2013.04.25
http://events.gsapp.org/event/malkit-shoshan-on-seamless-territory
On Thursday, April 25, 2013 Studio-X NYC was happy to host Malkit Shoshan for a presentation of two of her long-term research projects, “Atlas of the Conflict, Israel-Palestine” and “ZOO, or the letter Z, just after Zionism.”
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict demonstrates time and again how architecture—from that of the landscape to that of the settlements—is used both as a political lever and a strategy of war.
Malkin Shoshan’s Atlas of the Conflict maps the processes and mechanisms behind the shaping of Israel-Palestine over the past 100 years. More than 500 maps and diagrams provide a detailed territorial analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, explored through themes such as borders, settlements, land ownership, archaeological and cultural heritage sites, control of natural resources, landscaping, wars, and treaties.
ZOO, or the letter Z, just after Zionism focuses on the Gaza Strip. It reflects on the two words that are categorized under the letter ‘Z’ in the Atlas’s lexicon—”Zionism” and “zoo”—and explores these seemingly unrelated themes within the context of the Gaza Strip, tracing them both back to the Age of Reason, the epoch of the classification of nations and animals.
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