Cold Water Exhibition by Michael Jabareen & Rasha Al Jundi

How right is it for time to determine our destinies as Palestinians and force us to surrender to it as a given?

Time is stripped of its power in the face of Palestinian persistence and tenacity, wherever he/she is and at all times.

If he goes against every expected current, then the Palestinian is free even if you think he/she is restricted.

“Cold Water” is a multidisciplinary visual project that combines photography, illustration, sound and scenography, where the image and graphics intertwine, searching for the common thread between two stories written by two exiles, between exile outside the homeland and exile within it.

Two timelines that were thought to be unconnected, yet the memory of the past, the coincidence of the present and the desire for the future had another opinion. The exhibition tells the story of two Palestinian artists: Michael Jabareen through his drawings and artistic expression, and Rasha Al Jundi through the lens of her camera, until their meeting in 2022. Their individual stories pass through specific events that are stuck in their memories from the beginnings until the present day and beyond, which without intention shaped each of them as a person, a narrative and a destiny, so that their meeting would be a coincidence written with their own pens.

The exhibition employs some three dimensional elements in the scenography of the place in relation to the storytelling, adding a dimension that goes beyond the boundaries of the flat display on the wall, to extend a tangible dimension to the audience. It also includessound effects and music that are related to the narrative and context.

In exile, time finds itself facing a crisis of identity and definition, as its sin splits and multiplies with the number of exiles; those from whomtheir will was robbed by time, only to find itself in front of thousands of pens writing their own times as they wished.

The exhibition was created by artists Michael Jabareen and Rasha Al-Jundi, accompanied by Nadeem Mazen, curator at the Yabous Cultural Center.
It was held at the Mahmoud Darwish Lounge, Yabous Cultural Centre, 10 Zahra Street, Jerusalem.