| THEIR PALESTINE By Kate Bezar Dumbo feather, pass it on. Australian magazine, issue 18, november 2008 |
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| Their Palestine By Kate Bezar After a trip to Ramallah, Dutch designer Annelys de Vet decided to show the world a different side to Palestine than the one usually seen. She invited Palestinian artists, photographers and designers to map their country as they see it and compiled their contributions into A Subjective Atlas of Palestine. |
The drawings, photographs, maps and narratives made for the atlas reveal individual life experiences, from preparing chickpeas to a manual on water-pipe smoking, from historic dress to modern music. Pages contain newspaper cartoons, invented Palestinian currency, colourful cultural diaries and moving letters from prisoners. In 2007 it was selected as one of the ‘Best designed books in the Netherlands 2007’ by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. |