This short animation explores various ways to narrate an incident that once took place in the mythical Hotel Carlton. Against images of the deserted hotel today, the artist sketches situations that evoke the rumors that once circulated around the place and the people who inhabited it.
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Marwa Arsanios completed her BA in Graphic Design from the Lebanese American University (2001), and obtained her MFA from Wimbledon College of Art, University of Arts, London (2007). She has exhibited in London, Beirut, Athens, Oxford, Lisboa, Santiago de Chile, and recently her work was shown at Art Dubai. She is a founding member of the artist organization 98weeks, and one of the organizers of Platform Translation.
She was granted the artist’s residency at the Arab Image Foundation for 2009. Marwa lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.