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The video – made in collaboration with Siska – shows Tom Bogaert fixing broken glass curb markers by placing exact copies of the markers made out of ice in the gaps created by the missing lenses. The ice versions of the lenses are modeled after original lenses obtained from the Municipality of Beirut after a 5 days quest deep inside the hot and humid core of the city’s management system. The average melting time of the ice lenses stands at 20 minutes depending on the time of day and whether they are exposed to direct sunlight or not.

(Curb markers are glass lenses designed to reflect light back to an approaching vehicle. Using optics as its light source the markers illuminate curbs and medians at night and they are ubiquitous yet under-represented elements of Beirut’s nightlife.)