Mixed Media Presentation / Performance
Mixed Media Presentation / Performance: MY NECK IS THINNER THAN A HAIR: A HISTORY OF THE CAR BOMB IN 1975-1991 LEBANESE WARS
On January 21, 1986, a car bomb exploded in the Furn Ech Chubak district of Beirut, one of the 245 that were to shake Beirut at regular intervals during the years of the 1975-1991 Lebanese civil war.
‘My Neck is Thinner Than a Hair’ is part of an on-going investigation by The Atlas Group into the events and experiences surrounding the use of car bombs in the Lebanese wars. The Atlas Group examines the multiple dimensions social, political, economic, military, technological, psychological and epistemic of the wars and investigates the public and private discourses surrounding the 3,600 car bombs that were detonated in all of Lebanon during this period.
For the past year, artists Tony Chakar, Bilal Khibeiz, and Walid Raad (fellow of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics 2004-05) have been working on the first volume of this multi-volume project, resulting in this 70 minute mixed media presentation/performance by Walid Raad about and around the events, experiences, forms, and objects of the Furn Ech Chubak car bomb.
Co-produced by the Atlas Group (Beirut/New York), Ashkal Alwan (Beirut), Kunsten Festival des Arts (Brussels), House of World Cultures (Berlin), and Spectacles Vivants Centre Pompidou (Paris); presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
LOCATION: The New School, 66 West 12th St. (Bet. 5th & 6th Aves), New York, NY
TICKETS: Unless otherwise indicated, reservations by email to: boxoffice@newschool.edu. Tickets can be ordered by phone with a credit card (212) 229-5488; in person at The New School Box Office, 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Thursday 1-8 p.m., Friday 1-7 p.m. Most events are FREE to all students and TNS alumni with ID.
For more information please call (212) 229-5353.
| Starts | 12/06/2005 |
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| Ends | 12/06/2005 |
| Issues | Human Rights, International, Media, Politics/Government, Religious Freedom, Europe, Middle East, U.S./Foreign Relations, Media Literacy, Legal Reform, Peace/War |
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| Contact | specialprograms@newschool.edu |
Posted on November 17, 2005 in Event / Call to action by omlaura
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