WALID RAAD, Another Festival of (In)gratitude
WALID RAAD
Another Festival of (In)gratitude
August 7, 2024 – March 15, 2025
Sfeir-Semler Karantina, Beirut
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Monument story
In 1976, most public monuments in Beirut were hastily disassembled and stored in unmarked crates to protect them during the ongoing wars. The crates were also dispersed to various secure storage sites.
In 1993, the crates were gathered in the hope of reassembling the monuments. However, the absence of any breakdown notation or reassembly protocol resulted in the odd composition of new monuments, one of which is on display here.
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'Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut) _ Solidere 1994-1997'