Niklas Goldbach studied Photography at the University of Bielefeld and Experimental Media Arts at the University of the Arts Berlin where he graduated with honours in 2004. From 2007-2008 he was participant of the artist-in-residency program of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and in 2010 he received a grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn. Since 2002 his work has been presented throughout Europe, the United States and Asia in numerous film festivals, group-exhibitions and solo shows.
Martin Brand (*1975, Bochum) studied Art and German Philology in Bochum and Dortmund until 2002. Since then he has been living and working in Cologne as a photographic and video artist. His works have been shown at numerous exhibitions and festivals. In conjunction with a solo exhibition at the Dortmunder Kunstverein the catalogue Martin Brand: Eyes Wide Shut, a comprehensive presentation of his work up to the time, was published in 2008 in cooperation with the Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund.
Director, author, producer. Films e.g.: Kolumbianische Impressionen (1960); Gewebte Natur (1960); Schöpfung ohne Ende (1958); Forschung und Leben (1957); Du und Dein Auto (1949).
The self-taught artist Fadma Kaddouri was born in Rif Mountain and lives and works in Grenoble. Her photographs and videos often start as travel books, and bear witness to the position of the artist, her vision of the interior and exterior and its movement between various segments of Moroccan society: family, community and dual identity. Her work results from a history that, whether lived or imagined, is positioned between reality and fiction. Despite its absence, the female body is represented in the spaces she explores.
Ziad Antar (*1978) graduated from the American University of Beirut with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 2001. Soon after, Antar started working with video and photography. He completed a one-year residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2003 and a one-year residency for the post-diploma of the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Antar’s videos testify to a world in conflict, using subtle, playful and short shots charged with subtexts. Among his films are WA (2004), La Marche Turque (2006) and Mdardara (2006).
The director and scriptwriter Oussama Mohammad (*1954) studied Film at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. His films are concerned with power structures and their effects on individual identity. As the smallest organisational structure of the state, the family propagates social order and thereby maintains its traditions.
Selected Filmography: Today Everyday (Al Yawm Kol Yaom) (1980), Stars in Broad Daylight (Nujum al-Nahar) (1988) and Sacrifices (Sunduq ad-Dunya) (2002).
Wael Shawky (*1971) completed his BFA at the University of Alexandria, followed by an MFA at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. He has received several awards for his work including the International Commissioning Grant of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York (2005); the International Award of the Islamic World Arts Initiative, Arts International, New York (2004); as well as the Grand Nile Prize at the 6th International Cairo Biennale (1996).
Mohssin Harraki (*1981) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores cultural constructions, consequences of post colonialism and collective imaginations. Paying particular attention to foreign cultural landmarks and social practices, Harraki produced his first video works in the form of interviews with colleague artists debating political everyday issues that have no direct association to art practice. Harraki graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Dijon, he is currently developing his book project Pierre dans la marre.
Jananne Al-Ani (*1966) studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art and graduated with an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art in 1997. Exhibiting widely, she has had solo shows at Tate Britain and the Imperial War Museum, London. Recent group exhibitions include Closer at the Beirut Art Center and Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking at the MoMA, New York. Al-Ani has also co-curated exhibitions including Veil and Fair Play.
Selected Filmography: A Loving Man (1996-1999), Muse (2004) and Flock and the Guide (2008).
Jan Tobias Anderson (*1971, Gothenburg) is a Swedish artist and filmmaker, working with found footage and animation. He is best known for the short films 879 (1998), My Name Is Grant (1999), 879 Colour (2002) and Prairie Stop, Highway 41 (2004) – all referring to works by Alfred Hitchcock. In his video works, most frequently in the form of animations, Anderson processes renowned film classics, as well as film genres – along with action and thriller sequences of escape and chase.
