1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October In the Last Days of the City Q&A A Q&A with the film’s director TAMER EL SAID and the film’s star KHALID ABDALLA led by DR. OMAR KHOLEIF. Tamer El Said’s ambitious debut feature tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo played by Khalid Abdalla (The Kite Runner, United 93, Green Zone, The Square) as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his own life. Shot in Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin during the two years before the outbreak of revolution in Egypt, the film’s multi-layered stories are a visually rich exploration of friendship, loneliness and life in cities shaped by the shadows of war and adversity. AWARDS Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale Critics Award for Best Arab Film in 2016, Arab Cinema Center Grand Prix of New Horizons International Film Festival Grand Prix of Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes Best Film, San Francisco Arab Film Festival, USA, 2016 Best Director at Buenos Aires International Film festival (BAFICI) www.1-54.com

1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Walk Towards the Future (French) This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a by-product of a hollowed vacuum that requires re-imagining, regenerating? How do these engines fuel a vision for a collective future? How do we sustain them and enliven them with the potential tools required to sustain their existence? DR. OMAR KHOLEIF leads a conversation with artists MICHAEL ARMITAGE, BILL KOUÉLANY and OTOBONG NKANGA. In partnership with Phaidon to celebrate the publication of 'African Artists.' Available for purchase on phaidon.com. Save 20% using PHAIDON20. www.1-54.com

1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Walk Towards the Future This open-ended conversation explores the concept of artist as philanthropist; the artist as the maker and progenitor of institutions, and the diverse ways that they approach this aspect of their practice. Is institutionalism a form of artistic practice? Or rather, is it a by-product of a hollowed vacuum that requires re-imagining, regenerating? How do these engines fuel a vision for a collective future? How do we sustain them and enliven them with the potential tools required to sustain their existence? DR. OMAR KHOLEIF leads a conversation with artists MICHAEL ARMITAGE, BILL KOUÉLANY and OTOBONG NKANGA. In partnership with Phaidon to celebrate the publication of 'African Artists.' Available for purchase on phaidon.com. Save 20% using PHAIDON20. www.1-54.com

1-54 Forum London 2021 14 - 17 October The Poetry Salon: On Fragile Ground In this curated poetry salon, five artists-writers present a collective dreamscape. Newly commissioned pieces of lyric, poem and song exploring themes of environmental justice will converge in myriad life-like forms—the drift resuscitated. Join ANAÏS DUPLAN, LUBAINA HIMID CBE RA, ISAIAH A. HINES, DR. OMAR KHOLEIF and OTOBONG NKANGA. www.1-54.com

1-54 Forum London 14 - 17 October 2021 A History of Echoes Amidst this symphony of voices: curators, artists and creative collaborators discuss the exhibitions fashioned from the imagination of the late Nigerian curator, Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019). By exploring the sediments of the past, the collective voices herein sketch out a path for listeners to imagine an alternative possible future—one that is inclusive of the dissonant voices and identities, which make up our shared world. HOOR AL QASIMI (President and Director, Sharjah Art Foundation and President, The Africa Institute, Sharjah) leads a conversation with JO-ANNE BIRNIE-DANZKER (former Director, Villa Stuck; Vancouver Art Gallery; Frye Art Museum and Biennale of Sydney), GODFRIED DONKOR (Artist, Gallery 1957) and JOANA HADJITHOMAS and KHALIL JOREIGE (Artists). www.1-54.com