Artists' Statement: This is one of a series of three posters designed for the artist Yael Bartana. A documentation of Palestinian workers rebuilding a house in East Jerusalem that was destroyed by the Israeli authorities these posters function as a base for a future movie. They are propaganda created to serve and accompany the movie and also as a call for action. These portraits of the Palestinian workers are replacing the image of the early pre-independence Zionist settler. The background Arabesque entangles in it's knots some images taken at the location (Anata, East Jerusalem)Text at the bottom of the poster:The 4th Summer Rebuilding Camp of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD)
to rebuild a Palestinian house demolished by the Israeli authorities. Anata, East Jerusalem, July 2006