Art for Peace! Art for Freedom!
Israel & Palestine
The Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace – Netherlands (FFIPP-NL) is organizing an international festival with the theme Art in the Conflict – Art for Peace! Art for Freedom! And will deal with the issue of ‘Art as a means of dialogue?’ – A way to create means of exchange and understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
Art and culture can play a key-role in armed conflict situations. Art can inspire people to enter into heated debates and perhaps gradually open the way towards a just peace. During this evening with interactive events and a conference with an Israeli and a Palestinian speaker, the audience will be presented with a view on how art is able – or unable – to play an active role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The event in Amsterdam will take place on the 18th November and present:
• A Conference by Israeli and Palestinian speakers
• A photo exhibition of art on both sides of the Israeli West Bank separation barrier
• Movie screening of “Arna’s Children”, with a discussion session via Skype with director Juliano Mer Khamis
• To conclude the evening: A special musical performance by MANU – to see more: http://www.manu-music.com/
The Palestinian speaker will be Tayseer Al Khateb, from The Freedom Theatre in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. The Freedom Theatre tries to give children a future by training them in theatre acting and performance. To read more go to: http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/
Their work has inspired the celebrated movie ‘Arna’s children’ directed by Juliano Mer Khamis.
The Israeli speaker will be Tal Ben Zvi from the School of Arts of the Kibbutzim College in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is also a curator at several art galleries and is involved in peace activism and dialogue. During the conference the speakers will critically discuss the possibility of art as a means of dialogue for peace.
When & Where:
The event in Amsterdam will take place on Thursday the 18th November at 20.00 pm at the Crea Cafe (Universiteit van Amsterdam):
Turfdraagsterpad 17
1012 XT Amsterdam
020 5251400
http://www.crea.uva.nl/index.php?cat_id=5
