ZAHLE

2019

 Installation as a landscape

This collage of food and sheets of materials is a way for me to reconnect with my father’s native country, Lebanon. 



Memories, narration, documentation and experiences are important elements to translate idealism into reality. With a poetic hand I used damaged buildings, chickpea flavour, massive food quantity, chaotic landcapes, dialogue disconnection, harsh reality, time evolution and mediterannean light to create this final collage.




Soap sculpture (damaged building) 
From left to right
1. Fragments of walls from my father’s house.
2. Raw chickpeas as a basic lebanese ingredient.
3. Soap sculpture from Saida, shaped into historic antic ruines.
4. Bullet-damaged wall from cardboard.
5. Door pieces brought directly from Zahlé.
6. Salad pieces links to lebanese recipes.