December 2016. In the archives of the MACAM (sculpture museum) in Byblos, Beirut, Lebanon. I’m intrigued by a catalogue. An artist called “Abdell”, La Quarta Guerra Punica, Galleria Agora, Palermo (my favourite city), 1991. I find a run-down looking website where he goes by the name of “Douglas Abdell” (pretty classy): “Lebanese-Italian artist born in Boston and living in Spain, Nurturing the dream of a union of the Phoenician states.” Heady stuff. The guy sounds seriously mystical. The dress code à la Kanye West is worth going for.