Walid Raad’s Dead weight of a quarrel hangs examines the legacy of the Lebanese Civil War through the stories omitted or seen as unimportant in the official histories. Remnants of film and photography, snapshots and surveillance video footage are transformed to create an archive to “another” Lebanese Civil War.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
13 February 2005
ACMI Screen Gallery
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1005592
Languages
Arabic
English
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Memory
Sound/audio
Audio Format/Stereo
Colour
Colour
Holdings
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
DVD [PAL]; Exhibition Copy