Personal Narratives in Collective History, Consumer Culture & Mass Production | Raed Yassin
What is the difference between being an artist and an entertainer? What are the nuances of conveying humor and comedy through art? In this conversation, multi-creative Raed Yassin gives us his take. From growing up in Beirut during the civil war and how this has impacted his work, through to the story behind his "The Best of Sammy Clark" project from 2009, Yassin invites us behind the scenes of his creative practice. The conversation also touches on what it's like to work across disciplines, and how being a creative has changed in the wake of October 7th and beyond.
Raed Yassin is an artist and musician who graduated from the theater department at the Institute of Fine Arts in Beirut in 2003, and has since developed his conceptual practice through multiple mediums such as video, sound, photography, text, sculpture and performance. Yassin’s work often originates from an examination of his personal narratives and their position within a collective history, through the lens of consumer culture and mass production. He is also one of the organizers of the Irtijal Festival for Experimental Music (Beirut), and has released several solo music albums. In 2009, he founded his independent music label Annihaya.
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