Wednesday 27 February, 19:00 to 21:00
This screening is programmed in conjunction with a film workshop and roundtable discussions at the Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), 27-29 February 2019.
To mark the opening of La Fabrique des Illusions, curators François Cheval and Yasmine Chemali will be in conversation with selected participating artists.
Join curator Yasmine Chemali for a tour of La Fabrique des illusions : Collection Fouad Debbas et commentaires contemporains.
Led by one of the Sursock Museum docents, this tour guides you through the Museum’s current collection display, Ten Stories from the Sursock Museum Collection, giving insights into its history and highlighting key works on display.
Wednesday 13 February, 19:00 to 21:00
Join us for a screening of The Invisible Hands, directed by Marina Gioti and Georges Salameh. To mark the occasion, Gioti and Salameh will be in conversation after the screening.
Join us for the Beirut premiere of Spaces of Exception directed by Matt Peterson and Malek Rasamny. To mark the occasion, after the screening of the film the filmmakers will be in conversation, moderated by Sari Hanafi.
The Table of Confidence is a one-on-one game with artist Valérie Cachard. Each participant will have an intimate exchange with Cachard through a card game that draws on themes from Gregory Buchakjian’s exhibition Abandoned Dwellings: Display of Systems.
Join us for a talk by Petra Serhal, based on her current research project, Adagio, supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).
Monday 14 January, 19:00 to 20:30
Join us for a talk by Swiss artist duo Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger, who have been developing immersive art installations for more than twenty years.
Saturday 12 January, 16:00 to 18:00
Join us for the book launch of The Art Salon in the Arab Region: Politics of Taste Making, edited by Nadia von Maltzahn and Monique Bellan from the Orient-Institut Beirut.