Dor GuezAmid Imperial Grids II, 2022
Archival inkjet print
146 x 174 cm
With his series Amid Imperial Grids, Dor Guez critically examines early cartographic representations of Palestine. Drawing from the first modern maps of the region dating back to 1885, Guez engages with the imposition of colonial order through geography, specifically referencing the British Palestine Grid and the French Levant Grid. By stripping the maps of all human markers such as names of towns, roads, borders, and topographical labels, Guez reveals the abstraction and control embedded in imperial mapping practices. The resulting images present a ghostly, decontextualized terrain that prompts viewers to question how land, identity, and history are shaped and erased through systems of classification and visual power.
