Artist Talk : Dr. Aisha Mershani

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Join us on October 26th, from 7-9 PM, for an artist talk with Dr. Aisha Mershani

InLiquid Gallery in the Crane Building

Please join us on Thursday October 26th from 7 - 9 pm for an artist talk with Dr. Aisha Mershani in conjunction with her exhibition <a href="https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-gallery-events/la-la-lil-jidar-20-years-behind-the-apartheid-wall-in-palestine" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine</a>, currently on view at the InLiquid Gallery. <a href="https://www.inliquid.org/inliquid-gallery-events/new-now-vi" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>Aisha Mershani’s (they/them) photography focuses on the Israel Apartheid Wall, visually exposing the realities on the ground in Palestine, reframing the source of violence. For nearly 20 years Mershani has photographed military checkpoints, popular demonstrations, house demolitions, destroyed villages, and the daily lives of Palestinians living under the violence of the Israeli Apartheid.  Most recently, in 2022, Mershani returned to the Occupied West Bank, finding countless people that were photographed in 2004/2005 to photograph them again, showing time behind the Wall.Mershani&#x27;s photographs have been exhibited in numerous galleries, multiple publications, as well as many internet news sites over the years to further the awareness of the ongoing situation on the ground in Palestine. They are also one of the artists in the reference book, &quot;<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dEZC4g_j62gC&amp;hl=en" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists</a>&quot;.Aisha Mershani was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to an American Jewish mother and a Moroccan Muslim father. Mershani holds a Bachelor&#x27;s degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Redlands in California, and a Master&#x27;s and a Ph.D. degree from the <a href="https://www.uji.es/estudis/oferta/base/doctorat/actual/pau/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">UNESCO program in Peace, Development Studies, and Conflict Transformation</a> at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón de la Plana, Spain.Their work comes from a place of concern about the injustices occurring in the Middle East, and a commitment to artistically expose these injustices and educate those outside of the region. For Mershani it is vital to view Palestine/Israel beyond US mainstream news framing. The expression of everyday life is the primary objective of their documentary photographic work.The InLiquid Gallery is located within the Crane Arts Building which is wheelchair accessible. There is limited accessible parking at the front of the building, and a ramp leading into the main entrance. The main building door is not automated. Two all-gender bathrooms with multiple stalls are available for use — one with urinals, one without, and both with 1–2 wheelchair-accessible stall(s).

Artist Talk : Dr. Aisha Mershani

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