4 is an exhibition at the Beirut Arts Center, opening Tuesday 21 April 2009 (6-9pm), featuring sound and installation works by Charbel Haber When No Body's Around (The Cables between us). Kinda Hassan Ashoura Untitled. Mounira Al Solh The Sea Is A Stereo. Cynthia Zaven Octophonic Diary. Curated by Tarek Atoui.
Since 2006, AlmostReal has been funding and supporting works by Lebanese artists in the fields of visual and multidisciplinary arts. For the second edition of AlmostReal in Lebanon, independent sound artist and computer programmer Tarek Atoui, Sandra Dagher and Lamia Joreige were asked to select and follow-up on the production of artworks initiated within the interdisciplinary workshops Atoui had been giving in Lebanon since 2006.
In Lebanon and the Middle East, Tarek Atoui has been giving different workshops on new technologies applied to art. The workshops between 2006 and 2008 took place with the support of Lebanese and International institutions such as Ashkal Alwan in Beirut, IRCAM in Paris, the STEIM studios and the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam.
These workshops are about introducing young and established artists to the use of computer and interactive technologies in the fields of sound and image performance, installation, fine art and video art. They take place on a project basis where each selected participant develops an artistic project that uses these technologies in a meaningful and original way.
The exhibition 4 continues until 9 June 2009. See also the Beirut Arts Center.
