Control Anatomy
An essay combining personal and historical perspectives, in which the author examines strategies of colonial violence. Several generations, successive generations of weapons, the landscape and architecture of Gaza shaped by decades of Israeli occupation – Alhaj also talks about how war technologies shape memory and make you start whispering.
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Mahmoud Alhaj
Born in Gaza in 1990, Mahmoud Alhaj holds a BA in journalism and has worked as an art teacher at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society since 2017. He has produced six projects using photography, digital art, and videos exhibited widely in Palestine, Europe, and the United States. In 2022, his short experimental film The Right to See was screened at the 35th Festival Les Instants Video in Marseille. In 2021, the film was screened at the Cairo Video Festival alongside a duo exhibition with Rob Voerman at Plaatsmaken studio in the Netherlands. His first solo show titled 402 Of Gray was held in Gaza, while his second solo show Violence 24/7 was held at Uxval Gochez Gallery in Barcelona in 2024. He has participated in many collective exhibitions too.
Filmography
2021 The Right to See (short)
2020 Messages from Parallel Time (short)
2025 Anatomia kontroli / Control Anatomy (short)