All that is solid melts into air

Tony Chakar

All that is solid melts into air is a printed document (collage of a map drawn in 1876 and photographs of Hamra street with Arabic text) that addresses the shifting notions of space and time as experienced by a pedestrian within the deserted ruins of Hamra.

Date: 2000
Location: Hamra Cinema, Colisée Cinema and Strand Cinema, Hamra, Lebanon
Medium: Publication
Material: Map, Collage, Photographs
Section: Contemporary
Duration: Temporary
Tags: Site-specific intervention
   
Framework: Hamra Street Project
Authorizations: Municipality of Beirut
Commissioner: Ashkal Alwan