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Ruya Shop: Fernand Léger’s Ballet Mécanique (1924)
This weekend the Ruya Shop is screening Fernand Léger’s avant-garde film Ballet Mécanique (1924). Location: Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad Time: 10am – 2pm Date: Friday 4 May – Saturday 5 May Ballet Mechanique reflects the modernist fascination with industrialisation, and concerns about the mechanisation of everyday life. The film is directed by French Surrealist artist Fernand…