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Lebanese Touring Program Chronicles of a Paradise Lost: Filming Absence (Lebanese Cinema 1965-2010)
October 31, 2012
This tour follows two critically acclaimed programs curated by ArteEast; The Calm After The Storm: Making Sense of Lebanon's Civil War in association with Film Society of Lincoln Center, and
the French Institute's (Alliance Française) World Nomads: Lebanon program.
Lebanese cinema is relatively young in comparison with that of neighboring Egypt or Syria. Lebanon’s fifteen-year history of civil war, which ravaged the country through 1991, stifled efforts to develop infrastructure for a viable film industry. However, the trauma of war also gave rise to a radical engagement with film: documentary and nonfiction genres proliferated and filmmakers were inspired to forge a subjective voice through a daring auteur cinema despite a dearth of resources, winning Lebanese cinema great international acclaim. It is a cinema with a distinctive identity: visually rich and complex, with narratives that defy conventions of plot and drama and blur the traditional boundaries between fiction and nonfiction.
Program Fee: 20% of the total screening fees for the films booked at your venue
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From Sand to Concrete: The Transformation of an Egyptian Soldier A Multimedia Presentation by Menna Khalil
February 18, 2012
January 25th of 2011 marked a new arena of possible encounters in Egypt between citizens and the regime, protestors and the police/military, and people and public space. Set against the backdrop of enduring violence, the Egyptian soldier has evolved, both physically through increasing interactions with the public, and perceptively through an engrained characterization in collective imagination. Menna Khalil documents this process of transformation, and the conflation of historical attributions to the army with the people’s present encounters, through the layering of medium.
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Culture, Capital & Residencies in the Middle East January 10, 2012
Gasworks hosts the launch of ArteEast’s Residencies Initiative and the Residencies edition of the online Arte’Zine guest-edited by Aaron Cezar, (Director, Delfina Foundation), with a program hosted by Gasworks. This discussion features critical remarks by Barrak Alzaid (Artistic Director, ArteEast) and Aaron Cezar alongside leading arts professionals from the Middle East, North Africa, Iran and the United Kingdom. The discussion will be moderated by Alessio Antoniolli (Director, Gasworks and Triangle Network).
Featured Public Program Participants:
Barrak Alzaid (ArteEast, USA) - Introduction & Launch of ArteEast Residencies Initiative
Alessio Antonelli (Director, Gasworks/Triangle) Moderator
Aaron Cezar (Delfina Foundation, UK) - Discussant & Introduction of ArteZine Issue & Resource
Rijin Sahakian (Sada, Iraq)
Sohrab Kashani (Sazmanab Projects, Iran)
Samar Martha (co-founder and Director, ArtSchool Palestine)
Bassam el Baroni (Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum, Egypt)
Omar Berrada (Dar al Ma'mun, Morocco)
Khaled Hourani (International Art Academy of Palestine, West Bank)
Zeynep Oz (SPOT, Turkey),
Bayan Al Barak Kanoo (Al Riwaq Art Space)
Zineb Sedira (/A.R.I.A/ (Artist Residency In Algiers)
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Bouchra Khalili: Mapping Journeys, Tracing Narratives January 7, 2012
Saturday, January 7 at 7:30pm, $9 suggested donation.
This screening presents selections from Mapping Journey and Straight Stories. In these short films, Khalili molds the narratives of individual journeys to portray the startling terrain of routes and passage, of stories that are rarely shown.
In these works the clandestine nature of the journeys are a given as individuals narrate and configure the relationship of their journey to the places they inhabit and subsequently navigate.
The discussion will address the techniques Khalili uses to convey the porous boundaries of the filmic medium. In what ways do aesthetics transform and reconfigure according to medium (including film, visual art and installation)? To what extent can personal narratives be stretched and adapted to these various forms?
This program is a part of ArteEast's 2012 series "Making the Real: Practices of Documentation."
ArteEast is proud to present this event at Union Docs.
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Residencies Talk Series Economies of Residencies
December 8, 2011
Economies of Residencies will address the funding infrastructure for residencies and the arts in the Middle East and around the world. How can the expectations of artists be balanced with those of funders? As more and more residencies are established in non-Western countries and as artists from those countries increasingly participate in residencies, how can funding priorities adjust to this new vanguard? How can we critique the funding structures of residencies and their relationship to how national identities are constructed? What is the economic impact on the communities where residencies take place? Speakers include Claudia Cannizzaro, Director, Art Omi International Artists Residency, New York; Eriola Pira, Program Director, Young Visual Artists Awards at the Foundation for a Civil Society, New York; and Stefanos Tsivopoulos, artist, New York/Amsterdam.
