Bassam El Baroni

Bassam El Baroni is developing a curatorial practice course, taking place at Hohensalzburg Fortress from 22 July to 3 August, with an emphasis on art theory, philosophy, pedagogy and exhibition making. El Baroni is a curator and art critic based in Alexandria (EG). In 2005 he co-founded the non-profit art space Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF), and was its director from 2006 to 2012. He was co-curator of Manifesta 8, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2010, Region of Murcia (ES) for which he curated (with Jeremy Beaudry, ACAF’s former associate curator) OVERSCORE, an exhibition project in three different venues in the cities of Murcia and Cartagena.