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Mona Hatoum — 3-D Cities
Mona Hatoum

3-D Cities

2008

"3-D Cities" by Mona Hatoum is a series of large scale light boxes featuring photographs of urban landscapes that have been digitally manipulated and layered to create fragmented, disorienting compositions. The work employs translucent and backlit materials to generate a sense of visual depth and instability, reflecting Hatoum's broader interest in themes of displacement, surveillance, and the representation of contested spaces. These pieces exemplify the artist's characteristic use of technology to critique how we perceive and navigate contemporary urban environments.

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Mona Hatoum, 3-D Cities, 2008

"3-D Cities" by Mona Hatoum is a series of large scale light boxes featuring photographs of urban landscapes that have been digitally manipulated and layered to create fragmented, disorienting compositions. The work employs translucent and backlit materials to generate a sense of visual depth and instability, reflecting Hatoum's broader interest in themes of displacement, surveillance, and the representation of contested spaces. These pieces exemplify the artist's characteristic use of technology to critique how we perceive and navigate contemporary urban environments.

Year
2008
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mixed Media, Disorienting aesthetic, Surveillance and control, Political Commentary, Installation Art, Contemporary Art, Urban Landscape, 20th-21st Century, Architectural Intervention, Palestinian-British Artist

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