twirling, not spiraling is a lecture-performance that activates co-current timelines for listening, making, and perceiving in proximity to violence and crisis. Lara Saab is an artist and researcher working with multi–dimensional modes and devices for storytelling and documenting through mediated collaborations between video, sound, performance, and text. Saab is based in Beirut, Lebanon and is currently completing an MFA in Social Documentation at UCSC, Califonia.