The Nonidentical Identical; or, Notes on Violence and Escape in Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s "Oh shining star testify"

Authors

Ruslana Lichtzier, Northwestern University

Keywords

Basel Abbas, Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Berlin Biennale, Palestine, Saidiya Hartman, Fred Moten

Document Type

Exhibition Review

Abstract

A review of Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s installation Oh shining star testify at the 12th Berlin Biennale (2022), where the artists present Palestinian lives and deaths by disrupting the progressive chronologies of Palestine’s ongoing obliteration.
The essay considers the representation of racist epistemologies through recourse to the work of Saidiya Hartman and Fred Moten, while also situating the installation within a lineage of cultural productions that respond to the histories of genocide.

Recommended Citation

Lichtzier, Ruslana (2022) "The Nonidentical Identical; or, Notes on Violence and Escape in Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s "Oh shining star testify"," Regards: Vol. 28: No. 28, Article 9.
Available at: https://e-journals.usj.edu.lb/regards/vol28/iss28/9