Rana Haddad

Rana Haddad started her research workshop in 1997 with the aim of questioning the ability of objects and places to become means of political expression in Beirut. Soon after, these quests turned into installation works puncturing the city grabbing people’s attention locally and internationally. With her students and colleagues, Rana Haddad has produced several public installations and performances in Beirut, Mantes la Jolie, Bern, Geneva, Algiers, Italy, New Zealand and lately got exhibited in the MAM, USA. She has lectured and given workshops in many art and architecture international institutions including Urbandrift, Berlin, the Geneva School of Fine Arts and Design, the Architectural Association, London, and UC Davis, USA, amongst others. She is currently an assistant professor at the American University of Beirut. 

Every place had that smell

I applaud you

I applaud your I

I applaud your face

I applaud your hair

I applaud your forehead

I applaud your eyebrows

I applaud your eyes

I applaud your cheeks

I applaud your nose

I applaud your nostrils

I applaud your ears

I applaud your mouth

I applaud your smile

I applaud your teeth

I applaud your tongue

I applaud your lost hair

I applaud your breath

I applaud your chin

I applaud you always

I applaud your neck

I applaud your collar

I applaud your arms

I applaud your elbows

I applaud your hands

I applaud your fingers

I applaud you forever

I applaud your chest

I applaud your belly

I applaud your hips

I applaud your thighs

I applaud your knees

I applaud your ego toes

I applaud your legs

I applaud your principles

I applaud your non-principles

I applaud your silence

I applaud your loudness

I applaud your dumbness

I applaud your intelligence

I applaud your voice

I applaud your nonsense

I applaud your laziness

I applaud your nonchalance

I applaud your indifference

I applaud your ignorance

I applaud your foresight’s

I applaud your absence

I applaud your arrogance

I applaud your tears 

I applaud your applaud