Whispers, 2022.
Video projection. 4 mins, fabric map. 145x65 cm, sewing thread, and needle.
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The streets, windows, buildings, and the entire neighbourhood whisper, and my body follows and listens. In this project, I am stitching my feet to a printed map of the neighbourhood where I grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp, in Jordan. This act explores and reflects upon my interior and exterior bodily experiences in areas that emerged in response to the Israeli settler colonisation of Palestine. I utilise the act of sewing my upper skin surface to the map as disruptive action to stimulate the ability to question everyday physical experiences withand within the camp architecture.
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The streets, windows, buildings, and the entire neighbourhood whisper, and my body follows and listens. In this project, I am stitching my feet to a printed map of the neighbourhood where I grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp, in Jordan. This act explores and reflects upon my interior and exterior bodily experiences in areas that emerged in response to the Israeli settler colonisation of Palestine. I utilise the act of sewing my upper skin surface to the map as disruptive action to stimulate the ability to question everyday physical experiences withand within the camp architecture.