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Escaping Hell

Illustrated History of the Mundane: Kartonopolis
Egypt, December 2023
3-D animation with sound
2:17 minutes

In Kartonopolis, Batman, who lives in a cardboard system/regime, metamorphoses into the ancient Egyptian deity Anubis, steals his way into a home of sleeping individuals, and plays the role of Santa Claus, placing toys on a table in every bedroom. All the toys are military elements: a tank, an armored vehicle, a chopper, and an ambulance, all toys for everyone at home to play with when they wake up.
The two-minute animation is a critical reflection on the militarization of the entire globe, and the accompanying economic warfare, in the struggle for wealth and power. The work also delves into the failed promises of what is known as the "Arab Spring".

Info:
Concept & Script: 		
Khaled Hafez

Sound Design Concept: 	
Khaled Hafez, Amr Kamal

Editing & Sound Design: 	
Amr Kamal

Appropriated Soundtrack:	
Farid Al Atrash, El Rabee3, live concert, 1970
Abla Fadeela, The Cup of Milk Fable, date unknown

Producers: 			
ANUBIS PRODUCTIONS
Studio Khaled Hafez
CITA Cairo Institute of the Arts

Partial Production:
Le Lab Experimental Atelier / Le Lab Gallery, Egypt

Senior animator			
Amr Kamal

Animation			
Ashraf Abd Elrheim

Special Production Mention:	
Le Lab Experimental Atelier
Rasheed Kamel
Reham Osman
Maher Dawoud
IASPIS Konstnarsnamnden & Lena Malm
Maria Lantz & Mats Backer
AllArtNow Lab, Stockholm
EXTENSION Art Space, Stockholm

Copyrights:			
Khaled Hafez

Public Screening:		
Le Lab Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, 2024, 
Museum of Fine Arts, Alexandria, Egypt, 2024
Museum of Islamic pottery, Guezira Art center, 2024
3rd Kairouan International Animation Film Festival, 2025
Fire Station Museum, Doha, Qatar, 2025

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