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Gregory
Buchakjian
Institutional links:
Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (Alba)
http://alba.edu.lb
Saradar
Collection
http://www.saradarcollection.com
Université Paris-Sorbonne,
Centre André Chastel
http://www.centrechastel.paris-sorbonne.fr
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Gregory
Buchakjian is an art historian and
interdisciplinary visual artist.
He lives and works in Beirut,
where he was born in 1971. PhD
graduate at Université Paris IV
Sorbonne, he is director of the
School of Visual Arts at Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA)
where he co-founded, with Pierre
Hage-Boutros and Rana Haddad,
Atelier de Recherche ALBA
(1997-2004), a transdisciplinary
platform that triggered public
interventions in issues such as
memory and space appropriation.
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Gregory Buchakjian est
historien d’art et artiste
visuel transdisciplinaire. Il
vit et travaille à Beyrouth, où
il est né en 1971. Titulaire
d'un doctorat à l'Université
Paris IV Sorbonne, il est
directeur de l'École des Arts
Visuels à l’Académie Libanaise
des Beaux-Arts (Alba), où il
avait cofondé, avec Pierre
Hage-Boutros et Rana Haddad,
l’Atelier de Recherche ALBA
(1997-2004), une plateforme
transdisciplinaire ayant
appréhendé des problématiques
urbaines telles la mémoire et
l’appropriation de l’espace.
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Buchakjian’s
research deals with modern and
contemporary art in Lebanon,
focusing on city and history.
Political and social turmoil,
dereliction and heritage are among
the issues in his PhD
dissertation: ‘Abandoned Dwellings
in Beirut. Wars and Transformation
of the Urban Space. 1860-2015’ and
the subsequent book, Abandoned
Dwellings, A History of Beirut
(Beirut, Kaph Books: 2018, Valerie
Cachard, ed.). The relation
between image and urban narratives
is present in his publications Fouad
Elkoury, Passing Time
(Beirut, Kaph Books: 2017) and Traversées
Photographiques. Le journal du
Docteur Cottard (Beirut,
Arab Image Foundation: 2017) and
his contributions to On
Photography in Lebanon: Essays
and Stories (Beirut, Kaph
Books, 2018). He also published
literary texts such as “Les petits
lits blancs” (Revue Le Courage
n.2, Paris, Grasset: 2017).
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Ses
recherches gravitent autour de
l’art au Liban et dans le monde
arabe. L'instabilité politique, la
ruine et le patrimoine figurent
parmi les problématiques abordées
par sa thèse de doctorat intitulée
: « Habitats abandonnés de
Beyrouth, guerres et mutations de
l'espace urbain, 1860-2015 » ainsi
que la publication qui en a
découlé, Habitats abandonnés,
une histoire de Beyrouth (Beyrouth
: Kaph Books, 2018, Valérie
Cachard, ed.). La relation entre
image et récit est omniprésente
dans ses ouvrages tels Fouad
Elkoury, Passing Time
(Beyrouth : Kaph Books: 2017) et Traversées
Photographiques. Le journal du
Docteur Cottard (Beyrouth :
Fondation Arabe pour l’image,
2017) ainsi que ses contributions
à Sur la photographie au Liban
Récits et essais (Beyrouth :
Kaph Books: 2018). Il est
également auteur de textes
littéraires dont « Les petits lits
blancs » (Revue Le Courage
n.2, Paris, Grasset : 2017). |
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His
visual work emerged with the short
film What, Shoes? and the
photographic series Nighthawks,
both produced in the aftermath of
the 2006 war in Lebanon. From 2009
to 2016, the exploration of
abandoned dwellings and PhD
dissertation generated the
exhibition Abandoned
Dwellings, Display of Systems,
at Sursock Museum, Beirut, 2018,
curated by Karina El Helou. Also
in 2018, his Fragments from
the Ridge Line are
presented in the first pavilion of
Lebanon at the Venice Biennale of
Architecture and his Fragments
from the History of
Civil Aviation in Lebanon
are part of the Works on Paper
accompanying Cycles of
Collapsing Progress
exhibition in Tripoli. |
Son travail visuel a
émergé avec le film court Quoi,
des Chaussures? et la série
de clichés Nighthawks,
tous deux consécutifs à la guerre
de 2006 au Liban. De 2009 à 2016,
son exploration des habitats
abandonnés et la thèse de doctorat
qui en a découlé ont généré un
livre ainsi que l’exposition Abandoned
Dwellings, Display of Systems,
présentée au Musée Sursock,
Beyrouth en 2018 (Commissaire :
Karina El Helou). Toujours en
2018, ses Fragments from the
Ridge Line figurent au
premier pavillon du Liban à la
Biennale d’architecture de Venise
tandis que ses Fragments from
the History of Civil Aviation in
Lebanon font partie des
Works on Paper accompagnant
l’exposition Cycles of
Collapsing Progress à la
Foire Internationale de Tripoli. |
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Member of the advisory
committee of the Saradar
Collection and the publication
committee at Alba, he took part in
many juries including Sursock
Museum Salon d’Automne (2009),
Villa Empain’s Boghossian Prize
(2012), Beirut Art Center’s
Exposure (2013) and Beirut Art
Residency (2017). |
Membre
du comité consultatif de la
Saradar Collection et du comité
éditorial de l’Alba, il a pris
part à de nombreux jurys
académiques et artistiques, dont
le Salon d’Automne du musée
Sursock (2009), le Prix Boghossian
(2012), Exposure (Beirut Art
Center, 2013) et Beirut Art
Residency (2017).
