬تعزيز ًا لقيم التفاهم والت�سامح التي �أورثنا �إياها‬ ‫املغفور له ب�إذن اهلل ال�شيخ زايد بن �سلطان �آل نهيان‪ ،‬ويتيح املهرجان‪،‬‬ ‫�إ�سهام ًا يف االرتقاء بالوعي املجتمعي ب�أهمية الثقافة والفنون‪ ،‬الفر�صة‬ ‫للآالف من الطالب‪ ،‬ال�شباب‪ ،‬و�أولياء الأمور‪ ،‬لال�ستمتاع بفعالياته التعليمية‬ ‫واملجتمعية املتميزة‪ ،‬من �أم�سيات وحفالت �أداء‪ ،‬حما�ضرات وندوات‪ ،‬ور�ش‬ ‫عمل وحوارات‪.‬‬ ‫يحتفي مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪ 2013‬بع�شرة �أعوام من التميُّز‪ ،‬وي�ؤكد بذلك‬ ‫املكانة الرائدة التي حققها ك�إحدى �أبرز الفعاليات الثقافية والفنية يف‬ ‫املنطقة العربية والعامل‪ ،‬عرب الأعمال العاملية الأوىل‪ ،‬و�أعمال التكليف‬ ‫احل�صري‪ ،‬ويربز ك�أحد �أهم املهرجانات العاملة على تعزيز الفنون وحوار‬ ‫الثقافات واحت�ضان املواهب‪.‬‬ ‫وقد قدّم املهرجان‪ ،‬طوال ع�شر �سنوات م�ضت‪ ،‬الفعاليات الفنية والثقافية‬ ‫التي تنوّعت بني الأم�سيات املو�سيقية وعرو�ض الأداء ومعار�ض الفن‬ ‫الت�شكيلي‪ ،‬مب�شاركة كبار فناين العامل‪.‬‬ ‫ويقدّم مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪ ،2013‬فعالياته اال�ستثنائية وعرو�ضه املتميزة‬ ‫التي تت�ضمن �أم�سية مع بال�سيدو دومينغو‪ ،‬التينور الأ�سطوري ممث ًال مملكة‬ ‫�إ�سبانيا‪ ،‬الدولة �ضيفة �شرف املهرجان يف دورته العا�شرة‪.‬‬ ‫�إنّ مهرجان �أبوظبي ‪ ،2013‬يعزز �سمعته كمهرجان املهرجانات‪ ،‬مبا يليق‬

‫بعا�صمة الفنون والإبداع �أبوظبي‪ ،‬ويعمل عام ًا بعد عام على تر�سيخ دوره يف‬ ‫�إثراء الر�ؤية الثقافية للعا�صمة‪ ،‬بر�صيد ع�شر �سنوات من العطاء يف خدمة‬ ‫الإمارات وعا�صمتها �أبوظبي‪ ،‬مع ‪� 7‬أعمال ح�صرية‪� 4 ،‬أعمال �أوىل عاملياً‪،‬‬ ‫و‪ 13‬عم ًال لأول مرة يف العامل العربي‪ ،‬ويقدّم املهرجان احتفا ًء بالإبداع‬ ‫العربي‪ ،‬العملني اال�ستثنائيني لأول مرة عاملي ًا «الإرث الرحباين» من �إعداد‬ ‫غدي و�أ�سامة الرحباين‪ ،‬و«الق�صيدة ال�شرقية» من ت�أليف ب�شارة اخلوري‪،‬‬ ‫كما يفخر بتقدمي �أعمال التكليف احل�صري للفنانني الت�شكيليني الإماراتيني‬ ‫مطر بن الحج وجالل لقمان‪ ،‬والهدية التذكارية اخلا�صة بالدورة العا�شرة‬ ‫للمهرجان من ت�صميم الفنان الت�شكيلي العاملي ح�سن امل�سعود‪.‬‬ ‫وها هو ي�سهم يف تر�سيخ مكانة العا�صمة �أبوظبي‪� ،‬أيقون ًة عاملي ًة للإبداع‪،‬‬ ‫وحا�ضن ًة للمبدعني‪ ،‬عرب ا�ست�ضافته يف دورته العا�شرة امل�شاركة املتميزة‬ ‫ولأول مرة يف الإمارات‪ ،‬لكلٍّ من‪ :‬باليه و�أورك�سرتا املارين�سكي‪ ،‬الأورك�سرتا‬ ‫الت�شيكية الفلهارمونية‪ ،‬جيلربتو جيل‪ ،‬يوندي‪ ،‬جو�شوا بيل وبرين تريفل‪.‬‬ ‫ويقدّم املهرجان احتفا ًء بالإرث العريق لدولة الإمارات‪ ،‬و�إ�سهام ًا يف‬ ‫احلفاظ على الرتاث الثقايف والفلكلور الغني للدولة فعاليات «بالعربي»‬ ‫�أداء الفنان الإماراتي د‪ .‬حبيب غلوم العطار‪ ،‬و«حكايات من الإمارات»‬ ‫ب�إ�شراف الباحث عبد العزيز امل�سلّم‪ ،‬وغريها �سعي ًا لتعزيز الإبداع الإماراتي‬ ‫والتعريف به عربي ًا وعاملياً‪.‬‬ ‫مهرجان �أبوظبي جترب ٌة فريدة ال تن�سى‪ ،‬ان�ضموا �إلينا لالحتفال ب�أبوظبي‬ ‫عا�صم ًة عاملي ًة للثقافات‪ ،‬ومنرب ًا للفنون والإبداع‪.‬‬

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