Sites Unseen

Internationally acclaimed multi-media artist Shimon Attie will present a selection of his art projects from the past 25 years, with a special focus on recent works he has realized that engage issues related to the Middle East conflict between Israel and Palestine. He will also present a recent artwork that reflects the plight of present day refugees fleeing conflict in the region.

These projects will include among others: Facts on the Ground, a series of site-specific light box installations that Attie created across Israel and Palestine in 2014; MetroPAL.IS., an 8-channel video installation in-the-round created with 24 Israeli and Palestinian New Yorkers; People, Land, State, a series of 2 and 3-d works that are inspired by the surprising (and tragic) similarities between the Israeli and Palestinian Declarations of Independence; and The Crossing, 2017, an artwork made with refugees fleeing war in the Middle East.

Sponsored by the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; The Department of Art History and Archaeology.