photos by Kerry Leonard

Kalares Mill (2013-2014)

Recast lead crystal | Dimensions variable

In 2003 Israeli incursions during the Second Intifada brought devastation to many Palestinian centres. Images of Arafat’s compound being bombarded by the Israeli Defense Force abounded. Years later when I visited Ramallah I found a new city, patched, rebuilt, restored. The mill had actually been destroyed in the First Intifada, but was one of the few buildings that, being abandoned, still sported its scars. In casting the holes left in its walls by bullets, each meant to target a person; these fragments of a moment are made material, bringing to bear the physicality of the conflict.

Made with Emerging Artist Skills and Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts 2008 
In collection Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Group exhibition: Windowless World National Art Glass Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia, July-December 2021, curated by Dr Sam Bowker
National Student Art Glass Prize 2014, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Featured in “From Palestine to Country: transcultural exchange beyond the settler colony” by Micaela Sahhar Artlink 42.3
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