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What is Done Cannot be Undone: A Draft of Reflections on 4 Visual Arts’ Workshops

  Pensée Atef Mohran July, 2022 Exactly two years ago, if I wanted to output my insights on a piece of reading I was assigned to critique as an English major, I would, as a force of habit, opt for responding in writing an MLA research paper; conceptual, reflective, and informative. One step further would be an in-class presentation; dull, strictly-graded, and academia-bound.One year later I would experiment with audio-video documentation advancements when I join the Jesuits Film School Program in Alexandria, and graduate with my first short documentary. But, I would still have this urging question regarding the intricate relationship between text and image–Is there more to it than fiction and documentary films? An interdisciplinary point of intersection between art and academia, perhaps? In this paper I attempt to share my reflections on the 4 main workshops of the Visual Arts Program at Behna Al Wakalah and the possibilities they left me with. As for Magic of Text as Space worksho...