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Imperial Airways Gaza, 2010
Maj Hasager
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Imperial Airways Gaza investigates the relationships between text, image and position of power as well as history, when interpreted through time. The three posters take their point of departure in the disputed lands of historic Palestine, more specifically in the airstrip in Gaza, which was established during the British mandate period. Through text and image the construction and reproduction of history is explored, from a colonial past to present strategies of occupation and resistance.
Poster #1 is a found black and white image photographed outside Imperial Airways Gaza in 1935, by Swedish photographer Eric Matson.
Poster #2 depicts a Google Map of Gaza Airport, 2009 combined with a narrative text. The text describes a scene of an intercultural meeting, which took place in Jerusalem, and furthermore questions the commercial relationship to heritage and photographic distribution.
Poster #3 depicts the demolished airstrip in Gaza photographed in 2007, but the image is reworked, so it appears at first sight to be monochrome. It also contains the same text as poster #2, translated into Arabic.
The posters in the exhibition space are placed on plinths situated on the floor in relation to the posters hung on the wall. This mode of presentation references the way in which martyrs in the West Bank and Gaza are portrayed. The posters are to take home for people visiting the exhibition.
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Size : 50 cm x 70 cm.
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Material : Installation, three posters 500 copies printed of each.
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Location : Alhoash Gallery
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Date of work : 2010
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