
INSTALLATION VIEWS
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Leningrad, 2013
Installation composed of 14
elements:
- Text narrating events that
took place during the second
half of the 20th century, based
on archive material found in the
rubble of a Beirut apartment.
Typewritten on mid 1970s / early
1980s Canson 90g tracing paper.
Dimensions: 21 x 34.5 cm approx.
- Reproductions of 6 postcards
depicting painted interior views
(by various artists) of the
Hermitage Museum, Leningrad,
USSR; published by Aurora
Editions (Leningrad) found in
the rubble of a Beirut
apartment, 10.5 x 14.5 cm
approx. (image); 15 x 20 cm
(paper)
- Reproductions of 2 postcards
depicting wilderness in the
USSR; published by [name
unreadable] (Moscow, 1972);
found in the rubble of a Beirut
apartment, 9 x 14 cm (image); 15
x 20 cm (paper)
- Reproduction of 5 stereo
slides depicting sights of
Leningrad, USSR; published by
APN (Leningrad); found in the
rubble of a Beirut apartment. 5
x 10,2 cm (cardboards); 10 x 15
(paper)
Leningrad, 2013
Installation composée of 14
éléments.
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Leningrad
exposes touristic views of the
city in what was once the USSR
and narrates events that took
place during the second half
of the 20th century, based on
archive material found in the
rubble of a Beirut apartment.
On July 29, 2012
Gregory Buchakjian and Valérie
Cachard visited plot 335, a
French Mandate period
(1920s-1930s) apartment
building, that was abandoned
after shelling in 1989. In the
devastated flat of the third
floor, they found and extracted
written (handwritten,
typewritten and printed) and
photographic (postcards, slides)
documents that were lying on the
ground among rubble.
The Leningrad installation is
based on these archives.
Presented in the Pellicula
exhibition (Galerie Janine
Rubeiz, Beirut, 2013), it is the
first public intervention part
of the Abandoned Dwellings in
Beirut project. The central
element is a text typewritten on
a vintage 1980s typewriter. This
text is based on information
provided by papers found that
day. It attempts to establish
facts that took place in Beirut
during the second half of the
20th century. The other
components of the installation
are reproductions of postcards
and slides from Leningrad that
were also found there.
Leningrad
présente des vues
touristiques de la ville qui
fit partie de l’URSS et
relate des évènements qui se
sont déroulés durant la
seconde moitié du XXe
siècle, sur la base de
d’archives découvertes dans
les ruines d’un appartement
beyrouthin.
Présentée dans le cadre de
l’exposition Pellicula,
(Galerie Janine Rubeiz,
Beyrouth, 2013), Leningrad est
la première intervention
publique du projet des
habitats abandonnés. Son
élément central est un texte
dactylographié qui, à partir
de documents découverts dans
un appartement abandonné,
tente de reconstituer des
faits. Les autres éléments
sont les reproductions de
cartes postales et de
diapositives provenant de
Leningrad, et qui se
trouvaient in situ.
©gregory
buchakjian. all rights reserved |
selected
articles:
- Ari Akermans, The
Mantle, 26'08'2013
Aline
Gemayel, L'Orient Le Jour,
26'04'2013
India
Stoughton, The Daily Star,
24'04'2013
Exhibitions:
- Sursock Museum Library, in
parallel with Abandoned
Dwellings Display of
Systems, 2018. website
-
Pellicula, with Bassam
Geitani, François Sargologo
and Hanibal Srouji
Galerie Janine Rubeiz,
Beirut, 2013
www.galeriejaninerubeiz.com
>>
Download
Pellicula
Exhibition
brochure (PDF)
Related
projects:
- Abandoned
Dwellings. Archive
-
Abandoned Dwellings. Facts/BF1787
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Abandoned Dwellings. Restitution/BF1787
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