Still from Electrical Gaza by Rosalind Nashashibi. Courtesy of the artist. 17 Apr –
24 Apr 2025
Screening: What the Olive Branch Has Seen
Taking place on 17 and 24 April, What the Olive Branch Has Seen features a selection of films by artists Lamia Joreige, Andrés García Vidal, Haris Epaminonda, Huda Takriti, Rosalind Nashashibi, Rosa Tharrats and Gabriel Ventura, Rahme Veziroglu, and Basma Al-Sharif. The films were originally part of the yearly curated programme SCREEN 2024 from Art Viewer, an online publishing platform and archive for contemporary art, and are now screened at Framer Framed and followed by a Q&A.
The programme proposes an intimate, transnational solidarity between the far ends of the Mediterranean, both through the words of poets as well as a common sense of belonging to the arid shores of the sea and the persistence of the olive tree.
Curator Àngels Miralda:
“An eternal conversation blows through the olive branches of doubled landscapes. Across the knobbed bark of grandmother’s hands, leaves like sharp fingers shading a ripening fruit. Every September, bitter and hard, little black diamonds melt into gold. With a lifespan of thousands of years – trees have drunk centuries of carefully watered soil. Planted and tended by ancestors whose names we no longer remember, but who still play with your hair in the autumn breeze. A symbol of peace – they say – and one who cannot move, cannot be displaced, cannot but stand still and be.
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One of the recurring references in the work of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish is Federico García Lorca. Both poets wrote of the deep bonds between people and their landscapes while speaking of injustice and political repression. Lorca actively fought against the historical erasure of Arabs in the Iberian Peninsula through references to the prose of Andalusi authors. Darwish, a refugee since childhood, yearned for Al-Birwa – his place of birth that existed only in his memory.”
Programme
17 April – register here.
Lamia Joreige
Andrés García Vidal
Haris Epaminonda
Huda Takriti
Q&A with Andrés García Vidal
24 April – register here.
Rosalind Nashashibi
Rosa Tharrats & Gabriel Ventura
Rahme Veziroglu
Basma Al-Sharif
Q&A with Rosalind Nashashibi
This event is in English. Admission is free.
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Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.
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