In this talk, art historian Pelin Tan will present and discuss camps as forms of decay, as border infrastructure, and as commoning practices in the borderlines of today’s war-driven world.
A launch of the publication Elements for a World: STONE, followed by a panel discussion with architect Hadi Choueiri, Fadi Mansour, artist Monira Al Qadiri, artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, and designer Namik Mačkić.
Readings of science fiction and eco-feminist novels in The Reading Room, a project by Marwa Arsanios in collaboration with Samer Frangie, as part of the exhibition Let's Talk About the Weather.
This tour in the Chouf with artist Tony Chakar takes in the ancient and recent history/ies of this region that were instrumental in the formation of modern Lebanon.
A tour of the Beirut River area with architect Adib Dada and several invited speakers, looking at the transformation of the Beirut River from a natural river to its present condition as a toxic site, and its potential rehabilitated future as a public space.
London-based architect Adrian Lahoud talks about his ambitious new installation, The Shape of the Eclipse, installed on the Sursock Museum’s esplanade as part of Let’s Talk About the Weather.
With the support of the SCAC of the French Embassy in Lebanon
Saturday 16 July 2016, 17:30 to 18:30
A talk by artist Emeric Lhuisset on his work at the intersection of art and politics, where he will present recent projects including The Last Water War, showing in the current exhibition Let’s Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis.
