Lest the Two Seas Meet
The human body, medium for resistance and emancipation. Artists from the Middle East, far East, Ukraine and Poland. Until 23 Aug. 2015 MOMA Warsaw, Poland. Curatorial text and photo tour.
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Embrace. 2005
Installation
50 x 179 cm
The installation “Embrace”, which reacts to the presence of the viewer, resembles an airport conveyor belt. The looped, self-contained cycle is devoid of any utilitarian function. The installation comments on the social and political conditions in which Palestinians live, both in the occupied territories and in the diaspora, as well as on the Israeli restrictions related to travelling and settling down in Palestine. The title is also a reference to the etymology of the word “embrace”, which means “to hold someone closely in one’s arms”, but also “something that is holding or restricting someone”. The diameter of the conveyor belt – 179 centimetres – is exactly the artist’s height. The body is locked in a senseless circular movement of history, politics and law.
(Text: Tarek Abou El Fetouh)
© Photo: B. Stawiarski
The human body, medium for resistance and emancipation. Artists from the Middle East, far East, Ukraine and Poland. Until 23 Aug. 2015 MOMA Warsaw, Poland. Curatorial text and photo tour.