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Saturday, 14 December 2013, Panel III: Open Air Spaces of Gathering, 12.15-12.45 @ MansionLocated behind ‘The Egyptian Olympic Centre’, on the amorphous line separating the upper middle class neighbourhood of New Maadi and the Arab Al-Basateen informal area, the Olympic Centre Garden has come to replace ’Al-Ahram Coop Complex’, which burned down completely in May 2007.The circumstances surrounding the fire were described then in Al-Gumhureya newspaper as 'mysterious'. Less mysterious accounts of the story still circulate amongst the residents of the surrounding area who are fathoming the nature of the new space in transience... a front-yard, a backyard, grass to grow, image to conserve...This Work consists of a 3-channel still-image loop with sound &#38; text. The slow paced loops follow 3 different logics &#38; aspects of the space, its physical appearance, its actual use, its location &#38; historic context, the power dynamics that happen within such a fragile space, and the projections, aims &#38; dreams of people who use the space.The 3 projections are placed &#38; designed in a way so that the viewer could decide on their own ways of following the 3 channels. The different lengths of the loops allow the viewer to constantly see a different combination of image, sound &#38; text.&#160;Rana ElNemr is an artist whose work is photo-based but often includes text, sound and other media. Rana is involved in researching the visual culture and prospect of images, and is one of the co-founders of the independent artspace ‘Contemporary Image Collective’ (CIC) in Cairo.