Bio: Erick Beltrán develops anapproach combining archive, graphics, and model making, which deconstructs systems of representations to question communication tools, political implications of visual culture, and systems of translation from one language to another. Recent shows include La Part Abyssale, Centre d’Art Contemporain Synagogue du Delme, France, 2012; Modelling Standard (with Jorge Satorre), FormContent, London, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona, and other venues (since 2010); and The World Explained, Troppen Museum, Amsterdam, 2011. [...]

The Jerusalem Show (‘Ala Abwab Al Janna) borrows its English title from the vivacious and atypical formats of the Saturday Night Live show and the Muppet Show, whereas its Arabic title ‘Ala Abwab Al Janna (Outside the Gates of Heaven) references the sacramental veneration that is bestowed on Jerusalem. A similar ludicrous dichotomy is ostensible [...]

The Jerusalem Show, Edition 0, Partners      The African Community Society, Al-Saraya Center for Community Services, Swedish Christian Studies Center, Burj al-Laqlaq Community Center, Center for Jerusalem Studies, Faisal al Husseini Foundation, French Cultural Center / Jerusalem, Freres College, Gallery Anadiel, The Jerusalem Hotel, Nidal Center for Community Development, Old City Youth Club, Palestinian Art Court- [...]

“Guided exhibition tours:” over the course of the Jerusalem show, tours of the locations of artworks in the Old City were organized, led by the show’s curator, Jack Persekian. The tours took visitors to the various project locations in the city, on a trajectory, which enabled a discovery of the city and the unearthing of [...]

Rainbow Stickers (2007) Until mid-2007, when flying out of Israel, airport stickers put on passports and luggage used a colour coding system to indicate the level of threat posed by individuals, (native or visitor) to the security of the state of Israel. In Rainbow Stickers, Biaussat utilizes the colour coding system, intentionally focusing on urban [...]

Landscapes from Palestine (2007) Landscapes from Palestine (2007), is a video projection of the photographic series Filaire produced in Palestine from the beginning of 1999, photographing the same places repeatedly in order to verify and to conserve time; to record the movements and transformations of the places. Returning regularly within an eight year period  to [...]

m* of Bethlehem m* of Bethlehem (2003) is a video map of Bethlehem inspired by a map of the city from 1973. It concerns what was absent and what was represented on the map in relation to the actual site at that moment in time. Video projection 21 minutes, 2003. Exhibited at Al-Ma’mal Foundation, New [...]

The Old City Suit

  Entry Denied In 2002, Austrian nationals Marwan Abado and his band were invited to perform a concert in Jerusalem but were then detained arriving the Tel Aviv airport and denied entry. In an empty theater in Vienna, Jacir asks Abado and his band to perform the concert exactly as it would have taken place [...]

Memories of Gold (2007) In Memories of Gold (2007), Faten Nastas makes the association with memories of her childhood and youth in Jerusalem, literally referring to her memories as memories of gold, alluding to the precious time and to the sadness she feels in not having a chance to visit her place of youthful memories [...]