1930-1950: Cairo is a vibrant cosmopolitan center for art, cinema, music, cabarets, and political ferment. The Armenian Egyptian photographer Armand (Armenak Arzrouni 1901 Erzurum – 1963 Cairo) captures the artists and politicians frequenting his studio in Downtown, Cairo. 2012: Philippe Arzrouni (the son of Armand who lives in Denmark since the 1960s) returns to Cairo for the first time in 30 years to find out what has happened to his father’s photographs. Memories from the past interfere with the present, and fragments of archival material interweave in the current and become inextricable.

Supported by: The Danish Art Foundation, CKU, B&O, DNP.
Showcase: KunstHal Charlottenborg, contemporary art center (Nyhavn, Denmark), 2015