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Perspectives: Hale Tenger

July 30, 2011 - November 6, 2011

Museum: Sackler Gallery

Location: Pavilion, Street Level

As part of the Perspectives series of contemporary Asian art, the single-channel video Beirut by multimedia artist Hale Tenger (b. 1960, Turkey) is on view. Tenger creates videos and installations that examine the tangible and intangible traces of events. From 2005-2007, he filmed the facade of the St. George Hotel in Beirut -- the site of the assassination of Rafik Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon -- while it was being renovated. Gently flapping curtains, shifting light, and Seder Atesar's simple musical composition evoke a historical moment with profound repercussions that still haunt this physical space.