Home Works 5
A Forum on Cultural Practices
21 April – 1 May 2010
Beirut, Lebanon
Home Works is a multidisciplinary platform that takes place in Beirut, Lebanon approximately every other year. Since its inception in 2002, Home Works has evolved into one of the most vibrant platforms for research and exchange on cultural and artistic practices in the region and beyond. Artists, cultural practitioners, writers, and thinkers gather for ten days in order to share their work which addresses a common set of urgent, timely questions.For a detailed programme, please refer to www.ashkalalwan.org
Themes
IN AND OUT OF EDUCATION…What Can We Teach Nowadays | WHERE IS BEIRUT, RAMALLAH, CAIRO…from the Saadiyat Islands? | SOUND & CITIZENRY | THE ODD YEARS | MILITARISM
Venues
Ashkal Alwan for Contemporary Arts & the Home Works Academy, Jisr El Wati | Beirut Art Center, Jisr El Wati | Théatre, Monnot, Achrafieh | Crypt of St. Joseph Church, Monnot, Achrafieh | Metropolis Empire Sofil, Sofil | Sunflower Theatre, Tayouneh Roundabout | Babel Theatre, Hamra | The Roman Baths, Downtown Beirut | Dome City Center, Downtown Beirut
Panels, Lectures
Ayşe Gül Altınay & Nadje Al-Ali | Abbas Beydoun | T.J. Demos (moderator), Faisal Devji, Amar Kanwar, Hito Steyerl | Reem Fadda (moderator), Clare Davies, Knoll+Cella, Anton Vidokle | Ali Fayyad | Thomas Keenan | Farouk Mardam-Bey | Walid Raad (moderator), Shumon Basar, Mishaal Al Gergawi, Vasıf Kortun, Andrew Ross, Nada Shabout | Walid Sadek (moderator), Okwui Enwezor, Sandi Hilal/ Alessandro Petti | Nizar Saghieh | Raja Shehadeh | Gregory Sholette (moderator), Yazid Anani, Charles Esche, Judi Werthein | Mohammed Soueid | Youssef Tohme | Jalal Toufic | Fadi Toufiq
Artist Talks & Projects
Lawrence Abu Hamdan | Tony Chakar | Kodwo Eshun & Steve Goodman | Hiwa K | pad.ma | Ashkan Sepahvand | Setareh Shahbazi
Performances
Antonia Baehr | Jacopo Carreras, Daniele Camarda, Lana Daher, Raed El Khazen, Jana Saleh | Boris Charmatz & Médéric Collignon | Gaspard Delanoë, Israel Galván & Yalda Younes | Israel Galván | Rima Khcheich & Rabih Mroué | Mısırlı Ahmet | Rabih Mroué & Lina Saneh | The Otolith Group
Exhibitions
Ruanne Abou- Rahme & Basel Abbas | Ayreen Anastas | Marwa Arsanios | Vartan Avakian | Broomberg & Chanarin | Decolonizing Architecture | Cevdet Erek | Shahab Fotouhi | Ghassan Halwani | Amal Issa | Bengü Karaduman | Hassan Khan | Maha Maamoun | Marwan Rechmaoui | Raed Yassin | Ala’ Younis
Screening Program
Eslam Zein El Abedeen & Mohamed Zayan | Harun Farocki | Bahman Kiarostami | Albert Lamorisse | Avi Mograbi | Rania Rafei | Till Roeskens | Shirin Abu Shaqra | Wael Shawky | Boris Charmatz, Dimitri Chamblas & César Vayssi | Koji Wakamatsu | Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Publication Projects
Fadi Abdallah | Rayya Badran
Book Launch
Fadi Toufiq
Please register online.
