“Dialogue on the Wall” update
Three weeks ago I described the upcoming Minneapolis art exhibit “Dialogue on the Wall” that will include a lot of my Israel/Palestine photos. MSP Magazine now has a short piece about it, which includes this paragraph:
The idea of a wall as something other than a barrier springs from what [exhibit organizer Jay] Isenberg calls the “collision of two iconic architectures,” namely the separation wall between Israel and Palestine and the Western Wall in Jerusalem. “As an architect, the separation wall is a powerful and physical metaphor for so many issues of this conflict,” says Isenberg. “It serves as a visceral reminder of the power of ‘architecture’ to affect people’s lives.”
It ends with this:
Isenberg is an American Jew who supports Israel and justice for the Palestinians, but his ultimate aim isn’t to persuade people one way or the other. His goal for the exhibit: “I want each to hear the voice of the other. That is all I can ask.”
The magazine does not mention the exhibit-connected panel discussion I’ll be part of on August 23rd. In my earlier posting I noted some concerns about dialogue’s often-limited relevance to political change. That concern stays with me, especially since the only invited participants who have agreed so far to take part are Jewish. I hope at least the audience is much more representative, and that Minneapolis-area Palestinians especially will have ample opportunity to join the discussion.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
[...] to participate in tonight’s panel discussion at Form + Content Gallery, where the month-long Dialogue on the Wall exhibit uses some of my Israel/Palestine photos. Fittingly, as the plane touched down I came to the final [...]