SHARING ACTIONS AND INFORMATION
This page is meant to collect and share actions from within the artistic community
in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the violence in Gaza.
Please don’t hesitate to send us your announcements in French, English and/or Dutch
and we’ll share it on the shortest possible term.
contact: politix@state-of-the-arts.net
MEETINGS, PROTESTS & PUBLIC EVENTS
| Gaza monologen | solidariteitsactie met Palestina | woensdag 27 november, bib van Sint-Gillis |
| 𝗩𝗥𝗜𝗝𝗗𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗢𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 | On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we are organising an evening to highlight Palestinian culture and art in Ghent. Be welcome and get to know the diverse and rich work of Palestinian artists. | 29 Nov Kunsthal Gent 20:00: Start |
| AVANSA | Yallah Gaza. Docu en gesprek. Ng Sauw Thjoi enkele Brugse Palestijnen aan het woord, stellen we de platformtekst van “SOS Palestina Brugge” voor en bekijken we de docu. | vr 29/11/24 19:30 – 21:30 De Brug Hauwerstraat 3A 8000 Brugge |
| Evenement van Crosstalks en Cinema RITCS | Film screening: Frames of Resistance, Jocelyne Saab (1948–2019), a pioneering Lebanese filmmaker, journalist, photographer, and artist |  Cinema RITCS December 3, 19:00 – 21:00 |
| Uittocht naar Gaza | boekvoorstelling Fatena Al-Ghorra | 10 DEC 20:00 De Roma |
| Festival van de Gelijkheid | De Palestijnse dichter, schrijver en journalist Mohammed el-Kurd wordt hij geïnterviewd door Samah Hijawi, met live illustraties van Sirien Salameh en muzikale ondersteuning van Adriaan de Roover en Hala El Mohor. | 11 december 20:00 – 21:30 UFO (Universiteitsforum) Gent |
Ongoing encampments (please check their accounts to stay up-to-date on their events and actions)
- KU Leuven: @kuleuven.encampment
SUPPORTIVE STRUCTURES & ONGOING EVENTS
- Protest (every day except Thursday and Friday)
18h00 Brussels (Central-station) - Protest (every Friday)
18h00 Brussels (Bourse) - Gathering (every Friday)
19h00 Saint-Gilles (Rue de la Victoire 26) - Protest (every Thursday)
- 18h00 Ixelles (Chaussée d’Ixelles 168)
- Poetry for Palestine (every Saturday)
16h00 Brussels (Place Bethléhem) - Wake (every Tuesday and Friday)
19h00 Verviers (Place Verte) - Wake (every Wednesday and Saturday)
18h00 Liège (Guillemins station) - Stand-in (every Saturday)
14h00 Ostend (Wapenplein) - Community gathering (every Sunday)
- 16h00-21h00 (hours may vary, keep an eye on their page!) Ghent (Lina)
- Palestine cafe (currently on a break)
| Mophradat | Living Stipends for Palestine | Call for Donations to provide grants to Palestinian professional artists | Link>>> |
| Ashtar theatre | write a letter to Gaza | from February 20, 2024 (the World Day of Social InJustice) till March 24, 2024 (the International Day for the Right to the Truth) | link>>> |
| Europees Palestijns-Arabische jeugdvereniging | Intellectual forum | (every Monday and Tuesday) 2-10pm | Buurthuis Botermarkt Ghent |
| Antigone | actie tvv het Freedom Theatre in Jenin | Ondersteun door een illustratie van kunstenaar Atta Nasser te kopen | link >>> |
Association belgo-palestinienne | chaque deuxième vendredi du mois devant l’ambassade israélienne | 9/2 2024 & 8/3 12 h 30 – 13 h 30 | Avenue de l’Observatoire n°40 1180 Uccle |
| housing network to host asylum seekers from Gaza | urgently need a place for the coming nights | https://fondationmariusjacob.org/ les-fondsspecifiques/ brusselsagainstgenocide/ | send an email to bag-housing@riseup.net if you want to be a host please fill in this form : https://forms.gle/DF6ujoPJXjcNv8QC6 |
| community gatherings Palestine | every 2 Wednesdays 19-22h | @muntpunt, Brussels | |
