THERE IS NO MAP EXHIBITION

There Is No Map is a body of work that contributes to an ongoing investigation of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank. The work is manifested in optic and haptic modes of representation; it embodies a geopolitical struggle using critical and methodological graphic design praxis and an interdisciplinary approach that integrates cartography and architecture.

The production of occupation hinges on the Israeli spatial practices that continuously shift, construct, deconstruct, segregate, and shuffle the landscape of the West Bank. These practices are present in the continuous building of settlements, gates, checkpoints, and separation barriers; pouring concrete becomes an act of casting political ideologies and a condition for the expansion of Israel. The exhibition examines these spatial practices close up and at a distance. As such, the work examines the landscapes, both geographical and political, of the West Bank as a (site) through performing virtual tours (sight) using Google Earth.

Through critical graphic design practice, the work is an accumulation of multiple studio methods that translate themes such as borders, settlements, barriers, and land ownership into tangible expressions. The formal work is a representation of the layering and interference evident in the landscape of the West Bank as a result of an expanding register of the Israeli spatial practices. As such, the work is—like the territories it references—in continuous shift.