Public programs

A summer school organzied by Pelin Tan with invited speakers, looking at practices and discourses of critical urban ecology in and around Beirut.

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.

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.

Join exhibition curators Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and Nora Razian for a tour of Let’s Talk About the Weather in the presence of participating artists.

Join us for an artist talk by Ursula Biemann, followed by a screening of two video works, Subatlantic (2015) and Deep Weather (2013).

A seminar on citizen environmental monitoring, cartography, and data-gathering strategies.

Join exhibition curators Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez and Nora Razian for a tour of Let’s Talk About the Weather in the presence of participating artists.

Part of a series of talks organized by Jalal Toufic, Director of ALBA’s School of Visual Arts, in partnership with ALBA-University of Balamand.