Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery
Saturday 20 September, 12-4pm

The public is invited to participate in a communal art project that gathers people around a large flag sewn together from 20 keffiyehs, upon which messages of support are embroidered through the timeless art of Tatreez (Palestinian cross-stitch). While embroidery experience is useful, none is required… just a will to make your mark of solidarity on this textile landscape.

Led by Dorita Hannah with Alya Abed Ali, Emma Farry and friends from the Palestinian community and wider, Stitch for Palestine is a collaboration with the Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA). This iteration of the ongoing project will be held in the context of the exhibition  Catherine Griffiths: Walk With Me.

Dorita Hannah is a designer and independent academic whose practice and research – operating across the architectural, performing, culinary and visual arts – focus on performance space and spatial performativity. Her international projects range from theatre architecture (space-in-action) to public events (action-in-space), addressing the dynamics, politics and intermediality of the public realm. Hannah has published on Performance Design and Event-Space, while designing, curating and directing exhibitions, installations, performances, feasts, symposia and workshops. Her creative work has gained awards and citations and has been regularly selected for exhibition in World Stage Design and the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space.