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From the 8th of September to the 24th of November, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana presented a comprehensive programme featuring installations, archives and performances by the participants of the edition.
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Let me Mend Your Broken Bones
- TypeInstallation
- ParticipantDana Awartani
- VenueMonastery of Sant Cugat
Let me Mend Your Broken Bones, 2024 © Dana Awartani. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Helena Roig
With this body of work, the Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani looks into how to mourn the cultural destruction in the Arab world, reflecting on the consequences of colonialism and armed conflict, among other forces of chaos. The artist starts by tearing holes in silk cloths, as if drawing an imaginary map of monuments and cultural artifacts that have been subject to brutal destruction or even erasure. She then sends the cloths to Kerala, a city in India famous for its handloom industry. There, she collaborates with local masters, who dye the cloths with medicinal herbs and spices – materials that themselves testify to a regional history of colonialism. In its own way, the resulting work is an attempt to poetically, spiritually and emotionally heal wounds that have long festered. For this occasion, Awartani has created delicate memorials for the loss of Palestinian heritage in Gaza.
2024
Medicinally-dyed and hand-embroidered silk, installation
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist
Commissioned by Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
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