Rabih Mroué | Lebanon
The Pixelated Revolution
Non-Academic Lecture-Performance
ca. 60 min
in English
Lecture-Performance
Coproduction: Berlin Documentary Forum – Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Documenta 13, Kassel, Spalding Gray Award: Performing Space 122, New York, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, On the Boards, Seattle, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Conception and artistic realisation: Rabih Mroué | English translation: Ziad Nawfal
“The Pixelated Revolution” examines the viral impact of mobile phones and social media on the dissemination of information and mobilization in the recent devastating Syrian revolution. Rabih Mroué, currently one of the most important Lebanese artists, highlights not only the deteriorating situation in the region, but also the unsettling, unprecedented enmeshment of political activism, cinematography and technology in the reality of war.
The performance will be followed by an artist talk in English.
Presentation: Prof. Dr. Kay Kirchmann – Institute of Theatre and Media Studies, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
