Rima Chahrour
Rima Chahrour is a Lebanese artist and researcher based in
London. She is currently a visiting lecturer and a postdoctoral
research fellow at the Winchester School of Art, University of
Southampton, UK. Her practice-based Ph.D. thesis is on the ???Arab
Muslim??? doll as a site for cultural contestation in contemporary
Lebanon. Rima???s work focuses the relationship between art and
superstition, aiming to confuse assumed cultural boundaries and
provoke pre-received knowledge through art interventions. Her
interdisciplinary practice ranges from creating cultural objects,
sound sculptures and interactive installations to performance art
as well as collaborating with different artists and academics from
various disciplines. She has exhibited and performed in different
places including Berlin, London, New York, Dubai, Beirut and
Paris. www.rimachahrour.com
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Author Essays
Meditations at The British Museum
Part I - Background & History
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or Art's Reason for Being in reference to the Middle East
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