AFTER THE LAST SKY Film Performance

Presenting itself as a high-end property consultancy, this labyrinthine web documentary art uses expropriated Palestinian houses to uncover stories of displacement, dispossession and cultural cleansing from West Jerusalem. Using diverse storytelling genres with different modes of narration, DHPC patiently and meticulously pieces together a world that was shattered in 1948. Expropriated Palestinian houses are ironically repackaged on the Israeli real estate market as ‘Arab-style’. Their factual history is concealed behind this architectural euphemism. DHPC revisits the individual history of these homes, delves into the memories of 28 Palestinian refugees and exiles, creating a labyrinthine space where personal tales of abrupt goodbyes, impossible reunions and suspended dreams are conveyed with a tragicomic edge.

In a ‘live screening’ the artist Alexandra Handal takes the audience through different scenarios of her artistic web documentary, at the same time providing an insight into the production process. Followed by a Q&A with Alexandra Sophia Handal.