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Teil 5 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.
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Beirut, Autopsy of a City. 2010
Mixed-Media-Installation (Chapter 1, A history of Beirut’s possible disappearance – Fotografien, Texte und Videos; Chapter 2, Beirut, 1001 views – Animation (16 Min.), Video (Loop), schwarzweiß, ohne Ton; Chapter 3, Beirut, 2058 - Animation, Video (Loop), Farbe und Ton
This project proposes possible reconciliations between the task of the archaeologist and that of the poet, between modern images and ancient texts. The installation retells stories of the conquests, defeats and natural disasters that shaped and disfigured Beirut, leaving the viewer to wander amid fragments that point to the impossibility of constructing a grand history, fictionalising the narratives presented.The first chapter, "A history of Beirut’s possible disappearance," weaves inter-temporal relations between elements from various epochs. The second chapter, "Beirut, 1001 views," is a representation of the city that simultaneously embodies different historical periods, and thus is neither a past nor a present image but one that reflects nonlinear time. The third chapter, "Beirut,
2058," displaces anxiety from the past and its remnants and projects them onto a future apocalyptic realm.
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Teil 5 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.