About Public Eye
Public Eye is a platform for collaboration between artists from different disciplines, cultures and communities. The types of projects to be developed are set up in collaboration with the artists suggestions directed by Sara Gebran.
The company produces 2 kinds of projects: community Platforms as well as stage presentations within the style of Performing Arts.
In 2008, Sara initiated a ‘platform’ of works called Vertical Exile to share and stimulate creativity within the communities of different cities in the world, those living in the ‘periphery’: refugees, suburbs immigrants and regular citizens, as simultaneously focus on the incorporation of the urban space, on how to re-gain our civil rights to appropriate its use and find ways of canalizing social needs through art. The project was first defined by Anders Paulin and Sara Gebran for refugee camps in the West Bank in 2009, and later on Sara continued its applications in Denmark and Sweden.
This projects developed into what now is called Vertical Gardening. For information, photos and videos check:
Facebook: Vertical Gardening/The Carpet
Vertical Gardening’10 + Video + Facebook: Vertical Gardening/The Carpet
Vertical Exile - West Bank’09 + Video + Facebook
Vertical Exile - Stockholm + Video Performance + Facebook
Vertical Exile - Copenhagen + Video Performance + Video Hammock Attack + Video Hula Hoop + Facebook
Other works movie clips:
La Santa Lucha vs Royal Rumble (Full performance)
La Santa Lucha vs Royal Rumble (trailer)
BIO:
Sara is born in Venezuela, raced in a Lebanese family, lived in NYC 3 years, in Denmark 14 years, now between Denmark and Sweden. Obtained her master degree in City Planning (1981-1987) and in dance (1989-1992). Has been working as Choreographer, performer and teacher since 1994. Together with Anders Paulin she developed the art platforms in refugee camps in the West Bank from 2009 to 2011, inviting Ylva Henrikson and Palestinian artists, architects and the community. She has toured in South America, North America, Europe and the Middle East. Worked in several collaboration projects: ‘Colina’ residency by Rui Horta, ‘Collaboratorio’ in Brazil. ‘Think Tank’ by Dance Mediterranean Meeting. Created her own collaboration platform called ‘EX:changing Memories of Movements’ with artists from different art fields from the Middle East and Scandinavia, among others.