Pixelated Revolution

Rabih Mroué's showcase at the Government College of Fine Arts during Chennai Photo Biennale 2019. Pixelated Revolution is a lecture-performance about the usage of mobile phones during the Syrian revolution. This lecture aims to study the advice and direction regarding the taking of photographs during the events of the Syrian revolution, as these advices were shared via the medium of Facebook and other virtual communication tools.Are the broken-up and incomplete images sent by the Syrians an extension of their physical experience? Is the mobile phone an extension of their brains, of their body, of their being? n this lecture-performance, he aims to investigate and read into these matters, and present my personal interpretation of this phenomenon” says Rabih Mroue.