The Night of Ideas: NEAR

28/01/2021
Local: 5:00 pm
Paris: 10:00 pm
Online Mains d'OEuvres, 1 rue Charles Garnier, FR
France
French
https://www.facebook.com/mains.doeuvres

Being "close" has 3 possible meanings: first of all, it means being able to gather in space, physically. It is also to be able to connect through thoughts, art and solidarity even though they are far away from each other. It is finally being in time, close to something. And what if the Lebanese alternative art scenes were the perfect example? How to define an emerging scene, an alternative scene, an independent scene in Beirut? In Lebanon? How and to what extent do these scenes generate solidarity in the wake of the many political disruptions and in reaction to successive crises? How do they place themselves in the artistic avant-garde and as guardians of a necessary democratic space?

● 17h - 19h: Online screening of the film Le Cèdre d'Octobre by Salim Saab, link available for 48 hours upon registration.
● 19h - 20h30: Lebanon's alternative and independent scenes, revealing new solidarities and democratic spaces? Panel discussion with Amanda Abi Khalil, Zeid Hamdan and Marie Joe Ayoub, moderated by Salim Saab
● 21h - 22h: Live concert by Zeid Hamdan & guests

 

THE SPEAKERS

  • Amanda Abi Khalil: Independent curator and international curator, Amanda Abi Khalil founded and directs the Temporary Art Platform (TAP), a curatorial platform focused on contextual and socially engaged contemporary practices.
  • Marie Joe Ayoub : Artist, muralist, and activist, Marie Joe Ayoub mixes in her work plastic research and commitment. In this sense, she works with many Lebanese NGOs, and realizes committed frescoes during pivotal political and social moments in Lebanon.
  • Salim Saab: A true activist of hip hop culture and former rapper, today a radio host, director, author and video maker, Salim Saab has notably directed The October Cedar, a documentary that gives voice to the Lebanese people who took to the streets in October 2019.
  • Zeid Hamdan : Lebanese producer and musician, pioneer of the Lebanese alternative scene, and adept of Do It Yourself, Zeid Hamdan is a committed artist and founder of the Lebanese Underground label.