https://carlaouad.com Carla Aouad Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:35:45 +0000 https://carlaouad.com en https://carlaouad.com/carla-aouad Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:35:45 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/carla-aouad ︎ Carla Aouad When the drape became a couch عندما أصبح الغطاء كنبة + Dust has set upon usطغى الغبار علينا Rest Remains Elsewhere البقاء في حياة أخرى As aboveكما في السماءA line that seperates the earth from the sky هامش ما بين الأرض والسماء In Transitفي ما بين A Collapsing Performance of A Collapsing Lexiconأداءٌ ينهار لـ معجم منهار The sea and its waves البحر وموجاته Measures of Resistant Ecologiesمقاييس البيئات المقاومة Long after the incident hasn't endedبعد فترة طويلة من عدم انتهاء الحدث What’s happened, has happenedاللي صار، صار From the rooftops عن السطحI will be Leaving in autumnسأرحل في الخريف Tiredتعبت Installations Video Work &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Publications Performances &nbsp; &nbsp; https://carlaouad.com/About Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:21:28 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/About Carla Aouad is a Lebanese artist working across video, sculpture, illustration and performance, she treats the after-life of objects, words, memory and the material residues of systemic collapse. Her practice employs a rhizomatic logic, connecting the fragment and the chorus, the living and the absent.A 2025 graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Marseille (DNSEP), with a special distinction for her video work, Aouad lives and works between Marseille and Beirut. carla.aouad@gmail.com @carlaouad https://carlaouad.com/When-the-drape-became-a-couch Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:12:15 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/When-the-drape-became-a-couch <img width="3456" height="2028" width_o="3456" height_o="2028" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a57bd1afc6849efa3bf72e373b027fb57f81801abbd43a1793ae510ed236f87/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-12.49.33PM.png" data-mid="240738887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a57bd1afc6849efa3bf72e373b027fb57f81801abbd43a1793ae510ed236f87/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-12.49.33PM.png" /> When the drape became a couch عندما أصبح الغطاء كنبة When the drape became a couch centers on a freestanding sculpture of a shrouded sofa: a hollow shell, solidified in place. Devoid of its internal structure, this "skin" stands as a silent witness to a nearby screen. On it, images of a familiar place flicker by, now draped in white, every object seems to fade away, yet remains visible. + Dust has set upon us طغى الغبار علينا Dust has set upon us, is a video essay currently in developpement, the third installment of this research project on domestic space and its disappearance. It is a reflection on digital traces and the latent life of objects, screens, and digital fragments, viewed through the prism of the "poor image." <img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ea7f501708d9eac1f5eff07bfde29629de64df0be34e8114afb5057ffc2afd9/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-21-at-13.51.21.jpeg" data-mid="240128386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/6ea7f501708d9eac1f5eff07bfde29629de64df0be34e8114afb5057ffc2afd9/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-21-at-13.51.21.jpeg" /> <img width="3456" height="2024" width_o="3456" height_o="2024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed4658d692710bbb37bfb0d1b74b8f3249a8a155ecfe0bcff67e5577be5d2800/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-12.50.29PM.png" data-mid="240738936" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed4658d692710bbb37bfb0d1b74b8f3249a8a155ecfe0bcff67e5577be5d2800/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-12.50.29PM.png" /><img width="960" height="1280" width_o="960" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f4a52caca8be51902f28a7989903f28d3203fae8694d839155118af78884723/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-21-at-13.51.21-1.png" data-mid="240421134" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/2f4a52caca8be51902f28a7989903f28d3203fae8694d839155118af78884723/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-21-at-13.51.21-1.png" /> Marseille - 2025 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/rest-remains-elsewhere Sat, 13 Sep 2025 03:15:39 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/rest-remains-elsewhere <img width="2376" height="1782" width_o="2376" height_o="1782" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f173bca8f45781c75f06c8741613cab649d9f8414a1f2ee5370a3c7c3d350f6/Screenshot-2026-02-09-at-10.16.47PM.png" data-mid="244647319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f173bca8f45781c75f06c8741613cab649d9f8414a1f2ee5370a3c7c3d350f6/Screenshot-2026-02-09-at-10.16.47PM.png" /> Rest Remains Elsewhere البقاء في حياة أخرى A spectral archive of preservation and loss takes shape in this series of herbariums. Houseplants and wild plants picked in spring 2025 in southern Lebanon are fused inside glass sheets, scarring and immortalising grief into matter. The series is composed of 19 herberiums, made of various plants, glass powder, steel rods and glass plates of variable dimensions, produced during a workshop at Cirva (International Center of Glass and Plastic Arts). <img width="3061" height="3827" width_o="3061" height_o="3827" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e973b0eacc6ae38d2ffe01b0d47644d7057bb512241ae4314e5cb54d162dc9e1/plant-1.jpg" data-mid="244646842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e973b0eacc6ae38d2ffe01b0d47644d7057bb512241ae4314e5cb54d162dc9e1/plant-1.jpg" /> <img width="6479" height="2429" width_o="6479" height_o="2429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90a66b048d1863dfd61fc2e91602c4ec73f95f7cf80c399e39545a5cb0ef6f99/Aouad-Carla-02.png" data-mid="239110761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90a66b048d1863dfd61fc2e91602c4ec73f95f7cf80c399e39545a5cb0ef6f99/Aouad-Carla-02.png" /> <img width="1221" height="1744" width_o="1221" height_o="1744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1578ac7158112579167bf36686ef031a031aeac563105511cd7c841902172ba7/resaved-2.jpg" data-mid="239129112" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1578ac7158112579167bf36686ef031a031aeac563105511cd7c841902172ba7/resaved-2.jpg" /><img width="3690" height="5527" width_o="3690" height_o="5527" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6389a61f935767c392dc68156788bb25ec9d4913648e6f45840c6cee6ef948f/Aouad-Carla-012.jpg" data-mid="239109234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6389a61f935767c392dc68156788bb25ec9d4913648e6f45840c6cee6ef948f/Aouad-Carla-012.jpg" /> Marseille - 2025 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/As-above Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:46:02 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/As-above As above كما في السماء This work treats violence as a geological force. Catastrophe is rendered as a process of&nbsp; accumulation: a literal material deposit of shattered systems and inherited fear. <img width="4618" height="2597" width_o="4618" height_o="2597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6532b1b66593a4ebcfcb05084f370d6c68e6c0eef3becf258688fe417e2b6b3/rahma.png" data-mid="244681235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6532b1b66593a4ebcfcb05084f370d6c68e6c0eef3becf258688fe417e2b6b3/rahma.png" /><img width="8397" height="5605" width_o="8397" height_o="5605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cd8381738980acb2cd0cb401b2ebf80ef1586ab0d38ceb48bc0bccbb95667e2/as-above-carla-aouad-3.png" data-mid="246300036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cd8381738980acb2cd0cb401b2ebf80ef1586ab0d38ceb48bc0bccbb95667e2/as-above-carla-aouad-3.png" /><img width="2015" height="1345" width_o="2015" height_o="1345" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7b238a94e8a616fd71ee2f6176434ca3c967c120dc4b1eaf3788327f2c27d66/as-above-carla-aouad-0.png" data-mid="246300434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7b238a94e8a616fd71ee2f6176434ca3c967c120dc4b1eaf3788327f2c27d66/as-above-carla-aouad-0.png" /><img width="8397" height="5605" width_o="8397" height_o="5605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4715a3b275b0448dab47f064bb7b65c014c539d8cfe9b58959d5ceca63ce1685/Untitled-1.png" data-mid="246299891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4715a3b275b0448dab47f064bb7b65c014c539d8cfe9b58959d5ceca63ce1685/Untitled-1.png" /><img