Photographer Khodr Cherri's refreshing dive. (Credit: Courtesy of the artist)
‘55’: The collective behind a new language
In this abandoned sewing workshop, Lebanese artist Marc Keyrouz presented “Mother Superior,” an exhibition by 55 Script at Union Marks in Bourj Hammoud. This first edition showcases a collaboration of local artists, including Sara Nassar and Karl Sfeir, highlighting augmented reality, photography and dynamic animation components.
Active since 2015, Keyrouz created 55, “a language based on an unlimited field of expressions shaped into forms and symbols relating to all existing visual transmissions,” he said.
After his beginnings in the underground world of street art, the collective became a community bringing together multiple artists sharing his vision, including calligraphers, designers and photographers.
Inspired by the connection of human beings, the “Mother Superior” exhibition reminds us that we are not isolated entities, but linked by our collective experiences.
It illustrates how life experiences influence our interpretations and relationship to art.
The exhibition will be open to visit until Friday, June 14.
Marc Keyrouz and his signs to decode. (Credit: Courtesy of the artist)
‘La consonance des eaux’: A multi-sensory art performance
Engram Collective and Jawad Nawfal presented a 45-minute performance in the No/Mad Utopia garden in Gemmayzeh on June 13 and 14, at 8:30 p.m.
Engram is a duo of photographers founded in Lebanon in 2003 by Joanna Andraos and Caroline Tabet.
In collaboration with Jawad Nawfal, Lebanese musician, sound designer and founder of his own VV-VA music label, they bring to light the exploration “La consonance des eaux,” reflecting water’s trajectories, sources, stories and mythologies.
Through a symphony of prose, melodies and images, these artists link nature to artistic expression, all on a theme related to water, creating a captivating multisensory experience.
Entrance is free.
Jawad Nawfal, Joanna Andraos and Caroline Tabet perform at No/Mad Utopia. (Credit: Courtesy of the artists)
Khodr Cherri’s ocean immersion at the Art District Gallery
A bewitching aquatic universe awaits adventurous art lovers at the Art District Gallery, House of Photography (located on Gouraud Street, Gemmayzeh).
The “Ocean of Images” photography exhibition was skillfully orchestrated by a Lebanese-American underwater photographer, Khodr Cherri.
A production manager at the Nardulli lab, his collaborations with photography giants like Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton and Matthew Rolston have shaped his expertise, coveted by the most prominent publications, including Time Magazine, National Geographic and Vogue.
Cherri is an expert at digital retouching and curating exhibitions for galleries and museums. Capturing the dynamic and fascinating nature of the ocean, he insists on the importance of intuition in his creative process.
Underwater photography by artist Khodr Cherri. (Credit: Courtesy of the artist)
“I believe nurturing our intuition is the key to living authentically and with purpose. Let’s continue to listen to our inner guidance and let ourselves be carried along by the universal current of life,” he said.
Through his expressive and singular lens, Cherri captures fleeting moments of marine beauty, where water bubbles dance with sapphire waves in an intriguing maritime immersion.
The exhibit will be open until July 6 at Art District Gemmayzeh.
Khodr Cherri's photos at Art District Gallery. (Credit: Khodr Cherri's Instagram account)
This article was originally published in L'Orient-Le Jour and translated by Joelle El Khoury.
