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Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011

 




Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011

At the opening of the museum of modern and contemporary in an Arab city, a proud local resident rushes the entrance only to scand that she is unable to proceed.

​Was it her casual wear at an event announced as a black-tie a air? No.

​Was it the thugs who are shielding the ruling classes attending the event en masse to showcase their benevolence and re ned sensibilities who prevent her access? No.

​She simply feels that were she to walk in, she will face walls that appear empty even when filled with hundreds of Arab “masterpieces.”

​On the spot, she turns to face the crowd and screams: “Damn thieves.  Nothing here to see.”

​Within seconds, she is removed from the site, beaten and sent to a psychiatric facility.​

The next day, a local newspaper’s headline announces: “Demented Woman Disturbs Opening: Claims Museum Walls Filled with Nothing.”

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Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011, Video, color, mute, 14mins 36s, Excerpt

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