Myriam Boulos
Workshop – Barcelona
A workshop by Myriam Boulos
Intensive and intimate workshop of editing and sequencing long term ongoing projects.
Dates 7 – 8 – 9 jul. 2023
Participants max. 15
Language English
Place Jordi Bernadó’s studio in Barcelona
Price 290€ (+21% VAT Spanish citizens)
Payment Bank Transfer
Timetable
07 jul 2022
AFTERNOON (17:00h)
Registrations
Welcome by the Scuola della Luce team
Presentation of Myriam Boulos’ work
Presentation of Students’ work
Welcome Italian/Catalan aperitif and dinner
08 jul 2022
ALL DAY
Intensive editing sessions of the project of each student.
09 jul 2022
MORNING (10:00 – 15:oo)
Intensive editing sessions of the project of each student.
Presentation of women photographers from the Swana region
Myriam Boulos
Myriam Boulos was born in 1992 in Lebanon. At the age of 16 she started to use her camera to question Beirut, its people, and her place among them. She graduated with a master degree in photography from Alba in 2015. Myriam took part in both national and international collective exhibitions. In 2020 she co-founded and became the photo editor of Al Hayya, a bilingual magazine that publishes literary and visual content on the works, interests and strife of women in her region. In 2021 she joined Magnum.
“During my first years as a photographer I only took pictures at night. For me, this was the moment where Beirut’s social map would suddenly appear. I took pictures in the streets but also in people’s intimacy. I consider intimacy as one of the places in which we are the most exposed to violence (physical or emotional). At the same time, intimacy is a space in which we can re-invent ourselves. I think that the personal is inevitably political.
In October 2019, the revolution started in Lebanon. For me it felt like collectively coming out of an abusive relationship to finally say: No, this is not normal. This moment was so important to me it completely changed me (as a person and as a photographer). This is when I started taking pictures during the day too.
On August 4, when the explosion happened in Beirut, we hid in the bathroom and hugged, waiting to die. The next day, I started documenting the aftermath. I like to believe that giving space to personal stories is an act of resistance, and defying the traditional ways of representing oppression in our region is a way of reclaiming what’s ours.
A few months after the explosion, I decided to work on something that was present in me independently from the situation of the country. I based my approach on an open call: “If you identify as a woman and want to share your sexual fantasies, send me an e-mail.” While women’s bodies have mainly been portrayed through the male gaze, in this series, we are the ones talking about our bodies, owning them, taking back what belongs to us.”
Key information
The workshop will take place in Barcelona, Spain.
A Field Guide of Barcelona will be sent to the participants once the places is confirmed with information about accommodation, food, places of interest, transfers and transportation.
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance to the workshop.
Feel free to reach us for further information or to ask any question. Our team will help you in any way we can.
Terms & Conditions
We reserve the right to cancel this event when we do not reach the minimum number of participants. In the unlikely event of cancellation, participants will be given at least 1-week advance notice and a full refund.
If you decide to cancel for any reason, and notify us at least 20 days before the starting day of the workshop, we will reimburse all fees. After that time frame, Scuola della Luce will not make any refund.
The workshop fee does not include transport, accommodation or ground expenses other than those organised by the Scuola della Luce team.
Every participant has to bring their own equipment (laptop, printed photographs of the projects, material related…).
Electrik Space – Estudi Jordi Bernadó
C/Domènech, 4B. Local 2.
08012, Barcelona, Spain.
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