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Page 1: the horror, the horror, the horror - American University of BeirutAhmad El-Gharbie Lina Ghaibeh Daniele Genadry Octavian Esanu Rico Franses Kirsten Schied AUB Art Galleries and Collections
Page 2: the horror, the horror, the horror - American University of BeirutAhmad El-Gharbie Lina Ghaibeh Daniele Genadry Octavian Esanu Rico Franses Kirsten Schied AUB Art Galleries and Collections
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the horror, the horror, the horrorHarald Szeemann and the ArchiveApril 26, 2018 May 30, 2018

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This exhibition is not about Harald Szeemann and his 1975 traveling exhibition The Bachelor Machines, nor is it about sexual difference. It is not located here, nor there. Yet it does not aim toward a set of indeterminate, open-ended interpretations, where meaning is subjective or endlessly deferred. Through the connective body of our โ€œarchive,โ€ this exhibition aspires to open up a third domain in which the figure of Szeemann is purged.

The horror, the horror, the horror: Harald Szeemann and the Archive comes as the result of an invitation to critically comment on Szeemannโ€™s The Bachelor Machines, an exhibition which first took place at the Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland. Its primary motive is methodological. We, the curators, ask a question that has informed our entire process: is it possible to produce a dialectical argument in curatorial terms?

Initially intended as a critical response to The Bachelor Machines, our show sought to question the myth-producing thematic exhibition as canonized by Szeemann. Such an exhibition is one that appears as a purported organic unity, in which the activities that led to its production are disregarded in favor of a comprehensive and unified narrative woven through the objects on display. In his role as exhibition-maker, Szeemann also established the figure of the independent, and often authoritative, curator as we know it today โ€“ a position within the art field which has greatly enhanced the dominance of this type of exhibition.

We aimed for a collaborative, process-oriented approach that would serve to reveal the tensions and disagreements inherent to the exhibitionโ€™s production, and highlight the risk of the erasure of differences, which typically accompanies a singular, curator-authored theme. But rather than merely displaying a social network, we resolved to produce a show that was about something. A disjuncture became apparent between the two strands of our thinking: the necessity for a โ€œthemeโ€ on the one hand, and our desire to reveal our working process on the other. For the former, we proposed to return to what was overlooked in Szeemannโ€™s premise for his exhibition: the question of sexuality.

the horror, the horror, the horrorHarald Szeemann and the Archive

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In his inclusion of Marcel Duchampโ€™s The Large Glass (or The Bride Stripped Bare of Her Bachelors, Even; 1915-1923), Szeemann curiously ignores the upper half of Duchampโ€™s two-paneled mixed media work that is made up of โ€œthe brideโ€ and titles his exhibition after the lower half, which is composed of โ€œthe nine malic mouldsโ€ or โ€œthe bachelor machines.โ€ The curator thus erases the question of sexual difference inscribed in Duchampโ€™s work. We returned to Duchampโ€™s The Large Glass in its entirety and reintroduced the psychoanalytic term of sexual difference, which, since the 1970s, has retreated in favor of the more popular term โ€œgender.โ€ We welcomed wide-ranging and contradictory positions from the artists to whom we proposed this โ€œtheme,โ€ and strove to expose the clashes of discourses, political tendencies, and personal proclivities in order to consider the possibilities and failures of collaboration as a working method.

The thematic exhibition we were putting forward, however, was corrective in character and remained entrapped within a binary still haunted by Szeemannโ€™s specter. It is here that we returned to the second strand of our thinking and asked ourselves: how can the documentation of our process propose a third route that is not reducible to neither a Szeemannian thematic exhibition, nor its corrective? We did not have access to Szeemannโ€™s enormous archive, but we found ourselves amassing a monstrous body of our own - a Frankenstein! Through the documentation of our process, including email exchanges, audio recordings, and visual material, we carved out a space in our display that evades the thematic exhibition on sexual difference and the aura of Szeemannโ€™s methods. In preparing a show about something โ€“ one meant to take a distance from Szeemann and his curatorial practice โ€“ we produced an exhibition that is not really about something. Rather, it engages with the very process of exhibition-making by exposing its apparatus.

