A German-French Cultural Project for the City of Sana'a.
Approaching the Old City of Sana'a, the festively lit Bab-al-Yemen reveals to the visitor the beauty of Sana'a and Yemen. Looking through the gate, right in its vanishing point, the visitor discovers a cube that stands for the city`s traditional architectural shape. The cube's walls are used as media screens, so that the cube interacts with its environment and attracts the visitor to walk through the gate into the Old City.
The visitor is invited to take part in the spiritual life of Yemen during Ramadan, and to immerse into the atmosphere of the Old City during that special time of year. Here, in the interior Bab-al-Yemen square, streams of pedestrians join and welcome the visitor to dwell in this habitual meeting point and to celebrate together.
At the same time everyone is invited to go on a discovery:
Discreet video projections on the interior walls of the Bab-al-Yemen work with the wall's structure and open virtual windows that allow for a view on landscapes and characteristic moments of the life in France, Yemen and Germany. Sounds and traditional Yemeni music can be experienced in many different locations in the square via loudspeakers, and result in a composition that organically inserts itself in the play of the interior with the exterior.
21.09.2007 - 03.10.2007, 22.00 - 24.00
Sana'a, Bab al-Yemen (Gate to Yemen)
On an invitation of the French and German embassies in Sana'a / Yemen ("The German-French Cultural Project 2007), under the patronage of the Yemeni minister of culture and the mayor of Sana'a.
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Approaching the Old City of Sana'a, the festively lit Bab-al-Yemen reveals to the visitor the beauty of Sana'a and Yemen. Looking through the gate, right in its vanishing point, the visitor discovers a cube that stands for the city`s traditional architectural shape. The cube's walls are used as media screens, so that the cube interacts with its environment and attracts the visitor to walk through the gate into the Old City.
The visitor is invited to take part in the spiritual life of Yemen during Ramadan, and to immerse into the atmosphere of the Old City during that special time of year. Here, in the interior Bab-al-Yemen square, streams of pedestrians join and welcome the visitor to dwell in this habitual meeting point and to celebrate together.
At the same time everyone is invited to go on a discovery:
Discreet video projections on the interior walls of the Bab-al-Yemen work with the wall's structure and open virtual windows that allow for a view on landscapes and characteristic moments of the life in France, Yemen and Germany. Sounds and traditional Yemeni music can be experienced in many different locations in the square via loudspeakers, and result in a composition that organically inserts itself in the play of the interior with the exterior.
21.09.2007 - 03.10.2007, 22.00 - 24.00
Sana'a, Bab al-Yemen (Gate to Yemen)
On an invitation of the French and German embassies in Sana'a / Yemen ("The German-French Cultural Project 2007), under the patronage of the Yemeni minister of culture and the mayor of Sana'a.
More informations, images, videos, press, links... on our Blog: