Dialogues

Using video and photography, I document beach sand with the words “Mediterranean Sea” written in nine different languages of the Mediterranean circle. In contact with waves and tides, the writings fade and disappear. Linguistic diversity implies cultural diversity, which is simultaneously the biggest treasure of the Mediterranean and the biggest cause of conflict; a dialogue and a multiplicity of various monologues. On the one hand, writings represent human beings and their civilisation. On the other hand, writings represent the sea i.e. forces of nature. In the presented dialogue with nature, human beings and their civilisation are shown as a much more fragile side. Nature inevitably erases languages, borders, and human cultures, thus pointing towards absurdity of human conflict.

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Technical info: video, 9’2’’ loop / colour photos, ink-jet print, 9 × (120 × 80 cm)
Exhibited: 2010 Sea Symposium, The Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, Egipat