Under Surveillance

Under Surveillance

« Man no longer has his own space. The issue of monitoring people via cameras and mobile phones and stealing personal data has
become a reality and is taking place in many societies at the hands of a strong and influential leadership against a weak group of people.
The greatest luck in this was Gaza, which is the only place whose residents live under strict and deliberate round-the-clock surveillance
and follow-up of civilians who live their lives normally. The siege has been imposed on Gaza for more than two decades by land, sea
and air.
The occupation in Gaza used many tools, the most important of which were Israeli aircraft, which penetrated people's privacy and
exposed their private parts by carrying high-quality cameras to photograph people. It was used to photograph homes, public facilities,
gardens, agricultural areas, the beach and every sandy area in Gaza. I lived there for 28 years, and I and the people there suffered
a lot from the annoying sounds made by those reconnaissance planes for years in a row, and they psychologically harm the residents,
including those that developed and carried electronic machine guns and bombs. They also killed people in public streets And in a park,
and in hospitals, and in public facilities, until he reached the bed and the toilet. Unfortunately, technology has developed to include
artificial intelligence, which has become a tool that helps the occupation get creative in killing and assassination, as if they were playing
a computer game and could end a life with the push of a button For a person or even an entire family.
The painting shows the state of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing practiced by the occupation on the people, forcing them to
leave their homes under a humiliating and painful threat.
I draw these faces mixed with sadness, suffering, and feelings of fear of the unknown when no one knows where they are going
Look into their eyes and see different stories, stories and feelings. I draw it with trembling, frightened, and sinuous lines, far from...
The natural form that is no longer natural. Rather, life has turned into frequent emergencies and life has come to a standstill.
There is no place to rest. There is no place to sleep. You can imagine how you can sleep while standing. There is no place for hope. There is no place for happiness. All you see around you is a large crowd of people gathered around you. No one knows what is happening or why.
These different emotional states that you can see in people's eyes have not stopped, but will move to installation works in the street that illustrate the stage of resurrection again and re-emergence as human beings rising with full strength and motivated by love and hope.

2024
170*140
hamada elkept

hamada elkept

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