“This work is a monument to the global issue of migration and the struggle of marginalized and displaced people to rise above the physical and psychological barriers that surround them.”
Projects
Films
Khaled Jarrar's work explores modern power struggles and their sociocultural impact on ordinary citizens. He completed his studies at the Palestine Polytechnic University in 1996, and began working in photography and video. He garnered significant attention for his exhibition in 2004 at the Howarra and Qalandya checkpoints where his photos were displayed to attract the attention of Israeli soldiers.
Khaled's Ladder is a project that explores the politics of border control and human mobility between North America and the Middle East. Against the backdrop of the 2016 US Presidential election, and increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Jarrar traveled with CULTURUNNERS along the US / Mexican border from San Diego / Tijuana to El Paso / Juarez. His journey culminated with the installation of a public artwork in Juarez, Mexico. The artwork, which local children called, “Khaled’s Ladder”, was made from stolen pieces of the US / Mexico border wall.
Photo by John Mireles
Photo by John Mireles
Photo by John Mireles
Photo by John Mireles
Photo by John Mireles
