Maj Hasager
Rector
Memory and trauma : Two contemporary art projects
Author
Summary, in English
This essay takes its point of departure in two of my artistic projects: the first was developed in a Palestinian context between 2008 and 2010, and the second in an Italian context between 2012 and 2015. Both projects investigated the languages of memory and trauma through the looking glass of my artistic practice. My work as a visual artist and filmmaker centres on ideas and notions of power structures, identities, memories, construction of history, and subjective history. I have in particular dealt with stories narrated from a perspective of the displaced, the exiled, or stories from the periphery, and how….
Department/s
- Malmö Art Academy
Publishing year
2021-03-01
Language
English
Pages
197-210
Publication/Series
Languages of Trauma : History, Memory, and Media
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Topic
- Performing Arts
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 9781487539405
- ISBN: 9781487508968