Άννα Μυκονιάτη, κείμενο από τον κατάλογο της μόνιμης έκθεσης ENTER ΕΜΣΤ: Συλλογή & Ιστορία, Ένας σύντομος οδηγός, 2020
photo by @to.katerinaki
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EXHIBITION ΟF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Emily Jacir
Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages which were Destroyed, Depopulated and Occupied by Israel in 1948, 2001
This is the refugee tent on which the artist had the names of 418 Palestinians villages embroidered. These villages are mentioned in Walid Khalidi’s book "All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948"; the villages were completely wiped out in 1948, year of foundation of the State of Israel, and also, the year when the devastation of the Palestinian territories followed by the forced displacement of the local populations —the so-called Nakba— began. Jacir stencilled all the village names in English, and then asked people to embroider them.
> Anna Mykoniati, text from the catalogue of the permanent exhibition ENTER EMSΤ. Collection & History, A short guide, 2020
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