[imc-wellington] Fwd: INVITATION TO ZAPATISTA PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENING 5pm Monday 14 April Thistle Gallery

[Helen Varley Jamieson]

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>YOU ARE INVITED TO THE OPENING OF
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>Dignity in Resistance - an exhibition of photographs taken in 
>Zapatista Communities 2006-7 by Julie Webb-Pullman, Jen Bell, and 
>Julien
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>When:                      5.30-7.30pm Monday 14 April 2008 
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>Where:                    Thistle Gallery, Cnr Cuba and Arthur 
>Street    14-20 April
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>Opening Hours:      10am - 6pm daily, 14-20 April.
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>In 1994 the Zapatistas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas said 
>"Enough!!" and took a stand against attempts to further dispossess 
>them of their indigenous lands and culture. Within days of the 1 
>January armed uprising, a peace deal was brokered, and since then 
>they have committed to pursue a peaceful path, constructing from 
>below and to the left a "world in which many worlds fit". Despite 
>their public commitment to peace and inclusion, they have suffered, 
>and continue to suffer, ongoing repression and attack from military 
>and paramilitary alike.
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>Their masks, to protect their community members from identification 
>thus attack, have become an international symbol not only of 
>dignified resistance, but serve as a mirror, reflecting back on the 
>observer and forcing a connection and recognition at the most 
>intimate and powerful level - eye contact.
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>Through the eye of the camera, this exhibition captures rare 
>glimpses of largely unknown aspects of Zapatista life - at home, at 
>church, at school, in the fields and the kitchens, and sharing their 
>struggles and achievements at 'Encuentros', as well as the more 
>familiar protests in the streets.
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>The photos have been selected for the strength, dignity, humanity 
>and spirit of the subjects and their environment in their struggle 
>not only to survive, but to build a better world.
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>Proceeds from sales will go to the La Garrucha Health Project, to 
>train health promoters in the autonomous Caracol 111 of the La 
>Garrucha Tzeltal Selva Zone, Chiapas, Mexico. Help the Zapatistas 
>help themselves!!!!


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