Artists for Palestine UK (APUK), BRICUP’s sister organisation, has gathered over 1,000 British artists including Academy and Bafta award winners to join in the call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the silencing of Palestinian voices. Their list of incidents, in Britain and abroad, where Palestinians and their works of art have been suppressed is long and disturbing. You can read their letter here.
To the Arts and Culture Sector,
We write to you as artists and cultural workers united in our commitment to justice, dignity, freedom, and equality for all people in Israel / Palestine. We hold every life to be precious, and we grieve every death.
The scale of violence unfolding in Gaza demands our collective attention and action.
Members of Israel’s far-right government are openly calling for ethnic cleansing.
The use of starvation as a weapon of war, along with denial of water and electricity, is cruel beyond words.
The wholesale destruction of civilian infrastructure, the bombing of hospitals, schools, churches and mosques, the killing of 14,500 people in a matter of weeks, amount to a policy of collective punishment against the Palestinian people. The United Nations and hundreds of legal scolars have called on the international community to prevent genocide.
As artists, we cannot remain silent in the face of such egregious violations of international humanitarian law.
While catastrophe unfolds, we have observed a glaring absence of statements of solidarity with Palestinian people from most UK arts organisations.
We find it deeply troubling and, frankly, indicative of a disturbing double standard that expressions of solidarity, which have been readily offered to other peoples facing brutal oppression, have not been extended to Palestinians.
Such a discrepancy raises serious questions about bias in the response to grave human rights violations.
Far from supporting our calls for an end to the violence, many cultural institutions in Western countries are systematically repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives. This includes targeting and threatening the livelihoods of artists and arts workers who express solidarity with Palestinians, as well as cancelling performances, screenings, talks, exhibitions and book launches.
Despite this pressure, artists in their thousands are following their conscience and continuing to speak out. Freedom of expression, as enshrined in the Human Rights Act and the European Convention of Human Rights is the backbone of our creative lives, and fundamental to democracy. We remind cultural organisations and their funders of their obligation to uphold the right to freedom of expression and to uphold their commitment to anti-discrimination.
As artists and cultural workers, we stand in solidarity with those facing threats and intimidation in the workplace. The arts sector must urgently align its actions with its stated values of justice and inclusivity, and to refuse the dehumanisation of Palestinian people.
We call upon the arts and culture sector to:
– Publicly demand a permanent ceasefire.
– Promote and amplify the voices of Palestinian artists, writers, and thinkers.
– Stand up for artists and workers who voice their support for Palestinian rights.
– Refuse collaborations with institutions or bodies that are complicit in severe human rights violations.To stay silent in the face of mass injustice and worsening humanitarian crisis would be an abrogation of moral duty. To actively silence the principled artists and workers who do fulfil this responsibility is a failure to meet legal obligations on freedom of expression and anti-discrimination. Many artists are refusing to work with institutions that fail to meet these basic obligations.
The struggle for freedom from racism for Palestinians and Jews is one of collective liberation. We refuse to pit one community against the other, and stand firmly against all forms of racism including Islamophobia and antisemitism.
In the spirit of justice, equality, and the shared values of the arts, we urge you to take a principled stance.
LIST OF INCIDENTS:
Ai Weiwei speaks out on cancellation of his London exhibition, November
https://hyperallergic.com/856763/ai-weiwei-speaks-out-on-cancellation-of-his-london-exhibition-lisson-gallery
Filmmakers withdraw their work from IDFA amid response to Palestine conflict, November
https://lwlies.com/articles/filmmakers-withdraw-work-idfa-palestine-conflict/
‘In the last four weeks language has deserted me’: Adania Shibli on being shut down, October/November
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/09/palestinian-author-adania-shibli-frankfurt-book-fair
Kunsthalle Basel Names New Director, Then Faces Threats to Funding Because He Signed Gaza Ceasefire Letters, November
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kunsthalle-basel-mohamed-almusibli-israel-gaza-ceasefire-letters-1234687215/
Wealthy art collectors discuss blacklisting UK artist following pro-Palestine posts, leaked messages show
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz4E92qIqoF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA
Artforum fires its editor after wealthy art patron Martin Eisenberg’s behind-the-scenes push. The magazine had published a letter signed by 8000 artists. Artists’ livelihoods were threatended unless they withdrew from the letter.