width="8397" height="5605" width_o="8397" height_o="5605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/245de32319db7c129a742691440597aef5c11b47d26be86c3cb42fa62e4f1689/as-above-carla-aouad-2.png" data-mid="246300038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/245de32319db7c129a742691440597aef5c11b47d26be86c3cb42fa62e4f1689/as-above-carla-aouad-2.png" /> <img width="5704" height="3808" width_o="5704" height_o="3808" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/144b0026995ed02ee28df5fb2637ced475779737f34e688246c250367ee31904/as-above-carla-aouad-5.png" data-mid="246300496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/144b0026995ed02ee28df5fb2637ced475779737f34e688246c250367ee31904/as-above-carla-aouad-5.png" /> Marseille - 2025 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/A-line-that-separates-the-earth-from-the-sky Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:21:05 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/A-line-that-separates-the-earth-from-the-sky <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3326dec746aaf39b3b30242dc603b958384dc68e34f1401dab4d500497b44258/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-29-at-22.32.47-1.png" data-mid="240739050" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3326dec746aaf39b3b30242dc603b958384dc68e34f1401dab4d500497b44258/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-29-at-22.32.47-1.png" /> A line that separates the earth from the sky هامش ما بين الأرض والسماء&nbsp; &nbsp;8 aluminium sheets with 8 transducers hanging in the air, 4 speakers in every corner, 1 subwoofer in the center and 1 microphone. Inside this room, sound is emitted in all directions, and every interaction is fed back to you and amplified through infinite sound and visual reflections to form an unreachable horizon, without which there is no way forward. There is no way out. <img width="680" height="680" width_o="680" height_o="680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea1e4ac9bf0da7b1907c27047bca62918ab74919247bdfe651049f1a424143e2/Carla-Aouad---portfolio-21.png" data-mid="192332393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/ea1e4ac9bf0da7b1907c27047bca62918ab74919247bdfe651049f1a424143e2/Carla-Aouad---portfolio-21.png" /><img width="1024" height="480" width_o="1024" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dd705b8d3852ff62673bc9c54a8064b560dde2462064771a5302ae57cd4e61a/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-30-at-22.11.37.jpeg" data-mid="192335483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dd705b8d3852ff62673bc9c54a8064b560dde2462064771a5302ae57cd4e61a/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-30-at-22.11.37.jpeg" /><img width="680" height="679" width_o="680" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f27f6da5b56ef7991e5fe6eee74c7a94832a4a55bce16be2209b633db2fde77e/Carla-Aouad---portfolio-23.png" data-mid="192332395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/680/i/f27f6da5b56ef7991e5fe6eee74c7a94832a4a55bce16be2209b633db2fde77e/Carla-Aouad---portfolio-23.png" />Scenography and design of Sary Moussa’s interactive sound installation at Beirut Art Center, launched and activated during a live performance by Sary Moussa, Noura Badran and Julia Sabra as part of Irtijal 2023. Installation photos by Mohamad Abdouni Behind the scenes photos by Sary Moussa Beirut - 2023 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/in-transit Sat, 13 Sep 2025 03:15:56 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/in-transit <img width="2619" height="1746" width_o="2619" height_o="1746" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/150880d3f190bb72642bb1ab4550ebf2e494bc5598483cba7c43a780e9d6e617/in-transit-expo.jpg" data-mid="247616974" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/150880d3f190bb72642bb1ab4550ebf2e494bc5598483cba7c43a780e9d6e617/in-transit-expo.jpg" />In Transit في ما بينA 13,40’ video essay,&nbsp; assembled from personal footages, video call recordings, and screen recordings.&nbsp;In Transit opens with a jittery video call: a woman tours the houseplants left in her care in the wake of displacement. These plants become emotional proxies for the absent, their wilting and growth articulating geographies of unrest and the indelible scars left by conflict. As memory drifts to chart the quiet labor of survival, a rift emerges between two worlds: those who remain and endure latent violence, and those who have left and decode death from afar. