JOURNEY OF A CEDAR

I had planted this Cedar tree when I was seven years old. It died in 2022 due to unfavorable environmental conditions. When the municipal workers cut it down and dismembered it, the idea to retrieve it and reconstitute it emerged.

Early 2024 its recontructed trunk invaded the Take Over gallery space with a video projection of a virtual tour of the Chouf Cedar reserve. “What remains of my Cedar forest” set the presence of the cedar tree in depictions of our national identity against the lack of national policies that are put in place to protect our environment.

2024