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- Media
The collective organizes events, which focuses on the development of an artistic exchange between the north and south. The nature of the activities is based on all fields of media art forms, from digital video-film, to installations and interactive art. It organizes media art exhibitions “ Video and interactive installations” in collaboration with different institutions. It produces also works in field of Digital Filmmaking. Taleb Cherche Midi also contributes in the circulation of works from the Arabic and North African countries by programming and showing a compilation of film and video works in different International video and film festivals with the collaboration of media art associations and foundations around the globe.
One of the very recent and successful project initiated by the collective is videokaravaan: A "nomadic program", which, amongst other things includes a database of video artists from the Arab and North African region. Videokaravaan is traveling through various countries using presentations and discussions to expand the current aesthetics of video and media practices, diversify the Western perspective of art from the Arab world, and to acquaint the West with Arab artists. An additional goal is to generate a network of interdisciplinary cooperation. Since 2002, Videokaravaan initiated a series of Film workhops in Morocco, in order to help local artists and young filmmakers to deal with their own image, and have access to new methods and technologies of filmmaking. Until now more than 10 videos and short films were produced.