Description of the event in which the paper presentation "Idealism in Play: Exhibition as Cultural Translation" took part: For the Beirut edition of “Platform Translation”, artists were invited to develop artists’ books and publications. The participants explored the book format using it as an end object in itself, as a way of organizing research and sketches in a poetic manner, or even as a platform for collaborations and correspondences. The process of producing the books was addressed in different manners, its possibilities stretched, often departing from a story or an archive. The issue of words, images, movement and distribution being inherent to books and printed material were also explored through the set format of books. “On Books and Translation”, convenedby 98weeks, aims to constitute a large travelling library of artists’ books, adding up along the way. In this edition participants are: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Dimitris Ameladiotis, Marwa Arsanios, Elena Bellantoni and Daniela Alloca, Víctor Hugo Bravo, Federico Cavallini (invited by Silvano Manganaro), Hatem Imam with Jana Traboulsi, Interactivité Povera (collective), Daniel Jacoby, Manos Kornelakis (invited by Zoi Pappa), Mariagiovanna Nuzzi, Zeynep Oz and Suna Kafadar, Zoi Pappa, Iordanis Papadopoulos and Nana Sachini (invited by Zoi Pappa), Katia Roumbou, Soledad Pinto and Loes Heebink, Javier Rodríguez, Tom Robinson, Mihalis Theodosiadis,Vaticanochico​ Publishers, Karine Wehbe and Mirene Arsanios. A one day video screening titled “Short voyage” will be presented by Curating Contexts (Sidsel Nelund and Pamela Prado) on July 15th at 98weeks' 2nd floor starting from 6:30pm. "Short Voyage" is a video screening that evolves around the concept of hospitality and translation. On the one hand, the videos deal with the situation of someone coming to a place for the first time and on the other hand, the screening of the programme will be a one to one encounter in a homely setting, where the spectator is invited to watch and discuss one video of own choice together with the curator. Short Voyage thus enhances both the artist as a translator of place and the curator as a mediator between artist and spectator. With: Valentina Serrati, Nicolas Sanchez, Amilcar Packer, Johanna Unzueta, Renata Padovan 16 July: Roundtable with Platform Translation, Daniela Allocca and Sidsel Nelund