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ENTITRE - Singer songwriter Sara Boy performs "a little life" for Cube Sessions in Pavillon MMXX
An intimate live performance of a little life by Sara Boy was released part of the Cube Sessions on Beirut-based digital media Balkoon on Nov 20th. The live performance was filmed in Beirut on Beirut Digital District’s rooftop during the Beirut Art Fair 2019 inside Pavilion MMXX, an in-situ exhibition curated by André Damas for LWJ, before Sara Boy headed back to Paris from the middle east.
a little life
Sara Boy released a little life on July 5th, an extract from her upcoming EP now in preparation in Paris after having recently collaborated with Stockholm-based producer Neeco Delaf on the track spring never comes out recalling her time in Dubai.
a little life combines Sara Boy’s emotional ambient sounds and singular voice layerings with powerful lyrics about culture, ancestry, the value of success and the infinite number of lives and perspectives that surround her.
a little life
Sara Boy
about Sara Boy
Sara Boy grew up in South-East Asia but is of French origin. During her high school years she joined a local choir and discovered the Allegri’s Miserere and the power of Gregorian chants, while constantly listening to soul, folk and RnB singer- songwriters. She still draws on this classical repertoire in her songwriting, as her melodies involve multiple vocal layerings and harmonies, giving them an ethereal almost spiritual feel.
Sara Boy released her first EP urotour in 2018 where she poetically speaks about belonging or the lack of it in a globalised world. Showcased on Beehype’s Best tracks of 2018 from the Middle East compilation, Sara Boy finds inspiration in her past and current peregrinations between the East and West.
After her time spent in the Middle East, Sara Boy is now based in Paris and is currently working on her new EP.
ruins and progress - MMXX pavilion by André Chami at Beirut Digital District
MMXX pavilion questions the relation between ruins and progress and the radiant squares of our civilisations
After having followed smartESA’s accelerator programme in Beirut to develop his activities between Europe and the Middle East, Versailles-based cultural entrepreneur and artist André Chami, alongside art consultant Christiane Ashkar, launched MMXX pavilion - a public art programme with a debut exhibition at the Beirut Digital District from the 20th -25th of September on technique and civilisation.
MMXX pavilion curator André Chami before a private visit of the show
MMXX pavilion is a public art initiative that offers unique out-of-museum exhibition formats where invited artists focus on integrating the context of a space within their work.
In conjunction with the 2019 Beirut Art Fair, André Chami curated MMXX pavilion at the Beirut Digital District on Damascus street, a zone that has been active since the beginning of mankind with guest artists Edgar Sarin and Sara Boy.
Edgar Sarin, represented by the Parisian gallery Michel Rein showcased new in-situ pieces produced on the BDD's rooftop following on from his work on technique. Singer-songwriter Sara Boy also made an appearance during the pavilion's opening, performing ambient storytellings.
French artist Edgar Sarin during his stay in Beirut
“vers l’exactitude du nuage” a new group of in-situ sculptures by French artist Edgar Sarin.
vers l'exactitude du nuage 3, Edgar Sarin
vers l'exactitude du nuage 2, Edgar Sarin
variation sur celui du cone de glace, Edgar Sarin 2019
About MMXX
MMXX pavilion questions a territory’s capacity to generate progress.
2020 was supposed to mark the first year of the Universal Exhibition in the Arab World, it has now been postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
By choosing to write 2020 in roman letters, MMXX pavilion questions the transition of innovation centres in the Latin and Arab world in their quest for progress.
From the port of Beirut up to Damascus street lies a zone that has been active since the beginning of mankind and that knows significant development projects such as the Beirut Digital District.
MMXX is a pavilion curated by André Chami that questions progress in different value systems through the lens of technique.
MMXX pavilion draws parallels between Versailles, the city of the Sun King and the Levant region.
