The Atlas Group / Walid Raad
I Only Wish That I Could Weep
1996-2003
| Video, mute | 7'36"
This 'document' is attributed to a Lebanese Army intelligence
officer, Operator #17, who was assigned to monitor the Corniche,
a seaside boardwalk in Beirut. From 1996 onwards, and for
some unknown reasons, the officer decided to videotape the
sunset instead of his assigned targets. The videotape was
donated by Operator #17 to The Atlas Group in 1998..
The Atlas Group is a project established in Beirut in 1999
to research and document the contemporary history of Lebanon.
The Group locates, preserves, studies and produces audio,
visual, literary and other documents that shed light on this
history. The documents are stored in The Atlas Group Archive
which is located in Beirut and New York. The archive is organized
into three file categories: Type A (attributed to an identified
individual), Type FD (found documents), and Type AGP (attributed
to The Atlas Group).
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