Facts in the ground: artefacts, fictions and national identities in contemporary Palestinian art
Facts in the ground: artefacts, fictions and national identities in contemporary Palestinian art
Through the work of three Palestinian artists, Larissa Sansour, Sharif Waked, and Jumana Manna, this chapter explores the porous relationship between fact and fiction in the context of the highly mediated Palestine/Israel conflict. In particular, it explores the artists’ use of science fiction, hybrid documentary, and the martyrdom video as a way of extending the medium of video and narrative form to address the myths of nationalism, colonialism, and masculinity. It argues that, in lieu of a legitimate Palestinian national identity, these artists have developed a shared tactic of creating speculative territories between fact and fiction that provoke questions of desire and power between the work of art and the viewer.
Palestine Contemporary Art Global Asia Science Fiction Colonialism Occupation Archeology
Hon, Gordon
ca14398f-3e52-46ba-b0ed-35a52d7b8225
30 December 2022
Hon, Gordon
ca14398f-3e52-46ba-b0ed-35a52d7b8225
Hon, Gordon
(2022)
Facts in the ground: artefacts, fictions and national identities in contemporary Palestinian art.
In,
Gras, Menene, Harris, Jonathan and Makhoul, Bashir
(eds.)
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Art in Global Asia.
1 ed.
UK.
Routledge.
(doi:10.4324/9781003285298).
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Through the work of three Palestinian artists, Larissa Sansour, Sharif Waked, and Jumana Manna, this chapter explores the porous relationship between fact and fiction in the context of the highly mediated Palestine/Israel conflict. In particular, it explores the artists’ use of science fiction, hybrid documentary, and the martyrdom video as a way of extending the medium of video and narrative form to address the myths of nationalism, colonialism, and masculinity. It argues that, in lieu of a legitimate Palestinian national identity, these artists have developed a shared tactic of creating speculative territories between fact and fiction that provoke questions of desire and power between the work of art and the viewer.
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Published date: 30 December 2022
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Palestine Contemporary Art Global Asia Science Fiction Colonialism Occupation Archeology
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Menene Gras
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Jonathan Harris
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Bashir Makhoul
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