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8922b8631163ade04f1fe2dd40497388f45f7825910a325d617ce6c1c01ada5d/IN-TRANSIT-2.jpg" data-mid="244708248" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8922b8631163ade04f1fe2dd40497388f45f7825910a325d617ce6c1c01ada5d/IN-TRANSIT-2.jpg" /> <img width="3456" height="1934" width_o="3456" height_o="1934" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1101bbc31e916dd72e7f7885a0c9e26642e07c585eb84870b592f8c2565d3ae/Screenshot-2025-09-13-at-5.34.53AM.png" data-mid="238184073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1101bbc31e916dd72e7f7885a0c9e26642e07c585eb84870b592f8c2565d3ae/Screenshot-2025-09-13-at-5.34.53AM.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5090ee3c305461e61bf6cf48e999fa596c49dac3014de6346c4fbc82ca2bbf33/IN-TRANSIT-4.jpg" data-mid="245556883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5090ee3c305461e61bf6cf48e999fa596c49dac3014de6346c4fbc82ca2bbf33/IN-TRANSIT-4.jpg" /><img width="3456" height="1946" width_o="3456" height_o="1946" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c455178d2f1068764ca0608ccac2c75baf5c2de0eca89e669de4a8f24236dff9/Screenshot-2025-09-13-at-5.35.49AM.png" data-mid="238184079" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c455178d2f1068764ca0608ccac2c75baf5c2de0eca89e669de4a8f24236dff9/Screenshot-2025-09-13-at-5.35.49AM.png" /> Marseille - 2025 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/A-Collapsing-Performance-of-A-Collapsing-Lexicon Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:17:28 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/A-Collapsing-Performance-of-A-Collapsing-Lexicon <img width="3182" height="1764" width_o="3182" height_o="1764" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc527216f35fc537439cbe416ae47987156f5c7a52780ddc98ea767b77424f21/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.53.56PM.png" data-mid="239144940" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc527216f35fc537439cbe416ae47987156f5c7a52780ddc98ea767b77424f21/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.53.56PM.png" />A Collapsing Performance of A Collapsing Lexicon&nbsp; أداءٌ ينهار لـ معجم منهار Video design and visual adaptation of the publication A Collapsing Lexicon. Directed by Hashem Adnan and performed by Fatima Mroueh and Nassim Banna.Based on a number of terms that have shifted, reversed, or acquired new meanings since the economic crisis began making itself felt in 2019, A Collapsing Lexicon interrogates the political character of words and images by exploring language’s entanglement with Lebanon’s economic collapse. <img width="6197" height="4131" width_o="6197" height_o="4131" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d210fe94ca5dd1be3ad493c7b2eaa8435beb0bed5cf13cbff75125607a462eb/1V8A0731.jpg" data-mid="239144723" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d210fe94ca5dd1be3ad493c7b2eaa8435beb0bed5cf13cbff75125607a462eb/1V8A0731.jpg" /><img width="6540" height="4360" width_o="6540" height_o="4360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdc530f87da8babd0d273624298f9b14ad666f03ec6933ec20804e025baa5c92/1V8A0774.jpg" data-mid="239144684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdc530f87da8babd0d273624298f9b14ad666f03ec6933ec20804e025baa5c92/1V8A0774.jpg" /><img width="3182" height="1768" width_o="3182" height_o="1768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df3ad77462a56f4e49d28d2fd20c9f1cd6b2de9ace8edf783f0404aec3a37ad8/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.46.30PM.png" data-mid="239144933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df3ad77462a56f4e49d28d2fd20c9f1cd6b2de9ace8edf783f0404aec3a37ad8/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.46.30PM.png" /><img width="6307" height="4205" width_o="6307" height_o="4205" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f6eb9e37b52ca7cb623b5bbc1e94b218bb0adae63b06a32f41f6db9a1d62ef4/1V8A0821.jpg" data-mid="239144745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f6eb9e37b52ca7cb623b5bbc1e94b218bb0adae63b06a32f41f6db9a1d62ef4/1V8A0821.jpg" /><img width="6344" height="4229" width_o="6344" height_o="4229" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0916496f84630a298483e676ae27ed1b1d7c1164b97737992214be15e13a39a2/1V8A0906.jpg" data-mid="239144691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0916496f84630a298483e676ae27ed1b1d7c1164b97737992214be15e13a39a2/1V8A0906.jpg" /><img