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The United States of Palestine-Israel: Here and Elsewhere
Conversation II with: Udi Aloni, Reem Fadda, and Joshua Simon

The United States of Palestine-Israel: Here and Elsewhere
Conversation I with: Sam Ishii-Gonzales and Joshua Simon

Titled after the film of the same name by Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, Here and Elsewhere is a daylong film event presenting contemporary and historical as well as documentary and fictional films relevant to the topic of the contested land of Palestine/Israel.

Curated by 2011--2013 Vera List Center Fellow Joshua Simon, the program proposes to view the conflict through the prism of "affinities" rather than "belonging" and "addition" rather than "opposition," and does so through film screenings and conversations. The day of screenings is presented as one of two programs to accompany the publication of United States of Palestine-Israel (in the Solution series by Sternberg Press, 2011), a book of speculative scenarios for the region, edited by Simon.

Reaching beyond geographical borders and instead focusing on the word "and," the films present fictional stories about the territory, including depictions of run-down places in Jaffa; speculation on the future Jewish-Arab State; Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's visions of what Israel might have looked like had it become a Ugandan settlement (as was considered at some point); the landscapes of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea so familiar to both Palestinians and Israelis; and, finally, Godard's reading of the history of this place through cinema, and a reading of cinema and history through this place.

Participants
Udi Aloni, filmmaker, writer, activist, and cinema coach, the Freedom Theatre, Jenin refugee camp, West Bank (via Skype)
Reem Fadda, associate curator, Middle Eastern Art, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Sam Ishii-Gonzales, assistant professor of film studies, The New School for Public Engagement
Joshua Simon, editor, United States of Palestine-Israel, 2011--2013 Vera List Center Fellow

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Presented in collaboration with Artis, and in conjunction with The New Museum's Repurposing the Kibbutz on September 17, 3:00 p.m. at the museum space.

*Location:Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor - Saturday, September 10, 2011 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.