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Alys gives us licence when he states

Poetic licence operates like a hiatus – an “agent provocateur“, a short circuit — into the atrophy of a situation that finds itself in a state of political, social, confessional, ethnic, economic or military crisis or lethargy. Through the absurd and sometimes impertinent nature of the poetic act, art provokes a moment of suspended meaning, a sensation of senselessness that may reveal the absurdity of the situation. Via this act of transgression, the poetic act makes one step back for an instant from the circumstances. In short, it may make one look at things differently.

Francis Alys, transcript of a talk given in Beirut in December 2008