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Walking piece 2021

Walk in the City – Walking as a Protest

Nohad ElHajj

Nohad ElHajj

(Lebanon) 
Beirut, Lebanon
50 minutes
English

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A 50 mins recording of a live streamed walk presented as part of the Advanced Master in Artistic Research in Social and Political Context - Sint Lucas Antwerpen.

A 50 mins recording of a live streamed walk presented as part of the Advanced Master in Artistic Research in Social and Political Context – Sint Lucas Antwerpen.

The truest form to present my research during the advanced master in artistic research was to take both my colleagues and my tutors for a walk in Beirut. To navigate together the streets, the cars, the people, the fauna and flora of this city. As well as navigating the (internet) disconnection/ connection inherent to my walking experience.

The walk starts from my parents’ house in Mousaytbeh to Beirut Printmaking Studio in Gemmayze. While the starting and the end points were planned, the actual route was not. I let my body navigate the alleys and the back streets as felt during that day.

I walked with two leporellos I had created earlier: the first included photos/ excerpts from my own writings on past walks, while the other included photos/excerpts of seven artists with whom I had previously walked through the city.

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The walk was in Beirut, Lebanon. June 2021.

Credits

I thank the 7 artists who agreed to walk with me and so generously shared their knowledge, thoughts and practice:

Dzovig Arnelian
Hanane Haj Ali
Roy Dib
Samar Mogharbel
Sirine Fattouh
Tarek Mourad
Tony Chakar

And my fellow Advanced Master colleagues and tutors.

APA style reference

ElHajj, N. (2021). Walk in the City – Walking as a Protest. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/walk-in-the-city-walking-as-a-protest/

galefilero

A jaunt, a rambling walk or ride just for the sake of breaking restraint. from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (University of Toronto Press, 1982).

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