TAP's Database of Public Art Practices in Lebanon
Our Database of Public Art Practices is an on-going research project archiving public art interventions that have taken place in Lebanon from 1980 to present day.
Listen to observe
BePublic
«Listen (so i can make you) to observe» is a series of twenty-two boxes, made to confront the public in anattempt to shed light not only on beirut’s noise pollution but also on a noisy bureaucratic system. the project invites the hasty bridge pedestrians to pause for an instant to experience five different declinations guided by the one act of entering one’s head into the box. Each box carries a message written on its outside, hintingat a new perception. Rana Haddad with Nadine Abdulsalam, Faisal Annab, Racha Doughman, Nadine Eid, and Lea Ramadan.
Date: | 2017 |
Location: | Nahr El Mot |
Medium: | Installation, Sculpture |
Material: | N/A |
Section: | Contemporary |
Duration: | Temporary |
Tags: | Site-specific intervention Participatory art |
Authorizations: | N/A |
Commissioner: | Artist-led initiative |