PhotoCairo5

more out of curiosity than conviction
PhotoCairo 5 is a large-scale contem- artists, this exhibition explores the
porary art project organised by CIC ability of art to trigger affective reand
curated by M ia  Jankowicz that ex- sponses within the viewer.
plores the notion of paradigm shift. Photocairo 5 explores forces at play
PhotoCairo 5 is about ways in which in reshaping reality, such as paranoia,
reality is splintered and shifts of sub- the act of recognition, and altered
jectivity are made. Involving interna- states of consciousness. Bodies, matetional
and local, emerging and estab – rials and knowledges radically
lished   unreconciled to their political, architectural,
institutional surroundings
appear across the show: from the tale
o a hysterical dancing spree near thef
sit of the European Parliament, to ane
impossible monument to the revolution,
and the absurd power dynamics
o a re-enacted citizen’s arrest gonef
wrong.