Short film · 2020
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A short film written and directed by Alex Dahdah.
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Images. Objects. Systems.
AlexDahdah — multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and educator
Installation · 2023
One document. Competing perspectives.
Three imagined Lebanese passports, and the ideologies behind them.
Perceiving Nationhood PassportsShort film
Jabbara
Production design for Samir Kawas’s short film.
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Digital inkjet print · 2022
Text, colour, and the uncanny.
Layers of colour and text in a digital print.
terminal x: uncanny encountersArt, film and design, independently and with others.
Meet AlexA selection across mediums
Work, in relation.
Press & conversations
In the press.
Studio visits, interviews and other perspectives.
ReviewOriginal film poster · Jabbara
The Monthly Film Festival · 2019
Jabbara
A review of Samir Kawas’s short film considers its lead performance, enclosed theatrical space and use of color. Alex contributed production design.
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Studio visitEditorial composite · Alex Dahdah with Perceiving Nationhood Passports.
MICA / Mount Royal · 2023
Inside the studio.
A studio visit with Alex, moving between print, film and the Perceiving Nationhood thesis project.
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Programme interviewEditorial composite · Alex’s interview portrait and ActingLab ceremony imagery · LOYAC Lebanon.
Alex on ActingLab.
Alex appears in LOYAC Lebanon’s video about the 2020 ActingLab programme, where he is introduced as a participant. The link opens at his segment, at 1:25.
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InterviewRetouched video still · WE Film Festivals · LIFF 2023.
WE Film Festivals · 2023
Turning the broadcast around.
Alex discusses Broadcast Reversed, its collaborative origins and the language of television.
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Between the personal
and the collective.
Alex works across film, installation, print and design, with a focus on identity, nationhood and belonging.
He teaches Art Appreciation at Richard Bland College. Explore his teaching approach and course examples.
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