June 22, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Re-imagining Beirut’s Park
a film projection & talk with the filmmaker Lasse Lau
The continuing closure of Beirut’s park has led to a physical space that only exists in the minds of people. In Pine Nuts, the mind frees itself from the associative and historical memories where physical detachment informs new social utopian aspirations. The film will be followed by a discussion with 98 WEEKS and DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS.
Lasse Lau (born 1974) is a queer and social activist, visual artist and filmmaker based in New York and Copenhagen.
This event is the first in a series to be named DISCURSIVE TALKS aimed at becoming a semi-structured discussion and self-organizing production about space & design culture. The talk is organized by DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS; Lasse Lau is hosted in Lebanon by 98 WEEKS; and, the event is hosted at T-Marbouta (for info, please call 01-352302).
Video Still: Lasse Lau, 2008
April 30, 2010 @ 6:00 PM
Dear Colleagues & Friends,
The DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS initiative has the pleasure of inviting you to the launch and signing of the new book on Beirut’s park and public space: At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space toward the Recovery of Beirut’s Horsh Al-Sanawbar. We hope you can join us on Friday April 30, 2010, at 6:00 at the Sunflower Cultural Center (Dawar Al-Shams), Tayoune Roundabout, Beirut. You attendance is of valued support even if you did not buy the book.
الزملاء والأصدقاء الكرام،
تتشرف مبادرة ديسكُرسيف فورميشنز بدعوتكم إلى حفل إطلاق وتوقيع الكتاب الجديد عن البارك والمكان العام في بيروت: على حافة المدينة: إعادة إحياء الحيز العام نحو استعادة عافية حرش الصنوبر في بيروت (باللغة الإنكليزية). نأمل أن تنضموا إلينا يوم الجمعة 30 نيسان، 2010، الساعة السادسة في مركز دوار الشمس الثقافي، مستديرة الطيونة، بيروت. حضوركم دعم نقدره حتى لو لم تشتروا الكتاب.
For information, please visit At the Edge of the City.
Poster Design: Danny Khoury, 2010
