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Submit a detailed proposal (max 500 words), up to 5 images or sketches, and a 300-word bio with portfolio of 3 works exploring fire as a force of transformation and paradox.
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Get matched →Beirut Art Center invites emerging artists to explore the symbolism of fire, a force of transformation and paradox. In a region shaped by catastrophe and collective trauma, the call asks how fire's flickering presence can illuminate shared histories and possible futures, and how its dual nature—both destructive and generative—can confront what lies ahead.
Open to emerging artists in Lebanon and the wider region.
All media are welcome, including but not limited to installation, painting, sculpture, video, sound, performance, and interactive art. Works should respond to themes of destruction, creation, momentum, energy, and change. Previously produced works are accepted, provided they have not been shown in Lebanon before.
Finalists will be selected by a jury comprised of members of Beirut Art Center's artistic committee and external jurors, and showcased in a group exhibition at BAC in fall 2025. A production budget will be available to help realize new works.
Suggested references include: The Arab Apocalypse by Etel Adnan; The Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard; Fire and Ice by Robert Frost; Fragments by Heraclitus; The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
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