Ghassan Salhab
(Posthume) | 2007
29 min. Ed.1/3 +2 AP
(Posthume) was filmed after the Israeli attack in the summer of 2006. Taking the population by surprise, this short war and the reigniting of hostilities, led many artists to express their anger and fear through texts, drawings and short films posted on the internet, including Mazen Kerbaj’s ‘War Diary’ which is part of the Saradar Collection. Salhab contributed to this movement with (Posthume), a short and emotional video in which he appears in the city. Belonging to later stage of works produced in the aftermath of the conflict, (Posthume) is not a reaction, but rather a meditative essay on devastation. It is haunted at the same time by the apparent absence of any fiction and the omnipresence of the real.
Reference GS-VVI-2007-A
Biography of the artist
Born in Dakar, Senegal. 1958
Works and Lives in Beirut, Lebanaon
In addition to making his own films, Salhab collaborates on various scenarios in Lebanon and France, and teaches film in Lebanon.
He has directed six feature films: 'Beyrouth Fantôme' (1998), 'Terra Incognita' (2002), 'The Last man' (2006), 1958 (2009), 'The mountain' (2010) and 'The Valley' (2014), all selected in various international film festivals; in addition to numerous "videos", "essays" and "video-installations", including 'Le voyage immobile' (2018) co-directed with M. Soueid, 'Chinese Ink' (2017), 'Posthumous' (2007), 'Son Image- diptych' (2016), Everybody know this is nowhere- diptych (2010), 'Narcisse Perdu', 'My living body My dead body', 'La rose de personne', 'Baalbeck' ( co-edited with A.Zaatari and M.Soueid), 'De la séduction' ( Co-directed with N.Khodor), 'Afrique Fantôme', 'Après la Mort'...(2016), he was a DAAD ( Berlin) guest-resident. La Rochelle International Film Festival, JC Carthage and La Cinèmathèque du Quebec made a tribute to his films... He has also published different texts and articles in various magazines, and a book, "Fragments du Livre naufrage".
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