Dia Mrad, Salam (2024)

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Dia Mrad, Salam (2024)

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The debate surrounding Lebanon’s «old rent» laws reflects divergent perspectives between tenants and landlords, entrenched within legislative frameworks such as Rent Acts No. 92/159 and 92/160 enacted in 1992. These laws established rent control for pre1992- properties, maintaining rates below market values due to socioeconomic instability. Proposed amendments aim to rectify these disparities by updating rental rates while safeguarding long-term tenants. Against the backdrop of the current economic crisis and significant devaluation of the Lebanese lira akin to conditions in 1992, these discussions carry heightened significance.


Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm / 50 x 70 cm
Weight: 0.02 kg / 0.1 kg
Material: Photo paper OLMEC Premium Matte (230gsm)

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Dia Mrad is a Lebanese Architecture photographer. He was born in 1991 in Ras Baalbek, and moved to Beirut in 2007, a city that instantly intrigued him with its “mystery and captivating architectural allure.”

The road to explore his curiosity materialised in 2011 with pursuing a Master’s degree in Architecture, where Dia also used photography as a tool to explore patterns and analyse urban situations. After graduating in 2017, he started using a mix of photography and academic formation to decipher Beirut, which is still a confusing subject. He employed strategies he had learned and practised to produce a fresh perspective on informed/informative architectural photography and visual storytelling.

Between 2017 and 2019, Dia’s passion for exploring Beirut slipped between trying to find work and relocating to the nearby Aley district. But being away from the city offered perspective and time to reflect. After relocating back to Beirut in 2019, and then going on a trip to France and Italy, Dia came back with the idea that would set the tone of his future work: that Beirut’s architecture is deserving of a great deal of attention; that Beirut’s unique mix of architectural styles woven between layers of history was something so particular yet so neglected, a forgotten treasure that needed to be uncovered. This was a turning point that led to working on a systematic photographic archive of Beirut, an imprint of the city and its architecture.

TAP is a nonprofit organization committed to making another world possible, by affecting social change through contemporary art.

Founded in a region of unrelenting volatility and absent cultural policies, TAP curates the conditions for communities, private bodies and governmental institutions to recognize that contemporary artists can be allies in driving enduring social change amidst precarious contexts.

In the process, TAP creates accessible tools and production opportunities for contemporary artists, whilst rendering their practice porous and participatory, within and beyond the field of art.

TAP was founded by curator Amanda Abi Khalil and registered as a nonprofit organization in Lebanon in 2014 and in France in 2020. It is based in Beirut and Paris, and its interventions take place internationally.

Dia Mrad is a Lebanese Architecture photographer. He was born in 1991 in Ras Baalbek, and moved to Beirut in 2007, a city that instantly intrigued him with its “mystery and captivating architectural allure.”

The road to explore his curiosity materialised in 2011 with pursuing a Master’s degree in Architecture, where Dia also used photography as a tool to explore patterns and analyse urban situations. After graduating in 2017, he started using a mix of photography and academic formation to decipher Beirut, which is still a confusing subject. He employed strategies he had learned and practised to produce a fresh perspective on informed/informative architectural photography and visual storytelling.

Between 2017 and 2019, Dia’s passion for exploring Beirut slipped between trying to find work and relocating to the nearby Aley district. But being away from the city offered perspective and time to reflect. After relocating back to Beirut in 2019, and then going on a trip to France and Italy, Dia came back with the idea that would set the tone of his future work: that Beirut’s architecture is deserving of a great deal of attention; that Beirut’s unique mix of architectural styles woven between layers of history was something so particular yet so neglected, a forgotten treasure that needed to be uncovered. This was a turning point that led to working on a systematic photographic archive of Beirut, an imprint of the city and its architecture.

TAP is a nonprofit organization committed to making another world possible, by affecting social change through contemporary art.

Founded in a region of unrelenting volatility and absent cultural policies, TAP curates the conditions for communities, private bodies and governmental institutions to recognize that contemporary artists can be allies in driving enduring social change amidst precarious contexts.

In the process, TAP creates accessible tools and production opportunities for contemporary artists, whilst rendering their practice porous and participatory, within and beyond the field of art.

TAP was founded by curator Amanda Abi Khalil and registered as a nonprofit organization in Lebanon in 2014 and in France in 2020. It is based in Beirut and Paris, and its interventions take place internationally.

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