Migrant Olive Tree (relocated sapling from Gaza’s olive groves)
Mersinis, Michael (2025) Migrant Olive Tree (relocated sapling from Gaza’s olive groves). [Artefact]
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Creators/Authors: | Mersinis, Michael |
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Abstract: | a response to the relocation of olive trees from Gaza considering a re-thinking of the bibliographical approach 'ad fontes' (a Latin expression which means "[back] to the sources"), the publication traces all references of the olive tree and it’s cultural and socio-economic and symbolic significance from Linear B to the Quran with a particular focus on the bibliographical sources in the classical world. The book mirrors the migration of a particular splice of olive tree, of the Koroneikos variety to Palestine through an elliptical reference to sources and traces a history of conflict that exceeds the symbolic in language and history, examining the idea that sound knowledge depends on the earliest and most fundamental of sources. a Palestinian Olive tree was shipped from Gaza to Scotland as part of the Reading Landscape Exhibition held in the Annex Gallery of The Glasgow School of Art between 22 April – 16 May 2025. the sapling will be taken care of for the duration of a calendar year |
Output Type: | Artefact |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Olive tree, art as activism, photography, ad fontes, language, image, text, agriculture, guerilla gardening |
Media of Output: | Exhibition |
Schools and Departments: | School of Fine Art > Fine Art Photography |
Dates: | Date Date Type 1 April 2025 Completed |
Funders: | Privately Funded, School of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art |
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Projects: | Olive Tree, Reading Landscape Research Group |
Output ID: | 10256 |
Deposited By: | Michael Mersinis |
Deposited On: | 23 Apr 2025 14:21 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2025 15:21 |