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About
Between Here and Somewhere Else is a project that has been initiated by artist’s Helen de Main (UK) and Maj Hasager (DK) and has developed out of a number of research periods spent in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories between 2007 and 2010. Specific areas visited include the Silwan neighbourhood and the former districts of Jaffa, al-Ramlah, Gaza, Hebron – relating to the destroyed Palestinian villages of the 1948 war. The exhibition has travelled from Jerusalem, to Bethlehem, to Ramallah during spring/summer 2010 and is currently on display in Copenhagen. The artists presented different works in each of the locations in Palestine, connecting to their experiences of spending time in each of the sites. The exhibitions include sculpture, video, sound, text, photography and print based works.
Since 2007 de Main and Hasager have developed an ongoing relationship with and commitment to these places and people, their politics and history. They have devised this project as a way of trying to interpret the current environment of the area, as viewed from the position of a foreigner. They both share an interest in investigating notions of space, objects and movement and the effects that these have on place. They have been observing and documenting the altering, replacing or erasing of landscapes, buildings and cultural heritage. Whether this has been through militant means or due to short-term strategies, unstable ideologies and leaderships from within. They have been looking at ways in which different histories are produced through oral, written and visual traditions and the role of collective memory and observing how all of these factors effect the development and assertion of identity.
The exhibitions are accompanied by a series of events and educational workshops that aim to create a platform for creative exchange of information and ideas between the artists and the different audiences.
The artists would like to thank the following people for their help and support in the realisation of this project;
The Abasi Family, Majd Abdel Hamid, Fakhri Abudiab, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Salam Abu Limon, Alia Ad Dibs, Bjarne Agerbo, Ayed Arafah, Falestine Arafat, Hamdan Bahbouh, Mirna Bamieh, Amani Baraket, Daniel Bar, Simon Barkworth, Sarah Beddington, Ibrahim Dawood, Caroline de Main, John de Main, Nicola de Main, Charles Engebretsen, Kefah Fanni, Mustafa Farah, Rune Flensted, Eva Frese, Glasgow Print Studios, Kamal Habash, Majdi Hadid, Shruq Harb, Amer Hasan, Dima Hurani, Bisan Hussam, Aaron Juarros, Noga Kadman, Anatolio Kronik, Kristina Kvalvik, Ask Kæreby, Mike Marshall, Samar Martha, James McLardy, Isis Meander, Nisreen Naffa, Faten Nastas Mitwasi, Kirsten Thygesen Nielsen, Nicki Nørmark, Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Henning Hasager Pedersen, Ruba Qumseya, David Patrick, Astrid Mette Tejdell Raba, Mohammed Saleh, Rula Salsa, Shukri Said, Gertrud Sandqvist, Maher Shaheen, Layan Shawabkeh, Adania Shibli, Razan Shawabkeh, Hussein Shtewi, Azmi Shunnarah, Osama Sleibi, Raia Stoicheva, Mahmoud Subuh, The International Academy of Art-Palestine, Naser Tahtamouni, Basima Takrori, Nancy Taweel, Reema Tawil, Sergey Vlasov, Hanan Wakeem, Bjarne Werner Sørensen, Sary Zananiri and Ayman Zatara
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