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Presenting moments of everyday life in the city, these photos have a dual
goal. First, it aims at complementing the abstract "knowledge" of experts,
by presenting the interaction between the human being and the real world,
exposing the change stimulated by social practices in everyday life. With
photographs of different scenes of Jerusalem, this collection of photos
represents the marginal groups in the city - women, children, the
elderly. It does not seek to beautify or idealize Jerusalem, but rather to
highlight the mundane, repetitive, banal, chaotic elements of the city.
Secondly, by looking at categories such as, "Juxtaposition", "Connection/
Disconnection," "Encounters," "On the Move," and "Waiting," this collection
of photos endeavors to avoid the binaries which seem so often deeply
entrenched in the conventional thinking about Jerusalem: East versus West,
Palestinians versus Israelis. Therefore, these photos look at forms of
exchange or conflicts in mundane situations rather then in the neighborhoods
separated by the Wall. In this sense, everyday life is not a visionary
perspective but rather promotes an understanding of Jerusalem through its
social complexity, which puts crucial questions about citizenship - its
values and meanings, on the table.
(Introduction by Tali Hatuka) |
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