youmna chlala - usa/lebanon

Jellyfish lamp (installation)
| Plastic balls | String |

Cut a number of colored plastic balls in half. Using a nylon string, thread through each half of the plastic ball one after the other to create long lines of color. Hang the strings together like a chandelier. Form a stretched piece of fabric acting as a roof to a roofless room, the work is viewed against a breathtaking scene of an oak landscape, for a minute the viewer doubts their senses of what is real and what is imaginary.

 
Come play with me (installation)
| Water plastic toys | Thick and thin blue plastic sheets |

Around a water well, create a feel of a fountain, an impression of a wet space amidst the dryness.

 

The Beloved (publication) A collaborative project with Jeannete Gaussi
| Interviews | Camera | Printing press |

As a tool to visit the village people, go around the village in the company of another artist and ask them about the one thing that they love most. Take a picture of that one special thing, and record what they have to say about it. Pair up the image with a description quoting the person interviewed. Put together all 14 interviews into a booklet and make 150 copies of this 8 page publication and hand it out to people on the open day.

 

Home sweet home (installation) A collaborative project with Jeannete Gaussi
| Domestic objects found in the village: carpet, mattress, desk, books, lantern, plant, and a TV | Childhood family pictures |

In collaboration with another artist, find a room in an abandoned house in Shatana and furnish it to make it look lived in and homey, live in it for a couple of days and film the process. Install a television set inside the house and play the video of your life in the house during the Open Day.

The Beloved (publication) A collaborative project with Youmna Chlala
| Interviews | Camera | Printing press |

As a tool to visit the village people, go around the village in the company of another artist and ask them about the one thing that they love most. Take a picture of that one special thing, and record what they have to say about it. Pair up the image with a description quoting the person interviewed. Put together all 14 interviews into a booklet and make 150 copies of this 8 page publication and hand it out to people on the open day.