Wael Shawky / Egypt b.1971 / Telematch Crusades (still, detail) 2009 / Single-channel HD video projection, 13:00 minutes, sound, colour, ed. of 7 / Purchased 2012 / Queensland Art Gallery / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Wael Shawky

Wael Shawky
Telematch Crusades 2009

Not Currently on Display

Wael Shawky’s video work Telematch Crusades re-stages images of the Crusades. The Crusades occurred between the tenth and sixteenth centuries, and saw European Christian armies attempt to recover access to holy sites around Jerusalem, after they fell under the control of the Muslim Turks. The history of the Crusades is often told from a European perspective.