Through unmasking meta-questions related to the apparatus of exhibition-making, this exhibition is a proposal that only exists negatively, via the confrontation between our curatorial position and the artistsโ€™ contributions on one level, and in the clash between a thematic exhibition and the documentation of its

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process on another. The horror, the horror, the horror attempts to resolve the disjuncture between a unified whole and the process by which it is produced; thus, it acknowledges Szeemann, and his methods, yet it firmly refuses to reproduce his myth.

Ziad AbillamaHaig AivazianLana BarakehKaram GhousseinHiba KalacheJean-Marc NahasDmitri SarkisovRania StephanCultures of the Curatorial

Natasha Gasparian, Lama El Khatib, Nare Sahakyan, and Yassmeen Tukan

Participants

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ุงู„ู…ุณู€ู€ุชูˆู‰ ุงุฃู„ูˆู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชุตู€ู€ุงุฏู… ุจูŠู€ู€ู† ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถูˆุนู€ู€ูŠ ูˆุงู„ูˆุซุงุฆู€ู€ู‚ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู‚ู€ู€ุฉ ุจู…ุฑุงุญู€ู€ู„ ุงู†ุชุงุฌู€ู€ู‡ ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู…ุณู€ู€ุชูˆู‰ ุงุขู„ุฎู€ู€ุฑ. ูŠุญู€ู€ุงูˆู„ ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ยป ุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจ " ูู€ู€ูŠ ุญู€ู€ู„ ุงู„ุฎู€ู€ุงู ุจูŠู€ู€ู† ููƒู€ู€ุฑุฉ ุงู„ูˆุญู€ู€ุฏุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชูƒุงู…ู„ู€ู€ุฉ

ูˆุนู…ู„ูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุฅู†ุชุงุฌู‡ู€ู€ุงุŒ ุจุญูŠู€ู€ุซ ุฃู†ู€ู€ู‡ ูŠุนุชู€ู€ุฑู ุจุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ูˆุฃุณู€ู€ุงู„ูŠุจู‡ ูˆูŠุฑูู€ู€ุถ ุฅุนู€ู€ุงุฏุฉ ุงู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุฃุณู€ู€ุทูˆุฑุชู‡.

ุฒูŠุงุฏ ุงุจูŠ ู„ู…ุนู‡ุงูŠูƒ ุฃูŠูุฒูŠุงู†

ุงู„ู†ุง ุจุฑูƒุฉูƒุฑู… ุบุตูŠู†

ู‡ุจุฉ ูƒู„ุดุฌูˆู†-ู…ุงุฑูƒ ู†ุญุงุณ

ุฏู…ูŠุชุฑูŠ ุณุฑูƒูŠุณูˆูุฑุงู†ูŠุง ุงุณุทูุงู†

ุซู‚ุงูุงุช ุงู„ุชู‚ูŠูŠู…

ู†ุงุชุงุดู€ู€ุง ูƒุณู€ู€ุจุฑูŠุงู†ุŒ ู„ู…ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู„ุฎุทูŠุจุŒ ู†ุงุฑู‡ ุณู€ู€ุงู‡ุงูƒูŠุงู†ุŒ ูŠุงุณู€ู€ู…ูŠู† ุทูˆู‚ุงู†

ูƒูŠู† ุฑ ู„ู…ุดุง ุง

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ุชุฌุงู‡ู„ู‡ ููŠ ูุฑุถูŠุฉ ุฒูŠู…ุงู† ููŠ ู…ุนุฑุถู‡: ุฃุงู„ ูˆู‡ูŠ ู…ุณู€ู€ุฃู„ุฉ ุงู„ุฌู†ุณู€ู€ุงู†ูŠุฉ.

