Zeid Hamdan

[Zeid Hamdan composes, writes lyrics, and plays a range of instruments. Image courtesy of MedrarTV.] [Zeid Hamdan composes, writes lyrics, and plays a range of instruments. Image courtesy of MedrarTV.]

Zeid Hamdan

By : Medrar TV مدرار تي في

Zeid Hamdan

2010-2013

Beirut, Lebanon

 

In this video, Medrar.TV takes you on a trip through the inspiring practice of Lebanese musician and producer Zeid Hamdan, who is credited as the main force behind developing electro Arab pop music.

Since the mid nineties, Hamdan (b.1976) has either founded or produced music for some of the most successful underground bands in the region, including the Arabic trip hop band Soap Kills, The New Government (Pop rock), Katibe5 (Arabic hip-hop), ShiftZ (Arabic electro), Heba Mansouri (Arabic trip hop), Kanjha Kora (Guineean pop), Kazamada (Arabic electro pop), Dany Baladi (Arabic electro pop), and Zeid and the Wings (New Arabic pop).

Over the last three years, Hamdan has also worked closely with upcoming musicians such as Maii Waleed and Maryam Saleh. He also co-founded the online music platform and rehearsal/production studio known as Lebanese Underground.

Through two studio visits, conducted in 2010 and late 2013, Hamdan talks to Medrar.TV about his music career and its development over the past two decades.

Subtitles by Amira Al Masry. 

                        [This video is produced by Medrar TV and is featured in partnership with Jadaliyya Culture.] 

      

A Scenography Workshop by Hussein Baydoun

A Scenography workshop by Hussein Baydoun

8-16 September 2013

Falaki Theater, Cairo, Egypt

 

Hussein Baydoun is a Lebanese artist, architect, and scenographer who is known for his unique approach to set design. Baydoun frequently participates in the creation and development of performances from their early stages with the view that scenography is an essential component to the creation of theatrical work, one no less important than the script. His designs are often inspired by the performance spaces in which he works, where he creates fascinating sets from whatever is available as he challenges conventional notions about theater production, such as in his most recent performance "Alice," which was produced in collaboration with Lebanese playwright and director Sawsan Bou Khaled. In September, Baydoun returned to Cairo to lead a scenography workshop following the same vision. At the American University in Cairo`s Falaki Theater, he worked with six upcoming set designers, in addition to amateurs, on creating imaginative environments from the remnants of old sets and other discarded objects. This video highlights the vision and development of the workshop as Baydoun describes the aim of his teaching methods.  


 

      

     [This video is produced by Medrar TV and is featured as part of a new partnership with Jadaliyya Culture.]