Where It All Began
Where It All Began examines the use of architecture, sound, tour guides, and signage in archaeological sites operated by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. These parks employ audio guides, guided tours, and informational signage to assert a historical narrative that prioritizes Israeli and Jewish histories while marginalizing and erasing Palestinian ones.
This project aims to challenge these narratives by subverting the tools used by Israeli settlers to shape the visitor experience. It does so by omitting sites highlighted by tour guides, amplifying what has been excluded, disrupting the soundtracks of audio guides, and rewriting the signage at these sites. Through these interventions, the work constructs a counter-narrative that contests the version of history presented at these sites.
2020 - Ongoing
Where It All Began examines the use of architecture, sound, tour guides, and signage in archaeological sites operated by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. These parks employ audio guides, guided tours, and informational signage to assert a historical narrative that prioritizes Israeli and Jewish histories while marginalizing and erasing Palestinian ones.
This project aims to challenge these narratives by subverting the tools used by Israeli settlers to shape the visitor experience. It does so by omitting sites highlighted by tour guides, amplifying what has been excluded, disrupting the soundtracks of audio guides, and rewriting the signage at these sites. Through these interventions, the work constructs a counter-narrative that contests the version of history presented at these sites.
2020 - Ongoing
Camera Austria #159 2022