Beirut, Lebanon November 2013

On a side street overlooking the central Mar Mkhael area in Beirut, Lebanese artist Marwa Arsanios and curator Mirene Arsanios founded 98Weeks in 2009. The initiative, which started as an artistic research project that focuses on a different topic every 98 weeks, has developed into a fully fledged space with a regular program of exhibitions, performances and thematic discussions running in parallel to the ongoing research

This video presents a portrait of 98Weeks, with Marwa highlighting its development over the years and the main programs it has offered the public, including in-depth research on: the changing urban space of the city, on modern Arab cultural magazines, and on feminist discourse in the Arab world. Marwa also talks about an art book fair and bazar they organized, as well as the space's recent online radio program that explores exercises in collective reading

For more info on 98Weeks: www.98weeks.net

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