This project focuses on the resourcefulness and creativity that emerge from Lebanon’s infrastructural collapse. It reveals how individuals and communities have devised their own solutions, from makeshift repairs to privatised services to alternative usage of pharmaceuticals , to cope with the absence or presence of government intervention and the surrealness of the daily life events.
Alternative UsesConfronting frustration, anxiety, pain and disappointment in this city, Many of those around resort to alternative solutions to cope or live with an unstable reality. These solutions often take the form of painkillers, muscle relaxants or antidepressants. These medications turned from a temporary treatment into a daily habit, and these treatments often become coping mechanisms.
Alternative Uses : Panadol Night Vending Machine
Reduce - Reuse - Recycle
Waste Management - Food Waste Management
Modern Ruins
As I gaze upon the city's urban landscape, I am met with numerous monuments, structures, and objects. Often, these remnants are the residue of govermental development projects that faltered and, neglected, become fixtures of the streets, gradually melding into the urban scenery while losing their original functionality. These objects evolve into modern ruins. In response to their existence, we adapt, not by pushing for their removal, but by acknowledging them as part of the urban fabric. We cope by reinterpreting them—seeing them not as failures, but as symbols of the city’s ongoing evolution.
Privatizing the Public
BMA will be a leader and a source of pride for our beloved country, Lebanon, in the international market specifically in the Middle East Region and North Africa.
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Presidential ChairA sharp critique of leadership and the normalization of dysfunction in governance, challenging the acceptance of inadequacy in power.
PhotoObservations from the city.
Nude Figure Drawing SessionsThis series of works emerged from drawing sessions I attended at AUB, as well as sessions organized by friends. These became my way of overcoming the limitations in my art education. At the Lebanese University, nude drawing sessions were prohibited, creating a significant gap in our learning. Attending these alternative sessions was my way of compensating for what was missing.