Lebanese performance and video artist Rabih Mroué speaks with ECCHR General Secretary Wolfgang Kaleck about how he treats the impact of violent images in his work. Beginning with his piece PIXELATED REVOLUTION, which uses the moment of the civilian witness capturing violence on their cellphone camera, Mroué lays out a complicated web of connections between the witnessing acts of viewer, victim, and perpetrator.
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Rabih Mroué, born in Beirut and lives now in Berlin, is a theatre director, actor, visual artist and playwright. Rooted in theatre, his work includes videos and installation art. He is a contributing editor for The Drama Review /*TDR (New York). * He is also a co-founder and a board member of the Beirut Art Center (BAC). He is a fellow at The International Research Center: Interweaving Performance Cultures/ FU/Berlin since 2013. He is a theatre director at Münchner Kammerspiele (Munich).