Tea with Culture

In this episode, Wael Hattar sits with Nisrine Wehbe, Programmer at Metropolis Cinema and Nour Ouayda, Co-ordinator of it's new project, Cinematheque Beirut; to talk about how the two organisations promote Lebanese and Arab cinema heritage and documenting the Lebanese movie production.

Both Nisrine and Nour discuss with Wael what each does and their role in the film community in Lebanon, from creating a film database for Cinematheque Beirut, to programming film retrospectives, and organising film screenings and education for young viewers and also within the film industry. They also discuss budgeting and censorship challenges and their efforts in audience building.

For all their latest news, events and updates:

www.metropoliscinema.net

metropoliscinema.net/page/theproject/

Social media links:

twitter.com/metropolislb

instagram.com/metropoliscinema/

facebook.com/MetropolisCinema/

twitter.com/cinemathequebei

instagram.com/cinemathequebeirut/

facebook.com/cinemathequebeirut/

In this episode, Wael Hattar sits with Nisrine Wehbe, Programmer at Metropolis Cinema and Nour Ouayda, Co-ordinator of it's new project, Cinematheque Beirut; to talk about how the two organisations promote Lebanese and Arab cinema heritage and documenting the Lebanese movie production.

Both Nisrine and Nour discuss with Wael what each does and their role in the film community in Lebanon, from creating a film database for Cinematheque Beirut, to programming film retrospectives, and organising film screenings and education for young viewers and also within the film industry. They also discuss budgeting and censorship challenges and their efforts in audience building.

For all their latest news, events and updates:

www.metropoliscinema.net

metropoliscinema.net/page/theproject/

Social media links:

twitter.com/metropolislb

instagram.com/metropoliscinema/

facebook.com/MetropolisCinema/

twitter.com/cinemathequebei

instagram.com/cinemathequebeirut/

facebook.com/cinemathequebeirut/

In this episode, Wael Hattar sits with Nisrine Wehbe the Metropolis Programmer and Nour Ouayda the Cinematheque coordinator to talk about how the two organisations promote Lebanese and Arab cinema heritage and documenting the Lebanese movie production.

Both Nisrine and Nour discuss with Wael what each organisation does and its role in the film community in Lebanon, from creating a film database for Cinematheque Beirut, to programming film retrospectives, and organising film screenings and education for young viewers and also within the film industry. They also discuss budgeting and censorship challenges and their efforts in audience building.

For all their latest news, events and updates:

www.metropoliscinema.net

metropoliscinema.net/page/theproject/

Social media links:

twitter.com/metropolislb

instagram.com/metropoliscinema/

facebook.com/MetropolisCinema/

twitter.com/cinemathequebei

instagram.com/cinemathequebeirut/

facebook.com/cinemathequebeirut/

Wael Hattar sits with Joy Mardini, director and owner of Joy Mardini Design Gallery, one of the few design galleries in the Arab world, and Jessy Bustros, director of House of Today, an NGO dedicated to the enrichment of Lebanon’s design culture.

They discuss product design in Lebanon, covering the general understanding of the market, production, education and its exchange with the world including the Arab and Gulf countries.

Both Mardini and Bustros share their thoughts on the design scene in Beirut and across Lebanon, and explain some of the details within the market and the growth of the industry.

houseoftoday.com

twitter.com/HouseofToday

instagram.com/houseoftoday

facebook.com/HouseofToday

jmdesigngallery.com

instagram.com/jmdesigngallery

facebook.com/jmdesigngallery

Wael Hattar sits with Joy Mardini, director and owner of Joy Mardini Design Gallery, one of the few design galleries in the Arab world, and Jessy Bustros, director of House of Today, an NGO dedicated to the enrichment of Lebanon’s design culture.

They discuss product design in Lebanon, covering the general understanding of the market, production, education and its exchange with the world including the Arab and Gulf countries.

