Memory of tomorrow – صدري أنا متراس

Photo essay chronicles my walks at Omar Al Mokhtar street - 8-kilometer street that connects East and West Gaza city over the duration of 6 months of intermittent lockdowns imposed on Gaza city due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown reduced the crowded movement of bodies and cars of the street enabling me to observe in more detail the use of the street walls as spaces for public messages. My walks through this street made me observe more clearly the aesthetics and content of the remaining political graffiti that preceded covid-19 in Gaza. They also made me realize the different style, tone and colors of the new Covid-19 messages relating to health warnings that now make up the streets. My photographs capture this transience between the old and the new – at times hinting at the bodies who might have occupied the chairs we see, other times capturing the little movement in motion where it happens.