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ItisthemuseumitselfthatistheobjectofourvisittotheNationalMuseuminBeirut.NourOuayda'sanaloguevideoworkisareflectionoftheactualmuseumpractice,throughanaudioguidethathasadecreasinglevelofauthority,butanincreasingdegreeofinterpretativeandimaginativeautonomy.Aparadoxthatquicklybecomestheinstitution'sparadox.Welistenattentively,asthecamerascansthehistoricalartefactsoftheexhibition-statuesandstonefigures-withatactilesensuality,whichbecomesincreasinglyabstractinthezoomofthegrainyimages.Welearnthattheobjectswerewalledinbehindprotectivelayersofcementduringthewar,andwefindoutthatseveralofthemsufferedminordamageswhentheyhadtobeexcavatedasecondtime.Adoublearchaeology,whichleavesitsownsetofindexicaltracks,whichOuayda'saudioguideinvitesustodecode.'TowardstheSun'isaworkwhoseconceptualsimplicitygeneratesanimmensecomplexityinitsdeeplyoriginalreflectiononthemuseum'sownsignificanceinitsLebanesecontext.Screeningwith'SoDear,SoLovely'and'AllThatPerishesattheEdgeofLand'.