Return of the Soul: the Nakbah Project, which is opening in Edinburgh on 30 July as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
Featuring
thousands of wax figures held in limbo, this haunting installation is
the outcome of an eight-month residency in East Jerusalem by Scottish
artist Jane Frere. These figures were created by Palestinians following
a series of workshops, run by Jane, in refugee camps in the West Bank,
Jordan and Lebanon, on drawing, anatomy, period costume, physical
theatre and oral history. Accompanied by first-hand testimonies, these
figures, all representing individual Palestinians with names and
origins, express the Palestinians' sense of loss, heritage and identity
sixty years on from the momentous events of 1948.
When Return of the Soul was shown in Jerusalem, it moved many to tears. If you are interested,
a report by Al-Jazeera English about the Jerusalem exhibition can be
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgZr4Xdw2HU.
In Edinburgh, a separate but similar lot of 3,000+ figures will go on display as of 30 July at:
Return of the Soul: the Nakbah Project
30 July – 18 August 2008
Patriothall Gallery @WASPS,
Off 48 Hamilton Place
Edinburgh, EH3 5AY
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