Lamia Joreige: Under-Writing Beirut
Research about the area around the National Museum, at the former Green Line, which divided Beirut throughout the Lebanese Wars.
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The video 180 Degree Garden View puts us in the position to imagine what the sniper saw and whom he may have killed through the hole. (…) Object of War, on the other hand, is the negative of the sniper hole cast as a concrete sculpture.
Lamia Joreige:
Under-Writing Beirut - Mathaf, 2013
Mixed media installation
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Presentation at Sharjah Biennial 11
13 March - 13 May 2013
Building of the Sharjah Islamic Bank
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Research about the area around the National Museum, at the former Green Line, which divided Beirut throughout the Lebanese Wars.