Dust, 3/6, International Artist Workshop, Ramallah 2005. Artists, powdered stone produced by sculptors’ tools, weeds, Palestinian headscarf.
© Richard Mosse, Ya’ni Intifada
Ya’ni is a very common word in Arabic with a host of meanings. Most often, it means meaning, or it means, or like, and is used to string the sentence out when the speaker is searching for words for what he means. Like the word ya’ni, intifada is another word with a host of meanings in Arabic, and has only recently come to be associated with the Palestinian struggle. The interviews were made with students at Bir Zeit University. The footage shot whilst driving was made on the road between Gaza and Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Made during the International Artists Workshop, Ramallah, 2005.
© Richard Mosse, Jew On A Ball
Made during the Israeli-Lebanon war in 2006, Jew On A Ball is a piece in which the Arab/Israeli situation is reduced to the point of sexuality where love becomes cruel and painful. The boy desperately tries to stay on top of the ball, continually fails, keeps trying, but hurts himself over and over again. The girl speaks of love as a dagger or burial.