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Ramallah Syndrome
Sandi Helal , Alessandro Petti
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What’s wrong about having a normal life in Ramallah? Am I resisting by insisting to have a
normal life in Ramallah? How to distinguish between having a normal life in Ramallah and
normalizing with the occupation? Where are Ramallah’s borders? Do I need a permission
to leave Ramallah? Where does Ramallah end? Am I living in a bubble called Ramallah?
Is Ramallah liberal? Do you see your future in Ramallah? Do you consider your self from
Ramallah? In which form do you resist the occupation in Ramallah? Is Ramallah the capital?
Is Ramallah under occupation? Is there a life outside Ramallah? Is Ramallah New York? Is
Ramallah Amman? Who owns Ramallah? What is Ramallah hiding? “Ramallah Syndrome” is
a public intervention by Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Yazid Anani.
Ramallah Syndrome is a collective that examines the side effect of the new spatial and social
order that emerged after the collapse of the Oslo ‘peace process’ which was manifested in a
urban psychology of ‘hallucination of normality’, the fantasy of a co-existence of occupation
and liberty. The work of the collective inclines on questioning issues such as the illusions and
realities of the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state; likewise, the consequence of
the perpetual persistence of a colonial regime and its legacy on Palestinian national identity.
Ramallah Syndrome is ultimately about the critique and potentiality associated with forms of
resistance and subjugation in a colonial context. This edition of Ramallah Syndrome takes the
dialogue and questions of the collective to the public spaces of Ramallah. Thirty questions
printed on canvas were distributed by the artists to different coffee shops and restaurants all
around the city.
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Location : Ramallah
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Date of work : 2010
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