The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs
1999 | 00:16:54 | Lebanon / United States | English | Color | Mono
Collection: Single Titles
Tags: Documentary, Mental Landscape, Middle East, War


This piece investigates the possibilities and limits of writing a history of the Lebanese civil wars (1975-1991). The videos offer accounts of the fantastic situations that beset a number of individuals, though they do not document what happened. Rather, they explore what can be imagined, what can be said, what can be taken for granted, what can appear as rational, sayable, and thinkable about the wars.
Premiere
1998Exhibitions + Festivals
8th Courtisane Festival in Gent, Somewhere in Time 6 section, 2009