Walid Raad

Walid Raad is a Lebanese media artist living in New York. Walid Raad founded The Atlas Group and is a member of Arab Image Foundation.

www.theatlasgroup.org

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(Objekt ID 4680)
Object type Person
Functions Writer, Artist
Nationality Lebanese
Gender Male
Adresse New York, United States
Website The Atlas Group
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The Lebanese media artist Walid Raad lives in New York, where he teaches art at Cooper Union. He is an articulated analyst of the circumstances concerning long-lasting and diffuse warfare such as in his country of origin, Lebanon. In his performances Raad is known to balance discreetly and efficiently on the line between fiction and historical facts in addition to using humour in an emphatic manner appealing to audiences. Raad’s work includes video, photography and essays. His work has been presented at the Documenta 11 festival, The Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennale, the Ayloul Festival in Beirut and a number of other festivals in Europe, Middle East and Northern America.

Source: BIT Teatergarasjen, autumn program 2006. 12.09.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/64

Affiliations (1)
Involved in productions (4)
Title Premiere Role
I Feel a Great Desire to Meet the Masses Once Again (The Atlas Group) Navember 1, 2006 Concept/Idea, Performer
My Neck Is Thinner Than A Hair (The Atlas Group) August 26, 2005 Staging, Performer
SUBSTREAM (BIT TeatergarasjenKunstnernes Hus) February 3, 2003 Artist
The Loudest Muttering Is Over: Documents from The Atlas Group Archive (The Atlas Group) Concept/Idea, Performer