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REBEL LANDSCAPES

PRESENTED BY  EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE X TPFF

From the TPFF website:

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The exhibition Rebel Landscapes focuses on the natural territories of Palestine - not only for their beauty, but also the various roles they play to either suppress or empower the people of the land. The exhibition investigates how environmental justice is at the heart of Palestinian livelihoods and revolutions. 
Featuring the works of Jumana Manna, Sliman Mansour, Alaa Abu Asad, Steve Sabella, Vera Tamari, and Jana Ghalayini.

When we think about Palestine in the West, we think about landscapes pressed against the sea (Gaza) and others pressed against apartheid concrete (West Bank). In addition to exploring these typical horizons, this exhibition will situate you in the eyes of Palestinians who engage with the flora and fauna between their fingertips.

We recommend you start by reading Jumana Manna’s insightful essay titled “Where Nature Ends and Settlements Begin,” then shift to the images by Ala Abu Assad, who reveals what Manna preaches. Sliman Mansour and Vera Tamari take us right to the heart of agriculture in Palestine with their intimate visual investigations and love letters to the fruits of the country. Jana Ghalayini and Steve Sabella illuminate how our Palestinian cultures in both the East and the West influence our lives right down to clothes on our skin. 

A special thanks to the Toronto Palestinian Film Festival for hosting Rebel Landscapes on their website.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

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JUMANNA MANNA

Wardeh on trial, production still. 
jumanamanna.com
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VERA TAMARI

Going for a Ride?, 2002
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ALAA ABU ASAD

Glossolalia / ثَرثَرة, Single-channel video, 14'37" with Ignace Cami, 2021
​alaaabuasad.com
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SLIMAN MANSOUR

Olive picking, 1988
slimanmansour.com
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JANA GHALAYINI​

ورد المجنون/ ward al majnoon (crazy flower)
janaghalayini.com
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STEVE SABELLA

stevesabella.com

Rebel Landscapes was available to view on the TPFF website from September 22, 2021 to September 26, 2021.

EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDER
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS 
 
Jamelie Hassan 
& Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou and Dan Smoke,  and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & 
Olivia Mossuto

WEB DESIGN & SOCIAL MEDIA 
Tariq Hassan Gordon, Ira Kazi, Olivia Mossuto, Niloufar Salimi,  JoAnna Weil 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Blessy Augustine, Shelley Kopp, 
Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Andreas Buchwaldt, Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Ira Kazi, ​Shelley Kopp, Ashar Mobeen, Niloufar Salimi,  Jenna Rose Sands, JoAnna Weil & Michelle Wilson. 

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OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. Other former members of the board were: Debrann Eastabrook, Henry Eastabrook, Sharron Forrest, Wyn Geleynse, Janice Gurney, Jean Hay (1929 - 2008), Doug Mitchell, Kim Moodie, Gerard Pas, Peter Rist, Wanda Sawicki, Jean Spence and Jennie White. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 

This project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
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Thank you to our partners

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E M B A S S Y  C U L T U R A L  H O U S E . C A

​London, Ontario is on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Attawandaron and Huron-Wendat peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties.

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