Recolección
Recollection
Instalación / Installation
Recolección
Fotografías, mapas, dibujos y objetos. 2015.
Estas vitrinas contienen diversos elementos relativos al viaje y a la biografía del artista, tales como cuadernos con anotaciones y dibujos, objetos de su familia materna palestina, algunos mapas de la colección personal del artista, objetos de su estancia en Cisjordania, diapositivas de la época en que su padre vivió en Israel (1970-1980) y una entrevista a este último, realizada por el propio artista. Estos elementos ofrecen una mirada sobre las directrices que nutren el proceso de investigación y sus cruces, en ocasiones inesperados con la memoria individual.
La memoria, de los individuos y los pueblos, funciona por mecanismos bastante semejantes. Combina tradiciones (que alguna vez no lo fueron), con invenciones voluntarias y algo de azar. Y con esos materiales, como si fuera una novela, se construye la misma memoria en la que buscamos las respuestas en torno a quiénes somos, a nuestra identidad. Que es también la misma memoria que nos liga a una tierra, a su pertenencia o a su falta, por la que podemos matar y morir.
Texto: Claudio Guerrero
Recollection
Photographs, maps, drawings and objects. 2015.
These display windows contain diverse objects related to the artist’s tour of the West Bank, such as travel journals with notes and drawings, as well as some maps from the artist’s personal collection, objects from his Palestinian family (mother’s side), slides taken by his father in Israel (1970-1980), the transcription of an interview with the aforementioned man and photographs and objects brought back from the trip or belonging to memory.
Memory, for both individuals and nations, works through fairly similar mechanisms. It combines traditions (that were not so at some point time) with voluntary inventions and a certain degree of chance. As if it were a novel, these materials are used to construct the same memory in which we search for responses regarding who we are, and answers regarding our identity. This is the same memory that ties us to one land, to its sense of belonging or its lack thereof, that we are capable of killing and dying for.
Photographs, maps, drawings and objects. 2015.
These display windows contain diverse objects related to the artist’s tour of the West Bank, such as travel journals with notes and drawings, as well as some maps from the artist’s personal collection, objects from his Palestinian family (mother’s side), slides taken by his father in Israel (1970-1980), the transcription of an interview with the aforementioned man and photographs and objects brought back from the trip or belonging to memory.
Memory, for both individuals and nations, works through fairly similar mechanisms. It combines traditions (that were not so at some point time) with voluntary inventions and a certain degree of chance. As if it were a novel, these materials are used to construct the same memory in which we search for responses regarding who we are, and answers regarding our identity. This is the same memory that ties us to one land, to its sense of belonging or its lack thereof, that we are capable of killing and dying for.