holy land of the infertile crescent

Exhibited at Green Hall, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.

holy land of the infertile crescent is a three-channel video installation that renders land and body as interconnected and entangled domains, both marked by extraction, surveillance, and erasure. Weaving together familial histories, found footage from American drone strikes, and repurposed church pews, the work forms an immersive environment that confronts the viewer with the violence of distance—how distanced, systematic military practices reduce bodies, culture, and landscapes to compressed, flattened forms.