A tool of resistance, 2020

Filmed mostly in Hebron, A Tool of Resistance moves through a place where movement is controlled, bodies are searched, and filming carries its own risk. The camera records checkpoints, soldiers, rooftops, and streets, while remaining exposed to the same structures of control that organize the space below and above. Moving between archival material, footage shot in the streets, and a voiceover by Badee Dwaik, the video treats the image not as detached evidence, but as a way of remaining present and insisting on what has been seen. The camera is forced to stop, keep its distance, or frame only what the situation allows. Recording becomes part of the struggle over what can be seen at all.

23 min 35 sec

2-channel video installation

HD video, color, sound

Interview with: Badee Dwaik

Translation: Eden Rabi, Iyad Dayoub

Proofreading and Subtitles: Kari Leigh Rosenfeld

Color and Sound: Tristan Daniel Nicolas

Locations: Ramallah, Hebron

These six photographs were taken while fleeing military pursuit during the filming of A Tool of Resistance, when the shutter was triggered unintentionally in the midst of fear and movement. They register a moment that could not be deliberately framed, and point to all the other moments that remain undocumented. Marked by fear, movement, and loss of control, they reflect the conditions under which filming took place: blurred images, partial visibility, and the subject slipping out of frame.

Series of 6 inkjet prints

148 × 35 mm each