Revolution

Revolution is a 2006, 4-minute experimental video by Egyptian-French visual artist and filmmaker Khaled Hafez. The work is shot in Hi-Definition transformed on mini-DV in 2006. The video was commissioned by the First Singapore Biennale, directed by Fumio Nanjo, and selected by curator Martina Corgnati for Nanjo’s networking curators’ team.

Synopsis
An experimental screen is split on the three Egyptian flag colors: Red, White and Black. The colors represent the three promises of the 1952 Pan-Arab military coup d’état / revolution: Social equality, Liberty and Unity. Throughout the 4 minutes, insinuations and innuendos question what remains of the broken promises: the social equality of the military gun, the pseudo-liberty of the transcontinental corporate economy, and the unity of chopping heads representing the worldwide rising right wing religious fundamentalism.

Info
Duration: 4 minutes
Producer: Khaled Hafez & Singapore Biennale 2006
Year of Production: 2006

Credits:
Concept and Script: Khaled Hafez
Actor: Bassem Wadie
D.O.P: Haytham Hosny
Editor: Mohamed El Sharkawy
Copyrights: Khaled Hafez

Public Collections:
Ars Aevi Museum, Sarajevo, Bosna
MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
National Museum, Bamako, Mali
State Museum of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

Public Screenings:
1st  Singapore Biennale 2006
MuHKA Museum of Art, Antwerp, Belgium, 2007
National Museum, Bamako, Mali, 2007, 2015
Ars Aevi Museum, Sarajevo, Bosna, 2008
Queens Museum, New York, USA, 2009
Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France, 2010
State Museum of Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2011
8th Mercosul Biennale, Porto Allegre, Brazil, 2011
42nd Rotterdam Film Festival, Holland, 2012
Fotofest Biennale, Houston, Texas, USA, 2014
Nome Gallery, Berlin, 2018