Reliquary box containing 21 relics of sand & small stones from the Holy Land, 1650 – 1699, Bethlehem, Palestine (Credit: Catharijne Convent)
“Apparently, women who turn 50 are not considered dangerous in the state of Israel,” says Jerusalem-born artist Larissa Sansour. “About three years ago, after 15 years of being banned because of my West Bank identification card, I was allowed to go.”“I grew up there, but somehow my brain suppressed all those memories, convincing me that I have no relationship with that city. Going there, I realized that I know every corner of Jerusalem,” unlike Bethlehem, her family home, the location of much of her work. “It was like having a breakdown.”Sansour pauses. “How do you negotiate these memories? … I guess we all deal with these things to an extent. It’s just really exaggerated for Palestinians.”It’s no surprise, perhaps, that the past is central to Sansour’s exhibition “Rogue Agents of History” at Amsterdam’s Wereldmuseum. Curated by Nat...
“Apparently, women who turn 50 are not considered dangerous in the state of Israel,” says Jerusalem-born artist Larissa Sansour. “About three years ago, after 15 years of being banned because of my West Bank identification card, I was allowed to go.”“I grew up there, but somehow my brain suppressed all those memories, convincing me that I have no relationship with that city. Going there, I realized that I know every corner of Jerusalem,” unlike Bethlehem, her family home, the location of much of her work. “It was like having a breakdown.”Sansour pauses. “How do you negotiate these memories? … I guess we all deal with these things to an extent. It’s just really exaggerated for Palestinians.”It’s no surprise, perhaps, that the past is central to Sansour’s exhibition “Rogue Agents of History” at Amsterdam’s...
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