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Friday, February 10, 2012

An odd appearance on the Mar Mitr (St Dimitrios) Wall

Click on the image for a larger view - copyrighted ©

While stuck in traffic on the street between Sassine and Spinneys there is this huge wall, very inviting for graffiti, I would say, but maybe the church kept an eye on the "vandalism" till now?
Anyways, there, next to Elie Hobeika's posters, there is a stencil of Marc Riboud's photo, from the demonstration in 1967 in Washington, by the American youth against the war in Vietnam.

The stencil is dated 21/01/2012 but I can't see a signature. Why is this (image sending these messages) here (on that wall, in Beirut, in 2012)? How long will this flower power message last?

8 comments:

  1. There you go! :)
    I'm so glad you noticed it, I was afraid that it wasn't visible from the street since cars keep parking in front of it!

    http://themanandtheseagull.blogspot.com/2012/02/graffiti.html

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  2. :)
    Will you be stenciling more iconic images from war times sending messages of peace? maybe we, as Lebanese, can take a look on the international History, since we do not agree on a unified Lebanese History, but wars damage is similar everywhere...

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  3. Hm, I like how you think!
    We will definitely think about it, and if you have anything in mind, any ideas, we would love to hear them :)

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  4. I don't know how i forgot to mention it before but you should check the stencil of Banksy http://d2keyconcepts.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/banksy-napalm.jpg?w=500&h=316%22 based on Nick Ut's iconic image from the vietnam war http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/985640413apmrade_viet_2d11g-copy.jpg
    It is believed that this image helped in ending the conflict since it shocked (american) people a lot

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    1. May I join?
      Checking Banksy's stencil about that now.

      And yes, we will be doing more images, maybe not iconic, but definitely sending messages of peace.

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  5. Of course, you may.
    I will be on the lookout for those then!

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  6. http://imalreadyyours.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-love-you.html

    http://imalreadyyours.blogspot.com/2012/02/paint-that-wall.html

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  7. :-)

    http://imalreadyyours.blogspot.com/2012/05/stop-perfect-timing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FvMJKs+%28All+is+Fair+in+Love+and+War%29

    http://themanandtheseagull.blogspot.com/2012/05/stop-homophobia.html

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