Mona Hatoum Measures of Disatnce 1 part

Mona Hatoum Measures of Disatnce (1988)
This videotape is perhaps the most touching of Mona Hatoum's artistic statement in which she examines her position as an exiled female artist. The author's voice translates letters of her mother from Arab into English, represented visually as a texture of calligraphy over the texture of her body and skin. Measuring a multitude of distances/oppositions or differences between home and exile, writing and reading, reading and translating, mother and daughter, autobiography and artistic invention.

the movie & text are from UBUWEB
http://www.ubu.com/film/hatoum_measures.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Mona
• Hatoum
• Measures
• of
• Disatnce
• video
• art

[JBluvsMW]

I love how much the piece tells you about Mona indirectly. Its like studying a bird from it's shadow

[jimmyjanglin]

for 16min and such low-quality this "movie" is absolutely brilliant. the most important aspect for me is the materiality of the film, note that it is referred to as a "video tape" not a movie, art, work, etc. mona pieces together her mother through the material, pictures, recordings, letters, etc. but these are only fragments of the real, and fragmented fragments at that. mona recognizes herself as material, immanent in form, threatened by external forces, longing, but never able to touch.

[SarahGaafar]

This is beautiful. I can't really find the words to properly describe it, it's just so fantastic.

[ykollaros]

I was very moved watching this video in an exhibition a few years ago.Thank you for posting it.

[pk1lebgirl87]

the way she reads her mothers letter is so strange..it gives an eery feeling..but very effective

[simbad38]

thank you for share that artwork. u can try to see my favorites, maybe it can be interessing for collection artwork.

cheers and muchas gracias amigo mio