Claudia Aravena Abughosh
In the work series "The Palestine Project" the artist born in Chile explores her Palestinian roots.
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Beitjala. 2003
Video installation
For the piece titled Beitjala, Claudia Aravena interviewed members of her family and other shop-owners in this sector of Santiago, to inquire into the Palestiniain imaginary of these immigrants residing in Chile - what they remember, what images remain in their minds. Claudia Aravena later travelled to Beitjala and following the order of her interview logbook, she produced an archive of video images that she projected onto the display cabinets at the Aravena Abughosh family shop, on her return to Chile. For three days in April of 2003, the family substituted the mannequins and clothes with fragments of the memory of Palestine in Chile.
© Photos: Ricardo Brening
In the work series "The Palestine Project" the artist born in Chile explores her Palestinian roots.