Eng.

Panorama is born with a very specific mission: to help create and reinforce a global consciousness regarding the different challenges we as a society face in terms of landscape and territory.

For that reason, we’ve decided to create this platform to join together artistic projects with didactic content to attempt to reach, in the easiest and most comprehensive way, this reflexion to a large part of the society.

We believe that artistic projects accompanied by specialized texts are the best tool for any person, even those who haven’t  shown interest in this subjects before, to understand how as a society we need to reflect on our relationship with landscape and territory.

With this idea Panorama aims to become a big archive where anyone can meet and consult the different authors regarding this matters. And what’s also important, to contemplate them from different points of view.

 

Cast.

Panorama nace con una misión muy concreta: ayudar a crear/reforzar una conciencia global sobre los distintos retos que tenemos como sociedad en relación al territorio y al paisaje.

Para ello, hemos decidido crear esta plataforma que aglutina proyectos artísticos con contenidos didácticos para intentar hacer llegar, de la manera más fácil y entendedora posible, esta reflexión a un amplio conjunto de la sociedad.

Creemos que los proyectos artísticos acompañados de textos especializados son la mejor herramienta para que cualquier persona, aunque nunca antes se haya interesado por estos temas, pueda comprender que como sociedad tenemos que hacer una reflexión sobre nuestra relación con el territorio y el paisaje.

Panorama pretende con esta idea convertirse en un gran archivo donde cualquiera pueda conocer y consultar los distintos autores que trabajan en torno a estas cuestiones. Y lo que también es muy importante, contemplarlas desde distintos puntos de vista.

 

Cat.

Panorama neix amb un objectiu molt concret: ajudar a crear/reforçar una consciència global sobre els diferents reptes que tenim com a societat en relació al territori i al paisatge.

Per això, hem decidit aquesta plataforma que aglutina projectes artístics amb continguts didàctics per intentar fer arribar, de la manera més fàcil y comprensible possible, aquesta reflexió a un ampli conjunt de la societat.

Creiem que els projectes artístics acompanyats de textos especialitzats son la millor eina per a que qualsevol persona, tot i que no s’hagi interessat mai abans per aquests temes, pugui comprendre que com a societat hem de fer una reflexió sobre la nostre relació amb el territori i el paisatge.

Panorama pretén amb aquesta idea convertir-se en un gran arxiu on qualsevol pugui conèixer i consultar els diversos autors que treballen a l’entorn d’aquestes qüestions. I el que també és molt important, contemplar-les des de diferents punts de vista.

 

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In Beirut, traditional buildings in ruins, carrying the scars of the civil war (1975-1990), are gradually disappearing. Its accelerating urban renewal is characterised by intense land speculation, resulting in a change of scale within the city. This process is mainly driven by real estate developers, through the systematic purchase of contiguous plots with a view to owning an entire city block. The traditional typology of three-storey buildings is gradually being replaced by large glass towers, characteristic of a new Beirut skyline.

The construction site fences mark the separation between the future space and the current city. They prefigure the future new unity of the block and announce the image of the building before it is completed. This fine boundary is subject to the passage of time. The barriers bear witness to the length of time taken by the building site (real or simulated) and bear the traces of this.

Adorned with photo-realistic images and a vocabulary specific to property development, the barriers blend into the everyday environment of the city. Their lower height gives them a more appropriate scale, bringing them closer to pedestrians, where urban life takes its course, while in the background the towers soar skywards, creating new imaginary worlds. 

[This project was carried out before the explosion that occurred in the port of Beirut on 04/08/2020].

Elise Helm, born in 1995, is a French-German photographer working between France and Belgium.

Trained as an architect, she develops a cross-disciplinary approach through personal projects that study spaces in transition.

Particularly interested in revealing the unseen, such as the ordinary or the abandoned, her work addresses the passage of time and intangible boundaries.

© Text and pictures by Elise Helm

Elise Helm Beyrouth ou le temps distendu ,