Mahdy’s Walk is an exhibition of audio documentation from a twenty-minute walk in Ard El Lewa، performed with a diverse group of people. A rich image of this informal neighborhood is composed through an ensemble of conversations touching on football, sunshine, skilled labor, and village life in the city.

"In January 2013, I asked Mahdy Saad, a youth living in Ard El Lewa, to take me on a short walk in his neighborhood. I recorded the conversation we had on the walk, in which Mahdy talked about his relationship to his neighborhood, its rapid growth, football and sunshine. In the past week, I have taken this same walk with volunteers from inside and outside Ard El Lewa, and recorded each conversation." Amira Hanafi.
 

The exhibition will be open from: Thursday 25 April – Sunday 5 May, 5:00 – 10:00pm (see Related Events).

Amira Hanafi lives in Cairo. She has walked as performance and research in projects such as Cairo On The Length, Maps of the Order of Signs, and Walk Under the Interstate. She is the author of Forgery (Green Lantern Press, 2011), Minced English (aHa books, 2010), and several artist books.

http://amiraha.tumblr.com

By public transport: From the El Behoos Metro station, take a microbus to Ard El Lewa and get off at the Elysee bridge on Sudan Street (next to Kentucky). Cross the bridge and make a right. Take your second left onto Shuhada Street. Walk 5 minutes. After you pass the parking lot on your right, turn right onto Mohamed Ali El Eseary. artellewa is on your right at #19.

By car: Use the bridge at the end of Gama’at El Dowel Street, heading towards Sudan Street. Turn right at the exit on to Canal Street in Ard El Lewa. Turn left onto Shuhada Street, and make a right on Mohamed Ali El Eseary Street. artellewa is on your right at #19.