Our guest today is Annabel Daou, an artist who lives and works in New York. She visited Dallas on the occasion of life itself, her solo exhibition at Conduit Gallery, and also discussed her current project for the National Museum of Beirut.

In this episode:

Could you describe your connections to Dallas-Fort Worth and to Beirut? (0:45) — Working with the people of Beirut (3:15) — How did people respond when you approached them? (6:00) — How objects with complex histories become embedded in everyday life (8:00) — How does the recent history of Beirut affect its present? Remembering the city in the 1970s (12:15) — Translating personal experiences into different artistic media: paintings, paper, sound (15:00) — Text and language: the ‘autobiography of a’ (20:00) — Does the experience of Lebanon give any insight into the current political conflicts in the United States? (24:45)