Book Launch ' In The House Of The Muses'

 The Bibliotheca Alexandria has published a book from the exhibition ' In The House Of The Muses' .

The exhibition travelled to the library in Alexandria Egypt in October 2008.

The book has finally arrived and I have 500 copies to distribute here in Australia, exclusively.

 

© Susie Hagon - Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt.

                                             An International Photographic Portrait Exhibition

                                           “ FACES OF THE BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA"

                                                                             and

                                                          “ ANTIPODEANS OF NOTE “

                                            By Photographer Susie Hagon and Artist Darian Zam

                                    An Inspirational Legacy of the Ancient Library Alexandria, Egypt.

The Ancient Library of Alexandria was one of the most ambitious and exciting intellectual ventures in the history of humanity. For the first time in history 2,300 years ago, an attempt was made to collect universal knowledge, codify, organize it and open up cultures to each other.

The modern Library of Alexandria the BA had it’s inaugural opening in 2002 and has become a landmark building of Architecture and Culture in Alexandria, Egypt and the Middle East.

Our project is inspired by this legacy

Photographer Susie Hagon and artist Darian Zam have combined their artistic talents to brilliant effect enabling them to present a visual body of work themed on the cross-cultural exchange of knowledge and creativity.

Lorenzo Montesini, Chairman of the Australian Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Photographer Susie Hagon a committee member of the friends of the BA, travelled to Alexandria, Egypt in April 2007 to take a series of portraits of faces of the of the BA, the result of a fascinating collection of people working in the Library from the Professor’s of Manuscripts, Antiquities, Architecture and Science to the Chief Librarian and Academics from all fields.

We have simultaneously photographed Iconic and Creative Australians in their various fields to mirror the Egyptian side of the project.

The collective quote from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is as follows… “ THE BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA CREATES A PLATFORM FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST BY GIVING FACE TO EACH OTHER ”.

The exhibition opened in Sydney, at the Egyptian Consulate, 2^nd to 23^rd May 2008. Then travelled to Canberra, ACT opening at the Egyptian Embassy, 18^th June to 23^rd July 2008.

“In The Houses of the Muses” Then travelled to Egypt, and was hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 18^th October 2008, launched by Dr Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina And HE Ms Stephanie Shwabsky, Ambassador of Australia to Egypt. The Exhibition is in collaboration with The Australian Friends of the BA to promote understanding and awareness, to the wonderful institution the Bibliotheca Alexandrina represents throughout Egypt, the Middle East and the world.

                                                     An exhibition of Cross Cultural exchange.

Susie and Lorenzo outside the Greek Club on the first day of the BA photo shoot 2007.