ู€ู€ู† ู€ู€ุฉ ู… ู€ู€ุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ุนุงุฑูŠ ู€ู€ุง "ุงู„ุน ู€ู€ู‡ ุฃูŠุถ ู€ู€ุงุฑู ุจ ู€ู€ุง ูŠุชุน ู€ู€ุฑ" ุงูˆ ุจู… ู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ูƒุจูŠ ู€ู€ุงู…ุจ " ุงู„ุฒุฌ ู€ู€ูŠู„ ุฏูˆุด ู€ู€ู„ ู…ุงุฑุณ ู€ู€ู‡ ู„ุนู… ู€ู€ูŠ ุฅุฏุฑุงุฌ ูุนุฒุงุจู‡ู€ู€ุงุŒ ุญุชู€ู€ู‰ุ› ูกูฉูกูฅ - ูกูฉูขูฃ"ุŒ ุชุฌุงู‡ู€ู€ู„ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู†ุญู€ู€ูˆ ู…ุซูŠู€ู€ุฑ ู„ู„ูุถู€ู€ูˆู„ ุงู„ู‚ุณู€ู€ู… ุงู„ุนู„ู€ู€ูˆูŠ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุนู…ู€ู€ู„ ุฏูˆุดู€ู€ุงู…ุจ ุงู„ู…ูƒู€ู€ูˆู† ู…ู€ู€ู† ู‚ุณู€ู€ู…ูŠู†ุŒ ุงู„ู‚ุณู€ู€ู… ุงุฃู„ูˆู„ ู‡ู€ู€ูˆ " ุงู„ุนู€ู€ุฑูˆุณ " ุŒ ุจูŠู†ู…ู€ู€ุง ุฃุฎุฐ ุงู„ู‚ุณู€ู€ู… ุงู„ุณู€ู€ูู„ูŠ "ุชุณู€ู€ุนุฉ ู‚ูˆุงู„ุจ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„ูŠูƒ" ุฃูˆ "ุขุงู„ุช ุงู„ุนุงุฒุจู€ู€ุฉ" ุนู†ูˆุงู†ู€ู€ุง ู„ู…ุนุฑุถู€ู€ู‡. ูˆู‡ู€ู€ูˆ ุจู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงุฃู„ุณู€ู€ู„ูˆุจ ูŠู…ุญู€ู€ูˆ ู…ุณู€ู€ุฃู„ุฉ ุงุงู„ุฎุชู€ู€ุงู ุงู„ุฌู†ุณู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ุธุงู‡ู€ู€ุฑ ูู€ู€ูŠ ุนู…ู€ู€ู„ ุฏูˆุดู€ู€ุงู…ุจ. ุนุฏู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุนู…ู€ู€ู„ ุฏูˆุดู€ู€ุงู…ุจ " ุงู„ุฒุฌู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ูƒุจูŠู€ู€ุฑ" ูˆุงู‚ุชุฑุญู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅุนู€ู€ุงุฏุฉ ุฅุฏุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ู…ุตุทู„ู€ู€ุญ ุงู„ุชุญู„ูŠู€ู€ู„ ุงู„ู†ูุณู€ู€ูŠ ู„ุงุฎุชุงูู€ู€ุงุช ุงู„ุฌู†ุณู€ู€ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุญุงุถู€ู€ุฑ ุจู‚ู€ู€ูˆุฉ ูู€ู€ูŠ ุณู€ู€ุจุนูŠู†ูŠุงุช ุงู„ู‚ู€ู€ุฑู† ุงู„ู…ุงุถู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ู€ู€ุฐูŠ ุงุณู€ู€ุชุจุฏู„ ุจุงู„ู…ุตุทู„ู€ู€ุญ ุงู„ุดู€ู€ุงุฆุน ุงู„ูŠู€ู€ูˆู… ุฃุงู„ ูˆู‡ู€ู€ูˆ "ุงู„ุฌู†ู€ู€ุฏุฑ". ุฑุญุจู†ู€ู€ุง ุจุชุนู€ู€ุฏุฏ ู…ูˆุงู‚ู€ู€ู ุงู„ูู†ุงู†ูŠู€ู€ู† ุงู„ุฐูŠู€ู€ู† ุทุฑุญู†ู€ู€ุง ุนู„ูŠู‡ู€ู€ู… ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง "ุงู„ู…ูˆุถู€ู€ูˆุน". ูˆุณู€ู€ุนูŠู†ุง ูƒู‚ูŠู…ูŠู€ู€ู† ู€ู€ุงุช ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู€ู€ู‰ ูƒุดู€ู€ู ุงู„ุชุตุงุฏู…ู€ู€ุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชูˆุงุฌู€ู€ุฏุฉ ูู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ููƒู€ู€ุฑ ูˆ ุงุงู„ู†ุญูŠุงุฒูŠู€ู€ุงุช ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณู€ู€ูŠุฉ ูˆ ุงู„ุฑุบุจ

