MEL Bab Bhar

Dedicated to the present-day award-winning athletes Ons Jabeur and Raoua Tlili, as well as to the historic figures Arwa La Kairouanaise and Aziza Othmana. Arwa La Kairouanaise is memorized as the pathmaker of the “Kairouan Contract” as a mutual agreement for monogamous marriage, and Aziza Othmana is known as a princess, politician, and philanthropist. Text (fr) by Najet Abdelkader

ARTISTIC APPROACH
Animated text and images to celebrate pioneering Tunisian women.

Detlef Hartung. Bab Bhar. MIESE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor_1500x1000

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Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (84)_1323x1000

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Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (88)_1500x1000

Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (89)_1472x1000

Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (89)_1500x1000

Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (90)_1500x1000

Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (91)_1500x1000

Hartung. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (92)_1500x1000

ARTISTIC APPROACH
Aesthetic experimentation based on iconic imageries of the careers of Raoua Tlili and Ons Jabeur.

Kaabi Ouerfelli. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (1)_1497x1000

Kaabi Ouerfelli. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (2)_1498x1000

Kaabi Ouerfelli. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (3)_1500x1000

ARTISTIC APPROACH
Artistic representation of present-day passers-by of the cultural-historic urban site.

1 Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (5)_1500x1000

1 Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Gudrun Barenbrock_1500x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (1)_1495x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (2)_1496x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (3)_1494x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (4)_1499x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar 1. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (6)_1499x1000

Gudrun Barenbrock. Bab Bhar. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Gudrun Barenbrock (1)_1500x1000

Barenbrock. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (75)_1500x1000

Barenbrock. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (77)_1500x1000

ARTISTIC APPROACH
Artistic revisions of video footage of train trips around Tunis (2022) referring to the format of scanning.

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Gudrun Barenbrock. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (5)_1493x1000

Barenbrock. Bab Bahr. MISE EN LUMIERE Tunis 2022. Photo Ouafa Ben Amor (81)_1473x1000

ARTISTIC APPROACH
Audio-compositions based on field recordings, spoken narratives, electronic sounds, and accordion.