ghenwa noiré is a Lebanese Amsterdam-based performer and multimedia installation artist. In her performances she uses body movement, music and storytelling to tap into utterances and gestures that are influenced by the social structure of Lebanon.

As a response to the socio-political challenges in Lebanon she uses repetitive writings to investigate the branch of linguistics that is concerned with semantic satiation: The effect by which daily expressions used are washed out, as they are repeated and tokenized in the Lebanese society, where she grew up. The same goes with her performances and film based installation work where she works with loops in an attempt to revisit different forms of reality, and get past it.  

She researches forms of interpreting the social and domestic tensions embedded within oral history, gossip, and nonverbal cues in her illustrations, and hand drawn animations.

In early 2023 Ghenwa opened her studio for music based jamming sessions with guests under the label ‘Telqaa Channel’. She partook in different musical jamming based initiatives, amongst them were at the Stedelijk Museum, Documenta 15, Framer Framed, and Radio AlHara.