Rasaq Jurhat
رزاق جرأت
2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
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No Man’s Land
Bundesarchiv
Can You Make the Birds Stop Singing
Rundweg
Palimpsest
Rasaq Jurhat
2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
No Man’s Land
Bundesarchiv
Can You Make the Birds Stop Singing
Rundweg
Palimpsest
2025
Two-channel video installation
B/W & color, sound, 25’05’’
Recalling landscapes in Afghanistan from a diasporic view means relying on memory that is inseparably bound to loss. Turning to the archive offers no relief, for the archive itself revolves around the very principle of loss. Images and stories fall through, absent from its records. Even where archives exist, many histories remain out of reach or preserved under closed access.
No Man’s Land approaches this condition by revisiting a memory threatened by foreign rule, displacement and alienation. The material originates from British and Russian archives, marked by their respective watermarks. Their visibility suggests further reflection on ownership, territorial sovereignty and the persistence of colonial gaze.