I do not define photography only in terms of certain practices, figures, tools, traditions or movements. For me, it is also a way of thinking about, of being, feeling and experiencing the world.
Walid Raad, quoted in I Might Die Before I Get a Rifle, Hasselblad Award 2011.
Under the generic title Scratching on things I could disavow, Walid Raad has since 2007 developed a project focusing on the emergence of new artistic infrastructures in the Arab world in the era of globalization. Against the background of the region’s geopolitical, economic, social and military conflicts, these cultural changes, says Raad, “embody a problematic but fertile ground for artistic creation.” The photographer, video artist, researcher and teacher continues: “The works and stories that I offer through this project were shaped by my encounters in the field with individuals, economies, concepts and forms.”
Read the full article on the French version of Le Journal.
Miriam Rosen
Walid Raad
Project Manager : Marcella Lista
Design : Walid Raad and Delia Sobrino
Editorial Manager : Violaine Bouvet-Lanselle, Bernard Chauveau
French Translation : Omar Berrada
Araboc Translation : Khalil Hadeed
Coédition : Bernard Chauveau Éditeur / Musée du Louvre
20 x 27 cm
2 000 copies
ISBN : 978-2-36306-075-4
