Selected Exhibitions
Modern Art Oxford, U.K. (2006)
Out of Beirut
Oxford, United Kingdom
Curator : Suzanne Cotter
Since the end of the civil war in 1990, Beirut has become a fertile ground for radical and innovative art making and thought. The exhibition presents the work of contemporary artists who have been at the forefront of this activity, many of whom are showing work in the UK for the first time.
A publication was released at the occasion of the exhibition, published by Modern Art Oxford, U.K.
Modern Art Oxford, U.K. (2006)
Curator : Suzanne Cotter
Since the end of the civil war in 1990, Beirut has become a fertile ground for radical and innovative art making and thought. The exhibition presents the work of contemporary artists who have been at the forefront of this activity, many of whom are showing work in the UK for the first time.
A publication was released at the occasion of the exhibition, published by Modern Art Oxford, U.K.
Here and Perhaps Elsewhere (2003)
Video, 54 min.
During the Lebanese civil war, thousands of people disappeared. In most cases, the bodies were not found and the circumstances of their disappearance never known. Today, I travel through Beirut, asking the inhabitants I encounter, one same question: Do you know anyone who was kidnapped here during the war?
My investigation carries me through the many districts around the “Green line”, which used to divide Beirut between East and West, and where militias set up their checkpoints, the scenes of many kidnappings, and crimes. I thereby attempt to trigger the process of memory and to reveal the multiplicity of existing discourses on the war and the immensity of the drama. As I cross town and discover places laden with history, I draw a personal map of this city.