width="3178" height="1764" width_o="3178" height_o="1764" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d3be1895a8a0a4236ddcbede90b19ce950ff42bfeb162da3cfc19a7bdb1a095/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.49.42PM.png" data-mid="239144936" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d3be1895a8a0a4236ddcbede90b19ce950ff42bfeb162da3cfc19a7bdb1a095/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.49.42PM.png" /><img width="6601" height="4401" width_o="6601" height_o="4401" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4eed89df3cb9345cb8a63d58cd2d45e8dfeb217df03f62a326229f7a7206edee/1V8A1056.jpg" data-mid="239144982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4eed89df3cb9345cb8a63d58cd2d45e8dfeb217df03f62a326229f7a7206edee/1V8A1056.jpg" /><img width="3176" height="1766" width_o="3176" height_o="1766" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8aa193505d023bfda584fd58c252b1699c673a52a63457a2186471a569cdeee8/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.52.32PM.png" data-mid="239144938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8aa193505d023bfda584fd58c252b1699c673a52a63457a2186471a569cdeee8/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.52.32PM.png" /><img width="6233" height="4155" width_o="6233" height_o="4155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c12a20dbcf7d21c17be9128c705c5e8aeee585589e50482860985bee4a61e220/1V8A0996.jpg" data-mid="239144707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c12a20dbcf7d21c17be9128c705c5e8aeee585589e50482860985bee4a61e220/1V8A0996.jpg" /> The book was created by Hashem Adnan, Cynthia Kreichati, Lina Mounzer, Rami Rajeh, Jana Traboulsi. An initiative from The Laab, with support from the OSUN Center for Human Rights &amp; the Arts at Bard College. Online publication ︎ <img width="1704" height="1732" width_o="1704" height_o="1732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71245fe75f6eb0566a5688b93164c549c1dedbd1910a500f3eb9253adddd44cd/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.29.59PM.png" data-mid="239144636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71245fe75f6eb0566a5688b93164c549c1dedbd1910a500f3eb9253adddd44cd/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.29.59PM.png" /> <img width="1664" height="1720" width_o="1664" height_o="1720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76ad63a0d08056a3fb9fa067804cabe80d95c694da585b6c60e3361c46b7155a/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.30.18PM.png" data-mid="239144637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76ad63a0d08056a3fb9fa067804cabe80d95c694da585b6c60e3361c46b7155a/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.30.18PM.png" /> <img width="1674" height="1720" width_o="1674" height_o="1720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76fdfcffe04e5f0f408b19512a7c75e3abf20cd07ff1e89e2c94c6e1c94169fc/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.31.42PM.png" data-mid="239144656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76fdfcffe04e5f0f408b19512a7c75e3abf20cd07ff1e89e2c94c6e1c94169fc/Screenshot-2025-10-08-at-12.31.42PM.png" /> Beirut - 2023next︎ https://carlaouad.com/The-sea-and-it-s-waves Sun, 01 Oct 2023 15:51:40 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/The-sea-and-it-s-waves <img width="1940" height="1940" width_o="1940" height_o="1940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b83350720d99af04a34e08cecf9a2c2c514e6eda46e98c3a8f3ff2f71b0f6bda/Layer-2.jpg" data-mid="192377775" border="0" data-scale="43" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b83350720d99af04a34e08cecf9a2c2c514e6eda46e98c3a8f3ff2f71b0f6bda/Layer-2.jpg" /> The sea and it’s waves البحر وموجاته “The sea and its waves is a movie that unfolds like a dream. Its story takes place in Beirut, in the shadow of a hallucinated star which ignites the whole movie.