ุงู„ุดู€ู€ุฎุตูŠุฉุŒ ู„ู„ู†ุธู€ู€ุฑ ูู€ู€ูŠ ุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูŠู€ู€ุงุช ู†ุฌู€ู€ุงุญ ุฃุณู€ู€ู„ูˆุจ ุงู„ุชุนู€ู€ุงูˆู† ูู€ู€ูŠ ุฅู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถ.

ู…ู€ู€ุน ุฐู„ู€ู€ูƒ ุŒ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถูˆุนู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ู€ู€ุฐูŠ ูˆุถุนู†ู€ู€ุงู‡ ุฃู…ุงู…ู†ู€ู€ุง ุชุตุญูŠุญูŠู€ู€ุง ูู€ู€ูŠ ุทุจุนู€ู€ู‡ุŒ ูˆุจู‚ู€ู€ู‰ ุนุงู„ู‚ู€ู€ุง ุฏุงุฎู€ู€ู„ ุซู†ุงุฆูŠู€ู€ุฉ ู€ู€ุฉ ู€ู€ู ู„ุนู…ู„ูŠ ู€ู€ู†ุง: ูƒูŠ ู€ู€ุฃู„ู†ุง ุฃู†ูุณ ู€ู€ุงุŒ ูˆุณ ู€ู€ู† ุชููƒูŠุฑู† ู€ู€ุฉ ู… ู€ู€ุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุฑุจ ู€ู€ุง ุฅู„ ู€ู€ุง ุนุฏู† ู€ู€ุงู†. ูˆู‡ู† ู€ู€ุฎุตูŠุฉ ุฒูŠู… ู€ู€ุฉ ุจุด ู…ุงุซู„ุชูˆุซูŠู€ู€ู‚ ุงุฅู„ู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ู‚ู€ู€ุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุฅุธู‡ู€ู€ุงุฑ ุงู„ุจุนู€ู€ุฏ ุงู„ุซุงู„ู€ู€ุซ ุงู„ู€ู€ุฐูŠ ุงู„ ูŠู…ูƒู€ู€ู† ุงุฎุชุฒุงู„ู€ู€ู‡ ูู€ู€ูŠ ู†ู…ู€ู€ุท ยปุฒูŠู…ุงู†ู€ู€ูŠยซ )ู†ุณู€ู€ุจุฉ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู†( ุŒ ูˆุงู„ ู†ู‚ูŠุถู€ู€ู‡ ุงู„ุชุตุญูŠุญู€ู€ูŠุŸ ู„ู€ู€ู… ูŠูƒู€ู€ู† ู„ุฏูŠู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุงู„ูˆุตู€ู€ูˆู„ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุฃุฑุดู€ู€ูŠู ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ุงู„ู‡ุงุฆู„ ุŒ ู„ูƒู†ู†ู€ู€ุง ูˆุฌุฏู†ุง ู€ู€ุง ุŒ ุณู€ู€ูˆุงุก ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ู€ู€ูƒ ู…ู€ู€ู† ู€ู€ุง - ูˆู‡ู€ู€ูˆ ูุฑุงู†ูƒู†ุดู€ู€ุชุงูŠู†! ู…ู€ู€ุน ุชูˆุซูŠู€ู€ู‚ ู„ุนู…ู„ูŠุชู† ุฎู€ู€ุงุต ุจู†