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| 2018 (11) |
[exhibition] Abandoned
Dwellings, Display of Systems.
Curated by Karina el-Helou,
Sursock Museum Beirut, LB
[view website] |
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| 2018 (11) |
[publication]
Abandoned Dwellings,
A History of Beirut. Edited
by Valérie Cachard, published by
Kaph Books [view project] |
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| 2018 (10) |
[talk] "Territoires
Irreprésentables", with Catherine
Cataruzza, Gilbert Hage Houda
Kassatly and Hala Younes. Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA),
Beirut, LB
[view website] |
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| 2018 (09) |
[publication] Cycles of
Collapsing Progress,
Tripoli, LB [view project] |
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| 2018 (09) |
[exhibition] Across
Boundaries. Focus on
Lebanese Photography,
Beirut Art Fair, LB
[view
catalogue entry] |
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| 2018 (09) |
Acting Director of the
School of Visual Arts at Académie
Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) |
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| 2018 (05) |
[exhibition] The Place
that Remains, Pavilion
of Lebanon, La Biennale di
Venezia, 16. Mostra
Internazionale di
Architettura, Arsenale,
Venice, IT
[view project]
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| 2018 (05) |
[talk] "Architecture, an
entire practice", with Rudy
Ricciotti and Bernard Khoury,
Résidence des Pins, Beirut, LB |
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| 2017 (11) |
[publication] Fouad
Elkoury. Passing Time.
Kaph Books, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2017 (11) |
[publication] Abdel-Hamid
Baalbaki, Saleh Barakat
Gallery and Alarm editions,
Beirut, LB [view project]
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| 2017 (10) |
[publication]
The lives and deaths of
inhabitants in abandoned houses,
2017
[view project] |
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| 2017 (10) |
[talk] "2007: The
Pavilion of Lebanon", Venice
Biennale and the Arab World
conference, Ca' Foscari, Venice,
IT [view website] |
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| 2017 (05) |
[publication] "Les
petits lits blancs" in Revue Le
courage nº3: Age d'or / Age
de fer. Éditions Grasset
& Fasquelle, Paris, FR
[view project] |
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| 2017 (03) |
[talk] ARP Talk:
Memories of Stones, conversation
with Said Baalbaki. in partnership
with ARP–ALBA-University of
Balamand, Sursock Museum, Beirut,
LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (11) |
[talk] "Refugee Crisis
in the Levant", panel in Design,
Culture and Societies, ARD 11,
Ateliers de la Recherche en
Design, at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (06) |
[PhD defence] "Abandoned
Dwellings in Beirut. Wars and
Transformation of the Urban Space.
1860-2015", Institut National
d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris, FR [view website] |
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| 2016 (06) |
[publication] Confined
Space by Laura J. Padgett,
text by Gregory Buchakjian.
Published by Galerie Rautenstrauch
and Anke Ehle-Barthel, Frankfurt,
DE [view project] |
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| 2016 (05) |
[talk] Discussion with
Ali Cherri following the
projection of his films The
Disquiet and The Digger, Sursock
Museum, Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2016 (04) |
[talk] Discussion
moderator with Antoine
Moreau, Michel
Lasserre and Paola Yacoub,
International Conference: L’action
d’art (The Action of Art), Sursock
Museum, Beirut, LB [view brochure] |
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| 2016 (01) |
[talk] "Excavating
ghosts from one's artwork", in Art
and Ideology, Seminar at the
Centre André Chastel / Institut
National d'Histoire de l'Art,
Paris, FR [view brochure] |
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| 2015 (11) |
[publication] Wadi Abou Jmil.
Artist Book by Saïd Baalbaki,
text by Gregory Buchakjian,
Berlin, DE [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[publication] Beirut by Night.
