4 May, 2026

La politique de l’espace dans l’art vivant

Talks

ArTeC invite chaque année pour une durée d’un mois, trois personnalités académiques ou artistiques de premier plan dont les travaux impliquent une approche transdisciplinaire. Tania El…

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20 April, 2026

Hyperallergic | Tania El Khoury’s Soothing “Revenge Art”

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17 July, 2025

Tania El Khoury’s Live Art: Collaborative Knowledge Production

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4 June, 2025

Studio DEMO: Simulation Theater

Talks

Moderated by Outland Art’s Editor in Chief, Brian Droitcour, this conversation explored theater and roleplay as original forms of simulation—including how performativity works as a…

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3 June, 2025

Common Ground

Books

Talks on Human Rights & the Arts 3: Common Ground is the third volume in talks by activists, scholars, and artists from around the globe. This…

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29 November, 2024

Reader | Tania El Khoury’s Live Art: Collaborative Knowledge Production

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29 November, 2024

Art Papers | Tania El Khoury: Where No Walls Remain

Press

https://www.artpapers.org/tania-el-khoury-where-no-walls-remain/

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29 November, 2024

The Herb Alpert Award | Tania El Khoury’s Page

Press

https://herbalpertawards.org/artist/tania-el-khoury-page

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22 November, 2024

Gardens Speak

Books, Writing

Across Syria, many gardens conceal the dead bodies of activists and protestors who adorned the streets during the early periods of the uprising. These domestic…

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15 October, 2024

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Installation and Audience Collaboration with Tania El Khoury

Talks

Live artist Tania El Khoury discusses her creative process, the ways audience participation cultivates solidarity and awareness of social justice issues, her role as the…

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28 June, 2024

Festival du Belluard: The Search for Power, Un mariage à contre-courant

Press

Un repas de noce sans lumière, c’est exaspérant. Partant de ce fait réel, l’artiste libanaise Tania El Khoury mène avec son mari une enquête sur…

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10 May, 2024

Artists At Risk Connection – Compromise & Action: Participating in a Global Art World

Talks

Two art professionals, Tania El Khoury and Laura Raicovich discuss the uncomfortable truths about institutional self-censorship and the critical work currently being done to reinvigorate…

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15 March, 2024

The Brooklyn Rail: Tania El Khoury & Laurel V. McLaughlin

Talks

Artist Tania El Khoury joins the Rail contributor Laurel V. McLaughlin for a conversation.

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19 January, 2024

Tania El Khoury’s ‘Cultural Exchange Rate’ Tells a Living Tale of Exile and Migration

Press

Audience members are immersed in the sounds, sights and artifacts of lost and rediscovered family, border crossings and survival.  A Review by Farah Abdessamad.

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7 January, 2024

The Lawlessness of Rights

Books

The 2nd book in the series Talks on Human Rights & the Arts: The Lawlessness of Rights is based on talks by activists, scholars, and…

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6 November, 2023

Tania El Khoury’s Live Art: Collaborative Knowledge Production

Books

Tania El Khoury’s Live Art is the first reader to examine the practice of Tania El Khoury, a live artist deeply engaged in the politics…

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17 April, 2023

Taux de change culturel de Tania El Khoury : Mémoire.s. de famille.s.

Press

Puissante l’expérience humaine de Tania El Khoury au Théâtre Jean-Vilar de Vitry-sur-Scène. Elle comporte tout ce qui, à nos yeux d’enfant avait de la valeur……

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17 April, 2023

Tashweesh, revolutionary buzz in Tunis

Press

INTERVIEW. Tania El Khoury, artist and curator with Bochra Triki of the festival who travels between Tunisia, Vienna and Brussels.

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27 January, 2023

Tania El Khoury: Cultural Exchange Rate – A Case Study

Talks

Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury examines the universal, never-ending story of migration through a family diary of the borders, and the recognition that the cruelest…

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14 December, 2022

As Far As Isolation Goes

Talks

In conversation with live artist Tania El Khoury, we will discuss her art, the role of her audiences, and the political potential of her work:…

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18 November, 2022

People First: A conversation with Tania El Khoury and Bochra Triki By Sarah Rifky

Press

“This spring, I was invited by TQW magazine to speak to Tania El Khoury and Bochra Triki about their work as curators of the current…

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18 November, 2022

The Next Document in Your Box: Presentation and Handling of Archives in The Search for Power by Tania El Khoury

Press

For the full article in French, by Marion Boudier:

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18 November, 2022

The Search for Power

Books, Writing

Based on The Search for Power lecture-performance, this book contains the performance script, designed archival documents, and reflections by the collaborating artist and historian. On…

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15 September, 2021

Un jeu de clés pour ouvrir les portes du passé (A set of keys to open the doors of the past)

Press

For the full article in French by Joséphine Hobeika, click here.

