(Dis)placed Public Forum

As part of its ongoing project (Dis)placed: Expressions of Identity in Transition, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture presents a day-long public forum exploring stories of displacement. The participatory event will feature conversations with Philadelphia residents and their stories as compiled by writer Ann de Forest and photographer Dave Tavani, with performances by Pew Fellows and musicians Kinan Abou-afach and Hafez Javier Kotain, and poet Nazem El Sayed.

This event is free and open to the public, advanced registration is required.

(Dis)placed: Expressions of Identity in Transition is an international collaboration among four artists of Arab heritage who will create new work grappling with notions of displacement. Collaborators include Syrian composer and Pew Fellow Kinan Abou-afach, Lebanese poet Nazem El Sayed, Syrian visual artist Buthayna Ali, and Tunisian visual artist eL Seed. Each artist will be in residence in Philadelphia and will hold public viewings and open rehearsals of works in progress, in an effort to foster close engagement between the artists and the local community.