Yurt Art
An exhibition by Saraswati of nomadic Afghan textiles from 1850 - 1950.
Dates: 4 January - 13 February 2008
Location: The GRV, Guthrie Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JG
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Looking Back: Afghanistan at Peacetime
As a preamble to the first Festival of Afghan Cinema and Culture in the UK, Aliki Sapountzi has been invited to exhibit previously unseen colour and B&W photographs from her overland journey to Afghanistan in 1971.
Dates: 23 - 31 January 2008
Location: Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DQ
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Bongo Club Café Exhibition
Before the Rough Guides and the Lonely Planets existed photographers Aliki Sapountzi and Colin Watmough travelled overland to Afghanistan in 1971. Living and travelling in a Renault4 they spent a couple of months photographing street life.
Dates: 2 - 28 February 2008
Location: The Bongo Club Café, 37 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh EH8 8BA
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After the War: Afghanistan rediscovers its vision
In the months immediately after the Taliban were defeated in Afghanistan in 2001, Ivan Sigal discovered hope in that war-ravaged country, documenting the return of mass media and visual culture to a land that was deprived of both under the former government.
Dates: 14 February - 14 March 2008
Location: Filmhouse, Edinburgh
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House of the Dust
Film-maker Richard Stanley and his German cameraman Immo Horn left Britain in 1988, fleeing the cash-starved backwaters of the British film industry where Stanley had been miserable making music videos. They joined a UN relief mission to Afghanistan, and this exhibition documents their travels after splitting from the relief mission.
Dates: 14 February - 14 March 2008
Location: Filmhouse, Edinburgh
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Richard Stanley Lecture
Richard Stanley will present a talk about his work in Afghanistan and his diverse film career.
Date: 22nd February - 10am
Location: Edinburgh College of Art
Scottish Documentary Institute Masterclass
Atiq Rahimi will present a Masterclass on his films and Afghan cinema in the Edinburgh College of Art.
Date: 22nd February - 10am
Location: Edinburgh College of Art
Saraswati fashion show, auction and Afghan party
Edinburgh’s only Afghan shop, Saraswati is located at 35 Guthrie Street, Edinburgh and will be hosting a fashion show at it’s neighbouring venue, the GRV. This fun and informal fashion show will give you a chance to see some of the clothes sold there. The fashion show will be followed by an auction where you will have a chance to purchase clothes you will have seen modelled, some one off pieces and other Afghan crafts, including the well renowned Afghan Carpets.
Date: 28th February - 8pm
Location: The GRV, Guthrie Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JG
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Nafas
In the Autumn of 2007 Annemette Verspeak and her husband Christopher packed their bags, said goodbye to their house and their cat, and got on a plane to Kabul. Their initial aim was to deliver a series of workshops aimed at redeveloping self-confidence in Afghan women.
Date: 29th February - 8pm
Location: The Forest, 3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 1EY
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Warwick Ball - Afghanistan: A Heritage Lost and Found
Warwick Ball is one of the UK’s most eminent authorities on the archaeology of Central Asia and the Middle East. Although he has directed excavations across Asia, much of his attention has been focused on Afghanistan where he has excavated recently at Bamyan and in the 1970s at the famous Minaret of Jam. He is also the author of several works on Afghan heritage.
Dates: 3rd March - 5pm
Location: Archaeology Department, University of Edinburgh