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The Search for Power

by Tania El Khoury


Friday, 06 october - 2:00 PM

Saturday, 07 october - 2:00 PM

Sunday, 08 october - 12:00 PM

Sunday, 08 october - 2:30 PM

Dribet Dar Hussein


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On a night with a sudden electricity outage in Beirut, the artist and her historian husband promised each other to research the history of power outages in Lebanon. They went on a journey collecting documents. Some were simply not accessible. The paper trail led them to archives in five different countries. They reached as far back as 1906, when electricity was first introduced to Beirut. They found a transnational story involving businessmen, politicians, warlords, multi-national corporations, and colonial powers. They discovered traces of everyday acts of survival, resistance, and sabotage by workers and electricity users. They decided to trace their steps back and share it in an intimate gathering.

 

The Search for Power is a lecture and installation performance inviting audience to look into archival documents, inaccessible knowledge, and a personal quest for revenge.

Practical information

At Dribet Dar Hussein (map)


6 - 7 Oct. at 2 pm 

8 Oct. at 12 pm & 2:30 pm  


In Lebanese 6 & 8 oct. (12 pm) 

In English 7 & 8 oct. (2:30 pm) 

Without surtitling 

Duration

75 mins

Price information

Single price: 5 DT

Reduced rate: 3 DT for students & children < 12 years old

Free for residents of the medina upon presentation of an ID 

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