Begin forwarded message: From: Freda Guttman Date: November 22, 2010 10:05:52 AM EST To: Dan Walsh Subject: Re: Hi Freda...I got your three poster jpegs...some q's for you... Hey Dan Sorry I didn't answer these questions before but here are the right answers, which I imagine you can still change. f The 2 nakba pictures: The titles are "the earth is closing on us" in English and I am sending you an attachment of the Arabic title, as well as the actual poem". 1) what year were they published? 2008 2) digital only or works-on-paper? works on paper 3) who published? You? yes 4) If works-on-paper...do you have any copies and if so might you consider donating three of each to the PPPA? I can pick them up when I do my SPHR tour in March 2011. - yes 5) Do you want to write and "Artist's Statement" to introduce/contextualize these works? "This image is a very well known iconic one of the Nakba. Images of the Nakba are always haunting. What I wanted to say in a visual language is that the Nakba reaches far into the past and at the same time is ongoing and every day for those in the West Bank and Gaza, for Palestinians in the camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The words are from a poem by Mahmoud Darwish." 6) Do you have a web site? If so, I will list it at the pages I create for your posters if you like. No website 2. The 3rd poster " Postcards From the promised Land" 1) what year were they published? year published 2007 2) digital only or works-on-paper? works on paper 3) who published? Fuse magazine, Toronto (30th Anniversary Poster Project) 4) If works-on-paper...do you have any copies and if so might you consider donating three of each to the PPPA? I can pick them up when I do my SPHR tour in March 2011. Yes 5) Do you want to write an "Artist's Statement" to introduce/contextualize these works? "In 2006, I lived in Beit Sahour for 3 months under the looming illegal settlement-fortress of Har Homa. I learned the history of it, how the small mountain, Abu Ghneim, with its unique mini-environment of flora and fauna, a space for recreation and contemplation of nature for Palestinians in the surrounding area, had been leveled, destroyed in order to build Har Homa, after a long process of legal battles and non-violent actions. The building of Har Homa, which then became part of ‘Greater Jerusalem’ was a statement of Israel’s determined intent to Judaize all of Jerusalem. That process now is at full speed with Israel adding more units to Har Homa, with the destruction and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian East Jerusalem, and the building of more Jewish settlements there." 6) Do you have a web site? If so, I will list it at the pages I create for your posters if you like. No Best, freda