https://theintercept.com/2023/10/26/artforum-artists-gaza-ceasefire-martin-eisenberg/
Bristol’s Arnolfini cancels film, discussion and poetry events as part of Bristol Palestine Film Festival
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-67496228
Arnolfini statement:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14R_JQ5Q2jH9i8GEwpJHW-wESBIqBIdE4/view?usp=sharing
Series of 8 film programmes cancelled for 2024 Oberhausen Kurtzfilmtage, the world’s oldest short film festival, as festival director makes allegations about an Arab contributor, Novemberhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQaK-oj6ULio7lFnMPrdpJ28WbxQug016qYTfvr1mZ_V_nR0Z0lZIyoy-Xj13L1Hulw43Kdptof3Z_v/pub
Historian criticises ‘spineless’ cancellation of Israel lecture, Liverpool, October
https://archive.li/HeGQk
Folkwang Museum, Essen, cancels Afrofuturism exhibition after curator posts on Instagram about Israel-Palestine, November https://www.instagram.com/p/Czl3iUyuvoz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Israel-Gaza war leads to a raft of event cancellations in Europe, October
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2023/10/21/israel-gaza-war-leads-to-a-raft-of-event-cancellations-in-europe/
Over 2000 poets and writers are boycotting the Poetry Foundation (US) after they pull a book review, November
The Firing of David Velasco From ‘Artforum’ Sparks a Series of Resignations and Boycott, October
https://news.artnet.com/news/artforum-fallout-david-velasco-2386956
German museum cancels Candice Breitz’s solo show over her views
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/29/candice-breitz-exhibition-in-germany-is-cancelled-over-her-middle-east-views
Politicians cut funding to Oyoun, a ‘Queer, feminist, migrant and decolonial’ cultural centre in Berlin, after it held an event with pro-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace, titled ‘mourning and hope’, November.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd0Ni47hWpgKWZduBFe9TcFgfF37QwTj4Ejq97cxeo5HExl_g/viewform
Melissa Barrera Dropped From ‘Scream VII’ After Social Media Posts on Gaza, November
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melissa-barrera-fired-scream-vii-1235669458/
Peter Weiss Literature Prize announces award to Sharon Dodua Otoo, then suspends the award. November
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F2k3WQw-fjBPL_Om4VeLWux8IBOGXyDMjBv5S7lZrs4/edit?usp=sharing
United Nations statement: “Speaking out on Gaza/Israel must be allowed”, November
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/11/speaking-out-gaza-israel-must-be-allowed-un-experts
FULL LIST OF 1,500+ ARTIST SIGNATORIES TO THE LETTER
| Nesreen Hussein Academic, artist Sarah Lloyd Academic, visual culture siobhán mcsweeney Actor Lolly Adefope Actor Oluwasanya Stefan Adegbola Actor Ramanique Ahluwalia Actor Salman Akhtar Actor Issam Al Ghussain Actor Lisa Ambalavanar Actor Saleh Bakri Actor Patrick Baladi Actor Lori Barker Actor James Baxter Actor Dali Benssalah Actor Diana Bermudez Actor Eleanor Blackburn Actor Niall Buggy Actor Rhonwen Cash Actor Olivia Colman Actor Nicola Coughlan Actor Paola Dionisotti actor Paapa Essiedu Actor So Far Actor Roxana Faridany Actor Jonathan Foy Actor Breanne Francis-Irwin Actor Poppy Gilbert Actor Karan Gill Actor Kerry Godliman Actor Pauline Goldsmith Actor Drew Gregg Actor Lucas Hare Actor Louisa Harland Actor Aiysha Hart Actor Zachary Hing Actor Chris Hoskins Actor Rebecca Humphries Actor iulia isar Actor Hassan Issa Actor Olive James Actor Hayat Kamille Actor Priya Kansara Actor Youssef Kerkour Actor Sair Khan Actor Shazia Khawaja Actor Rania Kurdi Actor Georgia Landers Actor Alex Lawther Actor Pearl Mackie Actor Paul Mallon Actor Chloe Massey Actor Nuala McGowan Actor Tobias Menzies Actor Leila Mimmack Actor Patrick Neville actor Fionn Ó Loingsigh Actor Róisín O’Loughlin Actor Sarah O’Toole Actor Ényì Okoronkwo Actor Mark Oosterveen Actor Yasemin Ozdemir Actor Laura Percival Actor Clare Perkins Actor Lukas Prentice Actor Meena Rayann Actor Adrian Richards Actor Sadieh Rifai Actor Joshua Riley Actor Sule Rimi Actor Arinder Sadhra Actor Sarah Sarah Thurstan Actor Wilf Scolding