The Mapping Journey Project, 2008—2011
Bouchra Khalili
The Mapping Journey Project 2008—2011
8 videos and printed map
4 minutes, 30 seconds
Arabic with English subtitles
Film still
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Overview
The Mapping Journey Project is a mixed-media installation that combines eight video works and a printed map. It proposes to draw an alternative map of the Mediterranean area, spanning from Marseille to Ramallah, Ramallah to Bari, Bari to Rome, Rome to Barcelona and Barcelona to Istanbul, based on eight clandestine journeys. It challenges the normativity of cartography, to reveal underground and hidden geographies. Inspired by philosopher Michel Foucault’s The Life of Infamous Men, the artist collected an anthology of existences, of 'singular lives…which have become, through I know not what accidents, strange poems'.
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Courtesy of the Artist. Co-produced by Sharjah Art Foundation
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Artwork Images
The Mapping Journey Project
Bouchra Khalili
2008—2011
8 videos and printed map
Duration variable
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
The Mapping Journey Project
Bouchra Khalili
2008—2011
8 videos and printed map
Duration variable
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
The Mapping Journey Project
Bouchra Khalili
2008—2011
8 videos and printed map
4 minutes, 30 seconds
Arabic with English subtitles
Film still
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
