UNseen

About This Event

Palestinians have never been more in the public eye than today, yet still exist in a space of invisibility. Popular representations of the Palestinian experience fail to capture the full depth of their humanity, and when allowed to exist in the public space, they are narrowed down to caricatures: they are either victim or threat, and nothing else. UNSEEN challenges viewers to interrogate these flattened narratives; to start to see Palestinians as complete individuals with a deep connection to their land, ancestors, and the traditions they carry. Our Palestinian neighbors continue to show up in mundane daily tasks while carrying the constant ache of grief, of loved ones in danger, of a homeland under siege. Their entire being is fractured between these two diametrically opposite realities where home and rubble have become one. Featuring photographs of Colorado Palestinian families taken by local artists, UNSEEN invites viewers on a journey of what it means to be Palestinian today. Our Palestinian neighbors are people we pass in the grocery store, at the gym, and at work or school. People who are silently carrying the weight of unimaginable loss: of family, of homes, of history. Grief, war, and displacement are not merely unseen “over there.” They are present here, woven into the fabric of our own communities.