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Released
1988 · FILM

Measures of Distance

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Runtime
15 min
Documentary

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In this video, the artist addresses the impact of distance, reflecting on geography shaped by exile due to war and the psychological distance associated with each individual's experience of womanhood. The work combines personal images and audio recordings of an intimate nature, connecting the personal with the political. By reading aloud from letters sent by her mother in Beirut, Hatoum constructs a visual montage that conveys her feelings of separation and isolation from her Palestinian family. The personal and political are closely intertwined in a narrative that examines personal and family identity within the context of traumatic social disruption, exile, and displacement.

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