Lieux de Mémoire and Desire Photo-books Housed in a lightweight printed

Housed in a lightweight printed box

They always take the same two paths

interspersed with related rail facts for the armchair traveler contrasting and comparing the rail journeys across the globe

text and photography in a fashion that not only obscures the boundaries between the employed media

Their claim to their right to return has always been a major point of contention between Palestinians and Israelis

Lieux de Mémoire and Desire Photo-books Housed in a lightweight printedLieux de Mmoire and Desire presents five cinematic works of Maya Schweizer and examines how the artist approaches the relation of montage editing techniques with the concept of film and memorial and film as memorial a relation which traces back to the very beginnings of montage as it does to research findings by French historian Pierre Nora. Recurring moments in Schweizers multiform art practice revolve around the examination of subtly treated