Oral history interview with Omar Mismar
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mismar, Omar
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
label: Names
content: American University of Beirut -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Lebanon -- Beirut
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Lebanon -- Beirut
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects
label: Topic
content: Port of Beirut Explosion, Beirut, Lebanon, 2020
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mismar, Omar
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Omar Mismar is a Lebanese digital, video, and installation artist and educator in Beirut, Lebanon. Mismar teaches at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((22 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 August 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mismar20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Omar Mismar conducted 2020 August 25, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Mismar's office in Beirut, Lebanon.­