About the work
From November 8, 1999 to June 6, 2001, everyone who wished to contact and converse with Lebanese people was invited by Ricardo Mbarak to enrol in the discussion list LebaneseGroup.
Internet, a support of communication for a concrete work
In November 1999 he created a discussion list on the Internet, the LebaneseGroup Discussion List. The work is the creation of a context favourable to exchange. The work is the dialogue, capable of having concrete implications in reality. Today the project is frozen and the discussions are suspended.
Members
Among the people invited to join the list were Lebanese academics from the American University of Beirut, Notre Dame University, the Lebanese University, the University of Balamand and Haigazian University, but also everyone interested in the news of the Lebanese in Lebanon and around the world (Australians, Canadians, French, Greeks, Palestinians, Moroccans, Poles…).
Topics
The main topics of discussion were socio-politics and the news of the day. In this space that is the Internet, every member of the network could express themselves freely, beyond the circumstances of a geographical territory.
KeywordsInternet. Discussion list. Communication. Meetings. Politics. Religion. Peace process.
Exhibited at
- Mar 2000 - Internet Fiesta 2000: Sénat (conference room) and Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Espace Condorcet, Paris, France
- Dec 2000 - ISEA 2000, “Beyond the screen” exhibition, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
In the press
- Feb 2000A sculpture by Ricardo Mbarak, and the Group announces its presenceAl Nahar · Newspaper · A. N.
- Feb 2000Ricardo Mbarak has set up a website for interacting and creating artworksAl Nahar · Newspaper
- Feb 2000“Lebanese Group”: a Lebanese group that made a sculpture on the InternetNahar Al Chabab · Newspaper · Claude Abou Chacra
- May 2000Peace in the Middle East: how can an art event take part in the process?L’autre web · Newspaper · Alexandre Gurita
- May 2000A Lebanese participation in the Internet FiestaAl Mushahid Assiyassi · Magazine
- Jul 2000Birth of the “Art-List”L’autre web · Newspaper
- Nov 2000The “Lebanese Group”, a place for continuous free dialogueAl Nahar · Newspaper
- 2001The Tabbouleh FestivalSaveurs · Magazine
- Dec 2007Ricardo Mbarkho: “You must live your work and not just contemplate it”iLoubnan · Online magazine · Diana Kahil