Despite the negative portrayal of asylum seekers in our media, the Villawood Detention Centre is filled with amazing stories of survival, resistance and hope. Every day, refugees inside Villawood find ways to resist the dehumanizing restraints of our detention system.
Villawood: Survival+Resistance will present artworks, film, talks, hip hop, music, poetry, performance art about the Villawood Detention Centre and what it means for Western Sydney.
Events include:
The Refugee Art Project presents an art exhibition by detainees inside detention.
'Villawood Mums': A short film screening followed by Q&A with the film makers.
Refugee Action Coalition spokesperson Ian Rintoul will discuss the current problems of Immigration Detention.
Performances by poets and hip hop artists from the Auburn Community Development Poets Group, including Rima aka Soul Beats, Bhagavadas Sriskanthadas & Nashaa Hamody Abdul-Hassan.
When:
Thursday 8th of September, 5.30pm - 10pm. (The art exhibition continues until 29 September, 10am-4pm, Monday – Friday)
Where:
ICE: Information and Cultural Exchange, 8 Victoria Road, Parramatta.
Admission:
$10 Waged, $5 Unwaged, no one turned away due to lack of funds. (The art exhibition is free)
Event night food and drinks served by donation from 5.30pm.
A collaboration between The Refugee Art Project, the Cross Border Collective, The Refugee Action Coalition and the Justice and Arts Network. Supported by ICE & Matta Media.
See also therefugeeartproject.com
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Re: Villawood Survival+Resistance: Opening Night
(Sydney, Guantanamo Bay, the West Bank, Auschwitz & Treblinka) have alot in common !!!
AT least 5 Jails or have I missed one . . .
Long Bay Jail.
Silverwater Jail.
Villawood detention centres.
Juvenile detention centres.
Countless mental hospitals which are all over staffed.
Countless hospitals which are all over staffed.
Countless police stations which are all over staffed.
Countless real estate agents & local councils which are also overstaffed.
A number of Military barracks.
A perfect recipe for corruption.
Wheres the humanity here, their is no democracy in Sydney, Sydney is facist to the core, how about people just working together despite any racial or political backgrounds, thats what Anarchism is really about Anarchisim is humanitarian.
Re: Villawood Survival+Resistance: Opening Night
Not to mention the religious institutions & their diehard fanatical devotees.