Actor Varada Sethu Actor Anna Shaffer Actor Gabrielle Sheppard Actor Balvinder Sopal Actor Juliet Stevenson Actor Emily Stott Actor Constantin Symsiris Actor Ellora Torchia Actor Joanna van Kampen Actor Harriet Walter Actor Fionn Walton Actor Nadine Wiggins Actor Milly Zero Actor Sonera Angel Actor Naomi Battrick Actor Giovanni Bienne Actor Alice Bounsall Actor Selma Brook Actor Bessie Carter Actor Lizzie Clarke Actor Jack Colgrave Hirst Actor Hannah Conyers Actor Ian Crosson Actor Aaron Doyle-Heffernan Actor Amir El-Masry Actor Alexandra Guelff Actor Leila Herandi Actor Peter Hill Actor Halema Hussain Actor Gwyneth Keyworth Actor Asif Khan Actor Aizah Khan Actor Ruth Lass Actor Vicky Lima Actor Joel MacCormack Actor Andrei Maniata Actor Kayla Meikle Actor Kevin Mesiti Actor Louisa Mignone Actor Yassine Mkhichen Actor Anna Munden Actor Mohamed Omar Actor Sam Phillips Actor Katie Relins Actor Tom Rooke Actor Lara Sawalha Actor elaine Stirrat Actor Stacy Thunes Actor Andre Valls Actor Harriet Walter Actor Aimee Wood Actor Karen Traynor Actor / Director David Mumeni Actor / Writer Nikhil Parmar actor / writer Riya Rajeev Actor / writer Isabel Ebeid Actor & Model Lucy Pinder Actor & model Rachel-Leah Hosker Actor & Movement Director Laila Alj Actor & Producer Mohammedally Shushtari Actor & Writer Chris York Actor & Writer Timothy Renouf Actor & Writer Josefin Ankarberg Actor and Director Nadia Nadif Actor and film maker Colette Dalal Tchantcho Actor and Theatre Maker Waleed Elgadi Actor and writer Waleed Elgadi Actor and Writer John Graham Davies Actor and writer Houmi Miura Actor and writer Sarah Agha Actor and writer Maxine Peake Actor and Writer Lucy Sheen Actor writer director Thusitha Jayasundera Actor writer film maker Nabil Shaban actor, artist, poet, musician, filmmaker Madeline Morales Actor, Content Creator Michael Malarkey Actor, Musician Madeleine Hyland Actor, musician, writer Tayo Aluko Actor, writer Nadine Malarkey Actor, writer Sue McCormick Actor, Writer Elle Osili-Wood Actor, Writer Joanne Thomson Actor, Writer Rhiannon Neads Actor, writer Liam Hourican Actor, Writer, Director Robert Gilbert Actor, Writer, Director Matthew Zajac Actor, Writer, Theatre Director Adeeb Safadi Actor. 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Additional statements:
“A performance of my play ‘And Here I Am’ (based on the life of Palestinian actor Ahmed Tobasi and performed by him) was cancelled in Paris recently. This came as a shock because the play had been performed in the UK and several other countries with no problem. There has been an impulse that following the events of October 7, stories of Palestinians somehow became inappropriate. This censorship is as frustrating as it is wrongheaded. Now is the time to listen to Palestinians, to understand what their lives are like and that includes, dare I say it, those that are militant because without comprehending the nature of the occupation the Palestinians are subjected to, we are doomed to be trapped in the so called ‘cycle of violence.’ Palestinian voices and stories are now needed more than ever and it will be a test for our democracies whether they are given the space by our cultural institutions who claim to champion freedom of expression.”
Hassan Abulrazzak, playwright
“It is an alarming state of affairs when a film screening, play or poetry reading is deemed controversial simply because it addresses Palestinian experiences. Or when arts workers are targeted from within their own industry simply for expressing a view on what is happening in Gaza. This needs to stop.”
Emma Seligman, writer director
“We commend all those following their conscience and continuing to speak out against apartheid and colonialism. It is truly an appalling state of affairs where artists and cultural workers feel afraid to speak out on a matter of justice, and we have received a number of reports of attempted censorship in the past two months. However, we have also seen workers in the sector push back and remain firm in their commitment to justice, and we encourage those who have any concerns to contact the ELSC for advice.”
Gabriel Frankel, UK legal officer, European Legal Support Centre
