The official United States entry in the Eleventh International Cairo Biennale is presented by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the American Embassy, Cairo. The program has been organized by the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles.

This Web site is published on the occasion of the Eleventh International Cairo Biennale, December 20, 2008–February 20, 2009.

United States Commissioner:
Kimberli Meyer, director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles

Artist: Jennifer Steinkamp

Public Programs Panelists: Malik Gaines, Sherin Guirguis, and Chip Tom

Project and Publication Coordinator (Los Angeles): Sara Daleiden

Project Coordinator (Cairo): Nimet Naguib

Animation Screening Curator: Dr. Maureen Furniss

Essayists: Kimberli Meyer and Dr. Nizan Shaked

Editorial Advisor: Dr. Esmail Najmi

Catalogue Design: Gail Swanlund and Geoff Kaplan

Web site Design: Gail Swanlund and Roman Jaster

Translations from English to Arabic: Sarah Enany

Copy Editor (English): Linda Theung

Copy Editor (Arabic): Alaa al-Ban, Sarah Enany, Morvarid Moini-Yekta, Nimet Naguib, and The Translation Department

Installation Construction: Perfect Engineering (Engineer: Magdi Ayyad)

Video Compilation: Shinichi Ono

© 2008 MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, Los Angeles

Photographs and reproductions of Steinkamp works are © Jennifer Steinkamp and galleries ACME., Los Angeles; greengrassi, London; and Lehmann Maupin, New York

Commissioner’s Acknowledgments >

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