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Powerful artwork by Andy Singer.
For more see Peoples Geography or my post on The Fanonite (Thanks Ann!) .
In the 1980’s a group of Israeli researchers began to re-examine the historical record surrounding the foundation of Israel in 1948. This is an interesting and important year that Ilan Pappe describes as a departure point for history. For one side, the Israelis, it was “a miracle, the best year in Jewish history” where the Zionist colonial project achieved its goal of building an independent Jewish State. Yet for the other side it was a disaster, the worst year in their history, what the Palestinians call the Nakba (Catastrophe), “almost the Holocaust.”
In May Israel will celebrate this event calling it their 60th ‘birthday’ and are inviting world leaders and the global media to attend. In other words - they’re not just celebrating while Palestinians are mourning they are using it as a photo opportunity!
With this in mind we propose a competition to create artwork that either commemorates the Nakba or highlights the offensive and indecent nature of celebrating while others mourn.
As the global celebrations run into 2009 so will the competition. We will however pick a handfull of the best from the 14th - 16th of May that will be distributed to the media and journalists.
All the artworks will be displayed on the ‘Artwork Competition‘ page and will be added to this flickr group (flickr pool RSS feed). To submit an artwork either post a link in a comment, email the artwork or add it to the flickr group. Also could bloggers that are willing to distribute the winning entries leave a comment to show their support?
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In the future they will be posted here.
‘In Palestina, too much hypocricy, This world go crazy, it’s no fatality’
Watch an alternative video here and an interview here.
For more on the logo and brandalism competition see here.
Hello one and all - I’m opening a competition for people to brandalise Israel’s 60th Anniversary and its logos (Banksy I hope your listening!). Just add a comment with a link to your work and I’ll post it to the site. A team of experts will judge the best one at the end of April. Of course if you just want to brandalise any aspect of the 60th celebration thats also welcome.
To get the ball rolling heres my effort.
The logo is intended to express the theme that children are the future of the country.
A partner in a public-relations firm that made the logo explained:
“We chose a design that combines flow with innovation. It is an Israeli logo that expresses optimism which comes from hope and great faith. Our logo tells the story of the country. The loops of the blue ribbon that make the “60″ are the symbol of the struggles and hardships of the country in its 60 years, but through optimistic eyes—with a movement of upward flight and growth. The Star of David stands as a stable, strong beacon. At the head of the camp and leading everyone, connecting it all, is the child—our future, our hope, our tomorrow, of all of us….”
My logo is intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinian and Israeli children through the aggression of the Israeli Government and its refusal to accept peace (always choosing expansion). I used an iconic image of child suffering in war from the Vietnam era to do this. The swirl of smoke marks out 60 years of Israeli violence and the explosion highlights that Israel is the only power in the region illegally holding nuclear weapons. The state was founded on ethnic cleansing, it continues today (in what Pappe terms ‘creeping genocide’) and seems unlikely to end any time soon.
More of the logos can be found here and here - subvert one or make your own.
