Transit

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Title
Transit
Description
Transit, 6.18 min., Egypt/Palestine, 2004

In 2004 Taysir Batniji photographed his journey to the Gaza Strip. The work Transit presents these images and reflects on the extremely difficult conditions under which Palestinians must travel.

For the last few years, most especially since the second Intifada broke out in 2001, the Rafah border has been the only way for people from the Gaza Strip to leave or enter the region. People travel via Cairo airport, men traveling alone separated from the other travelers, and under heightened Egyptian guard. All the travelers encounter each other in an open-air transit zone in Rafah, waiting for the moment when the Israelis will permit them transit to Gaza. This wait can last from a day to several weeks.

Time Suspended and Transit are on view at the Bergen KunstHall, www.kunsthall.no, from 21 January to 20 February 2005.

Opening Friday 21 January, 8 p.m.

Participants

Taysir Batniji

Curators

Catherine David

Network

Kunsthall Bergen

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Identifier
KIM-EXH-3671
Type
Exhibition
Date
2004-11-07/2005-01-09
Temporal Coverage
2004
Publisher
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
Spatial Coverage
Rotterdam
Language
en
Is Part Of
Exhibition history
Rights Holder
Kunstinstituut Melly
Creator
Taysir Batniji
Contributor
Catherine David
Relation
Kunsthall Bergen
Source
https://www.kunstinstituutmelly.nl/en/exhibitions/3671-transit
depiction
https://www.kunstinstituutmelly.nl/images/fkawdw_003258image.jpg?w=320
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