Exhibition Debut
Photos by Oscar Vinck, Niek Tijsse Klase, and Ines Glowania
Found Maps of the Gaza Strip
Map of Gaza’s Chemical Elements Characterisation by M.F. Abu-alnaeem et al.
Map of Gaza’s Crop Type by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Chloride Concentration by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Dumpsites and suitable areas by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Dissolved Solids by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Access and Movement by UN OCHA
Map of Gaza’s Cultivated and Urban Areas by M.F. Abu-alnaeem et al.
Map of Gaza’s Electric Conductivity by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Geological Areas by M.F. Abu-alnaeem et al.
Map of Gaza’s Illegal Dumpsite Locations by UNDP
Map of Gaza’s Isolation and Area by UNSCO
Map of Gaza’s Enviromental Hotspots by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Base Terrain by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Governate Boundaries by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Iron Concentration by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Isolation by UN OCHA
Map of Gaza’s Land Use by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Isolation by Applied Reseach Institute Jerusalem
Map of Gaza’s Isolation by UN OCHA
Map of Gaza’s Optimal Landfill Sites by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Movements In and Out by PBS Wide Angle
Map of Gaza’s Rainfall by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Landfill Locations by Ahmad AbdAlqader and Jehad Hamad
Map of Gaza’s Proposed Dumpsite Locations by UNDP
Map of Gaza’s Soil by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Situation by UNRWA
Map of Gaza’s Solid Waste Management by Municipal Development and Lending Fund
Map of Gaza’s Land Use by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Solid Waste Dumpsite Locations by UNDP
Map of Gaza’s Solid Waste Dumpsites by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Topographic Classification by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Underground Water Depth by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Solid Waste Service Providers by UNDP
Map of Gaza’s Soil Types by Basem Shomar et al.
Map of Gaza’s Water Level by M.F. Abu-alnaeem et al.
Map of Gaza’s Terrain by Applied Reseach Institute Jerusalem
Map of Gaza’s Road Network by El-Hawi et al.
Map of Gaza’s Service Providers by Marco Caniato and Mentore Vaccari
Map of Gaza’s Wastewater Treatment Plants by Applied Reseach Institute Jerusalem
Map of Gaza’s Zinc Contentration by Basem Shomar et al.
Arabic Interviews on Taking Out the Trash in Gaza
Interview With Abeer Original Arabic
Interview With Ahmed Ismail Original Arabic
Interview With Fares Original Arabic
Interview With Hour Original Arabic
Interview With Hosam Original Arabic
Interview With Ibra Original Arabic
Interview With Ibrahim Original Arabic
Interview With Ihab Original Arabic
Interview With Mohammed Original Arabic
Interview With Naser Original Arabic
Interview With Omar Original Arabic
Interview With Osama Original Arabic
Interview With Seren Original Arabic
Interview With Shimaa Original Arabic
Interview With Uday Original Arabic
Interview With Waseem Original Arabic
Interview With Wesam Original Arabic
Interview With Yousef Original Arabic
English Interviews and Translations
Interview With Saba Original English
Interview With Tareq Original English
Interview With Hosam Translation To English Voice By Zebulon Griffin
Interview With Omar Translation To English Voice By Thomas Davies
Interview With Shimaa Translation To English Voice By Tasminder Marsh
Interview With Wesam Translation To English Voice By Anonymous
Hand-Drawn Maps of Taking Out the Trash in the Gaza Strip
Map By Fares Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Naser Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Saba Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Hour Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Ahmed Ismail Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Ibra Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Ibrahim Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Omar Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Seren Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Tareq Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Abeer Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Yousef Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Uday Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Mohammed Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Wesam Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Waseem Original Via Whatsapp
Map By Ihab Original Via Whatsapp
Installation Sketches
Early Installation Sketch 1
Early Installation Sketch 2
Early Installation Sketch 3
Final Installation Sketch 1
Final Installation Sketch 2
Map of the Isolated System of Junk in the Gaza Strip
The Isolated System of Junk in the Gaza Strip
Ines Glowania
Israel’s economic blockade of the Gaza Strip affects every aspect of the country’s consumption. While products can still get in, garbage can’t get out, creating an isolated system of junk. Residents face limited hours of electricity each day, a shortage of gas to run collection vehicles and limited materials for creating alternative solutions to waste management. The 365-kilometre enclave is filling up with waste. The three existing landfills in Gaza are, or will soon be, completely unusable. Half of the junk already ends up in unofficial dumps, and insufficient waste treatment facilities also compromises the drinking water supply through pollution.
Ines Glowania surveys Gaza’s trash problem from the top-down and the bottom up, presenting an overview of the waste system and a series of interviews with local residents. This seemingly simple act of “taking the trash out” becomes a trigger for revealing the realities of living in Gaza. When it comes to junk, Gaza is a closed system, but so is our planet. Gaza can be read as a parable for global waste mismanagement and the consequences of unregulated consumption.
Credits
Interviews by Tareq AL Hendi
References
A. Majid Nassar and Luay Qrenawi, Assessment of Solid Waste Dumpsites in Gaza Strip (Environment Quality Authority, March 2007). Link
Ahmed Fahmi Abdalqader, “Landfills Needs Assesment in Gaza Strip and Sites Selection Using GIS” (PhD diss., Islamic University of Gaza, 2010). Link
Entsar Abu Jahal, “Can Gaza get a handle on its waste problem?” Al-Monitor, February 14, 2019. Link
Erika Weinthal and Jeannie Sowers, “Targeting infrastructure and livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza,” International Affairs 95, no. 2 (March 2019): 319–340. Link
George R. Mitchell, “Gaza—uninhabitable by 2020?” The Press and Journal, March 18, 2018. Link
Jeannie L. Sowers, Erika Weinthal, and Neda Zawahri, “Targeting environmental infrastructures, international law, and civilians in the new Middle Eastern wars,” Security Dialogue 48, no. 5 (2017). Link
Salman Zafar, “Waste Management in Gaza Strip,” EcoMENA, April 12, 2019. Link
Status of the Environment in the State of Palestine 2015, eds. Jad Isaac and Khaldoun Rishmawi (Jerusalem: Applied Research Institute, 2015). Link
United Nations Country Team in the occupied Palestinian territory, Gaza Ten Years Later, July 2017. Link
United Nations Environment Programme, Environmental Assessment of the Areas Disengaged by Israel in the Gaza Strip, 2006. Link
“‘Well-being of two million’ in Gaza at stake as emergency fuel runs dry: UN humanitarian coordinator,” UN News, August 8, 2018. Link
Zafrir Rinat, “Gaza Ranks High on World’s Garbage Map,” Haaretz, September 16, 2015. Link
Bio
Ines Glowania is a research-based designer from Germany with a master degree in Information Design. In her work she combines methods of journalism and performance with design. Her projects reflect on how the (cultural, political, economical) systems we are living in, influence the way humans act in the world.