Lebanon 2025
Meant as a call to action, the exhibition urges architects to take an active role in the face of environmental devastation
Title: The Land Remembers
Commissioner: Jad Tabet, Ministry of Culture (MOC)
Curators: Collective For Architecture Lebanon (CAL): Edouard Souhaid, Shereen Doummar, Elias Tamer, Lynn Chamoun
Exhibitors: Karim Emile Bitar, Rami Zurayk, Public Works Studio, Green Southerners, Mohamed Choucair, Sarah Sinno, Aude Abou Nasr, Munira Khayyat, Jala Makhzoumi, TheOtherDada, Leila Darwish, Jouzour Loubnan, Amy Chiniara, Charbel Samuel Aoun, Nathalie El Mir
The Land Remembers presents a fictional Ministry of Land Intelligence dedicated to healing ecocide and documenting intentional environmental destruction. It asserts that before architecture, there is land—and architects must take an active role in its protection.
Addressing Lebanon’s environmental crisis, the exhibition highlights the devastation caused by war, urbanization, and political instability, including the toxic legacy of white phosphorus in 2024. More than an exhibition, it is a call to action, urging architects to become activists in restoring damaged landscapes. By framing the pavilion as an activist ministry, it advocates for urgent intervention, emphasising that architecture must not only rebuild but also heal, ensuring a sustainable future for both humans and non-humans.
VENUE:
Arsenale
OPENING TIMES:
May 10 – Sep 28 11am – 8pm; Sep 29 – Nov 23 10am – 6pm
ADDRESS
Arsenale, Campo de la Tana, 2169, 30122 Venice, Italy
