Yael Bartana: And Europe Will Be Stunned

Bury Our Weapons, Not Our Bodies!
September 22, 2–6pm
Join us for the premiere of Yael Bartana’s Bury Our Weapons, Not Our Bodies! Outside the walls of the Museum, Bartana will realize a new site-specific public performance, through a symbolic burial and call to action, Bartana extends the concepts of her trilogy to the birthplace of American democracy—Philadelphia. Begins 2pm at Independence National Historical Park continues at 4pm at the William M. Reilly Memorial, outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s West Entrance 

Blurring fact and fiction, artist Yael Bartana reimagines historical narratives to spur a dialogue about urgent social and geopolitical issues of our time. This immersive exhibition presents her provocative film trilogy And Europe Will Be Stunned, which chronicles the radical vision of the fictional Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland. Taking the complexity of Jewish-Polish identity as a point of departure, the films speak to larger, universal themes of nationhood, belonging, and memory.

For details and related programs, visit philamuseum.org.

Please note: Replica guns are part of the performance. The performance will be filmed.