2023. installation at Lighthouse Works in Fishers Island NY.
All That's Left To Us contains ceramic sculptures of everyday safety objects and a multilingual custom-made sign. The distorted Arabic/English text in the sign pays homage to the work of the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani, His 1966 book All That's Left To You addresses the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, specifically the experiences of the refugees displaced in 1948. Kanafani speaks to the experiences of loss, resilience, and resistance, offering a powerful critique of colonialism and imperialism. The installation All That's Left To Us, made half a century after his assassination points to the role of the modernization of the Arab world in the erasure of Palestinian identity By utilizing everyday safety objects such as floor mats, border signs, anti-slip stairs, safety belts, and car seats the installation aims to question the power structures that shape our relationship to the urban space in post-colonial contexts.
All That's Left To Us, custom made reflective sign 24 x 24 in.
Place at Armpit Level, glazed ceramic 58 × 12 × 44 in
Anti Slip. glazed ceramic
Diamond Flex-Lok industrial mat with holes (nr.2), glazed ceramics 48 x 36 x 3 in.
