The ADS was created in the aftermath of the 1948 Nakba by Jerusalemite intellectual Musa Alami. Alami's goal was to support the welfare of Palestinian refugees in the Jordan Valley by providing housing, agricultural opportunities and education, with the aim of fostering a sense of self-reliance away from the dependence on donor aid and foreign organizations. The installation will be built around film Al-Mashrou’, developed by Harb with architectural historian Nadi Abusaada, that combines historical with present footage. The film thus oscillates between an autonomous Palestinian future and the geographic and economic fragmentation produced by the unfinished, never fully realized Oslo Peace Accords, which resulted in a division of the ADS estate and continues to hinder access to one its primary sources for survival: water. The film's narrative is a profound reflection on self-sufficiency, resilience and the Palestinian struggle for autonomy in the post Oslo Accords era. By conceiving the work in both Palestine and Norway, the work and exhibition aim to create a conversation about how these distinct distant landscapes and geographies are now bound with a shared visions of the future that have now been interrupted.

Directed and Produced by: Shuruq Harb