No Man’s Land
The now isn’t working, says the Lebanese/Palestinian/Dutch visual artist Alaa Minawi, and the time for waiting has rund out. Humanity can’t seem to live together peacefully, and so he imagines a world in which we live parallel to each other. The earth’s unsatisfied inhabitants flourish in the wall. Outsiders can hear them, but have no access.
The installation The Liminal is a work in progress, which is intended to result in a hybrid performance next year with the working title No man’s land. The greater the conflict between neighboring countries, the larger the no man’s land between them becomes.
And, Minawi argues, if you put all the no man’s land together, it becomes the largest state in the world. What could happen if those who no longer want ot be complicit in the current reality were to claim it?
Winner of Film Fund DocLad Interactive Grant 2024.
Winner of Netherlands Film Funds Grant 2024
Special mention in “Doclab immersive nonfictional competition” 2024
Exhibited at Brakke Grond Amsterdam November 14 – 24 2024.
