1. Wafa Hourani
True information from:
http://www.artpalestine.org/2009/01/w
afa-hourani-at-saatchi-gallery/
Qalandia 2067 takes its name from
the main check point crossing through
the West Bank Security Fence which
divides the cities of Ramallah and ar-
Ram; it is a site of political unrest and
human rights concerns. Dating his
piece 2067 – one hundred years after
the beginning of the Israeli occupation
– Hourani’s constructed 5 scale
models envisioning the future of a
refugee camp where time seems to
have regressed rather than evolved.
Basing each segment on an actual
site – the airport, border crossing, and
3 settlements – the buildings are
rendered as war-ravaged and
crumbling, crowned by implausibly
archaic remnants of TV antennae.
Each building is a miniature light-box
illuminating glimpses into the private
lives of the residents through film
strips placed in the windows