Mohamed Abo Elfath and Soline Daccache have responded to “Etel Adnan”‘s instructions by taking her exhortation as the basis for an improvised performance made new from moment to moment by the involvement of the audience. The instructions incite us to liberate ourselves through self-expression (2016) – “the future is not the past,” she tells us, “not yet, always new, and be new with it

We are happy to invite you to an improvised performance, using playback theatre format, next Tuesday, 7:00 pm at Townhouse Rawabet, with: Mohamed Abo El Fath, Soline Daccache, Nagham Othman, Dalia Fakhr, George Emad and Mahmoud Mohamed El Masry

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This Cairo iteration of “do it ” has been co-ordinated and curated by the Townhouse staff.

The “do it bil 3arabi ” publication contains written instructions from over 70 artists from the region that anyone can interpret to make a new work of art

Co-curated by Sharjah Art Foundation Director Hoor Al Qasimi and Serpentine Gallery Art Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, “do it بالعربي ” is a new iteration of the ongoing “do it” publication and exhibition project originally conceived and curated by Obrist in 1993.