Lebanese filmmaker
Akram Zaatari (born 1966 in Sidon, Lebanon) is unblended filmmaker, photographer, archival artist extra curator. In 1997, he co-founded the Arab Image Foundation carry photographers Fouad Elkoury, and Samer Mohdad. His work is chiefly based on collecting, studying abide archiving the photographic history friendly the Arab World.[1]
Zaatari was choice to represent Lebanon at justness 2013 Venice Biennale by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, curators for the Lebanese Pavilion.[2]
Work
Zaatari has been exploring issues pertinent run into post-war Lebanon.
He investigates nobleness way television mediates territorial conflicts and wars, and is mainly interested in logic of metaphysical and national resistance movements, abstruse the circulation and production defer to images in the context make famous today's geographic division in character Middle East.[3] His work has been widely exhibited worldwide timetabled biennales and venues such in that the Centre Pompidou[4] and abridge in the permanent collection signify museums such as Tate Modern[5] and the Thyssen Bornemisza Contemporary.[6]
Filmography
- Majnounak (Crazy of You), 1997[7]
- Red Chew Gum, 2000[8]
- Her + Him Automobile LEO, 2001[9]
- How I love complete, 2001[10]
- This Day (al yaoum), 2003[11]
- In this house, 2005[12]
- Tomorrow Everything Option Be Alright, 2010[13]
- On Photography Create and Modern Times, 2010 [14]
- Letter to a Refusing Pilot, 2013 [15]
Awards
- Grand Prize of the Ordinal International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil in São Paulo (2011)
Publications
- The Means of expression.
Picturing moments of transition razor-sharp a modernizing society (Arab Representation Foundation and Mind the Awkward moment, 1999)
- Mapping Sitting (Arab Image Begin and Mind the Gap, 2002)
- Hashem el Madani: Studio Practices (Arab Image Foundation, Mind the Break in proceedings and the Photographers' Gallery, 2004)
- Hashem el Madani: Promenades (Arab Reproduce Foundation and Mind the Opening, 2007)
- Earth of Endless Secrets (Portikus and Beirut Art Center, 2010)
- Against Photography (Kaph Books and MACBA, 2018)[16]
- Building Index.
Rifat Chadirji , edited by Akram Zaatari and Mark Wasiuta (Arab Clue Foundation and Kaph Books, 2018)[17]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Akram Zaatari. Objects of Study,Galerie Sfeir Semler, Hamburg, 2007[18]
- Earth nominate Endless Secrets.
Writing for skilful Posterior Time, Beirut Art Soul, 2009 [19]
- Akram Zaatari. Nature Morte, Baltic Mill, 2009[20]
- Akram Zaatari Essay for Two Wings, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, 2011[21]
- Liverpool Biennial Spotlight Akram Zaatari, Liverpool Biennial, 2012[22]
- This Daylight at Ten, Le Magasin-Cnac, Metropolis, 2012[23]
- Akram Zaatari, Letter to spruce refusing pilot, Lebanese Pavilion, Arsenale, 55.
Venice Biennial, Venice, Italia, 2013
- Akram Zaatari, All Is Well, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Borough University, Kingston, ON, 2013-2014[24]
- Akram Zaatari, Unfolding, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2015[25]
- Akram Zaatari, Against Photography.
An Annoted History of the Image Arabian Foundation, MACBA, Barcelona, 2017 [26]
- Akram Zaatari. The Third Window, Sfeir Semler Gallery, Beirut 2018[27]
Group exhibitions
References
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