Ballad of the Olive Trees - 108-page paperback photo book, PUR bound, with gold foil embossed title and an anti-scratch laminated cover. Second edition, limited to 100 copies.
The book functions as a proposal and investigatory work into contemporary themes of post-conflict memory and the multi-faceted influences that the memorymightsuccumb to. It follows the stories of former war prisoners and individuals who lost family members during the Cyprus 1974 invasion. The work questions the scale at which a local history is blown out of its contexts and how it becomes disembodied to fit selective narratives of socio-political interests.
Ballad of the Olive Trees - 108-page paperback photo book, PUR bound, with gold foil embossed title and an anti-scratch laminated cover. Second edition, limited to 100 copies.
The book functions as a proposal and investigatory work into contemporary themes of post-conflict memory and the multi-faceted influences that the memorymightsuccumb to. It follows the stories of former war prisoners and individuals who lost family members during the Cyprus 1974 invasion. The work questions the scale at which a local history is blown out of its contexts and how it becomes disembodied to fit selective narratives of socio-political interests.
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