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The Journey Begins...

7/31/2014

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The following are images of the artists, speakers, places visited and quotes from the Pittsburgh team.  The goal is to document their thoughts and travels through “The Holy Land”.  It is important to note everyone had different backgrounds and personal borders/limits.  Some of those limits were based on family responsibilities, some of them were legal or government imposed limitations that denied artists access.

ArtUp was able to get the Israeli artists into Palestine but unable to get the Palestinians into Israel.  The delegation spent time in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they spoke with arts leaders and visited museums & studios.  They traveled from Jerusalem through the Qalandia check point to Jenin (Freedom Theatre) and on to Bil’in.  From Bil’in the delegation traveled to Ramallah to Bethlehem, to Hebron and back in Israel—to Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa and back home.  Quotes from the artists’ journey are below.



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Museum show titles in three languages. Explanatory texts within the museum only in Hebrew and English.  Hyla first called our attention to this.  I had focused on what was absent in the translated wall texts in English that wouldn’t indicate that the work described referenced the occupation at all.  Several works undeniably spoke to the oppression and presumably are easier to digest or overlook if not described as doing so.  

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Yehuda from Breaking The Silence  (www.breakingthesilence.org)

Fear before entering Palestine so palpable heightened by signs proclaiming that it is illegal for Israelis to enter and that to do so puts their lives at risk. Only 8% of military has direct contact. Maintain the myth. Perpetuate the fear.  Create all monsters.
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