Public Movement
dal 29/2/2012 al 20/4/2012
Segnalato da
29/2/2012
Public Movement
Different venues in Manhattan, New York
Salons: Birthright Palestine? is a series of performative public debates, specifically staged as congressional sessions, summit meetings, visioning sessions, diplomatic consultations, secret gatherings, and demonstrations. Extending the exhibition beyond the museum, each salon takes place in different locations throughout Manhattan.
Organized by Public Movement, “SALONS: Birthright Palestine?” is a series of performative public debates, specifically staged as congressional sessions, summit meetings, visioning sessions, diplomatic consultations, secret gatherings, and demonstrations. Extending the exhibition beyond the museum, each salon takes place in different locations throughout Manhattan.
“SALONS: Birthright Palestine?” will: celebrate the choreographies of Birthright ideological youth journeys to Israel; examine the uses and misuses of political branding as they relate to the status of some New York Muslim communities; deconstruct the role played by Birthright in the production of the American Jewish community/lobby; and consider the appropriation of such strategies toward the potential creation of Birthright Palestine. In collaboration with local communities, academics, activists, and specialists, “SALONS: Birthright Palestine?” performs strategic research towards the final Public Movement action for New York City. In the final salon, the public will vote on whether to initiate Birthright Palestine.
About Public Movement
Public Movement is a performative research group which investigates and stages political actions in public spaces. In the last five years, Public Movement has explored the regulations, forces, agents, and policies, formations of identity and systems of ritual which govern the dynamics of public life and public space. Public Movement has organized events, rituals, and political situations through consultation and collaboration with scholars, experts, and ongoing group debates and discussions. The Movement was founded in November 2006 by co-leaders Omer Krieger and Dana Yahalomi until August 2011 when Yahalomi assumed sole leadership. Public Movement actions take place in public space and in collaboration with art, theatre, dance, and academic institutions in Israel and abroad.
March 1, New Museum: SALON 1 – Rebranding Park51 Muslim Community Center
March 13, The New School: SALON 2 – Visioning Session for Return
March 25, The Jewish Community Center (JCC ): SALON 3 – Birthright as Public Choreography
April 5, Artists Space: SALON 4 – Deconstructing Birthright Israel
April 15, New Museum: SALON 5 – Birthright Palestine? Debate/Vote
April 21, Final Action for New York City
Image: Public Movement: Positions, Washington Square (2011), 2011. Photo: Jesse Untracht-Oakner
Full program available at http://www.newmuseum.org/events/617
Vernissage: Thu, Mar 1, 2012 |12:00 PM
Public Movement
“SALONS: Birthright Palestine?”
Various Locations in Manhattan
Free admission