MAKE ART NOT WAR Rana Hamida
Sat, 02 Nov
|Cultural Conversations
A participatory art installation to create paper cranes for all people who have lost their lives during the current crisis in Palestine. Origami cranes are the Japanese art form Senbazuru, a traditional belief that by folding 1,000 origami cranes, one’s wish would come true.
Time & Location
02 Nov 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cultural Conversations, 123 Bridge Street, Nelson 7010, New Zealand
About the event
A participatory art installation to create paper cranes for all people who have lost their lives during the current crisis in Palestine. Origami cranes are the Japanese art form Senbazuru, a traditional belief that by folding 1,000 origami cranes, one’s wish would come true.
Join the conversation about hope and healing during challenging times.
Make Art Not War is a participatory art project by Rana Hamida that was birthed through the darkness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine. Acknowledging the loss of human lives and the grief that comes from the unfairness of these events. Members of the public are invited to create origami paper cranes to represent all the civilian deaths resulting from the current conflict. The process of constructing and being surrounded by thousands of paper cranes, folded since the beginning of this project in December 2023 at mothermother in Tāmaki Makaurau, creates a compelling visual…
