Mona Hatoum Movies

  • 1985
    Roadworks

    Roadworks

    Roadworks

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    Documentation of an hour-long performance in which the artist walks barefoot through the streets of Brixton, South London, with Dr. Martens boots...

    Roadworks
  • 2005
    The Eye

    The Eye

    The Eye

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    In this interview, illustrated with these works and with other key installations including Socle du Monde and Corps étranger, Mona Hatoum...

    The Eye
  • 1988
    Measures of Distance

    Measures of Distance

    Measures of Distance

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    In this video, the artist tries to overcome the effects of distance, and reflects on geography represented in exile due to war, and on the...

    Measures of Distance
  • 2011
    Axis of Light

    Axis of Light

    Axis of Light

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    Seen through the work of eight leading artists from the Middle East, Axis of Light is a poignant and absorbing observation of the influences of...

    Axis of Light
  • 1986
    Emergence

    Emergence

    Emergence

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    Four Black and Third World women artists, among them African American feminist poet Audre Lorde and Palestinian performance artist Mona Hatoum, speak...

    Emergence
  • 1984
    Changing Parts

    Changing Parts

    Changing Parts

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    It operates through the juxtaposition of two strands of ambiguously contrasting image and sound. She has said: 'I want to remind the audience that...

    Changing Parts
  • 1994
    Corps Étranger

    Corps Étranger

    Corps Étranger

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    This complex piece is composed of a cylindrical space with padded walls where the viewer is invited to enter and see a video of Hatoum’s...

    Corps Étranger
  • 1988
    Eyes Skinned

    Eyes Skinned

    Eyes Skinned

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    The tapes shows a blackhooded face - interspersed with slide projections of torture and brutality - scratching at her eyes with a sharp knife as we...

    Eyes Skinned
  • 1994
    Foreign Body

    Foreign Body

    Foreign Body

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    Featuring aspects of biotourism, Hatoum uses the strategy of abjection in displaying the internal cavities in a way that has the effect of swallowing...

    Foreign Body
  • 1983
    The Negotiating Table

    The Negotiating Table

    The Negotiating Table

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    The room is dark, lit only by a light bulb over a table on which the artist lies motionless. Empty chairs surround the table. Her body is...

    The Negotiating Table
  • 1984
    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    Variations On Discord and Divisions

    Variations On Discord and Divisions

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    This 40-minute filmed performance was presented for the first time in 1984 at the New York art centre ABC No Rio. Since Mona Hatoum refuses to...

    Variations On Discord and Divisions
  • 1983
    So Much I Want to Say

    So Much I Want to Say

    So Much I Want to Say

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    The video So Much I Want to Say consists of a series of still images, changing every eight seconds, which show the artist's face in close-up with a...

    So Much I Want to Say