The White Elephant

The White Elephant

Shuruq Harb

PS
2017
Short film
12’
Focus

»When you take something apart, how in the world do you remember how it’s supposed to go back together?« Using images shared on the Internet by Israelis during the Gulf War, the First Intifada and trance music gatherings, Shuruq Harb composes the portrait of a Palestinian teenager in the 1990s, in the mirror of Israeli pop culture.

Film Series Kaleidoscorpse

Director / Script / Production / Contact

Shuruq Harb

Cinematography

Mirna Bamieh, Marwan Assad u. a.

Editing

Shuruq Harb Ameen Nayfeh

Shuruq Harb

Shuruq Harb is an artist filmmaker, writer and editor. She co-initiated artist-run initiatives such as the online platform ArtTerritories and The River Has Two Banks, and was artistic director of Makan Art Space in Amman from 2014-2015. She is currently leading a programmed residency for Arab artists at MMAG Foundation in Amman, entitled Acts of Simulation. Her artistic practice focuses on online visual culture and traces subversive routes for the circulation of images and goods.