A Crack in the Water Followed by Return, Ongoing/Longterm Project.
A bathtub holding a projection of A Crack in the Water Followed by Return.
Bathtubs were used to layer our bodies on top of each other when we did not have enough time to run down the stairs to the basement. The bathtub here also suggests the healing powers of cleansing and bathing rituals. A Crack in the Water Followed by Return adds another layer of this power as is an exercise in healing the embodied intergenerational trauma we carry as a collective body. While the Nakbah is ongoing, this 2 minute film reverses some of the Nakbah footage. Those images are superimposed on a cracking dam followed by floods of return. Noura Erekat said: “Keep pushing, we’re breaking through the dam.” This film is a witness to infrastructural and structural shifts: we feel the small crack, and collectively we try to push all the water through to nurture our bodies and our spirits, and most importantly, to quench the thirst of our ground.
