26/10/2026
From “Shahed” to “Mushtabik”
Khalil Al-Battran | Video screening, presentation and discussion
Palestinian theatre director, performer and music creator Khalil Al-Battran presents his artistic and research work in Thessaloniki on Thursday, 29 October 2026, in Room B, on the ground floor of the School of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Drawing on his lived experience in Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine, he will screen selected audiovisual material from the exhibition Shahed, where personal testimony meets artistic creation.
He will then introduce Mushtabik, an interdisciplinary artistic research and performance project that examines the relationship between the body, political events and everyday life, exploring how lived experience can be transformed into artistic practice.
The event will conclude with an open discussion on the relationship between art and reality, testimony, memory and the possibilities for theatre to intervene in the world.
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, 29 October 2026
Time: 18:00–21:00
Venue: Room B, Ground Floor, School of Political Sciences, AUTH
City: Thessaloniki
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Khalil Al-Battran
Independent artist and founder of the Mushtabik project
Khalil Al-Battran is a Palestinian theater director, performer, and music creator. He leads the Mushtabik project, exploring contemporary political theater and developing new artistic methods reflecting the realities of occupation. His work blends live performance, music, visual art, and bodily experimentation, seeing art as a tool for resistance and collective liberation. Khalil focuses on the body as a site of memory and resistance and participates in workshops and performances locally and internationally. His practice combines research and creativity to confront oppression through performing arts and expand political theater's engagement with social and human issues.
CONTACT AND ARTIST LINKS
Contact email: [email protected]
Spotify: Listen to the artist (https://open.spotify.com/album/7fAyTOZW2A3HffhiJLbY78?si=YU1I4_D7QeSlizYs13cIkA)
Instagram: Artist profile (https://www.instagram.com/khalilalbatran?obrf=emZ1NTl3ZXAydDFr)
CO-ORGANIZERS:
* Interdepartmental Postgraduate Studies Programme of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
* Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)