FW: REMINDER/TODAY: SMALL TALK

[Fadi Shayya]

 

 

Best,

Fadi

 

From: Department Of Architecture And Design [mailto:a...@aub.edu.lb]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 6:33 AM
To: Department Of Architecture And Design
Subject: REMINDER/TODAY: SMALL TALK

 

 

The Department of Architecture & Design and the ‘Talk20’ Lecture Committee

American University of Beirut

Present:

 

SMALL TALK | Censorship

 

Monday December 3, 2012 at 6:15 pm

 

ALH [Architecture Lecture Hall]

Dar Al-Handassah Architecture Building

 

Censorship, an act of forced control on media and culture, continuously limits yet provokes our creative discipline.  Local censoring mechanisms are multi-faceted, from the political, the moral to the religious, and extend to multiple levels of our everyday expression. These set limitations, justifiable or not, dictate what we see, say, or make. Yet in their resistance, they create a possibility for challenge and provocation, both being fundamental for our creative work. In a world of unlimited freedom, can creative expression remain provocative? Can censoring play anymore a real prohibiting role in our widely connected world? In Small Talk, censorship will be considered, whether negatively or positively, through its cultural, visual and spatial manifestations.

Speakers

 

Semaan Khawam [Graffiti artist, Poet]

Mona El Hallak [Architect, Preservation Activist]

Ayman Mhanna [Samir Kassir Eyes, Mamnou3 webseries]

 

 

Small Talk is an informal lecture series, aiming at provoking local discussion around a specific theme. Three speakers from several local and creative disciplines present and reflect on the specified theme through the short format of 30x30 (30 slides or images, 30 seconds per each).  An informal talk moderated by a student group will follow the presentations.

 

 

[Please note that entry to campus is accessible from the Main Gate, Bliss Street, and from the corniche, through the Hostler center gate – Parking spaces might be more available around Bliss Street]