MOTforestillinger II – Artivism Against Occupation
19th-23rd of August, Oslo, Norway
Contributions from: SALIM ABU JABAL / MOHAMMED ALAYOUBI / RONNIE BARKAN / MAX BLUMENTHAL / COMBATANTS FOR PEACE / DE-COLONIZER / KAJSA EKIS EKMAN / AHMAD HELOU / RABEE IRAR / DANA JDID / GERD VON DER LIPPE / TAHSEEN MUHAISEN / TAREQ ABU NAHEL / DINA NASER / HAIM SCHWARCZENBERG / NATALI COHEN VAXBERG / JASMIN WAGNER / BEN YEGER / OSAMA ZATAR
The event is open to all and entrance is free, however donations are welcomed. The money will go directly to the art-collective and gallery Shababik Windows for Contemporary Art in Gaza.
MOTforestillinger II is a festival that celebrates artivism – activist art and the art of activism – a force that can never be silenced. It offers a stage for artists who through their work express a necessary critique of Zionist ideology and government, its military policies and the occupation of Palestine. We explore different ways art and activism confronts the occupation regime. What can we in civil society do in the struggle for a truly just solution in the Israel/Palestine conflict? The participants address issues that never were included in the so-called peace process and the Oslo Accords: the occupation and ethnical cleansing of Palestine (Nakba), the Palestinian refugees right of return, the human rights situation and Israeli apartheid.
MOTforestillinger was held for the first time in January 2015, as a response to the Norwegian National Theatre’s participation in the project “Terrorisms”, in which the Israeli National Theatre, Habima, also took part. Habima performs regularly in illegal settlements in the West Bank.
PROGRAM (check back for updates)
WEDNESDAY 19TH AUGUST – Natali Cohen Vaxberg
Venue: Norsk skuespillersenter, Welhavens gate 1. 11.00-16.00
Master Class with Natali Cohen Vaxberg. Presentation of work by Natali followed by conversation about her work, methods and strategies.
THURSDAY 20TH AUGUST – MOTforestillinger II.
Venue: Caféteatret, Hollendergata 8.
18.00. Opening the doors and info by the hosts.
18.30 «One Minute» by Dina Naser. A short film about the last Gaza attacks.
19.00 Conversation with Osama Zatar about the «OneState Artivism»
19.30 -20.45. Combatants for Peace/ Ahmad Helou / Ben Yeger. Presentation of work on the ground with Q & A.
20.50 -21.25 Natali Cohen Vaxberg. Four short works.
21.30 -23.00 Panel conversation with audience participation «Artivism – overlapping strategies between art and activism in the struggle against the occupation» With Natali Cohen Vaxberg / Dina Naser / Osama Zatar / Ben Yeger & Ahmad Helou (Combatants for Peace). Host: Marius von der Fehr
23.15 «Revenge» by Taha Muhammad Ali. Read by Ronnie Barkan
23.25 «Trans-Fanatic» – excerpts from music theatre piece. By Frank Havrøy/Eirik Raude
FRIDAY 21. AUGUST – MOTforestillinger II.
Venue: Caféteatret, Hollendergata 8.
18.00 Opening doors. Introduction by the hosts Trailers for films shown sunday.
18.30 «So wait, the Nakba is …?» Video by Eitan & Eleanora Bronstein in De-colonizer. Israelis on the street discuss the Nakba.
18.45. «Tiny Souls» short film by Dina Naser. A Jordanian refugee camp seen from the perspective of its children.
19.00 -20.00 Combatants for Peace. Experiential part.
http://cfpeace.org
20.00 – 20. 15 Jasmin Wagner. Music in dialogue with slides from Gaza.
20.20 Report from Ship to Gaza/Freedom Flotilla III with Q&A. With participant on «Marianne», Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Swedish author and journalist and Norwegian professor and activist Gerd von der Lippe.
20:50 Ronnie Barkan reading from Max Blumenthals book on Gaza, «The 51 Day War – Resistance and Ruin in Gaza», Verso Books. (The book will be sold during the festival).
21.00 Skype with Max Blumenthal, American journalist and author. About the book «The 51 Day War – Resistance and Ruin in Gaza» and address to the panel conversation.
21.30 – 23.00 PANEL CONVERSATION with audience participation «From Nakba to the siege of Gaza – a continous anti-colonial struggle?» With Ronnie Barkan / Dina Naser / Kajsa Ekis Ekman. Host: Marius von der Fehr
23.15 Dana Jdid & Tareq Abu Nahel – Poetry & Rap
SATURDAY 22TH AGUST
The Wisdom of Conflict – A Movement Medicine workshop for men exploring our relationship to Conflict- inner and outer.
Venue: Norwegian Taiji Center. Kirkegata 1-3. 12-16
The workshop is lead by Ben Yeger, director of Moving Conflicts and UK rep of Combatants for Peace.
http://movingconflicts.org
SUNDAY 23RD AUGUST – MOTforestillinger II.
Venue: Caféteatret, Hollendergata 8.
Film program. We will follow up the themes and discussions from Thursday and Friday with each director after each film. With Q&A. Hosts: Angel Fox/Vibeke Harper.
16.00 Opening doors and introduction from the hosts Vibeke Harper and Angel Robin Fox.
16.10 «One Minute» + «Tiny Souls». By Dina Naser. Q & A with the director.
17.00 «In the Pocket of Oslo». By Tahseen Muhaisen and Rabee Irar. Q & A with the director.
19.20 «Roshmia» By Salim Abu Jabal. Q & A with the director.
21.00. «Mitt Land» By Mohammed Alayoubi. Q & A with the director
Organizing team: Marius von der Fehr, Angel Robin Fox, Vibeke Harper and Marius Kolbenstvedt in cooperation with Nordic Black Theatre, Palestinakomiteen i Norge, TeaterTanken, WildTracks and New Frontiers.
«The organizers and participants of this event recognize the comprehensive Palestinian rights under international law. This event is one of “co-resistance” rather than co-existence.»
The festival is supported by Norsk kulturråd, Fritt ord, Palestinakomiteen i Norge and Nordic Black Theatre.