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15 September, 2021

Installation interactive : plongez au coeur des frontières libanaises

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For the full article in French by Malf Social Club, click here.

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15 September, 2021

As Far as Isolation Goes A conversation with Tania El Khoury

Talks

Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury is known for her genre-bending interactive live artworks performed in unique spaces and concerned with the ethical and political potential…

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15 September, 2021

Creating Intimacy and Curating Borders

Writing

Published in: Academia Keep reading…

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7 July, 2021

شجرة الثأر

Writing

نشرت في ميغافون تابع القراءة

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7 July, 2021

أعمال الفنانة تانيا الخوري..تطرح أسئلة وتنتج معرفة

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تستضيف ليانا صالح في هذه الحلقة من برنامج “ثقافة” الفنانة الحية تانيا الخوري التي تركز أعمالها التركيبة والادائية على تفاعل الجمهور. تناقش الفنانة عدة قضايا…

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7 July, 2021

Review: Gardens Speak by Tania El Khoury (SIFA 2021)

Press

For the full review by Bakchormeeboy, click here.

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7 July, 2021

Sifa 2021: Put your ear to the ground in a garden of the Syrian dead

Press

“During the Syrian war, they were killed and buried in gardens. Now, the stories of these 10 ordinary people can be heard in Gardens Speak,…

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17 May, 2021

A conversation between Tania El Khoury, Mohamad Ali “Dali” Agrebi, and Professor Harriet Hawkins

Talks

Lavender Man is an online conversation between two artists Tania El Khoury and Mohamad Ali “Dali” Agrebi who have collaborated on three performances. Each performance…

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17 May, 2021

Panel on Intimate Performance

Talks

An introduction to the intimate performance of artists Jo Bannon, Tania El Khoury and Rosana Cade. Each artist introduces their artistic practice, with a specific…

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17 May, 2021

Interview: Thinking About the Intersection Between Human Rights and the Arts by Katie Kheriji-Watts

Press

In early 2021, Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish relocated from Beirut to spearhead the Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College.…

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17 May, 2021

“Creating Intimacy and Curating Borders”

Writing

Published in: Theater Keep reading…

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4 March, 2021

Review: Your Arm Is a Canvas, in ‘As Far as Isolation Goes’

Press

By Jess Green in the New York Times. What does it mean to be touched by art? That question lingered in my mind — and…

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31 October, 2020

IDS Lecture Series: Tania El Khoury

Talks

The IDS Public Lecture Series consists of lectures by artists, theorists, activists, designers, writers, curators and other practitioners involved in the arts from positions that…

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30 August, 2020

Seeking revenge from the heart of the apocalypse with Tania El Khoury

Press

To listen to the full interview with David Micklem, click here.

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26 April, 2020

Interview: Tania El Khoury: Where No Walls Remain by Anna Gallagher-Ross

Press

“Lebanese-British artist Tania El Khoury and I met when the Fusebox Festival curatorial team, of which I was a member, invited her to present her…

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10 December, 2019

Letter: “Gardens Speak” at brut in Vienna

Press

Queer sound artist, musician and music curator Zosia Hołubowska shares their thoughts about Tania El Khourys “Gardens Speak” in a new edition of “Letters for…

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15 October, 2019

Radio: Joshua Sofaer and Tania El Khoury – On Participation

Press

20 x 20: Artists reflect on 20 years of Live Art, Resonance radio series by Live Art Development Agency

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1 October, 2019

On Participation: Tania El Khoury in conversation with Joshua Sofaer on the 20th anniversary of LADA (Live Art Development Agency)

Talks

20 artists reflect on 20 years of Live Art, marking LADA’s 20th anniversary in 2019. Each monthly programme involves two artists in dialogue. Visit thisisliveart.co.uk…

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24 June, 2019

تانيا الخوري.. كلُّ تلك الأسئلة الصعبة

Press

كتابة ابتسام عازم في العربي الجديد. المزيد

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29 April, 2019

New York 2019

Press, Talks

DRAFF publishes writing, imagery, and other material relating to the process of making performance, a living archive of developments in form. All material in DRAFF…

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12 April, 2019

Review: “As Far As My Fingertips Take Me” at Cincinnati’s Contemporary Art Center (City Beats)

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As part of the Contemporary Art Center’s This Time Tomorrow performing arts festival, two of City Beat’s writers experienced Tania El Khoury’s “As Far As…

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6 March, 2019

“Site, or The Invisibility of Site-Specific Performance”

Writing

Published in: In Terms of Performance. Keep reading…

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2 February, 2019

“Participation—or Rather, Interactivity”

Writing

Published in: In Terms of Performance. Keep reading…

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24 January, 2019

Review: “As Far As My Fingertips Take Me” at Woolly Mammoth (DC’s Metro Weekly)

Press

The London-based, live artist Tania El Khoury has devised a brilliant means of connecting a worldwide audience to a true refugee story, one audience member…

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16 January, 2019

Are you up for a 10-minute play in which your arm is inked?

