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Maayan Amir, born in 1978
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, is an artist, researcher, and senior lecturer at
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public university, public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Named after Israeli List of national founders, national founder David Ben-Gurion, the unive ...
(BGU), Arts Department.


Biography

Amir, known for collaborative work with Ruti Sela, exhibited widely including at the Sydney, Istanbul and Berlin Biennales, New Museum Triennial, Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, and more. Holder of UNESCO's 2011 Young Artist Award,“Maayan Amir – Researcher.”
Forensic Architecture. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
Amir holds a Ph.D. from Goldsmith's University of London,“Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Dr. Maayan Amir.”
In.bgu.ac.il. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
and edited "Documentary" in 2008. As a curator and essayist, she explores state power, art and ideology, contributing to Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths. Focused on extraterritoriality, Amir extends the concept to various spheres like representation and information regimes, defining "extraterritorial images", recognized with the IAVC/JVC Early Career Researcher Prize in 2020, she now serves at BGU as a curator and lecturer, previously heading Haifa University's MFA Fine Art Program and teaching at Tel-Aviv University.


Exterritory project

Exterritory, founded by Sela and Amir in 2009, explores extraterritorial phenomena through video art and interdisciplinary collaborations. Its initiatives aim to transcend border restrictions, fostering encounters among artists from conflict zones. The project, showcased internationally, includes symposia and an anthology on extraterritoriality, drawing acclaim from scholars like Zygmunt Bauman.Lebow, Alisa, ed
The Cinema of Me: The Self and Subjectivity in First Person Documentary.
New York: Wallflower Press, 2012, p. 178. ISBN 9780231850162. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.


Publications - books and chapters

*2018 (ed. With Ruti Sela
Extraterritorialities in Occupied Worlds
Punctum Books, Santa Barbara. *2014 “Extraterritorial Images.” I
Forensis: The Architecture of Truth
Sternberg Press, London. *2011 (with Ruti Sela) “Exterritory”. I
Solution 196-213: United States of Palestine-Israel
ed. Joshua Simion, Sternberg Press, London. *2008 (ed. with Ruti Sela
Documentally: An Anthology of Essays on Israeli Documentary Film
in Hebrew, Am-Oved, Tel Aviv.


References


External links


Official siteProfessor Zygmunt Bauman, Center for Research Architecture Goldsmiths, 2016Artforum page
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