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Before the Spring: Alternative Arab Cinema from 2005 through Today December 1 - 4, 2011
In our first collaboration, the Arab American National Museum and ArteEast are proud to present this year’s edition of the museum’s annual Arab Film Festival, which will be held in Michigan from December 1st to December 4th, 2011.
This year, the festival is presenting works of several filmmakers across Arab countries who have been actively and innovatively depicting, questioning and challenging the status quo over the last 6 years, in addition to a tribute to the Syrian filmmaker Omar Amiralay.
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LatinArab International Film Festival December 1 - 7, 2011
ArteEast and Cine Fértil are proud to present the first edition of LatinArab International Film Festival, which will be held in Buenos Aires from December 1st to December 7th, 2011.
LatinArab International Film Festival (LAIFF) will screen around forty films -20 fiction features, 6 fiction short films and 15 documentaries- of the best contemporary Arab filmography. LAIFF will count with the presence of renowned filmmakers, programmers and producers of the international scene and the organization of workshops and master classes addressed by acknowledged professionals of the industry, who will offer round tables and master classes.
For more details about the program: click here
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The Live Art Almanac - Vol. 3 Call for Submissions
November 30, 2011 - January 31, 2012
ArteEast is pleased to collaborate with the Live Art Development Agency and partner organizations on the The Live Art Almanac Vol. 3.
The Live Art Almanac Volume 3 is a not-for-profit publication, produced and published by the Live Art Development Agency (London, UK) in partnership with Live Art UK, Performance Space 122 (New York, USA), Performance Space (Sydney, Australia), La Pocha Nostra (San Francisco, USA), and Maska (Ljubljana, Slovenia).
The Live Art Almanac Volume 3 will draw together all kinds of writing about and around Live Art, and aims to be both a useful resource and a great read for artists, writers, students and others interested in the field of interdisciplinary, performance-based art.
The first Live Art Almanac was published in the UK by the Agency in partnership with Live Art UK in 2008. Live Art Almanac Volume 2 (2011) was an international partnership between the Agency, Live Art UK, Performance Space 122, and Performance Space - organisations committed to the development of Live Art and contemporary performance in the UK, USA and Australia.
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The Anti-Artist Talk Series at Performa Institute Youmna Chlala
November 15, 2011
In X cannot exist without Y, the tensions between body/space, performer/audience and private/public are dispersed in order to uncover the role of space in knowledge production. During this time of political and geographic shifts, body, language, memory and object are instrumental in the production knowledge. When we "make history", we carve out space. The audience and the artist will participate in a series of disruptive acts and sets of instructions. The product of these interactions will then be projected as way to propel us into the future.
Part of "The Anti-Artist Talk Series" Presented by ArteEast at the Performa Institute. In this series of talks artists explore a theme tangential to their own work in an attempt to dismantle the predominance and formulaic structure of the conventional artist talk. Curated by Barrak Alzaid, Artistic Director ArteEast
Tickets: FREE, Limited Seating. Register Today.
The Anti-Artist Talk Series – November 15
1:00 p.m. Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid Al Gharaballi, Going Over
2:00 p.m. Abbas Akhavan, Phantom Head
3:00 p.m. Youmna Chlala, X Cannot Exist Without Y
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The Anti-Artist Talk Series at Performa Institute Fatima Al Qadiri & Khalid Al Gharaballi
November 15, 2011
Going Over is an illustrated meditation on the global marketing of masculinity through hair, hair products and signature hairstyles, focusing on the microcosm of Kuwait and the 'exiting of trends' by Kuwati youth, in contrast with the hair conservatism of an older generation.In this presentation, Al Qadiri and Al Gharaballi explore historic comparisons, hair regulation reports from Iran and a case study conducted in Kuwait; the discussion will expose the delicate relationship between hair and culture and, more specifically, between barber and client. Commissioned by DIS magazine and Bidoun Projects.
Part of "The Anti-Artist Talk Series" Presented by ArteEast at the Performa Institute. In this series of talks artists explore a theme tangential to their own work in an attempt to dismantle the predominance and formulaic structure of the conventional artist talk. Curated by Barrak Alzaid, Artistic Director ArteEast
The Anti-Artist Talk Series – November 15
1:00 p.m. Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid Al Gharaballi, Going Over
2:00 p.m. Abbas Akhavan, Phantom Head
3:00 p.m. Youmna Chlala, X Cannot Exist Without Y
Tickets: FREE, Limited Seating. Register Today.
