Happy Ever After
Chrystèle Khodr, Happy Ever After, 2021
9 minutes 29 seconds, single-channel video, sound.
كريستيل خضر, حياتنا راح تصير أحلا ما هيك
For The Only Thing Left is to Leave. Commissioned by Beirut Art Center and Firstdraft, with the support of the Keir Foundation.
ضمن مشروع كل ما تبقى هو الرحيل
بتكليف من مركز بيروت للفن وفيرست درافت، بدعم من مؤسسة كير
As she awaited a better life, she felt the urge to float on water. A desire to fight with someone. She felt a deep urge to cry.
ينما كانت تنتظر حياة أفضل، شعرَت برغبة بالطوفان فوق الماء. برغبة بالتعارك مع أحدهم. شعرت برغة عميقة بالبكاء.
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about The Only Thing Left is to Leave
The Only Thing Left is to Leave is an international commissioning project supported by the Keir Foundation, co-developed by Firstdraft and Beirut Art Center. The first part of this project is an online iteration, co-developed by Firstdraft and Beirut Art Center, featuring four artist commissions by Eddie Abd, Roy Dib, Morgan Hogg, and Chrystèle Khodr – individually premiering on Instagram TV. Each of these interdisciplinary artists interrogates what paths are trodden and social formations woven, what common practices are formulated and networks of sustenance formed, when we move.
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