Nablus Soap |
Presentation by Jack Persekian
Nablus Soap | Presentation by Jack Persekian
When | Saturday 3 March, 10am – 4pm
Location | Artspace, Level 2, Seminar Room
Duration | 30 minutes
In 1996 Jack Persekian invited artist Mona Hatoum to create a site-specific installation in his Anadiel Gallery in Jerusalem.
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Overview
In 1996 Jack Persekian invited artist Mona Hatoum to create a site-specific installation in his Anadiel Gallery in Jerusalem. The result was Present tense (1996), a powerful and provocative work where the artist used bars of the famous Palestinian soap to recreate the devastating division of Palestinian Territory mapped out by the 1993 Oslo Accords. The ephemeral and perishable nature of the soap alludes most precisely to the unsustainability of the arrangements for control of the West Bank and Gaza, and over the years has forced Persekian to reflect on the failed promise of peace, the separation wall and the reality of a volatile, shifting and disintegrating country.
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We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and their descendants.
