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Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File
2010
Antique marionettes recount the Crusades from Arab sources, making inherited history visibly constructed.
Artist field note
Wael Shawky
History is retold until its authority begins to crack.
Appears inMiddle East & North Africa
The five in one idea
Shawky uses theatrical artifice to show that history is always performed from a position.