Hyperopia, Exhibition by Mena El Shazly

Hyperopia is inspired by the Crystalist artist movement in Sudan, whose 1976 manifesto states, “The crystal is nothing but the denial of the objectification of objects. It is infinite transparency.” Adopting the movement’s intent to undo contradictions between semblance and essence, the project examines the value of image decay. Utilizing matrix-based media, namely the pixel screen, patterns are exposed and recycled. The microscopic and macroscopic nature of things is shown through repetitive and indulgent scrolling, zooming, clicking, and swiping, revealing fractions of cyclical patterns and infinite extensions. The work consists of a gallery installation and an expanded cinema.

Opening at Medrar, Thursday, 2nd of April, 2026, at 7 PM, and runs until 20th of April, 2026, daily from 4 to 9 PM, except Fridays and Saturdays.

Address: Medrar, 10 Gamal El-Din Abou El-Mahasen Street, 8th Floor, Garden City, Cairo.

Opening at Wekalet Behna, Thursday, 24th of April, 2026, and runs until 15th of May, 2026.

Address: Wekalet Behna, 1 Al Kanesa Al Maronya, Al Mansheya, Alexandria.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSION – ِESSENCE AND SUBSTANCE: INFINITE CRYSTAL

Video production workshop

“The universe is at once finite and infinite”—The Crystalist Manifesto (Khartoum, 1976)

Join us to learn more about the Crystalist Group, a pioneering Sudanese conceptual art movement who proposed completely new directions for art in Sudan in the 1970s. Participants of the workshop will dive into the group’s artistic and historical context, and produce a moving image work using “the language of the crystal”.

Deadline for application submission: 27th of March 2026

Workshop dates: 3rd of April to 15th of April 2026 in Cairo or 3rd to 15th of May 2026 in Alexandria

The workshop will take place across three sessions presented during the exhibition Hyperopia.

To apply, please fill in THIS FORM and submit it before March 25, 2026. Only selected applicants will be notified.

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Join us for “Film Screening: Untitled by Jayce Salloum”, on Wednesday, April 8th at 7 PM at Medrar.

Running parallel with the exhibition is a screening of two parts from the ongoing “untitled” series by artist and filmmaker Jayce Salloum: “untitled part 1: everything and nothing” and “untitled part 3b: (as if) beauty never ends..”. The screening will be held at Medrar for Contemporary Art on April 8th, 2026, at and will be followed by a conversation with Jayce Salloum.

About Gayes Salloum:

As if an itinerant geographer of contested territories, Salloum observes the world and creates/collects images/texts to make meaning from. His practice is based in a network of relation being and building. A grandson of Syrian immigrants, raised on Sylix land,

now on the territories of the xwməθkwey̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səíl̓ wətaʔł. Recognizing and acting on this is an everyday practice, but let’s face it, he could do a lot more.