As part of the opening night of CHRONIQUES — The Biennial of Digital Imaginaries.
Project supported as part of the Institut Français’s Saison Méditerranée 2026.

Created by three Lebanese artists—Kinda Hassan (composer), Racha Baroud (performer), and Carine Doumit (editor and writer)— *Élégie d’une disparition* is a performance based on a sound-driven narrative that confronts the theme of disappearance in the current context of Lebanon, where places and lives are violated and destroyed.

The performance is based on an excerpt from Racha Baroud’s diary, which offers a firsthand account of the destruction of her village in southern Lebanon in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes. The excerpt captures the details she observed and the sensations she experienced in the ravaged area. The experience described once again heightens our sense of disarray in the face of loss and raises the issue of the impossibility of feeling rooted. We then bring together fragments of sound, text, and visual material—which serve as both witnesses to and traces of this disappearance—and which, on stage, weave together an audiovisual and performative composition.

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Biography(s)
Location
Elegy for a disappearance
Kinda Hassan, Racha Baroud, Carine Doumit
Augmented radio play
Audiovisual performance
Sat., October 24, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. Friche la Belle de Mai (Petit Plateau)

Duration
, approximately 50 min.

Distribution

A performance conceived and performed by
Kinda Hassan
composer
Racha Baroud
performer and director
Carine Doumit
editor and writer

in collaboration with
Christian Sebille
, composer

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