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---------- From: Akimbo <akimbo@ca.inter.net Date: Fri, = 13 Jun 2003=20 09:14:51 -0500 To: kimful@ca.inter.net=20 Subject: Negotations: From a Piece of Land to a Land of Peace, Toronto = June=20 19-29
 
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NEGOTIATIONS: FROM A PIECE OF LAND TO A = LAND OF=20 PEACE
 
A multi-part cultural event that = intends to create=20 new public spaces for dialogue on shared entitlement and common = responsibility=20 for co-existence in Palestine-Israel and beyond.
 
Toronto, Canada June 19 - June = 29
 
A Space Gallery, Winchester Pub, Innis = Town Hall,=20 OISE, 519 Community Centre, Toronto streets
 
For full description of events please = check: http://negotiations2003.net
 
Direct questions to: info@negotiations2003.net
 
Tickets and passes (limited number) = available at:=20 Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord St. Another Story, 164 Danforth = Ave. 416=20 462 1104 Pages Books and Magazines, 256 Queen St. W. 416 598 = 1447
 
Negotiations is a Creative Response = Initiative http://creativeresponseweb.net
 
Any proceeds from the event will be = donated to the=20 International Solidarity Movement.
 
Negotiations is a space where we can = face the=20 challenges of an open exchange about the most difficult issues = pertaining to the=20 history and current conditions of the crisis in Palestine-Israel. We = believe=20 this exchange to be crucial as we witness a new phase in global = colonization=20 schemes, set fast on further deprivation, disenfranchisement and = displacement of=20 Indigenous peoples. The Palestinian Intifadas exemplify = counter-colonization=20 movements. As such, they should compel us to make our political and = social=20 interventions meaningful, sustainable and visionary. This must be a = collective=20 effort, and no inclusive collectivity can be built in the absence of = imagination=20 and communication. Art, as a medium for both, is therefore essential to = any=20 project of transformation.
 
The people and projects brought = together in=20 Negotiations offer uniquely creative means through which art can = trigger,=20 facilitate and channel social exchange. Negotiations is not meant to be = merely=20 consumed. We have built into our programme of activities multiple = opportunities=20 for participatory dialogue and work. We hope to see you there as active=20 co-labourers.
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
WILL Exhibition Reception Thursday June = 19 5:30 -7=20 pm A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond st.
 
On exhibit June 19 through July 19 at A = Space=20 Gallery:
 
Inadvertent Monuments, Installation by = Ilana Salama=20 Ortar and Steven Wright (Israel, France)
 
Destinations, Audio-Visual Installation = by Galia=20 Shapira, Aref Nammari, Haggai Kupermintz, Phil Shane (Israel/USA, = Palestine/USA,=20 Israel/USA, USA)
 
Farah: In Search for Joy, Net-art = project by Rami=20 a.k.a. Jaromil (Italy, Palestine)
 
Dance Multimedia installation by = Alexandra Handal=20 with poets Karen Alkalay-Gut and Nathalie Handal (Palestine/Dominican = Republic,=20 Israel, Palestine/USA)
 
Squares in the Pavement & Beau = temps, mauvais=20 temps, Photo-documentary by Shahrzad Arshadi and Josee Lambert=20 (Canada);
 
Video Petition Project, Video = Installation by=20 Artist Emergency Response (USA)
 
Olive Fair, Work-in-progress, = installation by=20 Negotiations Working Group (Canada)
 
 
 
CHECK POINT Opening Performance Night = Thursday June=20 19 9 pm Winchester Pub, 537 Parliament St. $12 or pwyc
 
Check Point is a space for resisting = colonization=20 and displacement, negotiating the borders of identity and building = creative=20 solidarity. Poetry by special guest Lee Maracle, music and spoken word=20 inspirations by Trish Salah & Reena Katz, Middle Eastern/South=20 American/African beat by Suleiman Warwar & Milad Bouchaaya,=20 Palestinian/American Hip-Hop rhymes by Iron Sheik and TekArabic music by = composer John Farah. MC: Oona Pagdham
 
SHOOT BACK WITH VIDEO Hands-on Wokshop = in video=20 production and media activism Friday June 20 1:30 - 4:30 pm Innis Town = Hall, 2=20 Sussex Ave. Free event
 
Learn about the history of the = Israel/Palestine=20 conflict, and contribute your knowledge of activism and art to the = production of=20 a section of the Video Petition Project.
 
