Anchor in the Landscape by Adam Broomberg (Book Announcement & Poster Sale)
We are honored to share Anchor in the Landscape, the latest project by renowned photographer and activist Adam Broomberg (former Arts Letters & Numbers Visiting Artist), in collaboration with Rafael Gonzalez.
Anchor in the Landscape
The olive tree is a totem of Palestinian identity, culture, and resistance. It supports the livelihoods of more than 100,000 Palestinian families, is a centre of traditions and identities, and has long been a target of destruction and theft. Since 1967, 800,000 Palestinian olive trees have been destroyed by Israeli authorities and settlers. Over the past eighteen months, photographers Adam Broomberg and Rafael Gonzalez have been photographing olive trees in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, many of which are thousands of years old. Their studied, absorbing portraits of these trees, act as fixed points in a historic and transforming landscape that is constantly disputed, altered, and increasingly destroyed. Each portrait bears witness to the presence and resilience of the Palestinian people and their relationship with the land. Anchor in the Landscape is published by Mack Books with a text by Dr. Irus Braverman. It is also exhibited as part of South West Bank at the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia as well as in Silent Times at Kunsthal Extra City in Antwerp and at Water like tears, flour like soil at ICD Brookfield in Dubai.
Profits from the sales of these posters will be invested in AAH projects. A portion will go directly to Hebron to assist with protecting the olive trees.
Artists + Allies × Hebron
Artists + Allies × Hebron (AAH) is an NGO founded by the celebrated Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro and artist, activist and educator Adam Broomberg. AAH aims to draw the attention of the international community to the situation in Hebron H2, where Israel exercises military control, enforcing a modern-day apartheid and using cut-edge surveillance technologies to monitor every aspect of Palestinian’s life throughout the West Bank, violating their fundamental human right of privacy. AAH broadcasts projects performed in H2 outwards to a global network of cultural venues and associated digital platforms.