Mixed media with sound piece.
Dimensions variable.
2021
Hatem Imam, Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas
Courtesy of the Art Design Lebanon. Photographs by Ieva Saudargaité Douaihi and Vartan Seraydarian
Ever New Idle Eyes
You melt into the gray of distance like instant milk, like everything else.
I cannot separate your voice from the chirping and the hissing.
Stand still for one second while I trace your field of vision onto the earth.
This is a fine clearing.
For my eyes to rest.
A thin stainless-steel aperture stands mysteriously within the Roman archeological site of Deir El Qalaa framing the valley beyond. The surface is polished to act as a mirror, reflecting the textures and colors surrounding it, almost melting into the landscape. A drone-like looping sound suffuses the space drawing visitors closer to the sculpture and perhaps crossing its threshold. Landscapes extend indefinitely in space until we delineate their boundary.
