Thursday 16 June, 18:00 to 19:30
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.
Wednesday 8 June, 18:00 to 19:00 and 19:00 to 20:00
Roshmia tells the story of Yousef Hassan, who seeks refuge in a shack with his wife Amma in the Roshmia valley in 1956 after being displaced from his neighborhood of Wadi al-Salib in downtown Haifa.
Thursday 2 June, 19:00 to 20:30
In this talk, artist Thomas Hirschhorn speaks about the Gramsci Monument, the fourth and final in his series of “monuments” dedicated to major writers and thinkers, a project he initiated in 1999.
Wednesday 1 June, 19:00 to 20:30
Join us for a talk by Uzma Z. Rizvi, in conjunction with the exhibition A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects.
Join us for a screening of recent films by Ali Cherri, in conjunction with the exhibition A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects.
Curator Mayssa Fattouh (TandemWorks) presents her ongoing public art commissions in Nahr Beirut and Karantina park, raising questions on the function, perception, and potential of public art interventions in a city like Beirut.
Thursday 5 May, 19:00 to 20:30
A Hitherto Unrecognized Apocalyptic Photographer: The Universe is the first in a series of talks organized by Jalal Toufic, Director of ALBA’s School of Visual Arts, in partnership with ALBA-University of Balamand.
Wednesday 4 May, 19:00 to 20:30
The history of the town of Jaffa provides the background for Kamal Aljafari’s film, centering on his mother’s family at risk of eviction if they can’t find proof that the house they have lived in for decades belongs to them.
The films in this screening investigate the materiality of digital media and networks, from digitally generated images to high-speed network cables, making visible the power structures and mechanisms that shape our increasingly mediated world.
Thursday 21 April, 19:00 to 20:30
In this talk, artist Not Vital will present his sculptural practice, which ranges from the abstract to the figurative, and which often portrays ambiguous narratives that are connected with dreams and memory.