BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:825@https://flypost.ie SUMMARY:The Sea as a Witness: An Archaeological Memory DTSTAMP:20260514T200814Z DTSTART:20260328T180000Z DTEND:20260328T210000Z DESCRIPTION:THE SEA AS A WITNESS: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MEMORY \n\nA three-part film programme curated by  Cindy Chehab \n\nEmergency fundraiser in aid o f displaced families in Beirut\n\n\nABOUT\n\n‘The Mediterranean is wilder than we think\, it’s geological\, it’s planetary.’\n\n-Etel Adnan\n\nThe S ea as a Witness: An Archaeological Memory is a curated film programme by\n Cindy Chehab that explores the sea as a site of memory\, displacement\, ec ological\ncrisis\, and violent histories. Drawing from cinema across the M editerranean\, the\nprogramme positions the sea as both archive and witnes s\, where sound\, image\, and\nmotion carry stories that resist erasure. \ n\nIn a moment marked by aggression and ethnic cleansing by the Israeli Go vernment \nin Lebanon\, Palestine\, and Iran\, this programme responds wit h urgency and\npolitical clarity. Across these regions\, the sea has been militarized\, to waters\nthat have borne the weight of forced migration\, fatalities\, and ecological harm.\nThe violence enacted upon bodies\, huma n and nonhuman\, along these shores and\nacross maritime borders underscor es a form of slow\, systemic erasure that cinema\ncan confront\, contest\, and document. The films gathered here insist that the sea\nmust be unders tood as witness and as an active site of political meaning\, where\nhistor ies of violence are confronted.\n\nThe programme’s presentation in Dublin\ , a coastal city in Ireland\, adds an\nurgent layer of reflection. Surroun ded by the sea\, Dublin’s geographical and\nhistorical positionality evoke s questions of mobility\, borders\, exile\, and the\nenvironmental and pol itical forces that shape islands and coasts.\n\nWe come together to think collectively about the ties between the Mediterranean\nand the North Atlan tic\, and reflect about our own closeness to the sea\, our\nposition\, as witness and participant. We invite the audience to imagine how\nmemory\, c are\, and solidarity can flow across waters and oceanic borders.\n\n\n\nPA RT ONE\n\nThis haunting memory that is not my own (2021)\nPanos Aprahamian | Lebanon\, Armenia\, 30’\n\nThrough semi-fictional storytelling\, This H aunting Memory That Is Not My Own\nreflects on the links between economic growth\, environmental degradation\, and\nsocial injustice. Focusing on Be irut’s shoreline\, its port\, and the Karantina\ndistrict\, the film revea ls landscapes marked by extraction and violence\, places\nwhere both waste and lives have long been discarded.\n\nSummer 91 (2014)\nNadim Tabet & Ka rine Wehbé | Lebanon\, 20’’\n\nAt a beach resort on the Lebanese coast\, a young woman and a young man tell\ntheir shared story in different ways. T hrough their conflicting memories\, the\nfilm explores youth\, relationshi ps\, and the fragile nature of recollection\, set\nagainst the lingering t ensions of wartime Lebanon.\n\nErrands (2020)\nMira Adoumier | Iceland\, L ebanon\, 67’’\n\nA woman arrives in Lebanon searching for a man she met ye ars earlier in Iceland\nwho has since disappeared. In Beirut\, where build ings still carry the scars of\npast wars\, his absence echoes through the city’s empty\, labyrinthine streets.\nThe call of the sea draws her southw ard\, toward what seems like the Earth’s\nhidden centre.\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\ nEvent: €7.00 - €21.00\nSolidarity Ticket: €7.00 - €21.00\n\nTickets can b e purchased via our website:\nhttps://a4sounds.org/the-sea-as-a-witness\n[ https://a4sounds.org/the-sea-as-a-witness]\n\n\n\n\nFULL EVENT & ACCESSIBI LITY INFORMATION\n\nPlease visit our website: https://a4sounds.org/the-sea -as-a-witness\n[https://a4sounds.org/the-sea-as-a-witness]\n\n URL:https://flypost.ie/event/the-sea-as-a-witness-an-archaeological-memory LOCATION:A4 Sounds - St Joseph's Parade\, Upper Dorset Street\, Dublin\, D0 7 ER81 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Dublin,visualart,film X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Sea as a Witness: An Archaeolo gical Memory 

A three-part film programme cur ated by  Cindy Chehab 

Emergency fundrais er in aid of displaced families in Beirut

About

‘The Mediterranean is wilder than we think, it’s geolog ical, it’s planetary.’

-Etel Adnan

The Sea as a Witness: An Archaeological Memory is a curated film programme by Cindy Chehab that explores the sea as a site of memory, displacement, ecological crisis, and violent histories. Drawing from cinema across the Mediterranean, the prog ramme positions the sea as both archive and witness, where sound, image, a nd motion carry stories that resist erasure. 

In a moment marke d by aggression and ethnic cleansing by the Israeli Government  in Le banon, Palestine, and Iran, this programme responds with urgency and polit ical clarity. Across these regions, the sea has been militarized, to water s that have borne the weight of forced migration, fatalities, and ecologic al harm. The violence enacted upon bodies, human and nonhuman, along these shores and across maritime borders underscores a form of slow, systemic e rasure that cinema can confront, contest, and document. The films gathered here insist that the sea must be understood as witness and as an active s ite of political meaning, where histories of violence are confronted.

< p>The programme’s presentation in Dublin, a coastal city in Ireland, adds an urgent layer of reflection. Surrounded by the sea, Dublin’s geographica l and historical positionality evokes questions of mobility, borders, exil e, and the environmental and political forces that shape islands and coast s.

We come together to think collectively about the ties between the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, and reflect about our own closeness to the sea, our position, as witness and participant. We invite the audie nce to imagine how memory, care, and solidarity can flow across waters and oceanic borders.


Part One

This haunting memory that is not my own (2021)
Panos Aprahamian | Lebanon, Armenia, 30’

Through semi-fictional storytelling, This Haun ting Memory That Is Not My Own reflects on the links between economic grow th, environmental degradation, and social injustice. Focusing on Beirut’s shoreline, its port, and the Karantina district, the film reveals landscap es marked by extraction and violence, places where both waste and lives ha ve long been discarded.

Summer 91 (2014)
Nadim Tabet & ; Karine Wehbé | Lebanon, 20’’

At a beach resort on the Leb anese coast, a young woman and a young man tell their shared story in diff erent ways. Through their conflicting memories, the film explores youth, r elationships, and the fragile nature of recollection, set against the ling ering tensions of wartime Lebanon.

Errands (2020)
Mira Ad oumier | Iceland, Lebanon, 67’’

A woman arrives in Lebanon searching for a man she met years earlier in Iceland who has since disappe ared. In Beirut, where buildings still carry the scars of past wars, his a bsence echoes through the city’s empty, labyrinthine streets. The call of the sea draws her southward, toward what seems like the Earth’s hidden cen tre.


Tickets

Event: €7.00 - €21.00
S olidarity Ticket: €7.00 - €21.00

Tickets can be purchased via our w ebsite: https://a4sounds.org/the-sea-as-a-witness

Full Event & Accessibility Information

Please visit our website: https://a4sound s.org/the-sea-as-a-witness

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