Winter 2004–2005

Postcard 1 / St. Georges Hotel

Burned into memory

Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige are filmmakers, artists, and university teachers based in Beirut and Paris. They have collaborated on numerous photographic installations, videos, short films, and documentaries, as well as a feature film, Al Bayt el Zaher [Around the Pink House], which was released in 1999. They are currently working on a multifaceted project called Wonder Beirut, which includes “The Novel of a Pyromaniac Photographer,” “Postcards of War,” and “Latent Images.” Their publications including Beyrouth: Fictions urbaines.

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