[172] Mounira al Solh and Bassam Ramlawi Colaborators on Gas Two Artists’ Statement: We wonder at the same time why do artists collaborate? Who owns the work in that case, and would both parties be equally satisfied? Not to be stuck with these questions before we even start working together, we’d like to inform you just for practical reasons that our work will be performative, and simply related to daily life practicalities instead <strong>of</strong> being philosophical or ethical or historical or whatsoever. The result however will <strong>no</strong>t be a documentation <strong>of</strong> these daily performances, rather a parallel feeling to them. How can a feeling be parallel? Perhaps, what we need is a hug, and that’s it… Bassam Ramlawi and Mounira Al Solh Bassam Ramlawi: It was in the Netherlands that Al Solh and I met for the first time, inside Westerpark in Amsterdam, I was sketching a bunch <strong>of</strong> funny homeless people, and she was reading a book. We had seen each other somewhere in Beirut and recognized each other automatically. Since then we became close friends, and Al Solh made a booklet about me, co-written by Jacques Aswad and titled “In a Time Fleece”. She also made a documentary titled “Seven Reversed Scenes about Bassam Ramlawi”. I am <strong>of</strong> course grateful to her efforts, but I think I am more interested to collaborate with her, rather then just being passively driven and passively manipulated in her productions, although I have to admit that it is flattering to have someone wanting to document your life and understand your work. But this was so far <strong>no</strong>t a real collaboration, and I don’t really k<strong>no</strong>w why she got so enthusiastic about such productions. I recently asked her if I could in return make a booklet about her work, and a documentary. Hoping she might agree one day! Mounira Al Solh to Bassam Ramlawi: Just because I have some fascination for you, you can use me… so please do! Two Artists’ Work description: For the Bucharest Biennial, Ramlawi proposed to deliver for Mounira to her studio and for free a bottle <strong>of</strong> apple or carrot juice that he had squeezed at his father’s shop. In return, she drunk the content, and filmed with her handycamera these bottles and kept them at her studio. Ramlawi has made drawings <strong>of</strong> things that struck him on his way each time he delivered the juice to her studio riding his scooter. Mounira al Solh and Bassam Ramlawi, Collaborators on Gas, research photo, various dimensions, 2012 Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the artist [173]
Mounira al Solh and Bassam Ramlawi, Bassam’s Moustache, Collaborators on Gas, research photo, 2012 Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the artist [174] Mounira al Solh and Bassam Ramlawi, Bassam’s Delivery Mobillette, Collaborators on Gas, research photo, 2012 Courtesy <strong>of</strong> the artist [175]
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