29/10/2025
Common Grounds, an inhabited sculpture.
The totem is reimagined not as a vertical symbol of worship but as a site of presence, reflection and connection. Its narrative unfolds horizontally, offering a place for exchange. Placed within Beirut’s fractured urban fabric, it acts as a soft monument, a quiet act of resistance reclaiming public space. Its mosaic envelope deepens the story: each marble tile, like a fragment of memory forms a pixelated portrait of Beirut reminiscent of our natural heritage, open-ended and ever-growing. In gathering, sitting, and remembering, we rediscover a lost Beirut, where salvation lies not in elevation but in shared presence and human connection.
Exhibited as part of the Totems of the Present and the Absent exhibition curated by .
Mosaic in collaboration with
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