A Century of Nightlife
Photography, Middle East Journal
of Culture and Communication,
BRILL, Leiden, NL [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[publication] Last nights at
the Holiday Inn in Litterature,
art and contemporary world:
narratives, history, memory,
Colloquium papers, edited by
Nayla Tamraz, Presses de
l'Université Saint-Joseph,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2015 (10) |
[talk] "Lebanon at
war[s] in Contemporary Artistic
Practices" with Marwan Rechmaoui,
Mounira Solh, Fares Chalabi,
Hachem Adnan, Lamia Abi Azar and
Ghassan Maasri. Colloquium
organized by Ifpo, Mansion,
Beirut, LB [view website] |
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| 2014 (12) |
[seminar] Unintentional
Monuments of the Lebanese War,
Inalco - Institut National des
Langues et Civilisations
Orientales, Paris, FR |
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| 2014 (11) |
[publication] Michelangelo
Pistoletto in Beirut,
Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2014 (09) |
[publication] Michel
Basbous, Beirut
Exhibition Center, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2014 (08) |
[talk] "Modernity out of
the Center", Temporary Art
Platform, Miziara, LB [view website] |
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| 2014 (06) |
[talk] "Art Practices
Beyond the Contextual Narrative in
the Middle East: Forms, Poetic
Images and Other Aesthetics" with
Umer Butt, Pascal Hachem, Basim
Magdy and Amanda Abi Khalil
(moderator), Art Basel, Basel, CH
[view website]
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| 2014 (05) |
[talk] "Last nights at
the Holiday Inn", in Literature,
art and the contemporary world:
narratives, history, memory
colloquium, Université
Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut, LB
[view brochure] |
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| 2014 (04) |
[talk] "Aref Rayess and
the 1960s-1970s Beirut Art Scene",
round table with Catherine David,
Amal Traboulsi and Joseph Tarrab,
Artistic Research Practices (ARP)
at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts (ALBA), Beirut, LB
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| 2014 (03) |
[consultancy] Michel
Basbous: A Modernist Project
for Lebanon, collaboration
with Agial Art Gallery, Art Dubai
Modern 2014, Madinat Jumeirah,
Dubai, AE |
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| 2014 (03) |
[consultancy] Huguette
Caland: Bringing Life into
Shapes, collaboration with
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Art Dubai
Modern 2014, Madinat Jumeirah,
Dubai, AE [view brochure]
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| 2014 (01) |
[talk] "The Artist in
the Arab World: Between Political
Crisis and Petrodollars", in The
artist's identity in
European and International History,
Seminar at the Centre André
Chastel / Institut National
d'Histoire de l'Art, Paris, FR [view website]
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| 2013 (12) |
[installation] Abandoned
Dwellings from Beirut to Namibia,
produced by Valerie Cachard,
Kolmanskop, NA [view
project] |
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| 2013 (11) |
[consultancy] Member of
the jury of Exposure 2013
exhibition dedicated to emerging
artists in and from Lebanon,
Beirut Art Center, Beirut, LB [ view website]
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2013 (09)
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[consultancy] Pascal
Hachem, You Always Want What the
Other Has (Edition 2013),
Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome, IT
[view
website]
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| 2013 (04) |
[installation] Leningrad,
Pellicula exhibition, Galerie
Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2013 (04) |
[talk] "Ethics and
photography", Olayan School of
Business, American University of
Beirut, LB
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| 2013 (03) |
[publication] Hanibal
Srouji. Painting fire, water,
earth and air [view
project] |
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| 2012 (10) |
[publication] Art from
Lebanon, Modern and
Contemporary Artists, volume
1: 1880-1975,
launching, Beirut Exhibition
Center, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2012 (05) |
[consultancy] Member of
the jury of the Boghossian
Foundation Prize for Young
Lebanese Artists 2012, Villa
Empain, Brussels, BE [view website]
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| 2012 (05) |
[publication]
War
and Other (Impossible)
Possibilities,
launching, Papercup Store, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2012 (04) |
[consultancy] Member of
the Advisory board of the Saradar
Collection, Beirut, LB
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| 2012 (03) |
[publication]
Art
is the Answer, Villa
Empain, Brussels, BE [view
project]
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| 2012 (01) |
[photo
projection] The
Dress at Platform,
Pictures of the Year event,
National Museum of Singapore,
SG |
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2011
(09)
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[photo
exhibition] Nighthawks
at Metropolis, City Life in the
Urban Age, Noorderlicht
Photofestival, Groniningen, NL [view
website] |
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| 2011 (03) |
[talk] Lebanese
Contemporary Art and its Market,
roundtable, Beirut Art Fair, Biel,
Beirut, LB |
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| 2011 (05) |
[consultancy]
Museum of Vine and Wine official
