#  Giuliana Bruno in conversation with Wael Shawky and Screening of I Am Hymns of the New Temples, 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 15, 2025** 

 06:00PM - 08:30PM EDT 

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 **Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, Lower Level**  

 [32 Quincy Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
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Join multidisciplinary artist Wael Shawky for a screening of his film I *Am Hymns of the New Temples*, a theatrical play that explores the persistence of Greek mythology in cultures around the Mediterranean. Following the film, Shawky will be in conversation with Harvard professor Giuliana Bruno, who recently published a monograph on this work.

Wael Shawky was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and works between Egypt, Philadelphia, and Qatar. His practice focuses on the movement of culture, identity, and feelings of national belonging through narratives of history, literature, mythology, and art. He represented Egypt at the 2024 Venice Biennial.

About the film:

*I am Hymns of the New Temples* انا تراتيل المعابد الجديدة, (2023, Classical Arabic with English subtitles; 55 min.)

The film *I Am Hymns of the New Temples* – انا تراتيل المعابد الجديدة was commissioned by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii as part of the Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters program. The work is the winner of the public notice PAC2020–Piano per l’Arte Contemporanea 2020, promoted by the Italian Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture.

Speakers:

**Wael Shawky**, Artist

**Giuliana Bruno**, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Research Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University

**Mitra Abbaspour**, Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums

Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is encouraged.



 

 



 

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