Pro-Occupation

Pro-Occupation is a live/action and installation project in solidarity with Palestine. The Olive tree is there to represent peace not only in Palestine but with all the neighbour countries. The Olive tree resting, finally can root itself and EVERONE is welcome under its shadow. with this project, Matlakas "Pro" will occupy pieces of land in foreign countries giving back the lost lands to Palestinians with the hope that soon, the conflict will stop and people from any nation will find refuge, under the shadow of the same tree. The occupied area will vary in size according to the possibilities of the territory. The performative intervention, therefore, includes a ritual where the artist holding an olive tree in his arms, like a newborn baby, connects to the pain of the Palestinian people, that pain that Jews suffered in the past but that, unfortunately, is continuing under a different name but the same race, the human race. The olive tree will be planted during the performance ...