Terra Nullius
Woodcut on silk, digital print on tracing paper | 2022 | 23x12cm
Pines, date palms, cedars, olive trees, willows, pomegranate trees, plane trees, eucalyptus trees, oaks, carob trees, cypresses, fig trees, pines, almond trees, acacia, strawberry trees, tamarisk and terebinths.
A state, a desert and a forest to be created. This is exactly where people have been settling for generations, their goats grazing on the remaining greenery. The climate change is also noticeable here and therefore the desert continues to spread. This is also due to the grazing animals on which the people there live. The state wants to prevent the spread of the desert with the help of an association that is financed by donations from abroad. The people who live there are a thorn in the side of the state, because they don't want to leave, they don't want to be resettled. They want to stay. The land they live on was granted to them before the foundation of the state, but they did not register it officially in order to avoid taxes. Their land is claimed for the planting of the forest. The state does not recognize a large part of their villages, does not mark them on maps and does not connect the villages to the electricity and water network. The building material for their houses is provided to them from abroad. Every day, excavators from the state army come to evict people from their land and destroy their houses because the people lack building permits. Most recently, diplomatic disputes arose in 2019 as the state auctioned off building materials meant for the settling people. This summary outlines the controversial issue of the Bedouin situation in Israel's Negev Desert and its planting. The map is based on data from the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality.
As of 2022 – A work that originated in Israel.
Terra Nullius
Woodcut on silk, digital print on tracing paper | 2022 | 23x12cm
Pines, date palms, cedars, olive trees, willows, pomegranate trees, plane trees, eucalyptus trees, oaks, carob trees, cypresses, fig trees, pines, almond trees, acacia, strawberry trees, tamarisk and terebinths.
A state, a desert and a forest to be created. This is exactly where people have been settling for generations, their goats grazing on the remaining greenery. The climate change is also noticeable here and therefore the desert continues to spread. This is also due to the grazing animals on which the people there live. The state wants to prevent the spread of the desert with the help of an association that is financed by donations from abroad. The people who live there are a thorn in the side of the state, because they don't want to leave, they don't want to be resettled. They want to stay. The land they live on was granted to them before the foundation of the state, but they did not register it officially in order to avoid taxes. Their land is claimed for the planting of the forest. The state does not recognize a large part of their villages, does not mark them on maps and does not connect the villages to the electricity and water network. The building material for their houses is provided to them from abroad. Every day, excavators from the state army come to evict people from their land and destroy their houses because the people lack building permits. Most recently, diplomatic disputes arose in 2019 as the state auctioned off building materials meant for the settling people. This summary outlines the controversial issue of the Bedouin situation in Israel's Negev Desert and its planting. The map is based on data from the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality.
As of 2022, A work that originated in Israel.