Dark Matter, or the Infinite Reservoir of Black Swans

Unboxing Gaza

Creative director, visual artist, and educator Kegham Djeghalian Jr reflects on what he calls the ‘para-archaeology’ of his grandfather Kegham Djeghalian’s photographic archive. A survivor of the Armenian Genocide, Kegham established Photo Kegham, Gaza’s first local photography studio in 1944. In this text and photo-essay, Djeghalian Jr explores various forms of disruptions: of his grandfather’s trajectory, of Armenian and Palestinian histories, of the photographic archive itself, and of Gaza.

Foreword Afterall Journal Issue 57

Hazem Harb: ‘My Heart Is Still in Gaza’

Tokyo Reels: The Solidarity Image

Presented at documenta fifteen as a ten-hour looped installation by the collective Subversive Film, and later as a feature documentary by Mohanad Yaqubi, the multi-faceted research and restoration project Tokyo Reels reconstructs the solidarity networks connecting Japan to Palestine between the 1960s and 1980s, through twenty 16mm films found in Tokyo in 2015. Julian Ross meticulously locates the films’ circulation within the politicised sphere of post-war Japan, addressing them in terms of ‘solidarity image’, evidencing of a longstanding and worldwide commitment to the Palestinian cause.