Passport to Palestine exhibition

Taking its title from the celebrated British film ‘Passport to Plmlico’, directed by Henry Cornelius, ‘Passport to Palestine’ aims, through a combination of painting, photography, installation, video and performance to tackle issues of Palestinian statehood, occupation, the restrictions and difficulties encountered in travelling both into and out of Palestine today.

The artists, whether Palestinian or not, whether living in Palestine or elsewhere, all approach the topic in fiercely individual ways. Each has their own story to tell about the sense of loss, and lack of freedom Palestinians experience by having been born into a nationality which tellingly remains unrecognised as a state despite recent attempts to reverse this. So to hold a Palestinian passport is an irony of circumstance. Why? What for? Who? Ultimately, this leads to the very questioning of identity and what it means to be.