Belfast’s International Wall becomes the Palestinian Wall
The Palestinian Wall in Belfast
The Socialist Project (Canada) presents the Palestinian Wall in Belfast.
In a show of solidarity with the people of Palestine a group of mural artists led by Irish renowned artist Danny Devenny has transformed Belfast’s iconic “International Wall” into the “Palestinian Wall”, reproducing murals designed by Palestinian artists who would have suffered imprisonment, torture and death had they attempted to paint them in their homeland.
Danny Devenny writes:
Bobby Sands said, back in the day:
Danny Devenny
“The men of art have lost their heart.
They dream within their dreams.
Their magic sold for price of gold
Amidst a people’s screams.
They sketch the moon and capture bloom
With genius, so they say.
But n’er they sketch the quaking wretch
Who lies in Castlereagh.”
And in this instance, Palestinian artists were not losing their heart, they were actually painting from the heart. And we were looking at this on our iPod
screens, so we thought well the little thing we can do, because we had trouble back in our day telling our story, that we’re very aware watching what was taking place.
If those artists start even to go to the West Bank Wall at least they will be typically taken away and tortured, but probably killed. So, we started the project and I think you’re witnessing it here around you. People are responding the same way. Everyone feels they need to do something, they have to do something to stop this murder taking place.