Abstract
After the demolition of the Berlin Wall (1989), the construction of the Palestinian Wall from 2002 and the passing of The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (governing the USââ"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“Mexico border) enact a return to mural forms of sovereignty: walls are both without and within law, ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“old solutionsââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ to problems newly-made. While the Berlin Wall is considered a Cold War monument, both the Palestinian Wall and the ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“Secure Fenceââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ concretize the paradoxical reappearance of ancient territorializing strategies in a post-Cold War New World Order. These paradoxes are related to the coincidence of intensive and extensive forms of contemporary sovereignty: the contraction of a narrowed sovereign border accompanied by the projection of an extended sovereign power. These mural structures are considered in the context of the renovation of Ground Zero, Franz Kafkaââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s story ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“The Great Wall of Chinaââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢, and Dan Perjovschiââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s mural ââ"šÂ¬Ã‹Å“What Happened to US?ââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ (Museum of Modern Art 2007).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 133-146 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Law and Critique |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924
- Palestinian Wall, 2002
- Perjovschi, Dan
- United States. Secure Fence Act of 2006
- World Trade Center Site (New York, N.Y.)
- mural painting and decoration
- sovereignty
- territory, national