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Before the official establishment of
Zico House, Zico constantly welcomed artists, providing them, when
needed, the space and the technical equipment for their work.
In 2002, after the first edition of the
Beirut Street Festival, the management of Zico House realized the
importance of having a place, in which foreign artists could reside,
could meet with Lebanese artists and could think of future common
projects. Since then, Zico House has dedicated
three rooms on the 2nd floor for residencies; it hosted
residencies from several countries like Japan, Germany, United
Kingdom, France, Holland, Italy, the Arab World, etc…
No rules exist for the artist
residencies at Zico House; there is flexibility in the choice of the
residency, depending on the artist and his/her project.
Different types of residency projects
can be initiated:
- individually by an artist interested
in using Beirut as a base for his/her work
- by Zico House who invites the artist
to Beirut to participate in a certain project
- by collaboration and/or exchange
between a foreign arts organization and Zico House
- by another local cultural
organization or NGO wanting to accommodate the artist at Zico House
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In 2008, Zico
House hosted:
Nawal Iskandrani
Theater/dance workshop,
from Tunisia
The project was developed
after an encounter between the choreographer Nawel Skandrani and
Moez M’rabet. The idea was to administer different workshops in
several capitals of the Arab world. It ended up with the selection
of candidates from each country who would participate in an
one-month residency in Tunisia, to work on the creation of a
regional performance.
Nancy Naous & Compagnie 4120.Corps
Dance performance, from
Lebanon and France
A video and dance
performance with French and Lebanese artists entitled: « Instant de
Chutes ». As partner of the project, Zico House welcomed the French
artists in residency for a period of one month.
Beit Makan
Created by Makan, a Jordanian cultural
institution, Beit Makan is a regional residency roject. It consists
in an artist-exchange program from Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and
Lebanon.
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