Gardens Speak

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Gardens Speak

When
September 12–16, 19–23

Where
Bryn Mawr College
Hepburn Teaching Theater in Goodhart Hall
150 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

About

Gardens Speak is an immersive sound installation in which audience members are invited to lie down to listen to the oral histories of people who were killed in the early days of the Syrian uprising and buried in private and public gardens. Purchase Tickets

Tell Me What I Can Do

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Tell Me What I Can Do

When
September 12-16, 19-23

Where
Bryn Mawr College
Common Room in Goodhart Hall
150 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

About
In this new work commissioned for ear-whispered, El Khoury has created an installation from the archive of letters written by audiences during the international touring of Gardens Speak, also featured at Bryn Mawr College.

Free Event

Camp Pause

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Camp Pause

When
September 12–16, 19–23 (extends September 24–December 14)

Where
Bryn Mawr College
Rare Book Room in Canaday Library, 1st Floor
101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

About
The Dictaphone Group filmed four residents of the Rashidieh Refugee Camp on the coast of Lebanon—a camp that has existed for generations. Residents weave narratives about the history of the land, their arrival, the struggle to build, and their relationship to the sea.

Free Event

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me

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As Far As My Fingertips Take Me

When
September 6–9, 12–14 (PII Gallery) and September 15, 16, 19–23 (Bryn Mawr College)

Where
PII Gallery
242 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Bryn Mawr College
Taft Garden, between Goodhart Hall and Canaday Library
101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

About
This one-on-one installation performance is an encounter through a gallery wall between a single audience member and a refugee. The refugee marks the audience member’s arm with the story of a refugee family’s journey from Syria to Sweden.

Stories of Refuge

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Stories of Refuge

When
September 6–28

Where
Twelve Gates Arts
106 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

About
Three Syrian asylum seekers were given discreet cameras and asked to film a day in their lives in their temporary accommodations in Munich—as well as their favorite spots in the city.

Free Event