Public programs

To mark the completion of the last series of workshops, The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI) is organizing a symposium to consider the future direction and sustainability of photographic preservation in the Middle East and North Africa.

FABRIK participating artist Tobias Zielony will speak about his exhibited series The Citizen (2015), a collaboration with refugee activists in Germany, African writers, newspapers, and magazines.

Durational Rope is a performative exploration, in which the artist duo QUARTO use a kilometer-long rope to challenge the limits and capabilities of the human body.

In this participatory workshop, children will adventure through a make-believe environment to make it through hidden traps and pass eccentric guards.

A series of talks with figures from the contemporary dance field, programmed by Moultaqa Leymoun in the framework of the BIPOD Festival.

Sara Martinetti gives a talk on Seth Siegelaub (1941-2013), who is best known for his decisive role in the emergence and establishment of conceptual art in the late 1960s.

With the American University of Beirut student protests of 1974 as a starting point, this documentary focuses on the core issues of revolution and democracy.

Who today is familiar with the Damascus Festival, or the Biennials of Baghdad, Rabat, or Tripoli? Alia Nakhli gives a talk on Arab art festivals and biennials in the 1970s.

Artists and filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige present their most recent film ISMYRNA (2016), a conversation with artist and poet Etel Adnan. The screening will coincide with the launch of their most recent publication Two Suns in a Sunset.  

The Sursock Museum is taking part in La Nuit des Musées, a city-wide event where museums open their doors late into the night. The Museum will be open until midnight.