Both Mardini and Bustros share their thoughts on the design scene in Beirut and across Lebanon, and explain some of the details within the market and the growth of the industry.

houseoftoday.com

twitter.com/HouseofToday

instagram.com/houseoftoday

facebook.com/HouseofToday

jmdesigngallery.com

instagram.com/jmdesigngallery

facebook.com/jmdesigngallery

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan. We discuss Hamdan's practice in general, and cover his young but powerfully growing career from his first interest in Sound Art and how his work has developed into multiple media. Along with the winning of many prizes regionally and globally, we talk about the way people perceive his work (We have a few audio extracts from the works within the interview,) as well as his own development of what he sees and hears to his his different and current curatorial collaboration.

http://sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsExhibition.htm?id=138467

You can read about his most recent prizes here

artdubai.ae/abraaj-group-art-prize-2018/

sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsExhibition.htm?id=138467

You can find more of his work in the following links

lawrenceabuhamdan.com

https://vimeo.com/user7053630

https://iffr.com/en/persons/lawrence-abu-hamdan

and find him socially here

instagram.com/lawrence_abu_hamdan/

twitter.com/LAbuHamdan

In this episode Wael Hattar interviews artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan. We discuss Hamdan's practice in general, and cover his young but powerfully growing career from his first interest in Sound Art and how his work has developed into multiple media. Along with the winning of many prizes regionally and globally, we talk about the way people perceive his work (We have a few audio extracts from the works within the interview,) as well as his own development of what he sees and hears to his his different and current curatorial collaboration.

http://sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsExhibition.htm?id=138467

You can read about his most recent prizes here

artdubai.ae/abraaj-group-art-prize-2018/

sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsExhibition.htm?id=138467

You can find more of his work in the following links

lawrenceabuhamdan.com

https://vimeo.com/user7053630

https://iffr.com/en/persons/lawrence-abu-hamdan

and find him socially here

instagram.com/lawrence_abu_hamdan/

twitter.com/LAbuHamdan

This episode is about Tashkeel, a Dubai based multi-disciplinary studio, work space and gallery.

Established in Dubai in 2008 by Lateefa bint Maktoum, Tashkeel enables creative practice, experimentation and dialogue among practitioners and the wider community.

Hind Mezaina interviews Lisa Ball-Lechgar (Deputy Director) and Jill Hoyle (Manager)to talk about how it started, its recent milestone of celebrating its 10th anniversary, its role in the art community in the UAE and some of its future plans.

http://tashkeel.org

https://twitter.com/tashkeel

https://www.facebook.com/TashkeelStudio

https://www.instagram.com/tashkeelstudio

This episode is about Tashkeel, a Dubai based multi-disciplinary studio, work space and gallery.

Established in Dubai in 2008 by Lateefa bint Maktoum, Tashkeel enables creative practice, experimentation and dialogue among practitioners and the wider community.

Hind Mezaina interviews Lisa Ball-Lechgar (Deputy Director) and Jill Hoyle (Manager)to talk about how it started, its recent milestone of celebrating its 10th anniversary, its role in the art community in the UAE and some of its future plans.

http://tashkeel.org

https://twitter.com/tashkeel

https://www.facebook.com/TashkeelStudio

https://www.instagram.com/tashkeelstudio

In this episode Wael Hattar speaks to Alexander Gray from Alexander Gray Associates, a New York based contemporary art gallery that represents Hassan Sharif (1951 - 2016).

Alexander Gray shares with us how he was first introduced to Hassan Sharif's work in the United Arab Emirates and his thoughts about the artist and his work.

http://www.alexandergray.com/artists/hassan-sharif

http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/hassan-sharif-a-retrospective

http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events/hassan-sharif-interexchange-symposium

instagram.com/alexandergrayassociates/

facebook.com/alexandergrayassociates/

twitter.com/agrayassociates

You can see more images of the work on our Instagram page

instagram.com/p/BjR3Qh7Hq0D/?taken-by=teawithculture

Images courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates.