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.
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Firas El Hallak
This 20-minute video shows the restoration of Le Tourbillon (1995), an installation by artist Mario Saba, located on the Mina’s corniche in Tripoli. Through the voice of one of Mario’s friends echoing in the background, Firas represents Mario Saba’s history that embodies the situation of many Tripolitan artists’. The video relates the city’s suspended state and consequently the condition of the city’s trapped residents
| Date: | 2018 |
| Location: | Rachid Karame International Fair |
| Medium: | Video |
| Material: | N/A |
| Section: | Contemporary |
| Duration: | Temporary |
| Tags: | Displayed in public |
| Framework: | Day 1 |
| Authorizations: | Municipality of Tripoli |
| Commissioner: | Day 1 |