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Aug 17, 1988 Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon 35 years old
photographer and artist
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About Ad Achkar
- Ad Achkar (born August 17, 1988, in rural Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese fine-art photographer and artist.
- In 2010, Achkar gained a Bachelor of Arts in photography, and achieved the highest ranking in the history of Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik– USEK, Lebanon for his senior project God Bless Our Home.
- In 2015, Achkar moved to Berlin where he completed a Masters of Arts and Design in Media Spaces in 2017 at the University of Applied Sciences Europe– UE, Germany. Following an open call in April 2011 for a competition of young Arabic photographers, Achkar joined the competition together with 150 other emerging photographers. Fifteen photographers were chosen to be part of an exhibition in Dubai.
- The Dubai jury ranked Ad Achkar first place in late 2011.Along with reading and writing, Achkar indulged himself with the use of diverse mediums and materials, varying from photography, installations, collages, and media arts.
- He has a wide range of interests, from the comprehension of humanity, nature, and existence, to the relation between humans and nature and the resulting problems.
- In his photographic installations, God Bless Our Home, waste vitalizing abandoned houses evoke associations with the Arte Povera, all installed objects are recycled and reused materials. Inspired by Deleuze and Guattari, Achkar developed BwO/CsO 2017, a kinetic machine composed of a colorless silicon skin that folds into its center and stretches itself apart.
- The installation creates a horizon line that becomes diagonal in-depth and reflects a haptic landscape that is constantly composing itself.
- The skin stretches itself apart, reflects philosophical thresholds of the existence, and the Body without Organs broadens one's perception and surpasses the horizon.
- Through abstraction, Achkar left 'the truth' to unravel the mind and disappear within the understanding of humanity and existence.
