Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige Read Bio Collapse
Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige are filmmakers and artists who question the fabrication of images and representations, the construction of imaginaries, and the writing of contemporary history. They are interested in the traces of the invisible and the absent, in stories kept secret such as the missing people from the Lebanese Civil War, a forgotten space project, geological and archaeological cores, or the strange consequences of internet scams and spams. Their films have been shown and multi-awarded in major international festivals. Their last feature Memory Box premiered in this year’s Berlinale competition (2021). Their works are exhibited in numerous museums and art centers including recently the Centre Pompidou and Jeu de Paume (Paris); Haus der Kunst (Munich); the Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, and Whitechapel Gallery (London); the Guggenheim Museum (New York): MIT Boston; Sharjah Art Foundation; and Home Works Forum (Beirut); as well as in many biennials including Istanbul, Lyon, Sharjah, Kochi, Gwangju, Yinchuan, Venice, and currently Taipei. In 2017, they were awarded the Marcel Duchamp Prize for the project Unconformities.