Let's Not Swim Then!
video Nš 3, 50mns, 2007-08
Let's Not Swim Then! is a video based on different scenes of the swimmers
filmed individually or in groups as they are on the beach or going there.
These scenes were filmed between 2006 and 2008 at different locations
on the public beach in Beirut, and during different times of the year.
Each of the scenes is followed by remarks that some of the men made after
watching a playback. The remarks are the thread that binds the scenes together,
clarifying the relationship of the men with the cost line in Beirut and the shrinking
public beaches where they swim. In a very realistic rhythm, the scenes intimately show us the daily
engagement of the men: how they struggle daily to find the right spot for swimming in Beirut,
and where each one of them prefers to swim. We also witness their activities and conversations
while they are on the beach. The sound in the scenes is often cut, as I cut all the sound parts where we could hear my voice.
Other projects from 'The Sea Is A Stereo':
- A Buttock Sitting Comfortably On A Watery Threshold
- Paris Without A Sea
- Elvis
