Book Launch - Against the Wall

Event published by Marker

Event date: October 23, 2010 17:00

Tagged as: palestine repression

Places: leeds

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Against the Wall: the Art of Resistance in Palestine

The Book captures the graffiti and art that has transformed Israel's seperation wall into a living canvas of resistance and solidarity. Featuring the work of artists including Banksy, Ron English, Blu and others, as well as Palestinian artists and activists,they illustrate the wall's toll on lives and livelihoods, showing the hardship it has brought to tens of thousands of people

Mixed with the photos are portraits offering an inspiring account of a people prevented from access to work, education and vital medical care, yet determined to uphold their dignity in the face of profound injustice.

The Author: London-based William Parry has published in the Guardian, the Independent .He has worked and travelled extensively in the Middle East.

Reviews of the book:

“The wall stands as a dreadful symbol of oppression. The spirit of resistance may be strong but Palestinians need international support. I hope this book makes that more likely”
(Ken Loach)

“This book will help eventually pull down the wall”
(Damon Albarn)

“A singular achievement – both a stunning photographic essay of how Israel’s concrete wall has cut into Palestinian land and strangled whole communities and a powerful visual record of how local and international graffiti artists have battered it with their only weapons, paint and spray cans”
(Joe Sacco, Political cartoonist)

“This is a remarkable and deeply human book documenting a vast and ultimately self-defeating act of injustice. It records a growing series of creative and flexible responses to that injustice – an international unity of intent which steps outside the sterile and appalling logic of asymmetric warfare. It is an angry, funny, determined reminder that “Nothing Lasts Forever”
(AL Kennedy, writer and comedian)

“This book is very beautiful and very ugly. The Wall is very ugly, much of the art on it is very beautiful. This book helps to expose the ugly tyranny of oppression. There is beauty in the resistance of the Palestinian people. The annexation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is ugly. That many Israelis are joining the resistance against their own government's policies is brave and beautiful. The ugliness of the Wall outweighs the beauty of the rest. This book seeks to redress the balance”
(Roger Waters)

 

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