“ (ACID) Celestial visual effects for the 16mm feature film, The Sea and its Waves, by directors Liana &amp; Renaud. Selected and premiered in the ACID sidebar in the Cannes Film Festival 2023. Using several recordings&nbsp;of live drawing improvisations, the work spaned from creating the moon that haunts this city’s sky, interposing clouds, lighting moving headlights and floating boats on a sea of darkness. <img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cd944e7622219a29206b0c6382b9097c5e38e81ebd5cae0d657e33f6f332308/LMSV-carla-aouad-11.jpg" data-mid="192377825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9cd944e7622219a29206b0c6382b9097c5e38e81ebd5cae0d657e33f6f332308/LMSV-carla-aouad-11.jpg" /><img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbd9f9b7ab63ebacc987c0a5780530fb5858bf736f2d40e0d3ce7fdb98c8192f/LMSV-carla-aouad-6.jpg" data-mid="192377821" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbd9f9b7ab63ebacc987c0a5780530fb5858bf736f2d40e0d3ce7fdb98c8192f/LMSV-carla-aouad-6.jpg" /><img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db2ab05f898ea5deb3cfb3b1e211013bca34ac3c9e3bc8f2030502b93dd7b414/LMSV-carla-aouad-8.jpg" data-mid="192377823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db2ab05f898ea5deb3cfb3b1e211013bca34ac3c9e3bc8f2030502b93dd7b414/LMSV-carla-aouad-8.jpg" /><img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9fd0a37da16b7110558b68951ca85e9cae6b74aca472ee2b9b6685caeb809b3/LMSV-carla-aouad-9.jpg" data-mid="192377824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9fd0a37da16b7110558b68951ca85e9cae6b74aca472ee2b9b6685caeb809b3/LMSV-carla-aouad-9.jpg" /><img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7cf2cc5880ef71cb9bbd1df38c19c35d81b77133c8a681c62c0ff239155c052/LMSV-carla-aouad-4.jpg" data-mid="192377820" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7cf2cc5880ef71cb9bbd1df38c19c35d81b77133c8a681c62c0ff239155c052/LMSV-carla-aouad-4.jpg" /><img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22db992f3ebb079dbfa1b35b28664daaf2d15f1104ab76ca28587dcde94c83b3/LMSV-carla-aouad-7.jpg" data-mid="192377822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22db992f3ebb079dbfa1b35b28664daaf2d15f1104ab76ca28587dcde94c83b3/LMSV-carla-aouad-7.jpg" /> <img width="1358" height="1015" width_o="1358" height_o="1015" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0118e1cdc4c35fce97e2f139c0ab80fd0e2039190f29677cb68360fdb589b4aa/LMSV-carla-aouad-5.jpg" data-mid="192380739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0118e1cdc4c35fce97e2f139c0ab80fd0e2039190f29677cb68360fdb589b4aa/LMSV-carla-aouad-5.jpg" /> Beirut/France - 2023 next︎ https://carlaouad.com/Measures-of-Resistant-Ecologies Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:28:55 +0000 Carla Aouad https://carlaouad.com/Measures-of-Resistant-Ecologies <img width="2703" height="2676" width_o="2703" height_o="2676" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df80543ba53901164ac1f5a59f8c1200fecef8d41c969573721ee27094e3c6d6/cleaned-scans.png" data-mid="239144015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df80543ba53901164ac1f5a59f8c1200fecef8d41c969573721ee27094e3c6d6/cleaned-scans.png" /> Measures of Resistant Ecologies مقاييس البيئات المقاومة Illustrated contrubution to Dignified Life: Outliving Impossible Ecologies a digital publication examining the impact of perpetual colonial realities and counterinsurgency wars in Lebanon, Palestine and the Golan.“Presented as an atlas of quotes and imagery drawn from the publication's contributions, Carla Aouad's 'Measures of Resistant Ecologies' is a visual meditation on the impact of war on human and ecological systems. Aouad's work explores the singular yet connected nature of ecological wounds. She poignantly asks, "What do the roots of a tree remember that the human mind has forgotten?". Her work emphasizes the premise of this publication, the interdependence of human and more-than-human survival.” (Editoria)<img width="7597" height="9117" width_o="7597" height_o="9117" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d95b1a6c232ebe0cd50fc8475d8ccde3d03971e9bd71c615d0c3fd022ab25076/artboard---war-torn-ecologies-22-sept.png" data-mid="240932858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d95b1a6c232ebe0cd50fc8475d8ccde3d03971e9bd71c615d0c3fd022ab25076/artboard---war-torn-ecologies-22-sept.png" /> Online publication︎ The publication is designed by Studio Kawakeb and edited by&nbsp;Rayya Badran.&nbsp;Commissioning editors:&nbsp;Reem Shadid, Odessa Warren, Siegrun Salmanian&nbsp;and&nbsp;Angelina Radaković. Part of War-Torn Ecologies: Resistant Worlds. A collaboration between Mosaic Rooms and Beirut Art Center, supported by Anhar: Culture and Climate Platform. 2025 next︎