> download the full conference programme (printable PDF)

An exhibition in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, running throughout the three days of the conference, will bring together the highlights of the exhibitions mounted by the local project teams over the past twelve months:

Exhibitions were among the tangible outputs different Mediterranean cities presented as part of the MedVoices project. Emphasis in these exhibitions was placed on creating interactive, educational stalls to facilitate a more active audience role.

"Voices and Echoes: Reminiscences of the Mediterranean in the Atlantic"
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria used their exhibition to introduce the Med-Voices Database and the different partners associated with the project. Mediterranean sensescapes and music forefronted this interactive exhibition emphasizing 'glocalisation', shared time, space and historical memory.

Shared Spaces in Times of Crisis:
Memories of Alexandria, Ancona, Beirut and Bethlehem
A 'roving' exhibition moved around the cities of Alexandria, Ancona, Bethlehem and Beirut. The four cities shared common experiences of crisis to explore themes of nostalgia, boundaries and shared spaces, cultural pluralism and cosmopolitanism, creation of new borders, perceptions of security, identity, perceptions of others, ethnicity and citizenship.

Bethlehem Exhibition
Bethlehem created an interactive, educational exhibition documenting the life of the Fawaghreh neighbourhood, one of Bethlehem's main quarters. The youth of the quarter researched the history of their quarter and old houses, took pictures, made drawings and carried out interviews with the older generation.

Voices of Family Displacement from the Adriatic Sea
Ancona held an exhibition at Mole Vanvitelliana, one of the most renowned exhibition halls in Italy. The exhibition included a display of original pictures on historical memories of Ancona's inhabitants, in particular, memories of the Second World War.

Mediterranean Voices of Belsunce
An exhibition at Belsunce explored the neighbourhood's cosmopolitan nature in light of its mixed immigrant community. Identity tensions and the dynamics of inclusion/exclusion were questioned provocatively.

> view the exhibition brochure "The Colour of Belsunce" (PDF, english)
> view the exhibition flyer "Couleur" (PDF, french)

Fragments From the Past
London created a multi-media exhibition capturing the practices and pleasures of going to the cinema amongst London's Turkish speaking communities. Through interviews, photographs, video shots and film archives, the exhibition reconstructs the role of the cinema as a cultural institution, both in framing memories of home and adapting to life in London.