Beirut’s signscape is densely populated with visions of a safer future— a rhetoric centered on private ownership, overseas investment, catastrophe insurance, and the commodification of nationality. Billboards project a past onto an idealized, shinier future, reinforcing narratives of aspiration and security. Within this landscape, rest, sleep, and pleasure emerge as acts of resistance—ways to unravel the schizophrenic narratives imposed upon society. Disrupting the relentless advertising cycle becomes a means of momentary defiance, a pause in the aggressive visual noise—a space to rest in rebellion, to step outside the speculative futures crafted for the public.
The work engages with the tensions between public and personal space, exploring themes of shelter, care, and conflict. Through collaborations with diverse practitioners, urban interventions, theatrical works, and exhibitions are developed that challenge conventional notions of home, proposing alternative ways to inhabit and experience the environment.