Desiree Palmen
The Old City Suit
“The Old City Suit” (2006-07). Working in direct relation to the security surveillance cameras tightly placed within the old city of Jerusalem. Desiree Palmen designed two suits to be worn and ‘camouflaged’ into the old city stone walls. Palmen exhibited two photographs from this series as well as a 15 minute video that presents a documentation of her suit-modeling performance in the old city during her residency in 2006, capturing the public's reaction to, and intervention with, her performance. The camera perspective of the video is borrowed from the street surveillance cameras operated by the Israeli police, while she also draws upon the perspectives of the cameras carried by tourists visiting Jerusalem. Her work was exhibited at the Nidal Centre for Community Development, Christian Quarter, Old City.
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