Abir Saksouk (Public Works): Mapping and Documentation as Tools Against Erasure

Abir Saksouk from Public Works narrates cities and towns targeted by the ongoing Israeli aggressions on Lebanon as sites of contestation between conceived plans and lived realities. It underscores the power of documentation, material evidence, and mapping in deconstructing dominant discourses around places and their reconstruction. This talk is based on In Search for Justice Among the Rubble, an exhibition by Public Works that took place in Tunis as part of Evidence, an international festival by Fisher Center LAB, in association with the Center for Human Rights and the Arts.

This talk is produced in collaboration with Fen Live Lab (فل/F’LL), an incubator for innovations in live art and performance practices. It is moderated by Tania El Khoury.