Lagerhäuser am Port Khalid
Teil 7 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 12, 5. März - 5. Juni 2015. Kuratorin: Eungie Joo; Assoziierter Kurator: Ryan Inouye. 51 Beteiligte.
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Ort: Lagerhaus am Port Khalid
Locale Inscribed (Walking in the desert with Eisa towards the sun, looking down). 2014-15
Intervention an einem existierenden Ort und Silbernitrat
20 x 27 m
Entstanden im Auftrag der Sharjah Art Foundation
This work emerged from Joo’s site visits to Sharjah over the past year, which traversed various terrains to track archaeological patterns and traces of past human life through the universal act of walking – an act that bridges time and encourages deep contemplation of how early man negotiated survival, efficiency and pleasure.
Joo’s site-specific work asks the public to perform the same act of walking. As they follow excavated pathways that recall falaj water channels, a reflective surface covering the entire main wall bears witness to their movement. Seen in the silver-nitrate-mirrored surface, the visitor is at once walking towards herself, leaving the past behind, and towards an unknown future, which incorporates that abandoned past.
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB12 Guidebook
Teil 7 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 12, 5. März - 5. Juni 2015. Kuratorin: Eungie Joo; Assoziierter Kurator: Ryan Inouye. 51 Beteiligte.