ุฃู†ูุณู€ู€ู†ุง ู†ุฌู…ู€ู€ุน ุฌุณู€ู€ุฏุง ูˆุญุดู€ู€ูŠุง

ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ุงู„ุญู€ู€ูˆุงุฑุงุช ุนุจู€ู€ุฑ ุงู„ุจุฑูŠู€ู€ุฏ ุงุฅู„ู„ูƒุชุฑูˆู†ู€ู€ูŠุŒ ูˆุงู„ุชุณู€ู€ุฌูŠุงุช ุงู„ุตูˆุชูŠู€ู€ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ู€ู€ูˆุงุฏ ุงู„ุจุตุฑูŠู€ู€ุฉุŒ ูˆู‚ู…ู†ู€ู€ุง ุจุชูˆููŠู€ู€ุฑ ู…ุณู€ู€ุงุญุฉ ุฎุงุตู€ู€ุฉ ูู€ู€ูŠ ู…ุนุฑุถู†ู€ู€ุง ุชุจุชุนู€ู€ุฏ ุนู€ู€ู† ู†ุทู€ู€ุงู‚ ู…ุจู€ู€ุฏุฃ ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถูˆุนู€ู€ูŠ ูˆุนู€ู€ู† ุงุฎุชู€ู€ุงู ุงู„ุฌู†ุณู€ู€ูŠ ูˆู‡ุงู„ู€ู€ุฉ ุฃุณู€ู€ุงู„ูŠุจ ูˆ ู…ู†ู‡ุฌูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู†. ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ุฅุนู€ู€ุฏุงุฏ ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุญู€ู€ูˆู„ ุดู€ู€ูŠุก ู…ู€ู€ุง โ€“ ู‚ู…ู†ู€ู€ุง ุจุงู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ ูŠุชุนู„ู€ู€ู‚ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ู€ู€ุฉ ุจุดู€ู€ูŠุกุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู†ู€ู€ู‡

ูŠุชูุงุนู€ู€ู„ ู…ู€ู€ุน ุนู…ู„ูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุตู†ู€ู€ุน ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถ ุจุญู€ู€ุฏ ุฐุงุชู‡ู€ู€ุง ุŒ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ุฅุธู‡ู€ู€ุงุฑ ุฌู‡ุงุฒู‡ู€ู€ุง.

ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ูƒุดู€ู€ู ุงู„ู„ุซู€ู€ุงู… ุนู€ู€ู† ุงุฃู„ุณู€ู€ุฆู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฏุงุฎู„ู€ู€ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู„ู‚ู€ู€ุฉ ุจุฌู‡ู€ู€ุงุฒ ุฅู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถุŒ ูู€ู€ุฅู† ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ู„ูŠู€ู€ุณ ุฅุงู„ ู…ู‚ุชู€ู€ุฑุญุŒ ุงู„ ูŠุชูˆุงุฌู€ู€ุฏ ุฅุงู„ ุจุดู€ู€ูƒู„ ุณู€ู€ู„ุจูŠุŒ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ู…ูˆุงุฌู‡ู€ู€ุฉ ุจูŠู€ู€ู† ู…ูˆู‚ูู†ู€ู€ุง ูƒู‚ูŠู…ูŠู€ู€ู† ูˆู…ุณู€ู€ุงู‡ู…ุงุช ุงู„ูู†ู€ู€ุงู† ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰

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ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ู„ูŠู€ู€ุณ ุนู€ู€ู† ู‡ุงุฑูˆู„ู€ู€ุฏ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ูˆู…ุนุฑุถู€ู€ู‡ ุงู„ู…ุชู†ู‚ู€ู€ู„ "ุงุขู„ุงู„ุช ุงู„ุนุงุฒุจู€ู€ุฉ" )ูกูฉูงูฅ( ูˆุงู„ ุนู€ู€ู† ุงุฎุชุงูู€ู€ุงุช ุงู„ุฌู†ุณู€ู€ูŠุฉ. ุฅุฐ ุงู„ ูŠู…ูƒู€ู€ู† ุงู„ุนุซู€ู€ูˆุฑ ุนู„ูŠู€ู€ู‡ ูู€ู€ูŠ ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุฃูˆ ุฐุงูƒุŒ ูˆุงู„ ูŠุทู…ู€ู€ุญ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุณู€ู€ุฑุฏ ุนู€ู€ุฏุฏ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุงู„ุชูุณู€ู€ูŠุฑุงุชุŒ ุญูŠู€ู€ุซ ุงู„ู…ุนู†ู€ู€ู‰ ุฐุงุชู€ู€ูŠ ูˆู…ุชุนู€ู€ุฏุฏ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู…ู€ู€ุง ุงู„ ู†ู‡ุงูŠู€ู€ุฉ. ูŠู‡ู€ู€ุฏู ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ูุชู€ู€ุญ ู…ุถู…ู€ู€ูˆู† ูˆุจุนู€ู€ุฏ ุซุงู„ู€ู€ุซ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„

