NEWS! Israel & Palestine become OneState
First international opening of the Embassy in Vienna, 29/09/09
OneState Ambassadors Tal Adler & Osama Zatar will announce the opening of the Embassy in the MQ in Vienna, at studio 613, with a press conference and a diplomatic performance. The event will be streamed online and projected simultaneously in a few locations in OneState (previously known as Palestine and Israel).
http://www.ritesinstitute.org/onestate/
Live Broadcast
This is the Website of OneState Embassy in Vienna
Ambassadors Osama Zatar and Tal Adler have appointed themselves as first Ambassadors of OneState in June 2009, in the lack of any other diplomatic services at that time. OneState Embassy in Vienna became the first Embassy to represent OneState globally.
Extremely positive reactions in Palestine and Israel as well as in Austria, encouraged the ambassadors to search for a suitable property for the new embassy. A beautiful garden house on approximately 3000 sq' meters land in 167 Sieveringerstrasse in the 19th district in Vienna was then obtained and construction works on the property begun.
The official announcement of the Embassy will be held in the temporary offices of the Embassy, on 29th September 2009, in office 613, Hof 7, Museums Quartier, Vienna. The Diplomatic Performance will begin with a ceremony followed by a briefing in three or four languages and a short session of question and answers. Media from all over Austria has been invited for the Diplomatic Performance, and the whole event will be video-recorded and streamed online in this website. The streaming will be projected in a few institution in OneState (previously known as Israel and Palestine).
The Embassy will initiate events, invite guests, extend diplomatic relations and continue to develop the infrastructures to represent OneState globally.
Writing
There are so many stories of what I saw, heard, experienced in Israel and Palestine. But I haven't been able to find time to digest and put into words. Luckly I will be gone to the area near Kyoto, middle of nowhere, for several days, where there is no internet service or cell phone reception. I am hoping to find time there and continue the blog that was stopped in the middle of the project.... I don't know how many people are reading this blog a day, 5? 10? who cares! I am so determined to write.... Check back soon.
Opening
Thursday, on 30th of July we finally had an opening of our exhibition, thanks to Christoph and Abusha, who helped us to decide a placement of each work, and gave us practical and technical help. Also many, many friends gave hands for us to make this show possible. I was so happy to come this far since Italy despite that we have faced many, many problems. We are going to continue this project after the show, which means we have to start figuring out how and what step we are going to take, but for todayI just want to be happy that we finally made a first baby step. Please check the exhibition's blog www.in40years.wordpress.com for pictures of the show.
７月３０日、ついに展示をオープンさせる。オーストリアから手伝いに来てくれているクリストフと、アムステルダムから帰国中のヤエールの従兄弟、アブシャが展示作業をほぼ引き受けてくれたお陰で、すごくいい展示になったのではないか。他にもたくさんのヤエール友達に助けてもらった。いつも通り、最後の最後までばたばたしたけど、パーティー開始2時間前に無事終了。オープニング当日は、沢山の人に来てもらうことができ、いろんな意見や感想、質問を交換する。これをやる事と日本からきていることの関係性をあまり考えなかったけど、やっぱりそこが珍しいところなんだろう。何故日本人のあなたが？？？、やっぱり気になるみたい。NYでの経験をいろいろ話す。明日から関連イベントの準備に追われるけど、今日は最初の一歩を踏み出した満足感に浸って、ダンス狂いの夜を過ごす。写真をアップしているので、www.in40years.wordpress.com を見てみてください。
Tour in Yafa, Yaffet, Jaffa
Last week, Sami, a historian from Yafa gave us a tour of Yafa. Yafa is known a s a "mixed" city, meaning that both Jewish citizens and Palestinian citizens live together. I don't know how much and what level they are integrated but considering that other parts of Israel are pretty segregated, I heard, it is said to be a unique place. I did not know anything about the complexity of the city that it had so many occupiers in the past and was the center of Palestinian culture. Sami, also an community organizer, talked about the ongoing gentrification process happening here, which is driven by neoliberal economic ideas and connected with discriminative policies against Palestinians, are pushing already marginalized Palestinian population away from the area. It was crazy to find out that the local museum mentions the Yafa's local history with foreign powers, but there is no mention on the Palestinian people's history. Of course, there are many different narratives, both Palestinian and Israeli ones, as Sami also makes it very clear that what he explained is a perspective of a Palestinian person. Though this, "there are many narratives" should not be used to justify injustice, there should be a clear distinction.
Reunion
Yo, Max, Christoph arrived in the last weekend. Both Yo and Christoph are from UNIDEE 2008 crew. Last year exactly around this time, we were together in Biella, drinking, dancing, eating, making stuff...it's amazing how time flies so fast. It feels just normal to be with them, nothing special, but just normal. Yael's house has been converted to a summer residential place. Papa Christoph, our key man for the last minutes preparation for the show, is getting better at mimicking technique, Yo is asking too many questions, as usual and with Max, bringing Trans Racial Institute to our event. And Max!!!! is a brilliant funny man, I can laugh endlessly, when thinking about him. Our communal life is going well, and it's just nice that we are together once again doing project.
hanare September 28, 2009 08:05 PM