The Perfumed Garden - The Wishing Fountain

#TheWishingFountain ( i4 ) with Sarah Barraj

11/2/2014

i=intervention, collaborations with local artists to intervene/perform next to The Wishing Fountain, and use it as their coin-bucket. the money generated from each intervention/performance and collected in The Wishing Fountain's lap is considered public money and is available to anyone in need. If you are interested in performing, please drop me a line rmajzoub@236m3.com or give me a call 03918291

You either know her as The Body Jeweler, the shiny mother of CERA BARR, an ex Wing, or the voice of Mother Mantra. Sarah Barraj passed by The Wishing Fountain, experimented with money-making genres that would suit the streets of Beirut, hippily explained the concept to EVERYONE that passed by, then accidentally starred in a report by AlJadeedTV on The Wishing Fountain.

#TheWishingFountain ( i3 ) with Samah Abilmona

10/28/2014

i=intervention, collaborations with local artists to intervene/perform next to The Wishing Fountain, and use it as their coin-bucket. the money generated from each intervention/performance and collected in The Wishing Fountain's lap is considered public money and is available to anyone in need. If you are interested in performing, please drop me a line rmajzoub@236m3.com or give me a call 03918291

Samah came out of the Metro for a little gig on the streets of Beirut playing the gorgeous Pianolla, part of Metro AlMadina's "Hishik Bishik Show" repertoire. Everyone danced. It was beautiful.

#TheWishingFountain ( i2 ) with Frida Chehlaoui

10/20/2014

i=intervention, collaborations with local artists to intervene/perform next to The Wishing Fountain, and use it as their coin-bucket. the money generated from each intervention/performance and collected in The Wishing Fountain's lap is considered public money and is available to anyone in need. If you are interested in performing, please drop me a line rmajzoub@236m3.com or give me a call 03918291

Frida Chehlaoui performed her songs and songs-in-progress next to The Wishing Fountain. In addition to the money collected in the fountain's lap, to be shared by Beirut, Frida stirred up this little segment of Hamra for a good half hour. The kids joined on percussions. A boring café-goer asked them to stop. One passing garbage man had a brief 'mawwal' interlude, and a young musician was recruited for a future intervention.

#TheWishingFountain ( i1 ) with Joan Baz

10/17/2014

i=intervention, collaborations with local artists to intervene/perform next to The Wishing Fountain, and use it as their coin-bucket. the money generated from each intervention/performance and collected in The Wishing Fountain's lap is considered public money and is available to anyone in need. If you are interested in performing, please drop me a line rmajzoub@236m3.com or give me a call 03918291

Joan Baz passed by The Wishing Fountain and decided to give out illustrated receipts to passersby in return for their wishes/coins. She will continue to experiment with her newfound role as the fountain's bookkeeper throughout the month. Check out the .gif below for some of the quick portraits/receipts.

Wild is the wind

10/15/2014

Forefront dreamers and background skeptics near #TheWishingFountain

10/15/2014

#TheWishingFountain on HKZ

10/14/2014

This feature on http://www.herskhazeen.com/ boasts a beautiful video shot by Nada Borgi of a girl shyly making her wish. "God bless us!" she said, and ran back up to hide.
Check the full feature here: http://goo.gl/TlRjTf

#TheWishingFountain on The Daily Star 14.10.2014

10/14/2014

Click here for the full text: http://goo.gl/WWgqlB

LBCI covers #TheWishingFountain

10/14/2014

LBCI's Maytham Kassir visited 'The Wishing Fountain - مال عام' and put together a great report for the local station's evening news broadcast. Watch it below.

'Beirut: Bodies in Public' visits #TheWishingFountain

10/11/2014

'Beirut: Bodies in Public' is a workshop inviting artists and researchers to think through the interdisciplinary concerns surrounding performance in public space in Beirut.A group of organizers and participants passed by 'The Wishing Fountain - مال عام' for a little discussion 'upon' a lovely Naked Wagon!

The Wishing Fountain - مال عام

‘The Wishing Fountain – مال عام’ is a public art installation in Hamra Street allowing people of the city to share money with each other while raising awareness about the escalating street beggars phenomenon and the increasing privatization and self-centeredness in urban Lebanon today.
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"The Wishing Fountain – مال عام" تجهيز فنيّ عام يتيح للناس مشاركة المال في شارع الحمرا، فيما يرفع الوعي حول تنامي ظاهرة المتسولين في الشارع وتزايد الخصخصة والتقوقع على الذات في التركيبة المدنيّة لبيروت اليوم.

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PRESSKIT: http://goo.gl/TnnY1E
EVENT: http://goo.gl/JytBgt

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This project is supported by Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts.

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PRESS COVERAGE
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Christine Tohme, Roy Dib, Zico, Rola Kobeissi, Metro Al Madina, Masrah Al Madina, Mohamad Farhat, Mohamad Majzoub, Omaya Malaeb, Yasmine Abboud, Adhm Selim, Guillaume Crédoz, Joan Baz,Lina Sahab,Ahmad Khouja,Joseph Haddad, Frida Chehlaoui, Ella Perry-Davies, ...