AKRAM ZAATARI—KHALED RAMADAN—LOUMA SALAMÉ—MANSOUR EL-HABRE—MARC CASAL LIOTIER—MIREILLE EID ASTORE—ZIAD ANTAR—RIMA SAAB—SHAWKI YOUSSEF
Vue de Beyrouth
Curators—Ricardo Mbarak and Wadih Safieddine
Ricardo Mbarak, new media and video artist, teaches at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Beirut). He is advisor and coordinator of the International Festival of Creative Film and Video, an annual festival presented in April in Beirut (Lebanon), which brings together selections from multiple film, video and new media events around the world.
Wadih Safieddine is producer and co-organizer of the Lebanese Film Festival. Organized by ..né.à Beyrouth, the Festival is an annual film event (sixth edition in 2006), whose aim is to promote the diffusion of Lebanese cinema in Lebanon and to encourage Lebanese film production.
Located in the heart of Beirut, Espace SD is a place dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary art. In addition to its exhibition program, the gallery offers artists the opportunity to occupy its Laboratory, a space reserved for exploration and installation. Each week, its Ciné-club offers a selection of films and videos.
On July 5, 2006, as part of the Beyrouth-Montréal, Vue double project, Espace SD in Beirut presented an evening of videotapes by Quebec artists1. A week later, war broke out. For a little over a month, all eyes turn to Lebanon. The country is devastated. -Until recently, we didn't know if we would be able to release this series of videotapes of Lebanese artists on our calendar. Under the circumstances, strangely enough, it suddenly took on very little and a lot of importance. Therefore, Galerie B-312 is very pleased to present this series of videos in the small room. -Through this programme, curators Ricardo Mbarak and Wadih Safieddine have focused on works that address the question of identity. "The selection shows several positions of artists who privilege in their works criteria related to their environment. This is the Lebanese society of today, where religion, politics, war and the post-war period continue to affect the issue of identity and belonging to Lebanon.” -Tapes with a total duration of 76 minutes are streamed throughout the exhibition.
1.The program for this evening was conceived by Marthe Carrier, Frédéric Lavoie and Jacko Restikian. You can get more information about this event on the gallery's website.
Ricardo Mbarak, new media and video artist, teaches at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (Beirut). He is advisor and coordinator of the International Festival of Creative Film and Video, an annual festival presented in April in Beirut (Lebanon), which brings together selections from multiple film, video and new media events around the world.
Wadih Safieddine is producer and co-organizer of the Lebanese Film Festival. Organized by ..né.à Beyrouth, the Festival is an annual film event (sixth edition in 2006), whose aim is to promote the diffusion of Lebanese cinema in Lebanon and to encourage Lebanese film production.
Located in the heart of Beirut, Espace SD is a place dedicated to the dissemination of contemporary art. In addition to its exhibition program, the gallery offers artists the opportunity to occupy its Laboratory, a space reserved for exploration and installation. Each week, its Ciné-club offers a selection of films and videos.