| art space @au__jus hosts a group of Palestinian men | material support is needed, groceries, warm clothing, monetary donations, also emotional support | come to @au__jus and cook with us, listen, learn, build connections | Contact @dimitri_van_den_wittenboer for more info |
| NAMES NOT NUMBERS | de namen van de Palestijnse slachtoffers borduren. | Elke weekdag tussen 17 en 21u, muziekstudio van Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER | |
| ACTION FOR GAZA – TEARS FROM HEBRON | Needcompany | Selling tears in glass blown by Palestinian men, in support of a project in northern Gaza, the Theater Day Productions (TDP) / أيام المسرح (Ayyam Al-Masrah) | link >>> |
| This is Gaza // series of short videos, presenting literary texts written under the Israeli bombardment of Gaza by Gazan poets, novelists, and playwrights. | Daily at 7pm Gaza time (as of 17/11) | YouTube channel | daily updates |
| 30CC, STUK, OPEK 15 woorden van Tine Van Aerschot | doorlopend | buitengevels | |
| Poets For Palestine / commissioned by KVS | doorlopend | KVS online | link >>> |
| Poems from, for and to Palestine | Every Thursday 8 pm | location > tbc | contact |
| Kunstenpunt Art in times of crisis | Every Friday from 9 am – 10 am | zoom gatherings | link >>> |
| Kunstenpunt offers their spaces to actions, gatherings | ongoing | mail contact >>> | |
| Cinemaximiliaan welcomes people tired from the struggling | ongoing | mail contact >>> |
ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS
| Art Workers for Palestine Belgium | APPEL A SIGNATURES | il est grand temps de mettre fin au génocide et à la complicité de notre pays |
| cultural sector | letter to Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib and the entire Belgian government | [FR version] [NL version] [ENG version] |
| e-tcetera.be | bijdrage Jan Goossens | link >>> |
| Artists4Palestine Belgium | open letter / petition | link >>> |
| Artists4Palestine Belgium | Opening statement meetings Takeover KVS | English text Dutch text (RektoVerso) |
| De Wereld Morgen | open letter Alain Platel | link >>> |
| Palestine Solidarity | Intal telegram group | link in Telegram >>> |
| Amnesty International België Vlaanderen | petitie oproep tot een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren en een einde maken aan de humanitaire catastrofe in Gaza. | facebook link |
INFORMATION & RESOURCES
| All Out for Palestine – Digital Action Toolkit | The Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) | link >>> |
| online community radio station | Radio Alhara | link >>> |
| Free Resources and Further Reading | Verso books | link >>> |
| Gaza In Context | online teach-ins | video link >>> |
| Black Feminist Writers and Palestine | lecture | video link >>> |
| info for p@lest1ne by Spreekhond Gent | films, books and other resources | link >>> |
| Israelism (2023) – Erin Axelman & Sam Eilertsen (Fr, Eng & Port subs) https://video.liberta.vip/w/ectt2muHKDRHnb1cQ11V8r | film | Free online |
ARTISTIC PRACTICES, PROJECTS & RESEARCHES online
| Disarming Design | disarmingdesign.com |
| Forensic Architecture | link >>> |
| Atelier Brenda | Open-source designs ‘Stop Genocide’ |
| List of Palestian films online | link >>> |
| Actionforhope // art that meets the social, cultural, and psychological needs of distressed and displaced communities. | link website>>>, link youtube channel >>> |
| HOPE Cultural Emergency Fund | link >>> |
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
| Building Palestine | trustworthy organisations for donations | link >>> |
| VierNulVier | financial support | link >>> |
READ
| Bruzz | Cultuurhuizen kunnen niet wegkijken | news article (NL) |
| Bruzz | VUB Ceasefire event | news article (NL) |