Facilitated by AER (Artist Emergency=20 Response)
 
STAKING CLAIM(S) Screening & = Conversation with=20 Curator Friday June 20 6:15 pm Innis Town Hall $12 or pwyc
 
A programme of media art by Aboriginal = artists=20 addressing issues of land base/rights, sovereignty, stewardship and=20 disenfranchisement.
 
With Guest Curator: Steven Loft = Facilitator: Gita=20 Hashemi
 
Screenings include: Rooster Rock - The = Story of=20 Serpent River, by Bonnie Devine and Rebecca Garrett (Canada, 2002) = Untitled by=20 Dana Claxton (Canada 2001) $4 Indian by Darlene Naponse (Canada 2001) A = Nation=20 is Coming by Kent Monkman (Canada 1996) Si'Elu'taxw by First Nations = Video=20 Collective (Canada 1997)
 
 
 
ON SITE Meet the Artists Saturday June = 21 12 -1 pm=20 A Space Gallery Free event
 
Meet participating artists including = Shahrzad=20 Arshadi, Haggai Kupermintz, Josee Lambert, Ilana Salama Ortar, Galia = Shapira,=20 Stephen Wright, Artist Emergency Response and Negotiations Working=20 Group.
 
THE PRICE OF OLIVES Creative Workshop = Saturday June=20 21 1 - 4 pm A Space Gallery Free event
 
What does it take to grow olives in = Occupied=20 Palestine? What does it take to bring them here? With your participation = and=20 through a fair trade of stories and facts, ideas and labour, we will = build the=20 Olive Fair installation, our contribution to the WILL exhibit, and = explore what=20 it takes to build an accountable politics of solidarity. With: Nahil = Aweidah=20 Facilitated by: Negotiations Working Group. http://olivefair.net
 
LAND WITHOUT SOIL, ART WITHOUT ARTWORK = Panel=20 Discussion & Screening Saturday June 21 5:30 - 7 pm Innis Town Hall = $5 or=20 pwyc
 
Is it possible to address the = perceptual=20 geopolitics of partition using art-related habitus and skills while = avoiding the=20 pitfalls of "picture politics?" The screening of Ilana Salama Ortar's = short=20 documentary film, Adamut/Lands [Israel 2003, 12min, DV], and the ensuing = presentation will be the occasion to examine the veritable use-value of = art in a=20 political framework. With: Ilana Salama Ortar & Stephen Wright = Facilitator:=20 Sara Matthews
 
UNSETTLED RETURNS Screening & = Conversation with=20 Directors Saturday June 21 7:30 pm Innis Town Hall $12 or = pwyc
 
This programme brings together two = celebrated=20 filmmakers, Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan, on the screen and in person, = for a=20 close inspection of the unsettling history of Palestine-Israel. With: = Michel=20 Khleifi and Eyal Sivan. Facilitator: Gita Hashemi
 
Screenings include: Ma'aloul Celebrates = its=20 Destruction by Michel Khleifi (Palestine/Belgium 1984) Aqabat Jaber, = Peace with=20 no Return? by Eyal Sivan (Palestine/Israel 1995), And an exclusive = preview of=20 clips of Khleifi and Sivan's new collaborative project: The Partition = Line=20 (2003).
 
 
 
UP CLOSE Film Screening Sunday June 22 = 12:30 pm=20 Innis Town Hall $8 or pwyc
 
Ordinary people pay the highest price = in any=20 conflict.
 
