Maree Makom

Eye to Eye
And at the left corner of that same exposed
structure, across from the old mosque out of which
several slender figures in black robes will soon
emerge, is a window-opening, carved in stone.
The edges of the window are rough and its outline
approximate, arching under a faded piece of
cur tain-cloth. A pair of black eyes, and a sof t
cheek reflecting white light, peer under a fold in
the heavy fabric, along which is stitched a snaky
scar, the light wrinkling into it, trapped. Slowly—
the motion in the image hardly discernable—a split
is marked in the shot, a fracture in the cameragaze
itself. One portion of the view is kept fixed
while the other draws towards the childish
sweetness collected under the raised rim of the
fabric, caressing the delicate round features which
are now moving for ward, enlarged. The surrounding
wall remains rigid and opaque.
Video Recording Site
Al-Khalil surroundings. A Bedouin tribe
settlement
Video Recording Occasion
1998. Production of a video piece by L.
and R.
Characters
Anonymous