Abstract
This essay takes its point of departure in two of my artistic projects: the first was developed in a Palestinian context between 2008 and 2010, and the second in an Italian context between 2012 and 2015. Both projects investigated the languages of memory and trauma through the looking glass of my artistic practice. My work as a visual artist and filmmaker centres on ideas and notions of power structures, identities, memories, construction of history, and subjective history. I have in particular dealt with stories narrated from a perspective of the displaced, the exiled, or stories from the periphery, and how….
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Languages of Trauma |
Subtitle of host publication | History, Memory, and Media |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 197-210 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781487539405 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781487508968 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 Mar 1 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Performing Arts