Beirut collective 04

In the capital of Lebanon - Beirut, a powerful explosion occurred on 4 August 2020. The epicenter of this explosion was the main port, surrounded by the historic city center. More than 300 thousand people lost their homes, hundreds of historical buildings were destroyed.

Most often, when creating installations related to events that are relevant to all people in the city, they are created on the basis of active interaction with the object and the location is usually comfortable only for tourists. Local residents can live in the city, but have never been to the installation. Therefore, the main task was to create something that will be primarily for local residents. In this project, these are objects that require only passive interaction.

Memory activation through unexpected objects in familiar places.

Rebuilding the city through meditation while collecting the pieces of wood that preserve its memories. No one can renovate an entire city alone. Restoring the lost collective memory is a task for all residents of the city. They are a COLLECTIVE (not only I, but I + We). They can collect the city piece by piece from the fragments of wood left after the explosion.

Collective memory is the strongest. As long as it exists, we are able not to make the same mistakes.History is what we can rely on now.

different group after explore

Memory

pieces of past life wood which volunteers collect doors, frames, chairs

How to make it? Materials:

- Wood chips of various sizes, as well as bricks, tiles and other fragments found in the area;

- Map of Beirut / region, scale 1: 1000, 1: 2000, 1: 5000;

- Base solution;

- Any surface;

* The surface can be coated with epoxy or similar to make it smooth if desired.

* To simplify the creation of the map, it is possible to use wooden formwork in the form of a box, where the boards will be stacked

* Created groups of people from 2 to 5 people will create 1 object in 4 hours