X-Mission January 2009 - 2010
Ursula Biemann
Ursula Biemann is a Swiss artist, theorist and curator who has produced a considerable body of work on migration, mobility, technology and gender. Her experimental video essays connect theory, politics and on-the-ground cultural practices; focussing on the gendered dimension of migrant labour and the geopolitics of mobility and location.
X-Mission is a piece of video research on the extra-territorial status of Palestinian camps and the refugees who inhabit them.
Follow the yellow links to the right, above to view short episodes from the full-length film, X-Mission with additional text annotations by the artist
1. Outlaws and paradigm shifter / 2. There is a clause in the statue / 3. They hear things collapsing / 4. Normally such a story would pass unnoticed
Episodes Five - Seven5. Already at the time / 6. Uncle Hassan lives in Toledo, Ohio / 7. Someone who used to have many acres of land
Biography
Further References
Ursula Biemann's websiteExtra-Territoriality in the Middle EastExtra-Territoriality in the Middle East - Open Anthology. An extended article on X-Mission by Ursula Biemann in conjunction with other essays.