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THE MOVING BIOGRAPHIES PODCAST | POWERED BY AFIKRA

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This is a podcast series that was born out of the Moving Biography Summer School, organized by LAWHA/OIB, the American University of Beirut and the Global (De)Centre in 2022, and generously funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. The summer school brought together different perspectives to question disciplinary assumptions and decenter life writing. As an outcome of the Summer School, LAWHA partnered with The Institute of Art in the Arab World (IAAW) at the Lebanese American University to produce a series of podcasts under the title On Women by Women in Art, conceived and moderated by IAAW’s dire...

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Samia Halaby on Mona Saudi | On Women By Women in Art 24.11.2023 19:26

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 0:45 - Samia Halaby 1:36 - Mona Saudi 2:30 - Samia and Mona’s friendship 3:36 - The Rice Paper Scroll, capturing Mona’s home and studio 10:38 - Drawing in movement, cinematic creation 14:35 - Mona and the PLO ****** ABOUT IAAW ******‎ The Institute of Art in the Arab World (IAAW) at the Lebanese American University is dedicated to the advancement of contempo...

Evelyne Bustros (1878-1971): Patron of the Arts and Crafts | Moving Biographies 10.11.2023 42:40

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 1:32 - Evelyne Bustros 2:41 - Entanglement of Evelyne’s biography with material culture 3:13 - Archival work 8:24 - Moving biography 14:37 - International exhibitions ****** ABOUT LAWHA ******‎ LAWHA (Lebanon’s Art World at Home and Abroad: Trajectories of artists and artworks in/from Lebanon since 1943) is a research project hosted by the Orient-Institut Beir...

Afaf Zurayk on Helen Khal | On Women By Women in Art 27.10.2023 16:12

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Afaf Zurayk 1:11 - Helen Khal 2:08 - Afaf’s poem ‘Thoughts’ 2:37 - Afaf’s encounter with Helen 3:56 - Helen’s transparency 5:30 - Lightness and transparency in both Afaf and Helen’s work 6:51 - Lines and edges in Helen and Afaf’s work 9:37 - Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s/70s 10:37 - Helen Khal’s writing and courage 11:53 - Breaking boundaries as...

Vulnerability and the Capacity for Life: Biography as a Material Matter | Moving 13.10.2023 1:09:17

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction, Daniel 1:52 - What kind of history Daniel works on 4:54 - Napoleon death day, writing a biography 11:23 - What was your ultimate ‘entry point’ for writing this biography? 16:27 - Art history and history and using images/paintings 30:24 - Materiality and biography 33:12 - Yvonne 37:46 - Writing a magazine’s biography 52:21 - Using and leveraging materiality 55:...

Greta Naufal on Yvette Achkar | On Women By Women in Art 29.09.2023 13:35

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 0:26 - Greta Naufal 1:28 - Yvette Achkar 2:27 - La peinture selon Yvette 3:03 - Comment Greta et Yvette se sont rencontrées 5:47 - Yvette avec les élèves 6:50 - L’art abstrait au Liban 7:52 - L’abstraction et l’expressionnisme abstrait d’Yvette 10:00 - Son processus créatif ****** ABOUT IAAW ******‎ The Institute of Art in the Arab World (IAAW) at the Leba...

Curating an artist’s (and parent’s) biography | Moving Biographies 14.09.2023 59:22

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 0:59 - Moving Biographies 1:22 - Panellist introduction 3:13 - Amine El Bacha’s estate 10:25 - Visions for the estate and foundation 16:46 - Paul Guiragossian’s estate 25:22 - Saloua Raouda Choucair 33:59 - Connected biographies & how involved were your parents in setting the visions for their foundations? 39:36 - The mixed emotions of preserving your parent’...

Samar Mogharbel on Dorothy Salhab Kazemi | On Women By Women in Art 07.09.2023 12:07

*CHAPTERS* 0:00 - Introduction 0:15 - Samar Mogharbel 0:57 - The life and work of Dorothy Salhab Kazemi 2:00 - Dorothy’s sources of inspiration & unique visual language 2:46 - Samar on Dorothy 3:46 - Dorothy’s Sculpture from 1974 5:04 - Lebanese Clay 8:46 - Dorothy’s work as avant-garde 9:43 - Dorothy’s glaze 10:07 - Dorothy’s legacy and bridging east & west 10:58 - Dorothy’s last sculptures *...