Tania El Khoury: GARDENS SPEAK (LB/GB)

Photo: archive of City of Women Association

Wednesday, October 12^th – Friday, October 15^th
4 pm – 8 pm (every 60 min)
Saturday, October 15^th – Sunday, October 16^th
11 am – 6 pm (every 60 min)

Gardens Speak is an interactive sound installation containing the oral histories of 10 ordinary people who have been buried in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has been carefully constructed in collaboration with the friends and family members of the deceased, retelling their stories as they themselves would have recounted them. They are compiled with found audio that evidences their final moments.

Within the 22. International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women.

Production Manager: Jessica Harrington
Research Assistant and Writer (Arabic): Keenana Issa
Calligraphy and Tombstones Design: Dia Batal
Set Design: Abir Saksouk
Set Construction: SPLEX Flexible Designs & Presentation
Sound Recording & Editing: Khairy Eibesh (Stronghold Sound)
Co-commissioned by Fierce, Next Wave and Live at LICA. Developed through the Artsadmin Artists’ Bursary Scheme. Supported by Arts Council of England and British Council.
Organisation: City of Women.

Tania El Khoury is a live performance artist working in London and Beirut. She creates in-depth and challenging performances in which the audience actively participates. She has performed in a variety of spaces, ranging from the British Museum, a cable car and an old church used as a military base during the Lebanese civil war. Her performances have won many awards at international festivals. She is a co-founder of the Dictaphone Group, a collective using urban research and performance art to reclaim public space. She is the central artist of the Forest Fringe Festival. http://taniaelkhoury.com/

The installation is visited in groups of 10 people. Anticipated duration per group is 60’. Please, make a prior reservation at contact@cityofwomen.org.
Ticket prices: 7 eur, 5 eur (students, seniors)