Marfa’s Beirut // Getting some very local inspiration

Spent a wonderful afternoon in one of the few local galleries in Beirut that focus on contemporary art – Marfa’s Beirut (more info on the exhibition below):

Ahmad Ghossein
There Is No Right Or Wrong Here – الأرض لـمَن يُحرّرها

Starting from a piece of land without a trace, Ahmad Ghossein’s project aims to question the conceptions of space, land, and its thickness – or the limits of its depths before it can be considered ‘underground’ in South Lebanon. This part of the country has no official cadastral record and no information about it exists in the Directorate of Land Registration and Cadasters in Lebanon. Cadastral surveys were considered one of the foundational tools for ‘modernizing’ a country, registering and classifying the demarcations between public and private property, and did not only imply enabling the planning and implementation of modern infrastructure, but also organizing private property, and thus introducing a new “objective” or “scientific” ordering of social, economic and political relations. Ahmad Ghossein starts from a personal experience and looks into the implications of such missing data, investigating the states’ practices and processes in relation to cartography, geodesy, hypsometry, and other related sciences.

#008 // The Journey

The last one of three canvases I had to finish for the exhibition at erstererster gallery (5-13 Aug) before heading out to Beirut with #Lobilat for a charity project … Didn’t had time to share them yet … #fredericwriter #berlin #art #photography #painting #exhibition #erstererster#fun #joy #selffullfilment #selfindulgence #betterliving

The Transformation // What happens when …

Behind the scenes in my basement studio … Always thought a big one takes 10-15 mins … It actually takes 30+ mins … Guess I’m so focused and in ecstasy I loose the sense for time 🙂 …

Watch the video here.

#berlin#berlinstyle #fredericwriter #art #painting#photography #fun #ecstasy #selfindulgence#betterliving

#023 // Fear & Hope

‘Fear & Hope’ is part of the # Not Forgotten series, focused on the destiny of the weakest in the context of hegemonial power play.

It is based on my support for the Lobilat charity (www.lobilat.com), that aims to give back comfort and hope to Syrian refugee kids that need to live in Lebanese refugee camps – by providing them with ‚fluffy soulmates‘.

Donors can name their fluffies after people they care for, producing tripple happiness – for the refugee kid, the person after whom it is named and themselves.