As a commentary on the ability to warp and mold realities based on images, we designed an installation called “Beyye’e El Hawa’, which literally translates to ‘Seller of Air’. The name is a play on words that has multiple interpretations, each tackling a certain subject that we intend to criticize/highlight. The project is a public performance that entails pushing a wagon from Corniche El Manara to Martyr’s Square while extracting then selling air from an encased tree situated on the cart. The wagon is a commonly seen and used object by street vendors; it is a traditional Lebanese image of sales, market and exchange.