ู€ู€ุฏุฃ "ุงุฃู„ุฑุดู€ู€ูŠู" ูˆุฅุจุนู€ู€ุงุฏ ุดู€ู€ุฎุตูŠุฉ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ูˆุชุทู‡ูŠุฑู‡ู€ู€ุง. ู€ู€ุฑุงุฒ ู…ุจ ุฅุจ

โ€œุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนู€ู€ุจ: ู‡ุงุฑูˆู„ู€ู€ุฏ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ูˆุงุฃู„ุฑุดู€ู€ูŠูโ€ ูŠุฃุชู€ู€ูŠ ูƒู†ุชูŠุฌู€ู€ุฉ ุฏุนู€ู€ูˆุฉ ู„ู„ุชุนู„ูŠู€ู€ู‚ ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุฏุงูุนู€ู€ู‡ ุณูˆูŠุณู€ู€ุฑุง. ุจูŠู€ู€ุฑู†โ€ุŒ โ€œูƒูˆู†ุณู€ู€ุชุงู„ ูู€ู€ูŠ ุงุฃู„ูˆู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู„ู„ู…ู€ู€ุฑุฉ ุฃู‚ูŠู€ู€ู… ุงู„ู€ู€ุฐูŠ ุงู„ุนุงุฒุจู€ู€ุฉโ€ุŒ โ€œุงุขู„ุงู„ุช ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ู€ู€ูˆู„ ู€ู€ุฆู„ุฉ ุญ ู€ู€ู† ุงุฃู„ุณ ู€ู€ุฏ ู… ู€ู€ุฑุญ ุงู„ุนุฏูŠ ู€ู€ุง ู†ุท ู€ู€ุฑุถุŒ ูุฅู†ู† ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุน ู€ู€ู† ุนู„ ู€ู€ุง ู‚ูŠู…ูŠ ู€ู€ู† ุจูˆุตูู† ู€ู€ูŠโ€œู…ูŠุซูˆู„ูˆุฌูŠโ€. ูˆู†ุญ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณู…ู†ู‡ุฌูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุนู…ู„ู†ู€ู€ุง ููŠู€ู€ู‡: ู‡ู€ู€ู„ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุงู„ู…ู…ูƒู€ู€ู† ุฅู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุฃุณู€ู€ุฆู„ุฉ ุฏูŠุงู„ูƒุชูŠูƒูŠู€ู€ุฉ ูˆุฅุดู€ู€ูƒุงู„ูŠุฉ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ู„ุบู€ู€ุฉ ูˆู…ู…ุงุฑุณู€ู€ุฉ

