(3 Jun 2011)
AP Television
Venice, Italy - June 2, 2011
1. Various of Saudi Arabia pavilion art installation called "The Black Arch" by sisters from Mecca, Shadia and Raja Alem
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin Start, curator, Saudi Arabia pavilion:
"(There is) a very edgy element of political statement coming out of the art of the Middle East, and it is necessary and extremely healthy thing to happen. And it is inevitable and it should happen and we should embrace that, in a way. I think that there are many many questions that are being asked of the Middle East at the moment, and the artists have every right to respond to those questions, in the same way the politicians and the governments do."
3. Close of stainless steel balls, part of "The Black Arch" installation in the Saudi Arabia pavilion
4. Wide of of "The Black Arch" installation in the Saudi Arabia pavilion, with woman viewer in foreground
5. Close of stainless steel balls, pull focus
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Robin Start, curator, Saudi Arabia pavilion:
"The art scene in Saudi Arabia, although it appears to be very nascent, in it's infancy, does have in fact some depth and history, there is a modern history of art in Saudi Arabia. Partly because there has been an art education system in the country for some time, most notably with the art department of the King Saud University in Riyadh."
7. Various of projected images on floor, part of "The Black Arch" installation in the Saudi Arabia pavilion
8. Wide of gondola station on the Grand Canal, visitors walking past with Biennale carrier bags
9. Wide of canal with barge transporting sculpture of two hands
10. Mid of of gondolier on Grand Canal
11. Close of two gondoliers, one in traditional straw hat
12. Various of gondoliers with tourists in narrow side canals
13. Wide of outdoor cafe with Biennale visitors
14. Wide of entrance to Arsenale area of the Biennale
15. Close of sign reading (Italian) The Venice Biennale, 54th International Art Exhibition
16. Various of Biennale visitors
17. Various set ups of Saudi Arabia artists, sisters Raja and Shadia Alem, outside the Arsenale, housing the Saudi Arabia pavilion
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Raja Alem, artist, Saudi Arabia pavilion:
"When we were asked to produce a work for this space - it's ancient, it's big - you have to do something to engage the space with your own artwork. So we chose this material which is us, which is black. Black, which means all of us - you, me - we are all carrying maybe and facing every new moment of our life. So we brought this black and - what is behind? We brought this reflective media, because we want the artwork to disappear, allow the spectator to appear, allow the space, the ancient space, which is an indication of connecting the East with the West."
16. Various of Saudi Arabian installation
17. Various of women in black hijab, Islamic clothing, at the UAE pavilion
18. Set up of Lamees Hamdan
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lamees Hamdan, commissioner, UAE pavilion:
"There is a great, almost renaissance, happening in the art world in some countries. And I feel that finally maybe they can breathe. Maybe in certain countries in the Arab world, the art was somehow, maybe censored or looked at, or the artists did not feel that they had complete freedom to express themselves. So I think that in the next three years we will see a maybe shift in how artists are representing themselves or are expressing themselves."
20. Various of digitally manipulated photos by Lateefa Bint Maktoum
21. Various of sign reading "The Pavilion of Turkey - Plan B, Ayse Erkmen"
24. Various of Turkish installation, Plan B

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