U-illycaffè wethula iqoqo elisha le-illy Art futhi, ngokokuqala ngqa, ukufanisa amathini ahlobisiwe asayinwe nguMona Hatoum.
Ngemvelaphi yobuciko ehlanganisa amashumi amane eminyaka, umculi obukwayo uMona Hatoum waziwa umhlaba wonke ngesimo sakhe sezinkondlo nezepolitiki, esitholakala ezinhlobonhlobo zezindaba ezahlukahlukene futhi ezingavumelani nhlobo, kufaka phakathi ukufakwa, ukubaza, ividiyo, ukuthatha izithombe nokusebenza ephepheni.
UHatoum waqala ukwaziwa kakhulu maphakathi nawo-1980 ngochungechunge lwemidlalo nokusebenza kwevidiyo okugxile kakhulu emzimbeni.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1990 umsebenzi wakhe usudlulele ekufakweni okukhulu nasezitsheni ezihlose ukuheha umbukeli emizweni engqubuzanayo yesifiso nokudangala, ukwesaba nokuthakazelisa.
Kusukela lapho, uyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ulimi lapho izinto ezijwayelekile, zasekhaya zansuku zonke zivame ukuguqulwa zenziwe izinto zangaphandle, ezi-surreal noma ezisongelayo.
