IHOM: Kartonopolis
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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
