Hadi E. Damien
Cultural entrepreneur based in Beirut with a scope of work ranging from festival production to management of interministerial platforms and state happenings/representations. Operating in Lebanon and overseas.
Curator and National Coordinator of Lebanon in the Prague Quadrennial.

Cornelia Krafft
Artist whose work revolves around performance art, choreography, installation, film, stage, and costume design. Born in Munich, Germany 1972, Krafft is currently based in Beirut, Lebanon. With a Master of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, Krafft taught for ten years at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, then moved to Lebanon in 2009 as visiting professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where she occupied the position of Assistant Professor until January 2015. She took part in multiple international artist residencies and was awarded numerous grants for her academic work, with a nomination for the 2014 AUB Teaching Excellence Award. Very active artist in Lebanon, Krafft choreographed a series of group performances, including “777”, “Along the White Line”, “Salome vs Bluebeard” (Mellon Foundation Grant award) and “After 100 Springs” (based on Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”). Her performances and choreographies are generally mute, and often explore natural or deserted urban spaces as a stage. Krafft’s installations, paintings, photography and films were twice exhibited at Janine Rubeiz Gallery, at the Musée Sursock Salon d’Automne XXX/XXXI, and at MACAM (Modern and Contemporary Art Museum). Krafft’s work has been showcased in Vienna, London, Munich, Berlin, Venice, Beirut, and Bundanon Australia, with local and international coverage in print, online and broadcast media outlets. Published author, her first publication “MUTE MOVEMENTS a collective performance art journey through Beirut 2009-2014” was launched in March 2015. Website.
Main artist of the delegation of Lebanon to the Prague Quadrennial 2015 and both National and Student exhibitions designer.

Hans Harling
Born in Beirut 1993, Hans Harling is a Lebanese half-human, half-mannequin of Armenian origins who has been designing costumes and props for major clubs and entertainment venues in Lebanon and the Middle East since 2010. He is also the founder of Moonstone brand. Website.
Tribes designer of the delegation of Lebanon to the Prague Quadrennial 2015.

Miriane Zgheib
Lebanese food designer with an extensive background in visual arts and design. Her practice includes interior architecture and illustration, as well as product, floral and light design. Website.
Makers designer of the delegation of Lebanon to the Prague Quadrennial 2015.

Ad Achkar
Photographer and land artist based in Lebanon with exhibitions in New York, Florida, Dubai and Beirut. Website.
Documentation photographer of the delegation of Lebanon to the Prague Quadrennial 2015.

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