Landscape, Image, Palestine: Recounting as an act of Refusal
Conversation with Reem Shilleh and Inas Halabi
Taking Inas Halabi’s exhibition All That Remainsكي لا ننسى (Kay La Nansa) at La Loge as a starting point, this conversation unfolds across five thematic fragments, exploring the role of landscape and image in the context of Palestine. Reem Shilleh presents fragments of films and archival material that reveal how histories of land and displacement are mediated through moving image. In response, Inas Halabi reflects on her artistic practice and research, and on the role of landscape, where recounting becomes not only an act of remembrance but also an act of refusal. Together, they invite the audience to consider the landscape not as mere background, but as witness, a living archive that carries the histories of both place and people.
Biography
Reem Shilleh is a researcher, curator, editor, and occasionally a writer. She lives and works between Brussels and Ramallah. In 2011 she cofounded Subversive Film, a cinema research and production collective that aims to cast new light upon historic works related to Palestine and the region; to engender support for film preservation; and to investigate archival practices and effects.
Practical information
15.10.25, 18:30
Doors open: 18:00
Free participation upon registration via info@la-loge.be
Images
- BW images : Still from Kufr Shuba (1975, dir. Samir Nimr). Image capture by Subversive Film
- Coloured image: Still from The Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (dir. Masao Adachi and Koji Wakamatsu, 1971) . Image courtesy of Subversive Film.
