ART AND POLITICS IN DIALOGE — THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION

IMAGE POLITICS IN CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND PHOTOGRAPHY DURING THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION. at co-culture berlin/ https://www.coculture.de/arrr

Ziad Adwan/ Mitarbeit/ 2021

When the Syrian regime in 2011 reacted to peaceful protests with the most brutal repression, citizen journalists went out to document, expose, and show the crimes to the outside world. Image, after which, acquired new importance in terms of its emotional, documentary, archival, and even legal weight. Ten years later, and based on their own experiences, the participants of this panel share their perspectives on the significance of image creation and circulation in the context of the Syrian revolution, exploring the revolution’s radical and lasting impact on the field of Syrian photography.

Participants of this panel: Guevara Namer, Karam Alhamad, Muzaffar Salman

Moderator: Ziad Adwan