Roy (A Portrait of Roy Dib)

Single channel film projection, 16:9, 2012, 7 min 8 sec

Roy is performed by Roy Dib, the Lebanese artist and filmmaker. Doa Aly met Roy in Beirut, in 2012, during an artist residency at Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. In a few interviews, Roy spoke about  how he grew up as an altar boy in Tripoli, Lebanon, and his journey to self-discovery when relocating to Beirut as an adult. Roy was asked to perform a few minimal gestures that condensed and intensified the history he seemed to be carrying in his body. Roy was produced by Ashkal Alwan. The music on the film is “Le Banquet Céleste” by Olivier Messiaen.