2019 Artist Taysir B

2019 Artist Taysir Batniji developed the idea for 'Watchtowers' during the 2004-2005 Bernd and Hilla Becher retrospective at the Centre Pompidou. He was struck by the formal likeness between the Becher water towers and the Israeli watchtowers surrounding the Palestinian territory. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Taysir established a typology of watchtowers on the West Bank in order for the viewers to look twice – initially to think they recognise the subject matter, only to find something else upon closer inspection. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Image: Taysir Batniji, Watchtowers, 2008, courtesy of the artist and Sfeir Semler Gallery (detail)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #ballaratfoto #taysirbatniji #visitballarat #photography #bestofballarat #ballaratlife #whatsonballarat #ballaratinternationalfotobiennale #ballarat⁠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #loveballarat #PicOfTheWeek ⁠#creativeballarat #contemporaryart