FRENEMY
2013, digital print on paper, 365x437 cm
Developed within The Shake project, Frenemy translates Maurice Harron’s Hands Across the Divide from a three-dimensional public monument into a two-dimensional image.
The original sculpture, located in Derry~Londonderry, presents two figures reaching towards one another across the historical division between the city’s Catholic and Protestant communities.
'Hands Across the Divide' in Craigavon Bridge crossing the River Foyle, Derry~Londonderry, 2013.
Barakeh enlarged its image and wrapped it around an advertising column, turning it into a 3D monument, outside the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt.
The cylindrical surface prevents the scene from being grasped as a complete, frontal image. As the viewer moves around it, the figures seem alternately to approach and withdraw: their hands remain close while their bodies turn away.