A Comet in Your Eyes: Dual Exhibition at Sursock Museum
The Sursock Museum in Beirut, collaborating with Instituto Guimarães Rosa – Beirut and the Brazilian Embassy in Lebanon, showcases 'A Comet in Your Eyes,' a joint exhibition featuring fresh pieces by Panos Aprahamian (Lebanon) and Janaina Wagner (Brazil). This exhibition delves into themes of cosmic yearning and environmental destruction through installations inspired by Brazil's scenery. Wagner's video piece 'When the Second Sun Arrives / A Comet in Your Eyes' wraps up her trilogy on the Trans-Amazonian Highway BR-230, a massive 1970s project that harmed ecosystems. Aprahamian's two-channel video 'The Vanguard Outside of History' intertwines fiction with documentary, following Ypsilon, a Brazilian of Lebanese-Palestinian heritage, in Syria's deserts, envisioning a vanguard influenced by extraterrestrial beliefs. The exhibition is currently on display at the Sursock Museum.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'A Comet in Your Eyes' at Sursock Museum
- Partnership with Instituto Guimarães Rosa – Beirut and Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon
- Features new productions by Panos Aprahamian (LB) and Janaina Wagner (BR)
- Janaina Wagner's video installation is the final part of her trilogy on Trans-Amazonian Highway BR-230
- BR-230 was initiated in the 1970s as a mega-modernist project
- Panos Aprahamian's two-channel video installation 'The Vanguard Outside of History'
- Aprahamian's work follows Ypsilon, a Brazilian of Lebanese-Palestinian descent, to Syria's deserts
- Exhibition addresses climate catastrophe and cosmic themes
Entities
Artists
- Panos Aprahamian
- Janaina Wagner
Institutions
- Sursock Museum
- Instituto Guimarães Rosa – Beirut
- Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon
Locations
- Beirut
- Lebanon
- Brazil
- Syria