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RECOGNISING PALESTINE

kiwi artists respond

A group exhibition by senior and emerging NZ visual artists and
spoken-word artists at James Robinson's former community hall now
studio gallery at 11 grey street port chalmers, dunedin (next to the town hall),
from nov 14 up till Christmas 2025, open daily when the flag is out.

SHORT CLIP OF ARTISTS CONTRIBUTING DAILY HERE

Statement by James Robinson:
"I felt horrified by my country's government when it did not recognise the
sovereignty of the Palestinian people being systematically and callously murdered
and their ancestral homeland being turned into rubble by occupying country's
criminal war machine that is illegally claiming the right to do so.
This is genocide as defined by the United Nations and by the International Court
of Justice in The Hague, and in failing to speak out against it the current Coalition
government of New Zealand is complicit with morally reprehensible behaviour
that has existed for decades but has now reached a peak.
Art as social conscience and as a form on national dialogue in our democracy ..of individuals
is important. I see it as a personal form of interaction that is creative and positive and part of
Aaotearoa's cultural history."
This group show is curated by james Robinson, and it features artworks by Donna Demente,
Philip Trusttum, Rohan Wealleans, Alan Dove, James Robinson, Mary Mcfarlane and others,
as well as video performances by a variety of poets reading their poems of protest, including
former NZ poet laureate David Eggleton and Lebanese-born Kiwi writer Philip khouri.

This is a partly a formal art exhibition in a home studio environment and partly a fringe instal-
lation of diverse expressions reflecting the seriousness of the subject.

It takes place throughout multiple rooms and outside.
The exhibition it is intended as acknowledgement of the suffering of the Palestinian
people and as an expression of deeply-felt empathy for their plight.....
These artists ARE RECOGNISING PALESTINE! with their art.
Many of the artists are donating any sales directly to refugee support and aid relief.
The exhibition is open to the general public and it is free of charge to visit
and enjoy the show.

HUNDRED YEAR HUNGER song by billy bragg

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video footage by James Robinson of some exhibions and works

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