Thursday February 26 at 19.30 PM
The Eyeless Map
Public Lecture by Tony Chakar Artist, architect, writer from Beirut, Lebanon
at Villa de Bank, Espoortstraat 182, Enschede
Organised by the Dutch Art Institute
Supported by the the Prince Claus Fund
Tony Chakar is an architect, writer and artist, born in Beirut in 1968.
He grew up during the Lebanese wars that lasted till 1992.
His works include:
A Retroactive Monument for a Chimerical City: Ashkal Alwan, Beirut (1999);
All That is Solid Melts Into Air: Ashkal-Alwan, Beirut (2000);
Four Cotton Underwear for Tony: Ashkal-Alwan, TownHouse Gallery, Cairo, also shown in many European cities as part of Contemporary Arab Representations, a project curated by Catherine David (2001-02);
Rouwaysset, a Modern Vernacular (With Naji Assi): Contemporary Arab Representations, the Sharjah Biennial and Sao Paolo, S.A.(2001-03);
Beirut, the Impossible Portrait: The Venice Biennial (2003);
The Eyeless Map: Homeworks II (Ashkal-Alwan, 2003);
We Can Make Rain but No one Came to Ask (with Walid Raad) (2003- Frankfurt).
He teaches History of Art and History of Architecture at the Acadèmie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA).
The Eyeless Map
Public Lecture by Tony Chakar Artist, architect, writer from Beirut, Lebanon
at Villa de Bank, Espoortstraat 182, Enschede
Organised by the Dutch Art Institute
Supported by the the Prince Claus Fund
Tony Chakar is an architect, writer and artist, born in Beirut in 1968.
He grew up during the Lebanese wars that lasted till 1992.
His works include:
A Retroactive Monument for a Chimerical City: Ashkal Alwan, Beirut (1999);
All That is Solid Melts Into Air: Ashkal-Alwan, Beirut (2000);
Four Cotton Underwear for Tony: Ashkal-Alwan, TownHouse Gallery, Cairo, also shown in many European cities as part of Contemporary Arab Representations, a project curated by Catherine David (2001-02);
Rouwaysset, a Modern Vernacular (With Naji Assi): Contemporary Arab Representations, the Sharjah Biennial and Sao Paolo, S.A.(2001-03);
Beirut, the Impossible Portrait: The Venice Biennial (2003);
The Eyeless Map: Homeworks II (Ashkal-Alwan, 2003);
We Can Make Rain but No one Came to Ask (with Walid Raad) (2003- Frankfurt).
He teaches History of Art and History of Architecture at the Acadèmie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA).