Nazeh Map is an exhibition by Gazan artist Hala E. T. Alnaji, an evolving large-scale cartographic installation that was first initiated in Cairo and continues to unfold across different contexts. The work approaches mapping not as a fixed representation, but as a living and interactive process shaped by memory, participation, and displacement.
Rather than presenting a stable geography, the map operates as an open structure that reflects a landscape that has been radically transformed. In this sense, it functions as an archive that no longer fully corresponds to material reality, but continues to exist through memory.
Throughout the exhibition, the map remains accessible for interaction. Visitors — particularly from the Palestinian diaspora — are invited to contribute by adding notes, place names, memories, and spatial references directly onto the map. These contributions accumulate over time, forming an additional layer that reflects how Gaza is remembered, carried, and reconstructed from a distance.
Through this ongoing process, the installation becomes a collective and evolving cartography, where memory, absence, and lived experience are continuously inscribed onto the surface.
The exhibition features additional works from Gazan photographers Alaa Mahdi Kudaih and Mahmoud Abu Hamda.
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Kunsthal Gent is een experimenteel kruispunt voor de presentatie en ontwikkeling van hedendaagse kunst, sinds 2018 gevestigd in een monumentaal veertiende-eeuws karmelietenklooster in het centrum van Gent.
Adres: Lange Steenstraat 14 – 9000 Gent