Objects of War

Objects of War is a series of testimonials on the Lebanese war Each person chooses an object ordinary or unusual which serves as a starting point for his her story These testimonials while helping to create a collective memory also show the impossibility of telling a single History of this war Only fragments of this History are recounted here held as truth by those expressing them In Objects of War the aim is not to reveal a truth but rather to gather and confront many diverse versions and discourses on the subject Objects of War started in 1999 assembling the testimonials of eleven persons It was first shown in 2000 It continued in 2003 with Objects of War n2 recording seven additional testimonials This time however and since then the recorded material is left unedited shown in its integrity The work of collecting and assembling these stories continued with Objects of War n3 n4 in 2006 and n5 6 in 2014