AWARENESS THEATER & FILM
PUPPEET THEATER TRAINING
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Recycling Puppetry for Eco-Awareness
2019
Two weeks workshops, university students of Waste Management went through intensive training in know-how to make puppets: from recycled materials and explore different sizes of performing: for small scale within a classroom, in the streets.
Qutoof / Jordan
Participants created their own puppets and shows that toured in Jordan.
Touring theater
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Happening in this day
2011/2012
In one-hour shadow theater and a tabletop puppet musical performance, the audience attends a satire that tackles social problems: the complicated aspects of immigration with a biting humor that cuts through the preconceived notions, norms and prejudices the audience has.
Project manager: Husam Abed | Project Coordinator: Junifaa Za'taraa | Script, vision & Director: Husam Abed | Actors, puppeteers: Ahmad Srour, Tarek Sayes, Mohamad Saadi, Husam Abed | Puppets' designers: Brigitte Doerner, Dark Smile Studio – Prague – Czech, Mayada Qashou | Music composers: Tareq Jundi, Husam Abed, Ahmad Barakat | Vocal: Husam Abed , Ahmad Barakat, Mohamad Abdalla, Mohannad Atallah | Musicians: Ma'an Assayed, Nasser Salameh, Ahmad Barakat , Jacob Abu Ghosh, Tareq Jundi, Alaa Takroore, Odai Shawagfah, Tareq Abu Kwaik | Graphic designer: Kamel Abu Yahia| Technical Manager: Nabil Marrar | Light design: Huda Qaoud | Filming : Asmaa Abu Sa'adah | Media Coverage: Radio AlBalad, Roya TV, Al-Arab Al-Yawm Newspaper, Kharabeesh | 2011/2012
The songs were recorded at Jacob Abu Ghosh studio
With the support of Netherlands Embassy and Kvinfo, ActionAid Denmark
54 shows and over 5000 audiences attended our shows in refugee camps, villages, towns in all Jordan.
In his work, Husam Abed deliberately takes advantage of the generation gap to create something positive.
Gitte Young, KVINFO.org, 2012
Through this spring, the theatre had performed almost everywhere in town, including five performances at the Royal Cultural Center in February.
John Lillywhite, Puppet Resistance, Jo magazine, June 2012,
Home demolition
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Last Party at Baqa'a Camp
2019
Director: Husam Abed, Choreographer: Ryuji Yamaguchi , Art consultant: Reka Deak
Site-specific experimental physical theatre object theatre and working with materials. Devised with refugees from Sudan, Syria, Palestine, local and Indian participants around Liminality of Home demolition and first shock theme.
CC by Ahmad AlGhouri @ Baqa’a camp, Jordan 2019.
Object Theater & Dance performance / Baqa'a camp for Palestinian refugees
ANIMATION SHORT FILM
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BANBAN
2019
Banban
The film sheds light on the struggle of alienation, daily harassment and rejection that some Sudanese face due to racial discrimination. At Amman’s 7Hills Skatepark, a Sudanese refugee community has built a safe environment filled with genuine relationships that are blossoming regardless of all differences.
Szilard Gergely, Husam Abed, Elia Morretti, Reka Deak | Animation | 2019 | 5 min.
Supported by Canadian Embassy & Sawiyan / Jordan
SHORT FILM
My friend the War Maker
2022
The film is inspired by the biography of Palestinian visual artist Karim Shaheen. Based on an original object theatre play written by Astrid Mendez, Husam Abed and Marek Turosik
MY FRIEND THE WAR MAKER is an exquisite experimental film that draws its inspiration from the life of the artist Karim Shaheen, masterfully adapting the captivating acclaimed object theater play War Maker into a breathtaking visual experience. Unlike traditional documentation of theater performances, this cinematic masterpiece transcends mere replication, instead delivering a dreamlike world through its stunning scenography and mesmerizing manipulation of objects. The resultant visual poetry is the defining feature of both the film and the original play, offering a truly unique and unforgettable avant-garde experience. "My Friend The War Maker" is a must-see for those with an appreciation for the finest artistic expression, immersing viewers in a sublime realm of pure imagination and transcendent beauty.
Director: Katarina Cakova
Producer & Puppeteer: Husam Abed
Scenography: Katarina Cakova, Astrid Mendez
Cinematography & Editing: Katarina Cakova
Music: Cyril Kaplan, Husam Abed
Sound mixing: Cyril Kaplan, Gaex
Stem mastering: Gaex
Special thanks to: Atelier Libusin, Frances Sander, Dmitri Berzon, Reka Deak, Matilda Madaj-Solberg, Anton Birkenmayer
With the support of A.M. Qattan Foundation
01/12
Dafa Theater
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