Alaa Minawi
Palestine,Netherlands
Installation and Performance Artist
Performing Arts,Visual Arts,Cultural Management
Alaa Minawi
Palestine,Netherlands
Installation and Performance Artist
Performing Arts,Visual Arts,Cultural Management
Grantee
Wijhat
Round 02
2025
No Man’s Land
Alaa will participate in a two-month artistic residency at Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture in Beirut to develop his new theatrical performance titled “No Man’s Land”, which will be presented to the public at Al Madina theatre in Beirut for one week.
Grantee
Wijhat
Round 02
2020
2048 – Identity in dissolution
Route: Netherlands → Lebanon
Travel Plan: Alaa Minai will take part in an artistic residency program at the Hammana Artist House where he will develop the Arabic edition of his artistic project, “2048 – Identity in dissolution” and rework the dramaturgy for the performative installation. The residency will conclude with a public presentation of the new edition of this work at the Hammana Artist House for three days, followed by another presentation at Zico House in Beirut.
Travel Plan: Alaa Minai will take part in an artistic residency program at the Hammana Artist House where he will develop the Arabic edition of his artistic project, “2048 – Identity in dissolution” and rework the dramaturgy for the performative installation. The residency will conclude with a public presentation of the new edition of this work at the Hammana Artist House for three days, followed by another presentation at Zico House in Beirut.
Grantee
Exceptional Grants for Supporting Artists & Writers
2020
2048: Arabfuturism, Critical Dystopia, and Dark Humor
“2048: Arabfuturism, Critical Dystopia, and Dark Humor” performative installation
Alaa does not want to be present in the same room with others in a tangible way. So he constructed a parallel world for himself in which he chooses those who can be in the same place as he is if they pass a test. This involves performing certain rituals, such as speaking about their personal experiences at the moments they most wished they could disappear. This collaborative work, which consists of a performance followed by a lecture delivered by the Turkish researcher Nilgün Bayraktar, examines Arab post apocalyptic futurism. The concept of the performance (presence/absence) is inspired by the lives of refugees and domestic workers in Lebanon where invisibility from the “eyes of the regime” is not just a way of life but a key to safety.
Alaa does not want to be present in the same room with others in a tangible way. So he constructed a parallel world for himself in which he chooses those who can be in the same place as he is if they pass a test. This involves performing certain rituals, such as speaking about their personal experiences at the moments they most wished they could disappear. This collaborative work, which consists of a performance followed by a lecture delivered by the Turkish researcher Nilgün Bayraktar, examines Arab post apocalyptic futurism. The concept of the performance (presence/absence) is inspired by the lives of refugees and domestic workers in Lebanon where invisibility from the “eyes of the regime” is not just a way of life but a key to safety.