Speakers: Dr. Tina Sherwell, Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, Artist Hazem Harb
Wednesday, 3 July, 18:00–20:00
Place: the Palestinian Museum

At this event, the Palestinian Museum launches the catalogue accompanying the Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscape exhibition. The catalogue includes the research materials assembled by the exhibition curator, Dr. Tina Sherwell, as well as a rich visual collection of photographs of the artworks that comprise the exhibition.

Intimate Terrains explores the changing representation of landscape by Palestinian artists and our relationship to place and location in a spectrum of artworks. The depiction of landscape over the decades has been a prominent subject matter for artists, as its topography holds a central place in Palestinian identity formation. Landscape is at once both a vast site of projection and a deeply layered terrain of remains, memories and histories.

The dialogue focuses on the history of Palestinian art and the representation of the landscape through presentations that address the key themes of the exhibition as a whole. These presentations will be delivered by the exhibition curator, Dr. Tina Sherwell, the Palestinian Museum Director, Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, and a video call presentation by one of the exhibition’s participating artists, Hazem Harb.

The speakers:
Dr. Tina Sherwell is the curator of the Intimate Terrains: Representations of a Disappearing Landscape exhibition. She holds a PhD from the University of Kent and holds an assistant professorship in the Faculty of Contemporary Visual Arts at Birzeit University.

Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh is Director General of the Palestinian Museum. She is a writer and researcher specialised in Palestinian culture, and she holds a doctorate from George Mason University.

Hazem Harb is a Palestinian artist born in Gaza. He lives between Rome and Dubai. He holds a master's degree in Fine Arts from the European Institute of Design in Rome, and he has participated in many exhibitions in Arab countries and across the world.