Beirut is…Heterotopia

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Beirut ‌is‌ ‌conceptualized‌ ‌as‌ ‌a‌ ‌heterotopic‌ ‌space‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Foucauldian‌ ‌understanding‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌term:‌ ‌a‌ ‌space‌ ‌that‌ ‌functions‌ ‌in‌ ‌non-hegemonic‌ ‌conditions.‌ ‌It‌ ‌is‌ ‌perceived‌ ‌as‌ ‌an‌ ‌alternative‌ ‌site‌ ‌–‌‌paradoxically‌ ‌a‌ ‌capital‌ ‌city,‌ ‌not‌ ‌a‌ ‌site‌ ‌at‌ ‌the‌ ‌peripheries‌ ‌like‌ ‌the‌ ‌prisons,‌ ‌mental‌ ‌institutions‌ ‌and‌ ‌schools‌ ‌Faucault‌ ‌speaks‌ ‌about‌ ‌-‌ ‌where‌ ‌people’s‌ ‌past‌ ‌and‌ ‌memories‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌city‌ ‌as‌ ‌a‌ ‌site‌ ‌of‌ ‌everyday‌ ‌life‌ ‌overlap‌ ‌with‌ ‌its‌ ‌present‌ ‌appropriation‌ ‌by‌ ‌the‌ ‌real‌ ‌estate‌ ‌sector‌ ‌and‌ ‌with‌ ‌its‌ ‌controlled‌ ‌mobility‌ ‌and‌ ‌monumentality.‌

Category: Visual Arts Tag: Artist: Zarifi Haidar

Additional information

Title

Beirut is…Heterotopia

Artist

Zarifi Haidar

Year of Production

2016

Dimensions

42×59.4cm

Medium

Ink on paper

Framing

Unframed