Ashkal Alwan (), The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts is a non-profit organization that promotes contemporary art practices in Lebanon and the broader region.
History
Ashkal Alwan was founded in 1993 by Lebanese curator Christine Tohmé. 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
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*''Digital Earth Symposium''
2017
* Upon a Shifting Plate, an off-site project of the Sharjah Biennial 13, co-organized with the Sharjah Art Foundation
Video Works 2017
2016
Video Works 2016* ''Symposium on the Arabic Novel''
2015
Home Works 7Video Works 2015
* ''The Arabic Language Today and Social Media'' (Symposium)
2014
Video Works 2014
2013
Home Works 6
* ''Parallel Modernities: A Sweet Sixties Conference''
2012
* ''How Soon Is Now: A Tribute to Dreamers'', an exhibition by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
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 and the Black Audio Film Collective)
2005
Home Works III
2004
* ''Laughter'', in collaboration with London International Festival of Theatre, LIFT (London International Festival of Theater)
* ''My Neck Is Thinner than a Hair'', a presentation by the Walid Raad, Atlas Group (Volumes 1-21)
2003
Home Works II
* ''Possible Narratives,'' as part of Videobrasil
2002
Home Works I
2001
* Audio Workshop with the British Council
* Missing Links at the The Townhouse Gallery, Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, Egypt
2000
*Hamra Street Project
* ''Contemporary Art from Lebanon'' at the Borusan Sanat Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey
1999
*Corniche Beirut, Corniche Project
1997
* Sioufi Garden Project
1995
*René Moawad Garden, Sanayeh Garden Project
References
External links
Website of Ashkal Alwan
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Arts organisations based in Lebanon
Non-profit organisations based in Lebanon
Education in Beirut
Buildings and structures in Beirut
Art museums and galleries in Lebanon
1994 establishments in Asia