Negative Projection, Projectionist Room, 120x90x4 cm, Light box 2010.
The poster of Arabic film:” Abi Fawk Esh-shajara” (1969) depicting the stars, Abd Haleem Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, and Merfat Amin, along with a poster of Jamal Abd Nasser, they were found in the poster window in the cinema house before demolition.
Negative Projection used the materialistic aspect of light & the movie reel. 2 elements that made the movie projection possible.
Negative Projection is an art project that raises questions on the changing space, politics and social values, in relation to the cinema culture in Palestine between fifties & late nineties.
This project explores the signs of demolition around a cinema building in the city of Ramallah & Al Bireh and the repercussions of changes in the urban & social landscape.
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Negative Projection, Projectionist Room, 120x90x4 cm, Light box 2010.
Negative Projection, Fares Oudeh, 120x90x4 cm, Light box 2010.
Negative Projection, Beam Windows, 120x90x4 cm, Light box 2010.
Negative Projection, Nasser, Haleem, and Nadia. 120x99cm, Light box 2010.