Lina Saneh
Lina Saneh
Appendice
Lina Saneh, photo © Ghassan Halawani ©
Appendice
by Lina Saneh
With Rabih Mroué and Lina Saneh
Co-produced by the Association Libanaise pour les Arts Plastiques, Ashkal Alwan and the Festival d’Automne à Paris
Acknowledgements: Fadi Abdallah, Albert Abi Azar, Mansour Aziz, Rémi Bonhomme, Toni Chakar, Lama Charafeddine
Ali Cherri, Marie Collin, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Bernard Khoury, Krystel Khoury, Nathalie Khoury, Jalal El
Mir, Tarek Mrad, Hania Mroué (Cinema Metropolis Beirut)
Rabih Mroué, Walid Raad, Celesta Rottiers, Hussein Saleh Andrée Sfeir (Galerie Sfeir-Semler), Mounira El Solh,
Christine Tohmé and Jalal Toufic
With support from the Fondation d’Entreprise CMA CGM and Zaza and Philippe Jabre
Thanks to Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle de l'Ambassade de France au Liban
“Cremation, forbidden by all religions in Lebanon, is therefore illegal. And citizenship is contingent on belonging to a religious community.”
In this performance, Linah Saneh plans to have surgery and then have her severed limbs burned, turning her body into a battlefield where the promise of freedom and modernity clashes with nationalist and communitarian forces.
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