Shuruq Harb

Shuruq Harb is an artist, filmmaker, and writer based in Ramallah, Palestine. She is the co-founder of independent art initiatives, such as ArtTerritories and The River Has Two Banks. Her artistic practice focuses on online visual culture, tracing subversive routes for the circulation of images and goods. Her film The White Elephant (2018) received the award for Best Short Film at the Cinéma du Réel Festival in Paris. She is the recipient of the Han Nefkens Foundation – Fundació Antoni Tàpies Video Art Production Award (2019).

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The White Elephant

Shuruq Harb, Palestine, 2018, 12’

Using images shared on the Internet by Israelis during the Gulf War, the First Intifada, and trance music gatherings, Shuruq Harb paints the portrait of a Palestinian teenager in the 1990s. In the midst of Israeli pop culture and the political climate of the Oslo Accords, she comes to grips with her anxiety.