Plastispheres
Plastispheres is a research-driven project by Yara Boustany that unfolds through multiple editions and formats - it explores the tension between embodied presence, synthetic matter, and digital alienation.
Inspired by the term “plastisphere”—human-made ecosystems where lifeforms grow on plastic waste—the project imagines new maps that link the primal body with synthetic and digital realms. It challenges dominant narratives that frame nature and technology as opposites, seeking instead subtle convergences between the two.
Plastispheres #1 - Prince Claus, Holland.
Plastispheres #2 - Art Explora, Breath is Tide, (TAP) Temporary Art Platform, Beirut Art Center, Lebanon
Plastispheres #3 - Amalgam 10 year Anniversary, Karantina, Beirut, Lebanon.
Plastispheres #4 - Seeds of Dialogue, Maison des Arts Freikeh, Lebanon.
Supported by: Prince Claus Fund
Snakes & Ladders
Dance Film
Beirut - seemingly powerless bodies move - scanning a broken city, roaming its ruins.
Faced with a new crude reality, human bodies are forced to observe matter and thought in their raw form - The city's spirits emerge from the shadows to play, and become flesh.
A duality between a body and a building, opening pathways of perception by dismantling the fortifications of constructed meanings.
Performance Yara Boustany
Cinematography Nader Bahsoun
Sound Design Giorgios Gargalas
Voice Arabic Racha Baroud
Voice English Charlie Laban Trier
Light Assistant Mezyed Azrai
2022 Bipod Festival, Beirut - Lebanon.
2022 Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival – Palestine.
2022 Cinedans Fest, Amsterdam – Holland.
2024 Winona Conservatory of the Arts, Minnesota – United States.
2025 Camping, Centre National de la Danse, Paris – France.