Elizabeth A. Povinelli, The Inheritance
Nervus Rerum
Even in the Desert
Ouroboros
Here and Elsewhere: Horizons of Resistance from Palestine
Here and Elsewhere: Horizons of Resistance from Palestine
With Irmgard Emmelhainz, Khadijeh Habashneh, Oraib Toukan
Joana Hadjithomas films from her plane landing in İzmir to show a clear aerial image of its urban spaces and its seashore, a reflection of the imaginary cartography of the place shown to her as a child. The camera often returns to the sea and waves that connect Etel’s living room to Joana’s first visit to the city. The gaze panning the horizon and the seashore reflects the catastrophe that prompted their estrangement from the place. ISMYRNA often depicts the landscape of İzmir as well as several old and current maps. As film subjects, the mountains, the sea, the seashore, and even the urbanization of İzmir seem like such innocent bystanders.