Bouchra Khalili Morocco, b. 1975
The Mapping Journey Project, 2008 - 2011
8 channel video installation.
Edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs
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Produced between 2008 and 2011, The Mapping Journey Project is an installation composed of 8 single channel videos. This project aims to draw an alternative practice of map-making elaborated and...
Produced between 2008 and 2011, The Mapping Journey Project is an installation composed of 8 single channel videos.
This project aims to draw an alternative practice of map-making elaborated and shaped from the perspective of individuals forced to cross borders illegally.
Each of the videos is based on one long static shot. A hand holding a permanent marker draws literally on a map the tortuous and complex roads across borders that forced illegal journeys generate, while off-screen the narrators recounts factually the journey.
This project aims to draw an alternative practice of map-making elaborated and shaped from the perspective of individuals forced to cross borders illegally.
Each of the videos is based on one long static shot. A hand holding a permanent marker draws literally on a map the tortuous and complex roads across borders that forced illegal journeys generate, while off-screen the narrators recounts factually the journey.