ุงู„ุชู‚ูŠูŠู€ู€ู…ุŸ

ูƒุงุณู€ู€ุชุฌุงุจุฉ ู†ู‚ุฏูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† โ€œุงุขู„ุงู„ุช ุงู„ุนุงุฒุจู€ู€ุฉโ€ ุทู…ู€ู€ุญ ู…ุนุฑุถู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุทู€ู€ุฑุญ ุชุณู€ู€ุงุคุงู„ุช ุญู€ู€ูˆู„ ุฅู†ุชุงุฌูŠู€ู€ุฉ โ€œุงู„ุฎุฑุงูู€ู€ุฉโ€ ุงู„ุชู€ู€ูŠ ุชุชูู€ู€ู‚ ู…ู€ู€ุน ู…ูˆุถูˆุนูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถุŒ ุงู„ุชู€ู€ูŠ ุฃุดู€ู€ู‡ุฑู‡ุง ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู†. ูŠูƒุดู€ู€ู ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ุนู€ู€ู† ู€ู€ุญ ู€ู€ุฑุถ ู„ุตุงู„ ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุน ู€ู€ุงุฌ ู‡ ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู†ุช ู€ู€ูŠ ุฃุฏุช ุฅู„ ู€ู€ุทุฉ ุงู„ุช ู€ู€ุน ุงุฃู„ู†ุด ู€ู€ู„ ุฌู…ูŠ ู€ู€ุง ุชุฌุงู‡ ู€ู€ู† ุฎุงู„ู‡ ู€ู€ู… ู… ู€ู€ุฉ ูŠุช ู€ู€ุฏุฉ ุนุถูˆูŠ ูˆุญู€ู€ุน ู„ู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถ ุŒ ุฃู†ุดู€ู€ุฃ ุฒูŠู…ู€ู€ุงู† ุณู€ู€ุฑุฏ ุดู€ู€ุงู…ู„ ูˆู…ูˆุญู€ู€ุฏ ู…ู†ุณู€ู€ูˆุฌ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฎู€ู€ุงู„ ุงุฃู„ุนู…ู€ู€ุงู„ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถู€ู€ุฉ. ูู€ู€ูŠ ุฏูˆุฑู‡ ูƒุตุงู†ู€ู€ูˆ ุฏูˆุฑ ู€ู€ูˆู…ุŒ ูˆู‡ ู€ู€ู‡ ุงู„ูŠ ู€ู€ุง ู†ุนุฑู ู€ู€ุงู†ุŒ ูƒู… ู€ู€ู† ุงุฃู„ุญูŠ ู€ู€ุฑ ู… ู€ู€ูŠ ูƒุซูŠ ู€ู€ูŠุทุฑ ู ู€ู€ุชู‚ู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู…ุณ ู€ู€ู…ุŒ ุงู„ู…ุณ ู€ู€ุฎุตูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ูŠ ู€ู€ุง ุด ุฃูŠุถ

ุฏุงุฎู€ู€ู„ ุงู„ู…ุฌู€ู€ุงู„ ุงู„ูู†ู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ู€ู€ุฐูŠ ุนู€ู€ุฒุฒ ุจุดู€ู€ูƒู„ ูƒุจูŠู€ู€ุฑ ู‡ูŠู…ู†ู€ู€ุฉ ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู†ู€ู€ูˆุน ู…ู€ู€ู† ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุงุฑุถ.

ุทู…ุญู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุชุฃุณู€ู€ูŠุณ ุฃุณู€ู€ู„ูˆุจ ู…ุจู†ู€ู€ูŠ ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู„ุชุนู€ู€ุงูˆู† ุจูŠู€ู€ู† ุงู„ู‚ูŠู…ูŠู€ู€ู† ูˆุงู„ูู†ุงู†ูŠู€ู€ู†ุŒ ูˆ ุณู€ู€ุนูŠู†ุง ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุงู„ูƒุดู€ู€ู ู€ู€ุงุช ู€ู€ูˆ ุงุงู„ุฎุชุงู ู€ู€ู† ู…ุญ ุน

ู€ู€ุง ู€ู€ุงุฑุถ ุŒ ูุถ ู€ู€ุงุฌ ุงู„ู…ุน ู€ู€ุฉ ุฅู†ุช ู€ู€ูŠ ุนู…ู„ูŠ ู€ู€ุฉ ู ู€ู€ุงุช ุงู„ู…ุชุฃุตู„ ู€ู€ุฑุงุช ูˆุงู„ุชุจุงูŠู† ู€ู€ุน ุงู„ุชูˆุช ู€ู€ู† ุฌู…ูŠ ุน

ู…ู€ู€ู† ู…ุฌู€ู€ุฑุฏ ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ุงู„ู…ูˆุถูˆุนู€ู€ูŠ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฆู€ู€ู… ุนู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู‚ูŠู€ู€ู… ุงู„ูˆุงุญู€ู€ุฏ. ูˆุจู€ู€ุฏุงู„

