As part of our summer programme, New World Order, John Hansard Gallery presents Alaa Abu Asad.
In his video-essay Wild Plants of Palestine (2018), now showing on our Digital Array, artist Alaa Abu Asad follows botanical expeditions led by Birzeit University professors documenting Palestinian flora in the West Bank.
The work interrogates the territorial dimensions of what constitutes ‘Palestinian’ in a postcolonial landscape, while addressing photography’s dual role as both a tool for knowledge dissemination and information control.
Learn more about the artist here.