Memorial 2 Ethiopia – The Air Is Burning

Sunday 3 december
At Sexy Land World,
Noordwal 1, Amsterdam

We Sell Reality
Join us for Ethiopia – And The Air Is Burning, the second of a series of memorials organized by art collective We Sell Reality within the framework of Refresh #2 War & Conflict set up by the Amsterdam Museum in collaboration with Sexyland World and many different partners in the city. The series of memorials are set up to come together and process and grieve the impact of war, conflict, and violence.

The second memorial that We Sell Reality organizes will be dedicated to the web of war & conflicts in Ethiopia. The ongoing war between Ethiopia and Eritrea is the root of lots of violence and oppression. It indirectly led to an armed conflict in Northen Ethiopia, called the Tigray war and to the killings in the war torn West Wollega zone of the Oromia regional state. These examples of violence and oppression led again to an outburst of violence in the Amhara region in September 2023. A six months State of Emergency is now at place in the fragmented country. Ethiopia with all of its rivaling tribes is far from peaceful, though here we hear little about it through our media outlets. To shed light on this violence that led in the past 5 years to the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, we organize this memorial. We want this violence to end.Let’s come together, to share our feelings, to think collectively about what we can do from here, to hold each other. The memorial also wishes to make people aware that we are here and therefore the conflicts in Ethiopia are here as well. We want to inform people and get them engaged as this is the world we share. We invite all the Ethiopian diaspora and everyone else who wants to know and understand more to join us. Don’t feel shy if you are not familiar with the rituals. We will welcome you, guide you and appreciate your presence very much.

For more information, visit the FramerFramed website.