Avis, 2016
Artistic intervention published in L’Orient Le Jour

An initiative of TAP (Temporary Art Platform), in collaboration with the Association for the Promotion and Exhibition of the Arts in Lebanon (APEAL).

A series of false cancellations of cultural events published in the newspaper on the same day, all attributed to “current circumstances.” The texts reproduce formulations drawn from the newspaper’s archives at the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in 1975. Their publication in the present generated confusion and strong reactions, as readers and institutions initially took them for real announcements.

The animation below was displayed the same day on the website of the Lebanese newspaper l'Orient le Jour.