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Photogaphy: What Isn'’t There
May 04, 2011 to June 05, 2011
What Isn'’t There is an ongoing collaboration between filmmaker and photographer Elle Flanders and architect Tamira Sawatzky, documenting the places where Palestinian villages once stood. The creation of the State of Israel in 1948 signaled the end of these villages, through force and exile, and since that time many have returned to nature. While Flanders and Sawatzky occasionally find small signs of past and present habitation, they are more concerned with what truly remains—the unsettling presence of absence.
These seemingly picturesque landscapes that portray the site of former villages ask the viewer to consider the function of photography and the underlying social dynamics that disrupt this idyllic scenery. By positioning a deceptively peaceful setting within an urban environment, Flanders and Sawatzky implicate the viewer as a silent witness, raising questions about history and land ownership.
To learn more about work of Elle Flanders: graphicpictures.org
Time: During regular store hours & events
Venue: Beit Zatoun
Location: 612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway) Toronto, ON
Website: http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact: info@beitzatoun.org
Phone: 647.726.9500
Categories: Arts & Culture
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