Chapter Two: Panic - The Moment of Fear

May 12 – June 12, 2021

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Vangjush Vellahu

A Tool of Resistance

2021
Dual-channel video installation
30 min 05 sec
Courtesy of the artist

This video installation is a form of introduction to what is happening in the West Bank, between Palestinians and the Israeli army. This installation is designed to narrate the everyday reality of the Palestinians at large through the micro example of Hebron and its resistance to the Israeli army. In order to be able to develop this narrative, the artist traveled to the region, where he came into contact with Human Rights Defenders, a local group who makes use of the camera and video as a tool of peaceful resistance. This work contains mostly footage filmed by the artist, but also other archival materials, allowing an insight into Palestinian history and reality. The work explores the role and nature of the camera and video, especially in situations of conflict. This work is part of a larger project, that started in 2015, called Fragments, which the artist has made in different territories affected by long years of recalcitrant conflict.

  • A Tool of Resistance, 2-channel video installation, 30 min 5 sec, courtesy of the artist.
  • Angst, keine Angst, installation view at Times Art Center, 2021. With Stefan Rummel, tektonisch, 2021; Abrie Fourie, Tree, Pretoria, South Africa, 2003; Vangjush Vellahu, A Tool of Resistance, 2021, courtesy of the artists. Foto: Jens Ziehe, Berlin.
  • A Tool of Resistance, 2-channel video installation, 30 min 5 sec, courtesy of the artist.