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Nadine Hattom
Great Sand
Grains of Occupation and Representation
Nadine Hattom’s text is written as a sequel to the artist’s ‘Shadows’ series (2016), comprised of ten digitally altered photographs made from US Department of Defense public-domain images depicting Operation Iraqi Freedom. As Hattom’s piece explores migration and landscape, it untangles narratives rooted in the colours, textures, ecosystems, and geographies of the Middle East, but also in the political implications of the author’s position in the landscapes of the West.
Keywords: Germany; Landscape; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Sand; ‘Shadows’ series (2016); War
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Great Sand
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Grains of Occupation and Representation
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| Author(s) |
Nadine Hattom
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| Description |
Nadine Hattom’s text is written as a sequel to the artist’s ‘Shadows’ series (2016), comprised of ten digitally altered photographs made from US Department of Defense public-domain images depicting Operation Iraqi Freedom. As Hattom’s piece explores migration and landscape, it untangles narratives rooted in the colours, textures, ecosystems, and geographies of the Middle East, but also in the political implications of the author’s position in the landscapes of the West.
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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19 September 2023
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| Subject |
Germany
Landscape
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sand
‘Shadows’ series (2016)
War
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© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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105
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120
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War-torn Ecologies, An-Archic Fragments: Reflections from the Middle East, ed. by Umut Yıldırım, Cultural Inquiry, 27 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2023), pp. 105–20
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Cite as:
Nadine Hattom, ‘Great Sand: Grains of Occupation and Representation’, in War-torn Ecologies, An-Archic Fragments: Reflections from the Middle East, ed. by Umut Yıldırım, Cultural Inquiry, 27 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2023), pp. 105-20 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-27_5>