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Arts Collaboratory is an ecosystem of diverse cultural spaces and arts practitioners, anchored in different territories around the world, including Palestine. We the undersigned, include some of the members from the Arts Collaboratory network and ecosystem, and friends of the network. We share the struggle, in solidarity and with empathy, for a dignified life for all people. We stand in opposition to all colonial oppression and violence. 

We stand for freedom. 

We stand with Palestine.

The artistic practices of Arts Collaboratory are questioning colonial legacies, calling for active liberation/ decolonisation and providing other horizons for such worlds to exist. We come together in resistance, and hopes for liberation. We come together with love for our Palestinian family. We come together in our hope for a free Palestine. 

We speak out, with a clear understanding that many cultural organizations and individual art workers are being pushed into silence. We call out the efforts to suppress, distort, and criminalise pro-Palestinian advocacy and We call on the arts community to stand against the silencing of Palestinian voices and of those in solidarity with them.   

We are appalled and outraged by the Israeli government’s indiscriminate bombings of a densely populated area where 50% of inhabitants are children, and the escalating attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem. 

We are horrified by the intensification of the blockade on Gaza and the forced displacement of millions of people. Cutting all access to basic human needs, such as food, water, and electricity, as well as withholding fuel and medical assistance, constitutes a war crime. Israel, by openly expressing its intent and through its actions, is committing acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing as defined by the Genocide Convention. 

We are shocked by the tolerance of, and even support for, the genocide in Gaza by many signatories of the Geneva Convention, and by their failure to live up to their obligations under this agreement. Their continued public support for Israel’s brutal attack on Palestinians not only affects the people of Gaza but has exacerbated hate crimes, Islamophobia and antisemitism across the globe. 

Palestinians in all territories are facing increased surveillance, censorship, and a coordinated campaign of vilification by the Israeli Government. They are subjected to attacks, forced displacement, and the constant threat to their lives. This is unjust. This is inhumane. This cannot continue. 

We call on the international community to honour the commitment to end genocide and condemn the attacks on Gaza. This begins with a ceasefire, but must culminate with a free Palestine. After 75 years of occupation and apartheid, we say Enough. 

We call on all people of conscience to stand against genocide.

Please donate to Gaza relief funds. 

Arab Foundation Forum https://arabfoundationsforum.org/gaza-donor-appeal-2023/

Anera: https://support.anera.org/a/palestine-emergency  

MECA: https://secure.everyaction.com/b00t33wD-EOVJ1cNTyHixg2 

Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donation-details/484  

Taawon: https://www.taawon.org/en/content/gaza-under-attack-2023%E2%80%A6donate-now

Human Appeal

https://humanappeal.org.uk/appeals/gaza-emergency-appeal

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-relief

Hakini (for mental health support)

https://donorbox.org/psychological-first-aid-for-our-people-from-gaza?mc_cid=bfd116bccb&mc_eid=UNIQID

*We acknowledge the pressure different organizations and art workers are operating under at the moment, you can sign here as an organization or individual. Signatories will be updated daily.

Signed by the AC ecosystem, a collection of Arts Collaboratory members, individuals and friends:

32° East

Aan Mansyur, Indonesia 

Abdi Karya (INDONESIA)

Abimanyu Dirgantara

Abraham Kindi

Adeline Lépine, France

Adhi Pandoyo, senirupa.id, Indonesia

Adriana Rojas, cultural worker. Colombia

Akhmad Taufiq

Alba colomo – la escocesa / barcelona 

Alejandra Rojas, cultural worker, Colombia

ALEXANDRA MITSIOU

Alicia Andares, @lichiambula 

Aline Hernández

Ana Garzón Sabogal – Gestiones Temporales Autónomas 

Anahita Asadifar

Andrea Elera, Peru

Andrea Quiñones 

Andrea Stultiens

Andrea Thal

Andreína Aragoneses / MX-República Checa-PR

Andrés Villalobos

Ani Himawati 

Ani Himawati + Indonesia

Anne Mul

Annee Grøtte Viken, Norway

asakan.art 

Astrid Reza (RUAS Indonesia)

Atiyyah Khan (journalist + DJ – South Africa)

