Three abstractions on three histories
2016
Three white shirts, metallic structure, time
Dimensions variable
In 'Three abstractions on three histories' 3 shirts, apparently similar, hang high from the ground. They seem to belong to the same person, but in reality one belonged to the artist's grandfather, the second to his father and the third to the artist. Each refers to a time, and contains a part of the Lebanese history.
Untitled until now
2016
Artist's shoes, left shoe containing salt, right shoe containing sugar
Dimensions variable
Mon Amour
2012 – 2015
Supermarket receipts, highlighter
Dimensions variable
Products purchased in a Parisian supermarket are chosen in a very precise way and disposed at the cash machine accordingly to reveal a secret message: Mon Amour.
The distance between your eyes and the sun
2016
Newsprint paper, sun of Beirut, metallic structure
140 x 50 cm
'The distance between your eyes and the sun' is written by the sun of Beirut using a stencil system and a white newsprint paper. (When exposed to the sun, the sentence becomes yellow.)
Night Enclosed in Marble
2012 – 2016
Carrara marble, 1cm3 of night of Kadisha valley Lebanon, hinges
23 x 23 x 9 cm
In 'Night Enclosed in Marble', the artist transported a Carrara marble box to a forest in Mount Lebanon on a dark night without moon (Dark Moon). He then opened the block for just a few seconds to capture, in the void sculpted inside of the box, 1cm3 of this specific night. The captured night will rest in the darkness of the crate for eternity. (The marble block opens like a book. In each of its massive interior part, 0.5 cm3 of void was carved, when closed it contains 1 cm3 of void at its center of gravity.)
Night Enclosed in Marble (detail)
2012 – 2016
Carrara marble
1cm3 of night of Kadisha valley Lebanon, hinges
23 x 23 x 9 cm
Night Enclosed in Marble (detail)
2012 – 2016
Carrara marble
1cm3 of night of Kadisha valley Lebanon, hinges
23 x 23 x 9 cm
No Light In White Light
2014
Video
00:11:00
A Syriac priest starts reading the genesis in Aramaic, a dead language, a few minutes before day fall in a forest in Mount Lebanon. With the light getting dimmer, the reading becomes more and more difficult, the priest stops reading the text when the Aramaic words totally fade in the night.
Mon Amour (detail)
2012 – 2015
Supermarket receipts, highlighter
Dimensions variable
Untouched marble
2013
Bike, marble
Dimensions variable
In 2013, the artist had extracted one marble cube from a quarry and preserved it from all human contact. He was the first person to touch this block of stone that went on to accompany him (studio, bike, room, bar...) for a period of a month.
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view