Abstract
In this article I examine the work of contemporary artists and filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. With a moving image practice that explores hidden aspects of Middle Eastern histories, Hajdithomas and Joreige cross multiple boundaries: both geographical in the divide between East and West that is just as prevalent in the contemporary art world as it is in global geopolitics and formal, between film and video, fiction and documentary, and cinema and the art gallery. Working out of Lebanon and France, Hadjithomas and Joreiges works have featured prominently across the international biennale and film festival circuits. The complex ways that they blur and work across various boundaries are also culturally and historically specific, informed by the post-conflict development of documentary, film and video art practices in Lebanon. Considering Hadjithomas and Joreiges work can help us think critically about the possibilities of hybrid practices that cross boundaries between gallery and cinema, and also between fact and fiction.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Senses of Cinema |
| Volume | 0 |
| Issue number | 86 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |