•presented by AIN (Association IN), the Visual Arts Festival Damascus was launched in 2010 with a program comprising exhibitions, screenings, multi-media performances, lectures and talks.
•the aim of the festival is to create a forum for meetings and discussions focused on contemporary visual practice in the Middle East in dialogue with other regions of the world and to facilitate exchange between young artists from Syria and the neighbouring Arab countries.
•the first edition explores different aspects of contemporary life in the city by presenting events in several locations in Damascus.
•it is an invitation to reflect on the collective memory of the city and the relations between art(ists) and the city.
•the Visual Arts Festival is organized by AIN, in cooperation with local and regional cultural institutions and non-profit organizations.
•under the patronage of the Ministry of culture, with the support of the Arab fund for arts and culture, and in cooperation with the French cultural centre, Goethe-institut Damascus, the Finnish institute, the Swiss embassy, the Centre for new art, the Faculty of fine arts and Association Abwab.
•Damascus, 17 October - 2 December 2010