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The Anti-Artist Talk Series at Performa Institute Abbas Akhavan
November 15, 2011
Attempts at representing the "mad" have ranged from historical models of physiognomy to abstraction and back again to the physical. But despite what the cause may be, from humors to black biles and other stones, race and sexuality have more often than not played a significant role in the creation of the mad, other, fool, artist, fallen, melancholic, idiot, dummy, dumb-ass, shit pisser, possessed, wild man, beast, and so on – "Phantom head" is video performance that uses madness as an artistic strategy to talk about the collapsed space between the rectum and the head, the enemy with the parent, the mad and the genius... and so on.
Part of "The Anti-Artist Talk Series" Presented by ArteEast at the Performa Institute. In this series of talks artists explore a theme tangential to their own work in an attempt to dismantle the predominance and formulaic structure of the conventional artist talk. Curated by Barrak Alzaid, Artistic Director ArteEast
Phantom Head was created in part at The Watermill Center – a laboratory for performance as part of the inaugural ArteEast / Watermill Center Residency Partnership, Fall 2011.
Tickets: FREE, Limited Seating. Register Today.
The Anti-Artist Talk Series – November 15
1:00 p.m. Fatima Al Qadiri and Khalid Al Gharaballi, Going Over
2:00 p.m. Abbas Akhavan, Phantom Head
3:00 p.m. Youmna Chlala, X Cannot Exist Without Y
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Abbas Akhavan – Phantom Head Open Workshop Watermill / ArteEast residency Partnership
November 12, 2011
Attempts at representing the "mad" have ranged from historical models of physiognomy to abstraction and back again to the physical. But despite what the cause may be, from humors to black biles and other stones, race and sexuality have more often than not played a significant role in the creation of the mad, other, fool, artist, fallen, melancholic, idiot, dummy, dumb-ass, possessed, wild man, beast, and so on – Phantom Head is a video performance that uses madness as an artistic strategy to talk about the collapsed space between the rectum and the head, the enemy with the parent, the mad and the genius, the origins of sacrifice... and so on.
This residency is part of the Watermill / ArteEast residency Partnership.
Abbas is also featured in the upcoming Anti-Artist Talk Series presented by ArteEast at Performa 11. Click HERE for more information.
Click HERE to read more about this event and to make a reservation. (Reservation Required)
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Residencies Talk Series Residency as Refuge?
November 1, 2011
Residency as Refuge? will interrogate the ways in which residencies can serve as a haven for artists working in fraught socio-political climates, or whose work subjects them to adverse risk or censorship in their home countries. The role of residencies as key facilitators of mobility and cultural exchange for artists working in such situations will also be discussed. Speakers include Wafaa Bilal, artist, New York; Sandra Skurvida, independent curator, New York Sohrab Kashani, Founder and Director of Sazmanab Project & Residency, Tehran.; and Todd Lester, Founder, Freedimensional, New York. Moderated by Barrak Alzaid, Artistic Director, ArteEast.
Image © Sazmanab Project & Residency
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Launch Event: Genre-Specific Xperience album by Fatima Al Qadiri
October 21, 2011
Rhizome and the New Museum present the release of Genre-Specific Xperience, an EP by New York based artist and musician Fatima Al Qadiri out on UNO NYC October 25th, 2011.

Al Qadiri collaborated with six artists to create original music videos—these are Kamau Patton, Tabor Robak, Leilah Weinraub, Sophia Al-Maria, Ryan Trecartin and Rhett LaRue. On October 21st, the videos will be premiered, and Al Qadiri will discuss the process and ideas around GSX with Patton. GSX showcases five new pieces of music that each re-interpret different sub-genres of dance music: juke, hip hop, dubstep, electro-tropicalia, and ‘90s Gregorian trance.
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Residencies Talk Series Alternative Residencies
October 18, 2011
This first talk in our Residencies Series will look at new organizational models for residencies. We ask how residencies are being transformed alongside artistic development to meet the needs of artists and curators in an increasingly itinerant field. Residencies as catalysts for research, production, commissioning and social engagement/intervention within a critical framework will be addressed. How are programs for disciplines newer to residencies including film and curating being developed as well as informal strategies and residencies for art institutions?
Speakers include Mirene Arsanios, co-founder of 98weeks and ISCP resident, Lebanon; Omar Berrada, Dar Al-Mamun, Morocco; Ceren Erdem, independent curator, New York/Istanbul; Nora Razian, Batroun Projects, Beirut. Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Batroun Projects, Beirut. Moderated by Kari Conte, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, ISCP.
Image Credit © Batroun Projects
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