Lebanon
Beirut, 1970
Pascal Hachem and Rana Haddad are influential figures in Beirut’s & international cultural scene. Operating at the intersection of activism and art, their performances, interventions and practices address overlooked aspects of places, languages and objects, offering alternative narratives. By focusing on urban contentions that affect citizens on a daily basis, they ignite debates and challenge socio-political measures through simple yet impactful gestures. Their public installations have taken them from Beirut to international stages in Mantes La Jolie, France; Fribourg, Geneva, Bern and Lausanne, Switzerland; Algiers and Bejayya, Algeria; Turin and Rome, Italy; Istambul, Turkey; Dresden, Germany and in Wellington, New Zealand. Lately they took part in Desert X ALULA 2024.
Their works have graced prestigious institutions worldwide, including the Mosaic Rooms in London, the Gwangju Museum of Art in South Korea, the Mario Merz Foundation in Italy, the Museum of Modern Art in Milwaukee, the Grand-Hornu in Belgium, the Mudac in Switzerland, and the Dresden Kunsthaus in Germany. The works are part of several prestigious art collections, including The Kamel Lazaar Foundation in Tunisia, the Nadour Collection in Germany, the Farook Collection in Dubai, and the Galila Barzilai-Hollander Collection in Belgium. Their artistic endeavors have recently been acknowledged by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, which acquired notable pieces such as “Debris of Texts and Eyeglasses” and the “Stuck Stick” series.
