6+ is pleased to announce our participation in the upcoming exhibition at Exit Art in New York, with a new installment of “Turning our Tongues, Audio Journals from Dheisheh Refugee Camp”.
Exit Art presents “Sultana’s Dream” More on that here
More on Turning Our Tongues here [Read more…] about Turning Our Tongues at Exit Art, NYC
Street Theater
From chicago independent media:
A press advisory by the Iraq Veterans Against the War reads: “In an effort to illuminate the true reality of the conflict in Iraq, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War engaged in a series of street theater actions around the Chicago area on Monday, June 18. Click onnnnnnnnnn to see video…. [Read more…] about Street Theater
Dinkels!!
Charlotte’s birthday cake from the famous Chi-town bakery. I’ve been missing out.
Wafaa Bilal–Domestic Tension
Currently Wafaa Bilall, an Iraqi-born artist, is living in Flatfile Galleries granting art patrons the opportunity to have a chat with him, or shoot him. [Read more…] about Wafaa Bilal–Domestic Tension
The Dead Sea has arrived
To my friends and family:
Remember how you asked about my first trip to the West Bank? And how I told you I was writing about one day and that would sum it up? Well, I’ve finally finished a dense, rambling, journal entry. Not a bad construction from memory since I accidentally left my journal on a plane at Frankfort Airport.
Maybe something from December will arrive by Summer.
If you look to the right under “Categories,” all 6 posts are under “The Dead Sea.” The beauty of blogs is that you can manipulate posting times so they actually read in sequential order.
Haneen and Zuzu Make a Plan For the Checkpoint (shot by Rozalinda)
One thing I would like to pre-emptively express is that my experience was privileged, seeing as our friends who took us had ID’s that said “Bethlehem” and “Beit Hanoun”….as opposed to “Hebron” and “Nablus.” But I think you’ll get the picture…..
Matthew Cassel and Picture Balata
Matt, a former student of mine, has facilitated a stunning project in the West Bank called Picture Balata.
From the website:
“Outside the West Bank City of Nablus lies the Balata Refugee Camp. Home to almost 25,000 residents living on less than one square kilometer, Balata is the more densely populated Refugee Camp within the West Bank. [Read more…] about Matthew Cassel and Picture Balata