Sameh Al-Hlawany

The grant enables Sameh to travel from Egypt to Lebanon to take part in an artistic field study to discover neglected public spaces in Beirut and to help activate a collaborative communal process to convert them into community art spaces accessible to all. He will work together with the Nahnoo association and its team of volunteers in creating a database, forging relations with local communities and negotiating with landlords of neglected premises preparatory to presenting them to the local communities. Projects of this nature underscore the importance of engaging the community in the process of developing a culturally rich and innovative society.