From different directions two lecture performances explore extreme collisions between the private and the political.
Lily Abichahine: Exquisite Corpse
Who decides on life after death? In ‘Exquisite Corpse’ the performer and lawyer Lily Abichahine tells the story of one Lebanese family: after the father’s death his son decides to have the body mummified to allow future generations to have contact with him. Is this a sign of affection or a liability? An almost irresolvable dispute develops between different members of the family which Abichahine describes from the perspective of the lawyer of the family. Entirely in keeping with the motto ‘the personal is political’, the microcosm of this family story provides interesting insights into Lebanese society. Where art meets the law different political and ethical approaches come into play, as does the question: on what temporal, spatial and emotional levels are the effects of the patriarchy felt?
Noor Abed & Mark Lotfy: Yours Truly [work in progress]
With their multimedia lecture-performance the artist Noor Abed and the film-maker Mark Lotfy share a first public reflection on their three-year research on the private U.S. military engagement in the Middle East. The project uses the example of a Palestinian working as a contractor in an American Private Military Company in Iraq, training the Iraqi Army on weapons to chart the effects of the war industry on the intimate lives of individuals. Thereby they reveal a web of consequences that leaves no sphere of life untouched. In a non-linear narrative, Abed and Lotfy unveil a backstage theatre of military operations, while exploring personal and political positions in a region that has become a stage for perpetual wars.
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Infos
Duration: 120 Min.
Language: English
Mousonturm-co-production
World premieres
03.09. Artist Talk afterwards
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Sponsors and Supporters
"Exquisite Corpse" is a coproduction by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Frankfurt LAB in the frame of “This Is Not Lebanon. Festival for Visual Arts, Performance, Music and Talks”, a cooperation project of the Frankfurt LAB with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Ensemble Modern in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Lebanon, supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Ensemble Modern Patronatsgesellschaft e.V. The discourse programme is supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb). The residencies within the framework of “This Is Not Lebanon. Festival for Visual Arts, Performance, Music and Talks” are part of "Frankfurt Moves!", a cooperation of the KfW Stiftung and the Frankfurt LAB to promote international emerging artists in the field of dance and performing arts.
"Yours Truly [work in progress]" is a coproduction by Goethe-Institut Ramallah and Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Frankfurt LAB in the frame of “This Is Not Lebanon. Festival for Visual Arts, Performance, Music and Talks”, ein Kooperationsprojekt des Frankfurt LAB mit Künstlerhaus Mousonturm und Ensemble Modern in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe-Institut Libanon. Gefördert durch die Kulturstiftung des Bundes, das Goethe-Institut und die Ensemble Modern Patronatsgesellschaft e.V. Das begleitende diskursive Programm wird gefördert durch die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Die Residenzen im Rahmen von “This Is Not Lebanon. Festival for Visual Arts, Performance, Music and Talks” sind Teil von „Frankfurt Moves!", einer Kooperation der KfW Stiftung mit dem Frankfurt LAB zur Förderung internationaler aufstrebender Künstler:innen im Bereich Tanz und Darstellende Künste.
