Artist statement: Living In Conflict is a project about life in Israel and what impact this has on people who live under a daily threat of hostilities. I saw this in contrast to the safe environment that I live in the UK and is the case for most of us who live in the West, our  experience of conflict is what we are shown on the TV screen. I didn't want my understanding confined to this media perspective but wanted to touch on the human level. In March 2007 I travelled to Israel.

For over a year after my return the film footage began to take shape in the form of video sequences that give voice to people in this landscape of conflict. Also a series of paintings and digital artwork also began to develop with symbolic and iconic content expressing the human condition.

I feel this work will help the viewer to engage with the experience of living in conflict from an artistic perspective, broaden the understanding of a challenging and controversial subject, and open opportunity for public debate.

LAUNCH EVENT
Sun. Mar 6, 4pm
With Martyn Stanton Harris, Shira Geffen, Rabai al-Madhoun, Ivor Dembina and Shaun Levin...
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