Curated by George Khleifi (Ramallah,=20 Palestine)
 
Screenings include: Once Again: Five = Palestinian=20 Human Rights Stories produced by The Institute of Modern Media, Al Quds=20 University (Palestine, 2001) 3cm less by Azza El-Hassan (Palestine=20 2003)
 
 
 
MEETING GROUNDS Public Forum Sunday = June 22 3 - 6=20 pm Innis Town Hall Free event
 
This forum constitutes a moment to = think through,=20 substantiate and enable the actualisation of new parameters for peace in = Palestine-Israel. The artist, curators and activists on this panel will = reflect=20 on their own work in relation to the questions withwhich we began our = project. A=20 just and viable peace requires a commitment to co-labouring across = divides. Our=20 contention is that such a co-labouring necessitates ethically = responsible=20 practices of solidarity. We envision this moment as an opportunity to = work=20 through these issues critically.
 
With: Shahrzad Arshadi, Michel Khleifi, = Steven=20 Loft, Galia Shapira Eyal Sivan, Badea Warwar, Stephen Wright and Artist=20 Emergency Response. Moderators: Hanadi Loubani & Elena = Basile
 
PALESTINE BECOMING Spoken Word = Performance Sunday=20 June 22 7 pm Innis Town Hall $12 or pwyc
 
Spoken-word artists and activists will = read=20 Palestinian women's popular poetry, modern verse by poets living in = Israel, in=20 the Occupied Territories and in diaspora, and poems of solidarity. = Eluding=20 isolation, surveillance and censorship, the absented Palestinian = body/voice=20 returns to assert its agency through non-violent modes of resistance in = poetry.=20 With poets and performers: Lillian Allen, Yvonne Farah, Tarek Fatah, = Leah=20 Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha, Roula Said and Rula Sharkawi MCs: Hanadi = Loubani=20 & Badea Warwar
 
MAPPING THE ROADS Panel Discussion = Tuesday June 24=20 7 - 10 pm Room 4-422, OISE, 252 Bloor St. W. Free event
 
In this panel, the feminist Dialogue = group composed=20 of Women for Palestine (WFP) and the Jewish Women's Committee to End the = Occupation (JWCEO) will focus on the U.S. proposed Road Map. Panelists = will=20 engage in difficult topics such a Zionism, anti-semitism, colonialism,=20 Indigenous people's rights, and the Palestinian refugees' right to = return,=20 committing to the imperative of negotiating not in spite of difference, = but=20 precisely because of it.
 
With: Hanadi Loubani & Shadi = Eskandani (WFP)=20 Rachel Gorman & Sue Goldstein (JWCEO) Facilitator: Gita = Hashemi
 
COME OUT FOR PALESTINE! Public Art = Workshop=20 Wednesday June 25 1:30 - 5 pm 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. Free=20 event
 
Put the politic back into pride. Join = with other=20 community and political activists to paint, sew, draw, print and splash = that=20 dull parade with the passion it is missing. Come in solidarity with = Salaam=20 Toronto: Queer Muslim Community, to support the struggle of Palestinians = for=20 self-determination, and to support the fight of both Palestinian and = Israeli=20 Jewish activists for a just peace. There is no pride in occupation. = With: Blair=20 Kuntz, Rachel Rosen, Raven Rowanchilde Facilitator: Sue = Goldstein
 
PRIDE Marches Saturday June 28 and = Sunday June 29 2=20 pm Streets of Toronto
 
Creative Response and other community = organizations=20 will join forces with Salaam Toronto for the Dyke March on Saturday and = the=20 Queer Pride parade on Sunday. For information on locations check http://negotiations2003.net
 
Negotiations: From a Piece of Land to a = Land of=20 Peace info@negotiations2003.net=20 http://negotiations2003.net
 
Negotiations is a Creative Response = initiative: http://creativeresponseweb.net
 
 
 
 
 
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