Welcome to the Lost & Found archive, featuring photographs and reports from our evenings as well as information about the participating artists. The artists’ websites are published here so they can be contacted directly. All flyers have been photographed; their materiality is visible, with corners, folds, and relief retaining their tactile quality on screen.This site takes the form of a growth model and behaves as a work in its own right: it is always, and never, finished. The site functions as an archive and is not updated regularly; if you wish for a change or update, you may submit a request.
Since 1997, over 200 sessions of stray images and sound have been organised. Artists, writers, scientists and musicians present work in progress, experiment or present work that doesn't fit into their oeuvre (yet). A specific and unique stage for diverse and hybrid works which don't fit comfortably into galleries or museums.
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The life of a rabbit in reverse. Cairo sunsets. The haunting 1920s music of Na'ima Al-Misriyya. A distressed man wandering through Zurich.
In most galleries, these disparate images would never be displayed together. But 'Lost and Found' exhibits are known for bringing together unusual combinations of images. The show's Cairo debut at Townhouse on Sunday night was no exception to the rule.
"I want a mix of high and low art," said organizer Julia van Mourik. "When you see something filmed with a handheld camera next to something that's very well made, you start to see different things."
Written for L&F Cairo (03–12–2006)