“It does not get easier up there in the mountains […]. They tell me it’s beautiful and I smile and nod and these images from my memory fill my head but I don’t know how to speak them. So I remain silent.”
Tony Chakar
![Ghassan Salhab, La Montagne [2], 2011](https://taswir.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/LaMontagne_2-Lot-73.jpg)
Ghassan Salhab, La Montagne [2], 2011
La Montagne [2], Ghassan Salhab, 2011, still from the film montagne/al-Jabal, 42 x 23 cm © the artist, courtesy taswir projects
Ghassan Salhab, La montagne '2', 2011
video still, 42 x 23 cm
Ghassan Salhab, Narcisse perdu, 2004
still from the film"Narcisse perdu", 26.5 x 20 cm
Ghassan Salhab
Born in Dakar, Senegal. Filmmaker and video artist. Ghassan Salhab collaborates on various scenarios in Lebanon and in France, and teaches film in Lebanon. Ghassan Salhab directed numerous films shown at international festivals. He also publishes books and essays published in various magazines. For more info visit the artist’s website at www.ghassansalhab.com