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Emily Jacir
/ Palestine/United States b.1970
/
Where we come from (If I could do anything for you, anywhere in Palestine, what would it be?)
2001–03
/ Laser print on paper
/
22.2 x 28.6 x 2.5cm (framed)
/ Acc. 2006.115
/ Purchased 2006
Emi ly Jac i r
Where we come from (If I could do anything for you, anywhere in Palestine, what would it be?)
2001–03,
Where we come from (Osama)
2001–03, Where we come from (Habib)
2001–03,
Where we come from (Ibrahim)
2001–03
Emily Jacir’s works sensitively communicate the deep sense of
loss and longing experienced by Palestinians in exile. As a United
States citizen, Jacir is able to travel internationally with relative
freedom — in particular between Israel and Palestine. In
Where
we come from
, Jacir poses a question to Palestinians living in
exile: ‘If I could do something for you, anywhere in Palestine,
what would it be?’ Using the ‘freedom of movement’ status
granted by her US passport, Jacir attempted to realise the
desires of those whose access to their own country is restricted,
documenting the results with text and photography.