Visual Dialogues 2013: Waiting for the Barbarians by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
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Starting with the poem Waiting for the Barbarians, as part of "I stared at beauty so much...", we explore panoramic images of Beirut shifting from mobile to immobile, from the general to the constantly dug out detail that opens onto the world.
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Cavafy, a voice from the past projected into the future, into our arrested present, similar to the images we’re producing, in which the city exhibits itself and where the expectation, the suspension are deeply felt, as before, before the barbarians arrive but will they ever? And suddenly, the appearance of beauty, incongruous.
This artwork was presented on 07.11.2013-07.01.2014 at Onassis Stegi, as part of Visual Dialogues 2013 “C. P. Cavafy at the Plato’s Academy Leisure Park”.
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Waiting for the Barbarians, 2013 by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Animated photography, sound, multiples sources, video HD format
Duration: 4m 26 seconds, loop
Commissioned by the Onassis Cultural Center Athens for the Visual Dialogues 2013
Inspired by the poem of Cavafy: Waiting for the Barbarians
Voice over: Bernard Khoury
Sound design: Rana EidStudio DB
Photo and video: Khalil Joreige & Joana Hadjithomas
Photo-composing: Alexis Gaillard
Animation: Noel PaulStudio Rez VisualBelal Hibri
Sound: Karine Basha
