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Public space installation, metal structure, wire.
Following January 14, 2011, security measures were heightened in the city of Tunis. What was once declared as "exceptional measures" has become the norm. Barbed wire and other barriers are now part of the urban landscape.
The decision to intervene at Bab El Bhar corresponds to the symbolic significance it has acquired and the historical events that have shaped it as a border-monument. Bab El Bhar is entirely cloaked in barbed wire, merging the controlled element with the tool of control. The imposing structure fades into a ghostly silhouette, retracing the history of a gateway that once opened to the sea, later renamed the Porte de France by colonial authorities, and now aligned along the axis of the statues of Ibn Khaldoun, Bourguiba, and the Obelisk.
Key contributors:
- Senior Structural Engineer, CIAG: Khemaies Ferchichi
- Engineers, CIAG: Mohamed Ben Ismail
- Technician, CIAG: Montassar Hachani
- Civil Engineer, ENIT: Sami Montassar
- ENIT Interns: Nadya Aamira, Chaima Arouri
- Architect, ENAU: Chiraz Chtara
- ENAU Interns: Faten Sbaai, Youssef Mrabet, Khaled Abdallah, Syrine Belfetni
- Prototype Team: Mondher Ben Abdallah, Hatem Ben Abdallah, Skander Riahi, Khaled Souid
- Assistant: Oumeyma Medini
Production: L’Art Rue / Dream City
With the support of: The Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Partners: CIAG Concept, ENAU, ENIT
Technical Partner: SYBEL Light & Sound