The Birth Of The Phoenix
Director Ersen Çıra
Countries Lebanon, Turkey
Duration 44 min
Synopsis
Effort of Sculptor Charles Nassar to turn the war and the sequels of the war to a love and peace message by using the same destruction materials such as shrapnel and remains of the war. The Civil War of Lebanon between 1970 and 1990 caused a lot of people’s lives and exhaustion. This exhaustion has been an inspiration and a beginning for Charles, who has learned the iron work from his father. Charles, goes outside when the bombs stops and collect the shrapnel, tries to make people to forget the wounds caused by bombs with his art. The mystery remains in redefining material itself to produce his artwork.
Effort of Sculptor Charles Nassar to turn the war and the sequels of the war to a love and peace message by using the same destruction materials such as shrapnel and remains of the war. The Civil War of Lebanon between 1970 and 1990 caused a lot of people’s lives and exhaustion. This exhaustion has been an inspiration and a beginning for Charles, who has learned the iron work from his father. Charles, goes outside when the bombs stops and collect the shrapnel, tries to make people to forget the wounds caused by bombs with his art. The mystery remains in redefining material itself to produce his artwork.