How can video art, or the moving image, capture grief? How do artists represent loss when what must be depicted is absence itself—the void left behind? How does a durational medium differ from other forms of expression, and what role does time play in narrating disappearance?

This exhibition brings together a group of artists who engage with some of the sorrows that haunt Palestine and the Arab world. While each addresses a specific subject and context, their works may be understood as a search for visual remnants, a collective attempt to resist erasure.

Part of the multifaceted project Elegiac Whispers, the exhibition is organised by the A. M. Qattan Foundation in partnership with the Palestinian Museum, marking the launch of a screening programme that will tour internationally. 

Featuring works by artists: Basma al-Sharif, Dena al Adeeb, Huda Takriti, Hussein Nassereddine, Maha Maamoun, Noor Abuarafeh, Rund Alarabi, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Yaqeen Yamani and Younes Ben Slimane.

Curator: Amin Alsaden
Amin Alsaden is a scholar, curator, and educator whose work focuses on modern and contemporary art, with specific expertise in the Arab-Muslim world and its diasporas. He has taught at several institutions, and regularly serves as an invited lecturer and critic at art, curatorial, and design programmes.

Exhibition’s artistic and production team:
A. M. Qattan Foundation team: Abed Alrahman Shabaneh, programme supervision, and Asma' al-Mozayen, programme coordination; Naji El Mir, graphic design; iPrint, printing and production; and the Palestinian Museum production and technical support team: Nasri Ishtayeh, ICT management; Osama Hamda, network and systems administration; Khaled Sha’ar, technical production; Amjad Altausloq, electrical support; and the security and support team: Makseem Kanaan, Karam Maloukh, Mohammed Rasem, Mohammed Abu Awwad, Ribhi Barghouthy, and Wadee Bader.