Mixed Feelings
6:00pm -> 9:00pm
From Jun 28 to Jul 18, 2012
11:00am -> 8:00pm
Daily [excluding Sundays]
Dar al Mussawir (Photography Club)
A photography exhibition by photographer Marta Bogdanska and copywriter/activist Nisreen Kaj that aims to demonstrate, through a subtle combination of images and words, at highlighting the issue of racism in contemporary Lebanon through its Lebanese participants. It invites you to question ideas of ‘race’, ‘racialization’, and ‘othering’, and how these factors play into the perceptions of who belongs in the country and who does not. The opening of the event will be followed by a panel discussion with representatives of Human Rights Watch, Insan Association, and Anti-Racism Movement. The exhibition will be open for three weeks.
About Mixed Feelings:
At the core of the discourse on racism in Lebanon is the template narrative of ‘us’ versus ‘the outsiders’, of the existence of two homogeneous and separate units with no room to explore any other position or experience with racism in the country.
Within this framework, Lebanese of mixed heritage have found themselves cast aside as a subaltern group. Yet, they are also, in varying degrees and through unique as well as shared experiences, the victims of race thinking, racialization and racism in Lebanon. What this exclusion from Lebanon’s discourse on racism highlights is a need to clear the space for multiple voices.
Special Formula:On Saturdays the exhibition is open from 11 AM to 3 PM.
