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"Untitled (ACT I: The Departure)" by Christodoulos Panayiotou is featured in the exhibit.
(Photo courtesy PMA)

Live Cinema/In the Round: Contemporary Art from the East Mediterranean is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art through February 6th.

Six artists from the East Mediterranean join together in an exhibit exploring how cinema informs representations of reality through installation, video, and live performance. The installation offers a multi-room presentation extending through numerous galleries and period rooms of the museum, making for a unique and interactive experience.

Organized by Istanbul-based guest curator November Paynter, the works in Live Cinema/In the Round make use of both film footage and theater backdrops.

To name a few, Hassan Khan’s “G.R.A.H.A.M.” (2008) presents an intriguing 14-minute film portrait in a continuously-shot real-time video of an individual asked to remain completely silent (even while being interrogated off-camera by the artist). Inci Eviner, meanwhile, installed three LCD videos of various durations in three separate historical galleries of the museum, where traditional decorative patterns are animated by (live) moving female protagonists.

In all, Live Cinema/In the Round offers visitors an intimate museum experience, in which the audience surrounds the stage, the actors are offered a space for a truly realistic performance, and the works engage in dialogue with pieces of the museum’s permanent collection. This is an exhibition you won’t want to miss.

Live Cinema/In the Round at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
When: Now through February 6th
Where: 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Cost: Free with museum admission [Adults $16, Seniors (65+) $14, Students $12, Children (13-18) $12, Children (12 and under) Free]
More info: www.philamuseum.org