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Mass Struggle by Akram Zaatari
Discover Mass Struggle by artist Akram Zaatari, created especially for the Art Explora Festival. Invited by Amanda Abi Khalil and Danielle Makhoul - curators associated with the tour - the artist presents a work that takes the form of the Mediterranean Sea. Mass Struggle highlights the region's exhaustion in the face of constant human and commercial flows.
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Mass Struggle by Akram Zaatari
Discover the artwork Mass Struggle by artist Akram Zaatari, created especially for the Art Explora Festival. Invited by Amanda Abi Khalil and Danielle Makhoul – associate curators of the touring exhibition – the artist presents a work that takes the form of the Mediterranean Sea.
Mass struggle, Akram Zaatari, 2024
Tire rubber
6159 x 2924 cm
Courtesy of the artist
Mapped as a void in most cartographies, the Mediterranean stretches out beneath our feet as overwhelming dark matter. Islands turned into negative space. This floor piece conceived by Akram Zaatari emerges as a comment on the excessive use of this sea in navigation routes, from cargo commutes and tourist cruises to migratory crossings, and as a denunciation to its abuse as a dump of sewage and polluting wastes. Mass Struggle fills the space with a gummy mass that challenges the sensorial perception of these waters, and records traces of wear as people are invited to step on it. As such, individual and collective impact on this challenged ecosystem is given a form.
Martina Barbon
Jean-Christophe Lett
Akram Zaatari
Born in 1966 in Saïda, Lebanon, he lives and works in Beirut. Akram Zaatari is a major figure on Lebanon's contemporary art scene. Oscillating between reality and fiction, his films and video installations feature archival images, testimonies and situations representative of living conditions in Lebanon. Co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation, he has made an invaluable and uncompromising contribution to the general discourse on the preservation and practice of archives. He represented Lebanon at the 55th Venice Art Biennale (2013). His work has been presented in major artistic contexts such as documenta 13 (2012) and the Liverpool Biennial (2012).
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Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
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