Landscapes of Dialogue : Above Us Only Sky

Using physical geography and the public realm to question digital topography and geographic ownership of landscape and the changing impact technology has on our perception of geography and nationhood. Using Arabic typography, metal public realm GPS positions, geo-tagged photography and ‘a virtually’ known but nationally unknown Jordanian village’ Shatana ‘, to host an intervention that physically reflects the satellite saturation of Shatana om the border of Syria to highlight the political and technological network that encompasses the region and the village. Above Us Only Sky was developed and produced with local residents during an International Triangle Arts Residency in Jordan, supported by the British Council in Palestine with support of Palestinian artists. With just a notebook of gps positions of former residential addresses of Palestinian artist now based in Jordan, a digital SLR and a data logger, this piece explored the loss of home, memory and nation.

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