My Neck is Thinner Than a Hair (v. 2) (The Atlas Group and Walid Raad) - Softcover

Raad, Walid

 
9783883759784: My Neck is Thinner Than a Hair (v. 2) (The Atlas Group and Walid Raad)

Synopsis

The Atlas Group's ongoing investigation of the uses of 3,641 car bombs in the Lebanese Wars from 1975 to 1991. Features 104 photographs of the evidence, taken by journalists, and reproduced front and back. The photographs were discovered by Raad in the archives of the An-Nahar Research Center and the Arab Documentation Center.

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Synopsis

The Atlas Group is a project and foundation established in Beirut in 1977 to research and document the contemporary history of Lebanon. The Atlas Group locates, acquires, preserves, displays, produces and studies audio, visual, literary and other documents that shed light on this history. This catalogue is an ongoing investigation about the use of car bombs in the 1975-1991 Lebanese wars. With this project, The Atlas Group examines the multiple dimensions of the wars and examines the public and private events, discourses, objects and experiences surrounding the 3641 car bombs that were detonated during this period. It accompanies exhibitions at Art Gallery of York University, Canada and FACT, Liverpool.

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