Telling exhibition to support Palestinian filmmaker and photographer Amer Nasser who is currently living a difficult and perilous life in the midst of a serious humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza.
After losing his camera and computer in a bombing, the artist’s foremost means of expression, he was forced to turn to his only remaining means of recording history—a smartphone—to continue sending out daily videos and photos on social media. The images he distributes to the world are the very signal of his life from Gaza, where internet access is intermittent anddifficult to come by. Even though he faces such significant challenges, his work serenely captures the lives of people living in the harsh reality of the situation. Recently, we received this signal from Amer and would like to spread it to the world through exhibitions like this one. With the cooperation of the “Palestinian Embroidery Belt Project,” this exhibition will introduce the important cultural exchange between Palestine and Japan.
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Palestinian Embroidery Belt Project
April 2 Opening Event
The opening event will be held on Wednesday, 4/2 at 18:30.
We will show a short video by Amel and a speech by Ms. Hanin Siam, a native of Gaza who lives in Japan.
Please join us for this rare opportunity to hear the words and photos of Gaza as it is today.
Please register your attendance by filling out the form below.
https://forms.gle/Q1Wkc8LbxeMavvsp8
※We will not use the information provided in the registration form for any purpose other than to reserve a seat and to determine the number of participants.
Doors open at 18:00
18:30 Start
Amel Nasser Short Video Screening
Speech by Hanin Siam
Q&A session
20:00Enjoy the conversation
20:30 end
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West Bank
Palestine Embroidery Belt Project
A project to support Palestinian women in refugee camps and rural villages in the Palestine by producing and selling Palestinian traditional embroidered sashes to support their economic independence and cultural transmission, academic research and promotion of Palestinian embroidery, and charitable activities (fundraising, etc.).
ARTISTS INFORMATION
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Amer Nasser
Artist
b. 1991Amer Nasser
Palestinian photographer and filmmaker, born in 1991 in Gaza, is known for producing and directing films that depict the reality of Palestinian refugees and the political, social, and economic situation of Palestinians in Gaza. He has worked as a producer for the UNRWA channel, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
In parallel, he has produced and directed several documentary and fiction films, such as "Sara" (feature film, 2014) and "Gaza Small Studio" (2015), which was selected for the Dubai International Film Festival and the Alexandria Film Festival. In 2016, the film "Paper Boat," which he produced, won the Best Film award at the Palest' In&Out Festival at the Arab World Institute in Paris, earning him a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Nasser has also served as an assistant director for the short film "Condom Lead" (2013), which was officially selected at the Cannes Film Festival. He is a member of the Red Carpet Film Festival for Human Rights team in Gaza and regularly collaborates with directors Arab & Tarzan Nasser. In this capacity, he is the screenwriter for their upcoming film, "Once Upon a Time in Gaza" (2024), which received funding from the French CNC (National Center for Cinema) and the European fund Eurimages. He is also the co-screenwriter of the film "About Yakeen" (2026) by the Nasser Brothers.
In 2023, his photographic work was exhibited in "What Palestine Brings to the World" exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris. In November 2024, the exhibition "GAZA: SIGNAL OF LIFE" was held at the Tokyo University of the Arts, co-organized by Mōri lab, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.
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EXHIBITION
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VENUE
- URL
- https://www.fccj.or.jp/exhibition
- 住所
- Marunouchi Nijubashi Bldg. 5F, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
- Tel
- ＋81 3211 3161
- 入館料
- 無料