Bakudapan Food Study Group + Indonesia

Bambazú- Carmenza Rojas Potes

Breezy Smith

Caroline Déodat 

Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons

Chiara Cartuccia

Christmas Destriyani

Chu Hao Pei, Singapore 

Chupan atashi

Colectiva Sola

Cooperativa Cráter Invertido

Darlyne Komukama

Delphine Buysse – Senegal

Denise Araouzou

Dian Buana, Indonesia

Dion Monti , Switzerland

domi olivieri

Dominique Ratton, Costa Rica

Dulcie Abrahams Altass – artworker and trainee mental health counselor 

Egga Jaya

El Qonita

Elia Nurvista , Bakudapan food study group, Indonesia

Erna von der Walde

Esther Poppe (cultural worker, Germany 

Fedaa Sultan, Copenhagen, Denmark

Federica bueti 

Fikri Yathir + Indonesia

Francisco Baquerizo Racines 

Friso de libros – Feria de publicaciones / México

Fundación Casa Tres Patios, Colombia

Fundación lugar a dudas , Cali, Colombia

Fundación Más Arte Más Acción 

Fundación Mujeres Bachué

Gabriela Bayona, Mexico

Getse Zato 

Gloria Kiconco 

Graciela Fournier, artista textil, Costa Rica

Gudrun Ingratubun 

Helena Chávez Mac Gregor, IIE-Unam Mexico City 

Henry Romero Chivatá, Grupo de Trabajo, Colombia

Ilham Natsir

Inna Hudaya, Indonesia

Insaf Mejri, Tunisia

Isaac Ernesto – Perú 

IWEC, Indonesia

Izhar Fathurrohim, Sanggar Ikhtiar, Indonesia

Jayu Juli, Indonesia

Joseph Akpan + Nigeria 

JULIAN RIEZKI / SELARASA JAGAKARSA FOODLAB

Juliane Foronda – Canada/Scotland 

Juwita Wardah

Katayoon Barzegar

Katja. Berends

Kër Thiossane

Kerry Viderot (RAW Material Company Senegal)

kevin aldrianza + Indonesia

KONJO, South Africa 

Kunci Study Forum & Collective

Lee Chun Fung (Inter Asia Woodcut Mapping)

Lies Kortenhorst

Liz Miler Kovacs, United States 

Luamba Muinga, Angola

Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti

Luke Cohlen

Madar Collective, Copenhagen, DK

Maja Bolier

Malika Umarova

Mana Pinto

Manuela García _ Colombia

mara + Indonesia

Marcellina D. K. Putri

María Martinez

Maria Uthe, Kunci Copy Station

Mariana Jurado Rico Colombia

Marina Christodoulidou

Martha Jager, Dear, Netherlands

Maryanto beb

Maulana Yudhistira, Indonesia 

Meng Chieh Yu, Taiwan

Meyda, Indonesia

Mia You

Molemo Moiloa

Mónica de Miranda – hangar 

Monika – Bakudapan – Indonesia

Mugwe Calvin, KCA University, Kenya

Muhammad Geffir al-Ridha, Indonesia

Muhammad Rizky + Indonesia

Nadine Wahab, Darb 1718 Egypt 

Nadiya Hasanah

Namaganda Sheillah 

Nasyitah Tan, Singapore

Ndeye Filly Gueye (RAW Material Company, Senegal)

Nicang – Jakarta, Indonesia 

Nieuwe Vide Artspace 

Osneyder Valoy 

Paloma Contreras Lomas/ Cráter Invertido ecosystem, Mexico 

paola pietronave

Paula Fleisner, Argentina 

Penny Travlou

Petrikor Books + Indonesia

Platohedro

Poets and Muses 

Post-Museum, Singapore

Puspitaningtyas Sulistyowati, Indonesia 

Pychita Julinanda (Julie, they/he), neuroqueer cultural worker, Indonesia

Radio Tropiezo 

Raffia Li 

Rara Bidja, Indonesia

Raul Quintanilla/ MalaGana/ Nicaragua

RAW Material Company, Dakar

Reem Rizk 

Refilwe Nkomo

reinaart vanhoe, ook_

Richard Bell, Australia

Riksa Afiaty

Rim Harrabi , Tunisia

RIWAQ Centre 

Rogelio Vázquez (Taller XD, S—ediciones) México

Rosie Olang’

Rossana Alarcon, colombia 

ruangrupa, Jakarta, ID

S—ediciones (Crater Invertido Ecosistem)

Sandy Lo, Taiwan

sarah abdu bushra (contemporary nights, addis abeba)

Sarah kazmi

Satya Prapanca

School of Kindness

sejarahbersama.id

senirupa.id Indonesia

Serena Lee

Shilfina Putri (Bakudapan Food Study Group + Indonesia)

Silvia Camargo, Colombia

Silvia Ulloa 

simon kentgens

Sofie Albrecht

sol archer

Soñ Gweha 

Stefanía Acevedo 

Stefania Acevedo / Cráter Invertido / Mexico

Stefanie Wuschitz 

Su Su van den Boomen

Suzannah Henty, Australia 

Syafiatudina (Kunci Study Forum & Collective)

Symbiosis Alchemy + Malaysia

taller de ediciones económicas

Taller XD, Mexico

Teater Garasi/Garasi Performance Institute – Indonesia 

Teesa Bahana

TEOR/éTica

The RoundAbout Kampala

togar

Tona Kinich 

Tumusiime Vien Ronald

Uniph Kahfi + Indonesia

Urok Shirhan

Val Harwanto + Indonesia

Vandy Rizaldi, Indonesia

Vania Macías Osorno (México)

Vina 

Violeta Mayoral 

Wan Ing Que

Wapke Feenstra 

Waysatta Fernandez, Cooperativa Crater Invertido. México 

Widya R. Salsabila / Indonesia

Wihdatunnisa

Wissem El-Abed  Tunisia

wox, Indonesia

Yolande Zola Zoli van der Heide, Van Abbemuseum, Netherlands 

Yovita

Yudi Tajudin

Zada Kemal

Zara Julius 

Zeina iaali – Refugee Art Project 

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