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To read the full article by Peter Marks in The Washington Post, click here.

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28 September, 2018

GARDENS SPEAK (Tania El Khoury): 2018 Fringe review

Press

“How much do we know about the ongoing massacres of the civil war in Syria? How much do we comprehend the tragedies of more than…

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23 July, 2018

As far as my Fingerprints…

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By Aïnhoa Jean-Calmettes in Mouvement. Keep reading…

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28 May, 2018

Criticism & Love #2: Tania El Khoury

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By criticism-and-love in Criticism & Love #2 Keep reading…

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13 May, 2018

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me is a moving account of displacement

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By Lorna Irvine in THE LIST Keep reading…

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13 December, 2017

Tania El Khoury’s Gardens Speak Brought the Voices of Syria to Miami

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By Celia Almeida in MIAMI NEW TIMES Keep reading…

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10 December, 2017

Stories Of Syria’s Uprising, And Its Backyard Funerals, In ‘Gardens Speak’

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By Greg Allen in NPR. Keep reading…

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5 December, 2017

Challenge and Care: An Interview with Tania El Khoury by Monica Uszerowicz

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By Monica Uszerowicz in Bomb Magazine. Keep reading…

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10 November, 2017

Despotism and resistance in ‘Gardens Speak,’ ‘The State of Siege’

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By Don Aucoin in Boston Globe. Keep reading…

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8 January, 2017

Review: ‘Gardens Speak,’ a Graveside Encounter With Lives Lost in Syria

Press

By Charles Isherwood in The New York Times.

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11 July, 2016

Gardens Speak, entretien avec Tania El Khoury

Press

Par Radio Grenouille. Lire plus…

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6 May, 2016

Se recueillir sur leurs tombes et écouter la terre chuchoter

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BY Danny MALLAT in L’orient Le Jour. Keep reading…

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4 May, 2016

“حدائق تحكي” لتانيا خوري: هزيمة الأبد بالموت والصوت

Press

.كتابة روجيه عوطة في المدن المزيد

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3 May, 2016

“Swimming in Sewage: Political Performances in the Mediterranean”

Writing

Published in: Performance Research Journal Keep reading…

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20 April, 2016

IF SYRIA’S GARDENS COULD SPEAK

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By Niveen Ghoneim in Cairo Scene. Keep reading

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17 April, 2016

Khoury’s Gardens Speak volumes about Syria’s tragedies

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By Dunia El-Zobaidi in The Arab Weekly. Keep reading…

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8 April, 2016

National Building Museum: Live Art and The Everyday

Talks

The Middle East Institute (MEI), together with National Building Museum and the British Council, hosted artist Tania El Khoury for a discussion about her works,…

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14 March, 2016

Performing Borders | Tania El Khoury | March 2016

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By Alessandra Cianetti in Performing Borders. Keep reading…

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7 March, 2016

Gardens Speak, theatre review: Eerily absorbing

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By Henry Hitchings in GO London. Keep reading…

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7 March, 2016

“Performing the Arab”

Writing

Published in: Kohl Journal for Body & Gender Research. Keep reading…

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10 February, 2016

Gardens Speak

Writing

Book published by Tadween Publishing. Buy here…

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23 September, 2015

“Two Live Artists in the Theatre”

Writing

Published in: Performance Research. Keep reading…

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12 July, 2015

GOOD Magazine | Tania El Khoury: Meet the Lebanese live artist testing the limits of public space

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By Natalie Shooter in Good Magazine. Keep reading…

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28 May, 2015

“I Once Fell in Love with an Audience Member”

Writing

Published in: Ibraaz. Keep reading…

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4 October, 2014

Review: Gardens Speak, Fierce Festival

Press

By Matt Trueman in Matt Trueman Theatre Critic and Journalist. Keep reading…

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3 October, 2014

Syria’s gardens of death

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By Cristiana Moisescu in New Internationalist. Keep reading…

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29 September, 2014

Gardens Speak: the sound installation unearthing Syria’s backyard tragedies

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By Lyn Gardner in The Guardian. Keep reading…

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10 May, 2014

Documenting Fuzzy

Writing

Video and text published in: Documenting Intimacy Project Website. Keep reading…

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1 May, 2014

Political Performance in Gendered Public Spaces

Writing

Published in: Mapping Feminism by Are We There Yet? Project on LADA Website. Keep reading…

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10 March, 2014

Gardens Speak – the art of Syria’s tragic war

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By Paul Mason in 4 News. Keep reading…

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10 November, 2013

“The Contested Scenography of the Revolution”

Writing

Published in: Performance Research Journal Keep reading…

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8 November, 2012

“Sexist and Racist People Go to the Theatre Too”

Writing

Published in: Performing Ethos Journal Volume 3 Number 2. Keep reading…

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