Eruptions: A Noise Zine Launch

How do we move together after genocide? What does poetic solidarity sound like? And what guerilla tactics can be reimagined for this moment of collapse?

For the Beirut launch of Eruptions: A Noise Zine, designed by Randa Hadi, writer, programmer, and DJ Shirine Saad convenes rebel voices from Beirut’s underground and beyond to experiment with radical languages, embodied resistance, and collective imagination. Free riso prints of the zine will be available throughout the event.

The evening unfolds from listening to conversation to movement to noise, gathering artists and communities testing the limits of form, solidarity, and survival.

Co-presented with Ruptured.

Program

5:00 PM — Noise Poetics: Research + Workshop with Shirine Saad

Shirine presents their research on feminist and queer communities and resistance practices across the region, tracing lineages from Mesopotamia to contemporary experimental works through the lens of poethical noise. The session includes a communal workshop responding to the presented works.

6:00 PM — Solidarity Networks: A Community Conversation with Haven for the Arts

A collective discussion on creating and sustaining safe spaces in a violent world. How do we archive underground cultural movements, resist censorship, and build collaborative strategies for feminist and queer artists today? Together, we will map urgent needs and strategies for survival amidst war and collapse.

7:15 PM — Dance Solo (Beirut Physical Lab)

The Spiral of Silence

Under the weight of high-pitched noise and constant hypervigilance, the voice contracts and silence becomes inevitable. Yet the feet continue to move, grounding the body and resisting erasure.

Performer: Yara Nasreldine

Co-creation: Yara Nasreldine & Andrea Fahed

Support: Bassam Abou Diab

7:30 PM — Noise Solo by NÂR

8:00 PM — DJ Set by Carla Lover at Brazzaville