I once entered a garden |2019

“I once entered a garden” is an installation by Bissane Al Charif and Chrystèle Khodr in collaboration with Waël Ali.

The project questions the first sexual experiences and their relation to the violent social metamorphosis that follows the series of wars in the Middle East from 1939 until today. The work is based on testimonies of persons from different generations from Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

The installation is an immersive experience in intimate memories swaying between the fiction and the documentary.

Credits

Conceived by Bissane Al Charif & Chrystèle Khodr 

In collaboration with Waël Ali

Technical direction: Nadim Deaibes

Sound design: Hadi Deaibes & Simon pochet

I once entered a garden was produced with the support of AlMawred AlThaqafy and presented in Zoukak Studio (Beirut) during the Redzone Festival 2018. It was developed with the support of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Beirut Office and was exhibited in Dar el Nimer (Beirut), Globe Aroma (Brussels) in the framework of Moussem Cities Damascus, Palazzo Fondi (Napoli) in the framework of Napoli International Theater Festival, Watertoren (Groningen) in the framework of Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen.