Peter Riedlinger at Goethe-Institut, Damascus

11 - 31 January 2010

Peter Riedlinger: Baladi, Jerusalem 2008, C-print

Peter Riedlinger »us/them«
January 11—January 31, 2010
Opening reception: January 11, 2010, 6pm
Goethe-Institut Damascus

What emerges from this series of images is a study about Israel as a state and as a country in formation. With his camera, Riedlinger systematically examines the architectural concept of settlement and investigates the territory, revealing it to be divided, invaded and thoroughly under construction. In doing so Riedlinger also manages to give the viewer an understanding of the constraining factors for dialogue, which start with the political and military conflict compounded by decades of psychological barriers. The battle for land and mobility within this land are inscribed in these images as a subtext that allows the viewer to realise the institutional screening and intimidation of the ethnic other, the Palestinian. [....]
—Shaheen Merali, in: Camera Austria, #90


Goethe-Institut Damaskus
8, Adnan Malki Street
Damascus, Syria

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