launching press conference,
Bristol Hotel, Beirut, LB
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2011
(03)
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[photo
exhibition] Beach
Life at Q Calling the
Shots, vol. II, Narrative
Photography, Q Contemporary,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2010 (12) |
[photo
exhibition] Black
Glam at Salon d'Automne,
Beirut Exhibition Center, Beirut,
LB |
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| 2010 (11) |
[photo
exhibition] Bejart/Baalbeck
at Q Calling the Shots,
vol. I, Architectural Photography,
Q Contemporary, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2010 (06) |
[publication
+ exhibition] De
Lumière et de Sang, Fondation
Audi, Beirut, LB, catalogue Alarm
Editions [view
project] |
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| 2010 (04) |
[publication]
Esteban
Lisa, Fundación
Esteban Lisa, Buenos Aires, AR
and Fundación Antonio Pérez,
Disputación de Cuenca, ES
[view project] |
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| 2010 (02) |
[publication]
Convergence. New Art from
Lebanon, Katzen Arts
Center, Washington D.C., US [view
project] |
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| 2009 (07) |
[photo
exhibition] Under(the)line,
Araman Factory, Bourj
Hammoud, LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (08) |
[publication]
Pièces
Choisies, collection Bank
Audi, Beirut, LB
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| 2008 (06) |
[performance] Le
franc tireur, l'architecte, le
consul et l'arménien, IESAV,
Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut,
LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (05) |
[photo
exhibition] Nighthawks,
Comme des Garçons Guerilla Store,
Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2008 (01) |
[publication
+ installation] Pending
Piece, Académie Libanaise
des Beaux-Arts, Beirut, LB [view
project] |
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| 2006 (09) |
[film] What,
Shoes, Festival de Genève
La Bâtie, Geneva, CH; Beirut D.C.,
Beirut, LB; Nafas Beirut, Espace
SD, Beirut LB; Dubai International
Film Festival, Dubai, UAE; Sydney
Arab Film Festival, Sydney, AU;
Shorts and Shwarma, Institut
Français, London, UK
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| 2006 (05) |
[publication]
Halte,
ed. Labor et Fides, Geneva,
CH |
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| 2003 (08) |
[installation]
Points
d'eau, Salima, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA in
partnership with Patrimoine Sans
Frontières and Institut Français
d'Architecture |
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| 2002 (11) |
[publication]
Pas
de Place, with Atelier de
Recherche ALBA, Beirut, LB
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| 2001 (09) |
[installation]
Dialogue
des Cultures dans un jardin de
sourds, Centre Culturel
Français, Beirut, LB, with Atelier
de Recherche ALBA [view
project] |
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| 2001 (07) |
[publication
+ installation] Lieux:
1 Acte / 2 Pièces,
Fraykeh Silk Factory, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Fraykeh Festival 2001 [view
project] |
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| 2001 (02) |
[installation]
1
Acte / 2 Pièces, Théâtre
de Beyrouth, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Shams |
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| 2000 (05) |
[installation]
Machines
Célibataires, Beirut
Hall, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1999 (07) |
[installation]
Bien
Fonds 1237: l'architecte, le
vernaculaire et le franc tireur,
La Fabrika, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA |
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| 1998 (07) |
[projection]
Mois
de la photographie au Liban,
various locations, LB, with
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts
ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1997 (10) |
[performance]
Hommage
au Grand Théâtre de Beyrouth,
Grand Theatre, Beirut, LB, with
Atelier de Recherche ALBA and
Companie Théâtre Ecarlate |
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| 1997 (05) |
[installation]
L'ALBA
Marque l'Espace du CCF,
Centre Culturel Français, Beirut,
LB,with Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts ALBA [view
project] |
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| 1997 (04) |
[publication]
Les
maîtres du temps, for
L'Agenda Culturel [view
project] |
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| 1996 (04) |
Launching
of Baron & Baron,
www.baronbaron.com [view
project] |
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| 1995 (11) |
[publication]
Le
musée à l'école: Cezanne,
for L'Agenda Culturel [view
project] |
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1995
(10)
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Starts
teaching at Académie Libanaise des
Beaux-Arts, ALBA, Beirut, LB
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| 1995 (09) |
Diplôme
d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in
Art History, Université Paris IV,
Sorbonne, Paris, FR
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| 1993 (06) |
Maitrise
in Art History, Université Paris
IV, Sorbonne, Paris, FR
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| 1987 (08) |
[performance]
This is a slide of my House,
Legacy International Youth
Program, Bedford, VA, US [view
project] |
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| 1971 (07) |
Birth in
Beirut, LB
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