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Keywords

Rabih Mroué, Lina Majdalanie, reconstitution, document, performance, intermediality, trace, truth, memory.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Living outside Lebanon, Lebanese artists like Rabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie have contributed in many ways to the evolution and reconstruction of the cultural and artistic scene in Lebanon, as well as to its history. They took part in the shaping of Civil War memory. This article will analyze the way in which these artists put on stage absence, disappearance, and the erasure of traces, while transforming contemporary artistic practice in Lebanon. Rethinking creation as a field of resistance and change, the artist on stage becomes, with Majdalanie and Mroué, an actor, a dancer, and a visual artist.

Résumé

Vivant aujourd’hui en dehors du Liban, des artistes libanais comme Rabih Mroué et Lina Majdalanie ont contribué de plusieurs manières à l’évolution et à la reconstruction de la scène culturelle et artistique du Liban, ainsi qu’à son histoire. Ils prennent en charge la fabrication de la mémoire de la guerre civile. Cet article analysera la manière dont ces artistes mettent en scène l’absence, la disparition et l’effacement des traces, tout en transformant la pratique artistique contemporaine au Liban. Repensant la création comme un champ de résistance et de changement, l’artiste sur scène devient, chez Majdalanie et Mroué, un acteur, un danseur et un plasticien.

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