Some Strings l Exhibition

Some strings is rooted in that which stains the screens of history: in Palestine, where poet and teacher Refaat Alareer, like so many others beings, was targeted by Israeli strikes and killed along with seven other members of his family.

His last poem, “If I Must Die”, written between earth and sky five weeks before his death, calls for the making of a kite with some strings. Some strings is the legacy of such call, as did each of
his readers inherits it as well. The kite, now an object of resistance, and its strings, now in the hands of some one hundred artists, represent a diversity of perspectives on one of the darkest moments of the 21st century.

Some strings is released as widely as possible, all over the world, in theaters as part of a pre-show program, in festivals, also in a row, in a wide variety of spaces, because everyone take it own piece of string.

some-strings.org will keep on giving news about more initiatives throughout the world. 

Some strings is:

alain gomis, alain kassanda, alexia roux & saad chakali, ali arkady, ali cherri, alice brygo, amel alzakout, amie barouh, anhar salem, anne penders, annik leroy & julie morel, apichatpong weerasethakul, aude fourel, axelle poisson, bahia bencheikh el fegoun, basma al-sharif, baya medhaffar, ben rivers, ben russell, bani khoshnoudi, bo wang, bruce clarke, charlie shackleton, christophe clavert, claire fontaine, collectif hawaf, corinne castel, dalila mahdjoub, dania reymond, daniela ortiz, declan clarke, djamel kerkar, dora garcía, elena lópez riera & philippe azoury, éléonore weber, ellie ga, eric baudelaire & claire atherton & marius atherton, eva giolo, eyal sivan, fernanda pessoa, francis alÿs, franssou prenant, génesis scarlet valenzuela valdez, ghassan salhab, hassen ferhani, idit nathan, ignacio agüero, ismaïl bahri, jayce salloum, jeremiah mosese, jerónimo atehortúa, jilani saadi, joie estrella horwitz, julie courel, juruna mallon, kamal aljafari, khaled abdulwahed, kiswendsida parfait kaboré, khristine gillard & mohammad hammash &  filip momikj, kyoshi sugita, lana daher, laura huertas millán, lav diaz, léandre bernard brunel, lene berg, leos carax, lucie kerr, m’hand abadou djezairi & marcel mrejen, mali arun, maria aparicio, marielle chabal, marwa arsanios, maryam tafakory, mehdi meklat & badroudine saïd abdallah, michaël andrianaly, mira adoumier, misha zavalniy, mitra farahani, mohamed bourouissa, mohanad yaqubi, monica maurer, nadia ghanem, narimane mari, naël khleifi, niles atallah, noma omran & ossama mohammed, newton ifeanyi aduaka, onyeka igwe, pablo sigg, philip rizk, philippe parreno, pierre creton, primo mauridi, raman djafari, renée nader messora & joão salaviza, saif fradj & mahshid mahboubifar, safia benhaim, samir guesmi, sarah beddington, sarah wood, sepideh farsi, serge garcia, sharon lockhart, silvia maglioni & graeme thomson, simplice herman ganou, soumeya ait ahmed & nadir bouhmouch, suneil sanzgiri, tariq teguia, taysir batniji, valentin noujaïm, valérie massadian, valérie osouf & cromix onana, virgil vernier, wendelien van oldenborgh & cathleen schuster & marcel dickhage (titre provisoire), wiame haddad, wilmarc val, yann gonzales & alain garcia vergara, yannick kergoat, yohei yamakado, yosr gasmi & mauro mazzocchi, youssef chebbi (more strings to come)

From June 25, Some strings will also be launched, with no date restrictions, at the following venues: FID Marseille, à LA COMPAGNIE, CINEMA GALERIES Bruxelles, ZUMZEIG Barcelone, CinémadArt Tunis, Cinéma de Seta Palerme, El Círculo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Les ateliers sauvages Alger, Werkstatt Kino Munich… et à suivre au FIFDH Genève, Cinéma Bio Carrouge, SPOUTNIK Genève, UNION DOC New York, LAGO Film Fest Lago, l’ERG École de recherche graphique Bruxelles, California State University, Monterey Bay, Journées cinématographiques de Bejaïa Béjaïa, Festival de Film de la Villa Médicis Rome, ICA The Institute of Contemporary Arts Londres, Doc Lisboa Lisbonne, Underdox Munich, Berwick Film & Media Arts Berwick, Festival en ville Bruxelles, California State Universit … and in several other countries from September.

if i must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love
if i must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale