Date: Saturday 8 January 2022 at 10.30am

Place: Archaeological site of Deir el-Kalaa, Beit Meri

Registration: (78) 959670 ; visites@agendaculturel.com

Duration: 1h00

Language: English

Health mask required - social distancing assured.

The visit is free of charge - booking is required.

Number of participants is limited. 

The tour will be guided by Stephanie Ghougassian & Stephanie Keyrouz.

Lost in the right direction is the second exhibition from AD Leb, a cultural space and digital platform dedicated to supporting cultural and artistic production in Lebanon and the surrounding region. Contemporary works by established and emerging artists, designers and artisans are displayed at an archaeological site in the mountains east of Beirut in a rare, public outdoor exhibition.

A combination of sculptures, photography, and design interventions are installed across Deir El Kalaa – a Roman temple complex in the village of Beit Meri dating back to the first century A.D. – with a striking contrast between the contemporary and the ancient. Celebrating a broad diversity of creative expression, the exhibition offers a dynamic experience for visitors as they move around the site and interact with the works. Recurrent themes include nature and the Lebanese landscape, political turmoil and the upheaval of the pandemic, traditions and rituals, the fragility of life and the passage of time, loss, memory, and hope.

Photo: Gaïa Fodoulian and Nathaniel Rackowe, Drop by Drop, 2021. Painted stainless steel and LED lights. 100 x 100 x 240cm. Image courtesy of AD Leb