{"id":31852,"date":"2014-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/31852\/artist-profile-bass-breche-and-the-politics-of-telling-stories"},"modified":"2023-08-30T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:07:09","slug":"artist-profile-bass-breche-and-the-politics-of-telling-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/31852\/artist-profile-bass-breche-and-the-politics-of-telling-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Profile: Bass Breche and the Politics of Telling Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-2.png\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <i>(<small><small>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/jorE43q7Kl\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram.com<\/a><\/small><\/small>)<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cA story can change a person\u2019s life. Artists should be aware of that. Stories cross borders. They\u2019re like acupuncture &#8212; cultural acupuncture, with the story as the needle spreading the blood across the body.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  This is how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerroristDonkey\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Bass Breche<\/a> explains why he sees himself as a storyteller. <br \/>  <br \/>  Bass is probably most widely known as the scriptwriter of <a href=\"https:\/\/shankaboot.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Shankaboot<\/a>, but the slightly more hip will also recognize him as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WadNa3Na3\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ El Wad Na3na3<\/a>, pusher of Arabic pop nostalgia and all-around na3nasha. Next month, you can catch him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/32174\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">on the decks at Metro Al Madina<\/a> on April 5 and 19. Beirut.com sat down with him a few hours before his set at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/718603974846242\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mash House<\/a> to find out more about the man behind \u2018the mint.\u2019<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-250x143.png\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <i>(<small><small>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=355249771274097&#038;set=a.266511340147941.66175.266494286816313&#038;type=1&#038;theater\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook.com<\/a><\/small><\/small>)<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  Bass likes to describe his work in simple terms, emphasizing how we are all storytellers in one way or another: \u201cFacebook is full of stories. Even the 3aza (funeral) is about stories; people coming together to tell each other stories about someone they loved.\u201d Yet, despite this modesty, Bass\u2019 work is clearly motivated by an activist streak within him: \u201cEverything is political,\u201d he says, \u201ceven choosing where to sit and have a coffee is political.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  Bass traces this sensibility to his modest background, describing himself as a \u201cself-made man from a good family\u201d who is as proud of his time \u201cplucking chickens\u201d as he is of his career as a writer. Working odd jobs while saving up for further education taught him a lot \u201cabout life, people, politics and capitalism,&#8221; and shaped the kind of art he\u2019s interested in making.<br \/>  <br \/>  In 2003, Bass traveled to the UK to play \u2018Joker\u2019 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0362454\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Blind Flight<\/i><\/a>, an intense film about two western hostages during the Lebanese Civil War. More recently, Bass wrote and directed two short films which also dealt with political themes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemoz.com\/2007\/both\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Both<\/i><\/a> (2007), which premiered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semainedelacritique.com\/films\/2007\/2007_comp_both.php\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">46th Semaine de la Critique<\/a> at Cannes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/now.mmedia.me\/lb\/en\/features\/free-range\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Free Range<\/i><\/a> (2013), which won the <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de\/content\/language2\/html\/10215.asp\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize<\/a> for \u201cits compassionate intelligence in telling the tragedy of borders and landmines using the language of absurd humor.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-1-250x250.png\"width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <i>(<small><small>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/gyiD__rTku\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram.com<\/a><\/small><\/small>)<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  Even his DJing started with a political idea. While his love for music began as a teenager in \u201ca small village\u201d mixing songs at weddings, it was only after he became involved as a producer at <a href=\"https:\/\/metromadina.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro al Madina<\/a> that El Wad Na3na3 was born. And the main motivation behind Metro was to create an alternative space for the arts in Beirut.<br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cWe created a space, and not just \u2018a theater.\u2019 People in Beirut fear that word because it feels exclusive. We were not interested in working on plays so that the same thousand people see them each time. We became a big part of the underground scene in Hamra, providing something for both 19-year-olds and my dad. This was partially a response to the \u2018pub culture\u2019 that was emerging in the area. We wanted to provide an alternative and have been quite successful.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  Given this success, it may come as a surprise to learn that Bass has very recently moved to Belfast. \u201cI left Lebanon not because of a lack of jobs,\u201d as many people are forced to do these days; \u201cI left because I was absorbed by lost causes,\u201d he laughs.<br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cI felt drained. Lebanon is a chaotic place. There are many important causes which I was involved in, but I felt lost. I&#8217;m not proud that I left, but I need time to focus on my writing. Now I\u2019m doing what I can do best: I fight for causes in what I write.\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  Through his life and work, Bass Breche provides an honest portrayal of the struggles of politically-engaged artists in Lebanon. This is one story many of us can relate to.<br \/>   <br \/>  <i>Bass is currently working on an online novel &#8212; or \u201cwovel,\u201d he says, jokingly &#8212; called \u2018Thurayya and Her Mother,\u2019 which will be launched in May.<\/i><br \/>      <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"143\" data-id=\"445013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-250x143.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-445013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-250x143.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-600x343.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/31852-768x439.png 768w, 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