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Part 5 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.
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I’m on the "Us" Side and You Are on the Other. 2010
Two-channel colour video projection (1 min 24 sec, looped)
The Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan is the site of a daily military custom known as the "lowering of the flags" ceremony. It takes place every evening before sunset just before security forces on either side close the gates. Thousands of spectators gather every day to watch the ceremony. I’m on the "Us" Side and You Are on the Other looks at what this ceremony says about the groups that watch it and what unites them. The installation is composed in such a way that the viewer is subsumed into the crowd.
© Video: Binder & Haupt
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Part 5 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13 March - 13 May 2013. Curator: Yuko Hasegawa. More than 100 participants.