ุงู„ู…ุชุนู€ู€ุฏุฏุฉ ุงู„ุชู€ู€ูŠ ุชุฑุงูู€ู€ู‚ ุนู€ู€ุงุฏุฉ

ุดู€ู€ุจูƒุฉ ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŠู€ู€ุฉ ุŒ ู‚ุฑุฑู†ู€ู€ุง ุฅู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ โ€œุญู€ู€ูˆู„ ุดู€ู€ูŠุก ู…ู€ู€ุง โ€ุŒ ุจู…ู€ู€ุง ุฌุนู€ู€ู„ ุงู„ูุตู€ู€ู„ ุจูŠู€ู€ู† ู…ู‚ุงุฑุจุชูŠู€ู€ู† ูู€ู€ูŠ ุชููƒูŠุฑู†ู€ู€ุง ุ› ุถู€ู€ุฑูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุชุนุงู…ู€ู€ู„ ู…ู€ู€ุน ู…ูˆุถู€ู€ูˆุน ู‡ู€ู€ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุนู€ู€ุฑุถ ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฌู‡ู€ู€ุฉุŒ ูˆุฑุบุจุชู†ู€ู€ุง ูู€ู€ูŠ ุฅุธู‡ู€ู€ุงุฑ ุชูˆุซูŠู€ู€ู‚ ุงู„ุนู…ู„ูŠู€ู€ุฉ

ุฌู„ูŠู€ู€ุง

ุฃู…ู€ู€ุฑุง

ุงู„ุชู€ู€ูŠ ุฃุฏุช ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ุฅู†ุชู€ู€ุงุฌ ู…ุนุฑุถู†ู€ู€ุง ู…ู€ู€ู† ุฌู‡ู€ู€ุฉ ุฃุฎู€ู€ุฑู‰. ุงู‚ุชุฑุญู†ู€ู€ุง, ุจุงู„ู†ุณู€ู€ุจุฉ ู„ุทุฑุญู†ู€ู€ุง ุงุฃู„ูˆู„ุŒ ุงู„ุนู€ู€ูˆุฏุฉ ุฅู„ู€ู€ู‰ ู…ู€ู€ุง ุชู€ู€ู…

ุงู„ุฑุนุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนุจุŒ ุงู„ุฑุนุจ ู‡ุงุฑูˆู„ุฏ ุฒูŠู…ุงู† ูˆ ุงุฃู„ุฑุดูŠู

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Plan of The Bachelor Machines at the Venice Biennial, 1975Sketch by Harald SzeemannHarald Szeemann with by through because towards despite: Catalogue of All Exhibitions

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(Right) Plan of the horror, the horror, the horror at the AUB Byblos Bank Art Gallery,2018Sketch by Nare Sahakyan

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Program

The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni, 2011Rania Stephan

Film Program

Screening Times April 26, 2018, 7:30pmMay 18, 2018, 6 pmMay 30, 2018, 6 pm + Q&A

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American University of Beirut

Director, AUB Art Galleries and Collections

Rico Franses

Hala AujiAhmad El-GharbieLina GhaibehDaniele GenadryOctavian EsanuRico FransesKirsten Schied

AUB Art Galleries and Collections Steering Committee

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CuratorsNatasha GasparianLama El KhatibNare SahakyanYassmeen Tukan

Administrative Officer and Exhibition CoordinatorDania Dabbousi

Graphic DesignLama El Khatib

Technical SupportYamen RajehGeorge IssaWissam MerhiHassan BaracatHaytham Ali Ahmad

TranslationYassmeen Tukan Ziad Abdallah

Acknowledgments We are grateful to Beatrice von Bismarck for trusting us with this project, and for offering much-needed guidance, while also allowing us to work through our own difficulties. Thank you to Dania Dabbousi, Rico Franses, and Octavian Esanu for their logistical support; to Saleh Barakat for his help in making the impossible happen; to Hala Auji, Angela Harutyunyan, and Nadia Bou Ali for their generous feedback; and to the MA Cultures of the Curatorial group who shared our pain and helped us come to realizations about our process.

the horror, the horror, the horrorHarald Szeemann and the Archive

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the horror, the horror, the horrorHarald Szeemann and the Archive

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