The Mapping Journey Project

A film still from The Mapping Journey Project, by artist Bouchra Khalili, from 2008-2011. A map of the world is zoomed in on the African and European continents. Water is indicated by a light blue, and each country is rendered in a different color. A hand with medium-dark skin and nails painted with faded orange polish holds a blue marker and traces a path across Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Libya. At the bottom of the image, a caption with white text reads “But they took me to Benghazi, this city here.”