KLEIO PROJECTS + BEIRUT TANGENTS Present the First NYC Film Screening of
"Beirut, 6db Underground"
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Reception from 7:30 - 8:00pm
Film screening from 8:00 - 9:00, followed by Q&A with the filmmakers.
@ Kleio Projects
208 E. 7th Street
(Between Ave B and Ave C)
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WORKS
Philippe Tremblay-Berberi & Serge Abiaad’s documentary, Beirut, 6db Underground (2008), captures the energy and complexity of Beirut’s underground music scene, which spans from experimental to post-punk, hip hop to electronica. Filmed in Autumn of 2007, the film features interviews and music by six members of this diverse underground and provides a backdrop for Tania Traboulsi’s photographs, which hang in the main gallery. Beirut, 6db Underground includes music by Zeid Hamdan, Mazen Kerbaj, Katibe 5, Siska, Charbel Haber, and Radwan Moumneh; it is in French, English, and Arabic, with English subtitles added for this screening.
Abiaad + Tremblay-Berberi will be present and answer questions following the screening.
A sampling of videos by musicians featured in Beirut, 6db Underground and on view at Kleio Projects will play during the reception.
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Beirut Tangents are digressions from and complements to Tania Traboulsi's exhibition, Music is Life: Lebanese Sound Stills. Organized by Julie Sengle + Alexis Bhagat
Tanya Traboulsi’s ongoing series, Music is Life: Lebanese Sound Stills, is a unique glimpse into the flourishing alternative music scene in Beirut. The diversity of the Lebanese underground is significant: experimental to post-punk, electronica to rap and hip hop, these musicians continue to gain international attention. Traboulsi’s images give us intimate access to recording sessions, concerts, and otherwise private moments. musicislifeexhibit.wordpress.com for updates + schedule.
Itinerant gallery KLEIO PROJECTS aims to promote emerging artists working in video, photography, installation, painting and new media in venues throughout New York City. Directed by Christine O'Heron.
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musicislifeexhibit.wordpress.com
