a brief introduction
to tesliq
2020-2022
Artist book
(written in English and translated to Arabic)
- AFAC Artist support Grantee
- Mophradat Grantee
- Excerpt from the book was pubslished in Samandal comic #17
Tesliq (تسليق); part of rural lebanese dialect, refers to the act of collecting chard (seleq-سلق) which became associated with picking edible plants. Gathering shrubs offers a communal instinct, a sense of awareness that these plants belong to the community that looks after it.
The book weaves a collection of reflections around foraging as a communal tool to look for primary resources and to reclaim expropriated lands in Beirut.
- size 14.5x18cm
- 144 pages
- English and Arabic (both in same book)
- Every copy includes a poster; size 28x35cm
to order the book please sign up here
Artist book
(written in English and translated to Arabic)
- AFAC Artist support Grantee
- Mophradat Grantee
- Excerpt from the book was pubslished in Samandal comic #17
Tesliq (تسليق); part of rural lebanese dialect, refers to the act of collecting chard (seleq-سلق) which became associated with picking edible plants. Gathering shrubs offers a communal instinct, a sense of awareness that these plants belong to the community that looks after it.
The book weaves a collection of reflections around foraging as a communal tool to look for primary resources and to reclaim expropriated lands in Beirut.
- size 14.5x18cm
- 144 pages
- English and Arabic (both in same book)
- Every copy includes a poster; size 28x35cm
to order the book please sign up here
