争论的终结

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  • MadebytheLebanese-CanadianvideoartistJayceSallouma… MadebytheLebanese-CanadianvideoartistJayceSalloumandthePalestinianfilmmakerEliaSuleiman,'IntroductiontotheEndofanArgument'dealswiththedistortedpicturewehaveofArabcultureingeneralandoftheIntifada–thePalestinianresistancetoIsrael’soccupation–inparticular.SalloumandSuleimanhavecombinedandconfrontedfragmentsofimageandtexttakenfromHollywood,EuropeanandIsraelifilms,documentariesandnewsitemswithmaterialSalloumpersonallyrecordedinIsrael,theWestBank,andtheGazaStrip.Whatisrevealedisfarfromreassuring:foryearswehavebeenbombardedwithavisionofthePalestinian-Israeliconflictthatisriddledwithracistandideologicalprejudice.Insteadoflisteningtothepeopleinvoled,wehaveallowedourselvestobebrainwashedbytheinsidiousimagesandnewsitemspropagatedbyourown,prejudicedandsuperficialmedia.Thevideotapemimicsthedominantmedia'sformsofrepresentation,subvertingitsmethodologyandconstruction.Aprocessofdisplacementanddeconstructionisenactedattemptingtoarresttheimageryandideology,decolonizingandrecontextualizingittoprovideaspaceforamarginalizedvoiceconsistentlydeniedexpressioninthemedia.SalloumandSuleimanhavecompiledanincisiveargumentfortheneedtothinkandlookbeyond.