Installation view” Translocal” 2004.
This installation was created specifically for Any Place Any: Art-Immigration-Utopia, at Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. The installation consists ts of 10 single video channels with sound. This project started in 1996 in Manifesta 1 in Rotterdam and continued till 2001 in Poland. Each channel is a documentation of my public interventions during which I pitched my tent in cities where public place has cultural memory in contrast to the cities where the public space is structured and conditioned by the flows of tourisms. Each intervention results in a lot of agitation of the public space and was mediated through a series of linguistic confrontations, discussions, exchanges of hospitality, controversies between myself and the locals and sometimes the police.
Installation view,”Translocal: Camp in my Tent “ 1998 at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, New York. The tent pitched on green artificial grass within the gallery space invites visitors to bring a picknic and camp for the day free of charge. The tent is portable ,instantly accessible accommodation , fully equipped with custom made sleeping bags and pillows offers the visitor a leisurely experience seeking a quiet ,private and inspiring space. Inside the tent are two video monitors one is linked to a camera located inside the gallery and the other features a series of videos shot during public performances of the artist pitching up her around the world .The artist has been inspired by spending time in Bedouin Camps (1994 to1996) in the Desert Negev ,Israel and created “Translocal” to examine the boundaries between public and private space and to explore the idea of camping as an act of both tourism, nomadic, impermanence, leisure and consumerism.
Video stills, “Translocal: Camp in my Tent” 1997.Single channel video on DVD, color and sound, Edition 1 of 6. Documentation of public intervention of the artist pitching her tent in the heart of the colorful Market Square in Ramallah, Palestine. The intervention took place in conjunction with the artist’ s solo exhibition at Gallery Anadiel, in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Video stills,”Translocal: Camp in my Tent” 1996.Single channel video on DVD, color and sound, Edition 1 of 6.
Left: Documentation of public intervention of the artist pitching her tent in Mexico City. The intervention took place in conjunction with the artist’s solo exhibition at Art & Idea in Mexico City.
Right: Documentation of public intervention in Central Park, New York City
Video still,”Translocal: Camp in my Tent”1996. Single channel video on DVD, color and sound, Edition 1 of 6. Documentation of public intervention of the artist pitching her tent in the police boat in Rotterdam. The intervention took place in conjunction with the artist’s exhibition at Witte de With during Manifesta 1.