Date: 13.11.2024 — 01.12.2024
Beginning: 19:00

In collaboration with Display Gallery, we present a public presentation of the research residency of Zaher Jureidini:

Archiving Resistance: Palestinian Narratives Reclaimed

Screening, seminar and exhibition

Efforts to preserve and reclaim Palestinian visual archives confront erasure, decades of dispossession, and limited accessibility. Beginning with a screening of films from the Palestinian archive and focusing on the Tokyo Reels, a rare collection of 1970s and 1980s films safeguarded by a Japanese Palestine solidarity group, this seminar examines how these reels, more than historical records, serve as a testament to Palestinian efforts to establish a counter-narrative through the moving image and to preserve cultural heritage during this period. We will also address current initiatives to reclaim visual archives that Palestinians are systematically denied.

As we discuss the archive’s contested state, the seminar will spotlight the intersectionality of transnational solidarity, exploring frameworks of cultural agency through ongoing efforts in decolonizing film archives, restitution, and repatriation. Through these examples, we will uncover the archive’s role, and the ongoing reclamation efforts, in shaping historical narratives and preserving memory across generations.

The event is Zaher Jureidini’s final outcome from his residency at etc. gallery. The films will be exhibited as part of a temporary exhibition at Display Gallery. 

Speakers: Marguerite Farag, Zaher Jureidini, Matěj Strnad

 

Location: Display Gallery, Dittrichova 9/337, Prague

Screening, seminar, opening: 13. 11. 2024 // 19:00

Exhibition: 14. 11. – 1. 12. 2024

Opening hours and full details will be updated soon.

 

Financial support: MKČR, SFK, MHMP, Display Gallery