Ashkal Alwan (), The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts is a non-profit organization that promotes contemporary art practices in
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
and the broader region.
History
Ashkal Alwan was founded in 1993 by Lebanese curator
Christine Tohmé
Christine Tohme ( ar, كريستين طعمة) is a Lebanese curator and the founding director of Ashkal Alwan - The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. Since its establishment in 1993, Ashkal Alwan has been committed to contemporary artistic ...
. Since its establishment, the association has been committed to contemporary artistic practice, research, and modes of study. The association aims to facilitate artistic production, foster critical thinking around contemporary social realities, and engage in community mobilization.
Ashkal Alwan's mission is to create networks of exchange between artistic and cultural practitioners and institutions, build an archival record of artistic and intellectual endeavors in Lebanon and the region, support emerging and established artists by providing the necessary resources for the development of ideas and work, rethink art education, help enrich critical discourse in the Arabic language, as well as provide support for independent initiatives working in and around the civic and political realms.
Ashkal Alwan’s programs include Home Works, a multidisciplinary forum on cultural practices taking place every three years; Home Workspace Program, a tuition-free annual study program for emerging artists; Video Works, an annual video production grant, and a mentoring and screening platform; a Residency Program for artists and cultural practitioners; and the publication of literary works and artist books. Its educational and production platforms are accessible to the public. Facilities include auditoria, editing studios, performance spaces, a library featuring a unique collection on contemporary artistic, cultural, and textual practices in Lebanon and beyond, and an extensive audio-visual archive.
Public Programming, Workshops and Curated Projects
2021
*Open-year format of the 10th edition of the Home Workspace Program
2020 Perpetual Postponement an online bilingual publication platform aashra an online streaming platform
2019
*Home Works 8: A Forum on Cultural Practices, Beirut
*''Digital Earth Symposium''
2017
* Upon a Shifting Plate, an off-site project of the Sharjah Biennial 13, co-organized with the
Sharjah Art Foundation
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Joana Hadjithomas
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Personal life
Joana Hadjithomas (b ...
and
Khalil Joreige
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Personal life
Joana Hadjithomas (b ...
2011 Video Works 2011
2010 Home Works 5
2009
* Video Works 2009
2008 Home Works IV
2007
* Video Avril
* Meeting Points 5 Festival
2006
* ''Most Probably I Will Be Performing this Dream Tonight'' (Group exhibition and performance festival)
* ''Travelling Is Impossible'': ''Harun, Kodwo and I'' (Film retrospective and symposium around the works of
Harun Farocki
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and the
Black Audio Film Collective
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)
2005 Home Works III
2004
* ''Laughter'', in collaboration with
LIFT
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(London International Festival of Theater)
* ''My Neck Is Thinner than a Hair'', a presentation by the
Atlas Group
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Videobrasil
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British Council
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* Missing Links at the
Townhouse Gallery
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in
Cairo
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, Egypt
2000
*
Hamra Street
Hamra Street or Rue Hamra ( ar, شارع الحمراء) is one of the main streets of the city of Beirut, Lebanon, and one of the main economic and diplomatic hubs of Beirut. It is located in the neighborhood of the same name, Hamra. Its te ...
Project
* ''Contemporary Art from Lebanon'' at the Borusan Sanat Gallery in
Corniche
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