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GLUE: Book Fair and Creative Programme
Hot Potato and contributing artists discuss a new age of censorship and its impact on the arts. It draws on their exhibition Sign Up that emerged from their ongoing research into the history of Irish-Palestinian solidarity.
During the talk, they explore the complicity of the global photography community in perpetuating media bias against Palestinians. What is it to have a voice in the current media landscape and who is permitted to make work? What is the role of the photographer if they are prevented from communicating in their medium?
Joining the conversation are Elizabeth Breiner, Manal Massalha, Sarra Alayyan, and Damian Owen-Board.
Discover the full programme here.
Hot Potato and contributing artists discuss a new age of censorship and its impact on the arts. It draws on their exhibition Sign Up that emerged from their ongoing research into the history of Irish-Palestinian solidarity.
During the talk, they explore the complicity of the global photography community in perpetuating media bias against Palestinians. What is it to have a voice in the current media landscape and who is permitted to make work? What is the role of the photographer if they are prevented from communicating in their medium?
Joining the conversation are Elizabeth Breiner, Manal Massalha, Sarra Alayyan, and Damian Owen-Board.
Discover the full programme here.
Bios
Hot Potato, founded by Naoise O’Keeffe, began in Ireland in 2018 with the aim of providing an alternative to typical newsprint with the creative interpretation of politics and global affairs through photography and journalism. Each issue the Hot Potato team assigns a topic to an artist and a journalist who both research and respond independently.
Once the artist produces a visual response and the journalist produces a body of text, they meet for the first time in print. The newspaper usually contains between 20-30 topics and the team spends many months producing an issue. Our aim is to provide an alternative to both media production and consumption by examining the photographs capacity to reveal new, often latent relationships with the reader.
Elizabeth Breiner is a writer and curator specialising in photography. She is currently Head of Programmes at Forensic Architecture, where she oversees public programming and supports editorial work. Her writing has appeared in numerous international publications, and she has curated exhibitions for institutions including Les Rencontres d’Arles, Apexart, Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Chile, and Benrubi Gallery. She holds an MA from UCL and undergraduate degrees from Vassar College and Birkbeck University.
Manal Massalha is a London-based Palestinian social documentary photographer and multimedia artist working with video, sound, and text. A sociologist and ethnographer, her work celebrates conviviality and visualises themes of displacement, inclusion/exclusion, urban health, and their intersections with race, class, gender, and coloniality. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. View her work: www.manalmassalha.com
Sarra Alayyan is a Palestinian-Jordanian writer, editor, and researcher. She is Deputy Editor at Dazed MENA and lead narrative editor/researcher of Yesterday, Come Closer, an experimental zine exploring Palestinian collective memory. Her writing has been featured in GQ Middle East, AnOther Magazine, Atmos, and more.
Damian Owen-Board is Deputy Dean of Creative Arts and Media at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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12:30 pm
Sun, 14 Sep 2025
Nash and Brandon Rooms
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