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The Museum of Modern Art - Beirut
Minenko, Sergey ; Kolcunová, Pavlína (referee) ; Marek, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the competition work is to design the Museum of Modern Art in the cultural part of the city of Beirut. The Museum of Modern Art will take up a historical and symbolic site across from the National Museum in the Achrafieh district of Beirut. The Museum will be a dynamic contemporary place true to its social and cultural responsibilities. It will acknowledge the historical significance of the site and its adjoining institutions, providing a connective fabric across the city’s divide.
The visual matter of Hezbollah on Southern suburb of Beirut
Harmach, Daniel ; Pelikán, Petr (advisor) ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (referee)
The author of the graduation research on the theme Visual Matter of Hezbollah on Southern Suburb of Beirut deals with the issue by unconventional approach of sociocultural anthropology. Through the application of Alfred Gell's and Robert Layton's art theory he assess what are the values incorporated in material culture of Hezbollah using to its self presentation. The author provides a description of examples and subsequently finds parallels in the material objects and what kind of an agency these objects are carrying. The paper is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The opening of the work also briefly deals with the history of Lebanon's shia confession and as well as history of the movement itself. Further, the empirical part is divided into three sections. The first is devoted to poster's and billboard's expression of Hezbollah, the second is focused on the urban estate of southern suburbs of Beirut and in the last section the author focused on small souvenir items and things of daily use. Finally, he concludes that the material culture of Hezbollah in Dahieh seem to be connected in logical but unexpected contexts - the art with politics, communication with the urban space and technology with culture. Moreover, the author also describes a noticeable trend in the commoditization of goods bearing...
The Museum of Modern Art - Beirut
Minenko, Sergey ; Kolcunová, Pavlína (referee) ; Marek, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the competition work is to design the Museum of Modern Art in the cultural part of the city of Beirut. The Museum of Modern Art will take up a historical and symbolic site across from the National Museum in the Achrafieh district of Beirut. The Museum will be a dynamic contemporary place true to its social and cultural responsibilities. It will acknowledge the historical significance of the site and its adjoining institutions, providing a connective fabric across the city’s divide.

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