Public programs

Talk
The Photographic Legacy of the Middle East and North Africa: Priorities for Sustainability
In partnership with MEPPI

Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 May 2017, 9:00 to 17:00

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.

Performance
In collaboration with BIPOD Festival

Wednesday 26 April 2017, 19:00 to 21:00

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.

Talk
“Transferred”: Seth Siegelaub’s Methods from Conceptual Art to Textile
In partnership with ARP–ALBA-University of Balamand

Thursday 20 April 2017, 19:00 to 20:30

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.

Talk
Pan-Arab Artistic Manifestations and the Production of Narratives (1970-1980)
In partnership with ARP–ALBA-University of Balamand

Thursday 13 April 2017, 19:00 to 20:30

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.