In partnership with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)
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.
In partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland in Lebanon | With the support of Association Philippe Jabre
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.
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.
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.