In Lebanon, many urban and public areas have been acquired by dubious means. To challenge popular conceptions of urban spaces and explore the practices of people who use them, the Dictaphone Group turned their research findings on the ownership of the Beirut seafront into an interactive “protest performance” called “This Sea Is Mine". In this site-specific presentation, they took people on a boat trip along a section of the Beirut coastline to explore the nature of its ownership and the laws governing it. During the trip, a fisherman manning the boat told stories of land and building reclamation projects, and their destructive effect on marine life along the coast, and a guide pointed out various coastal resorts’ violations of Lebanese law. Organizers also provided the “audience” with a performance booklet, which was actually a research booklet, including maps, legal texts, descriptions of developmental trajectories of beaches and waterfront spaces, and oral history accounts.