a city guide for treehuggers

2020
Video and photo series

^{The work was exhibited as part of “How will it end?”
co-produced with the Pompidou Centre at Fondation Boghossian – Villa Empain.
2 Dec 21 - 6 Feb 22}

The work explores the politics of plants in highly expropriated and fabricated spaces in Beirut; looking into the rules and regulations behind this highly curated approach to deal with plants, especially treesin these spaces. The location of the trees offers a certain restriction thatgoes into sculpting its shape; in front of a storefront, next to a parking spot, near a trash bin and right next to a roundabout...