EinStaat – Konfliktzonen Kunst & Denkkollektive / OneState Embassy Art Collective

Common Ground: Deconstructing walls

Unser Projekt befasst sich mit dem israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt, einem jahrzehntelangen Kampf, der zwar in Bezug auf Macht und Auswirkungen sehr unausgewogen ist, aber beide Völker zutiefst beeinträchtigt und Misstrauen und Polarisierung mit globalem und lokalem Nachhall erzeugt hat. Mit vier Symposien wollen wir Missverständnisse ausräumen und den Dialog fördern, indem wir eine alternative Erzählung präsentieren, die sich auf Versöhnung, Menschenrechte und gemeinsame Bestrebungen konzentriert.

Mit Kunstausstellungen, Workshops, Diskussionsrunden und Performances bringen die Symposien Aktivist*innen und Künstler*innen zusammen, um Themen wie Dialog und Partnerschaft, Sicherheit und nachhaltiger Frieden, Anerkennung und eine gemeinsame Zukunft sowie einen Aufruf zum Handeln zu erkunden.

Durch die Schaffung von Räumen für einen konstruktiven Dialog wollen wir das gegenseitige Verständnis, die Zusammenarbeit und die Koexistenz fördern. Dieses Projekt soll zu einem dauerhaften Frieden beitragen, indem es sich mit den menschlichen Auswirkungen des Konflikts befasst und gleichzeitig dessen Asymmetrien anerkennt und die gemeinsame Menschlichkeit aller Betroffenen bekräftigt.

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Our project addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a decades-long struggle that, while deeply unbalanced in power and impact, has profoundly affected both peoples, creating mistrust and polarization with global and local echoes. Through four symposiums, we aim to challenge misconceptions and cultivate dialogue by presenting an alternative narrative focused on reconciliation, human rights, and shared aspirations.

Featuring art exhibitions, workshops, panels and performances, the symposiums bring together activists and artists to explore themes like Dialogue and Partnership, Security and Sustainable Peace, Recognition and a Common Future, and a Call to Action.

By creating spaces for constructive dialogue, we seek to promote mutual understanding, collaboration and coexistence. This project aspires to contribute to lasting peace, addressing the human impact of the conflict while recognizing its asymmetries and reaffirming the shared humanity of all those affected.

 

Team

OneState Embassy Art Collective is a conceptual artwork that transcends conventional ideas of the state. Its vision reimagines a world where boundaries are dissolved, and humanity exists as one, united by shared values of equality and belonging. Through its multidisciplinary projects and community initiatives, the collective imagines a utopian form of citizenship—one that surpasses traditional notions of geography, nationality, and race and embraces the principle that all people are global citizens with an equal right to exist. At the heart of the collective’s work lies the power of dreams. Its members envision a future where justice and equality are foundational, where divisions dissolve, and aspirations for unity replace discord. Founded by Palestinian and Israeli artists, OneState Embassy emerged from a profound need to dream beyond the constraints of conflict and division that shape their shared homeland. This act of dreaming through art becomes a way to explore new worlds where imagination and creativity redraw the borders that politics and history have imposed. While deeply rooted in the Israeli-Palestinian context, OneState Embassy’s vision reaches far beyond it. The collective seeks to confront global structures of power and division, offering an egalitarian perspective that invites audiences to imagine an alternate future. In a time of intensifying fragmentation and rising walls, OneState Embassy calls on all of us to envision a world where physical, ideological, and emotional borders dissolve, replaced by a shared vision of peace, equity, and common humanity. Through their art, they encourage audiences to dream, to question governing systems, and to envision a future grounded in compassion, equality, and collective identity.