At Home in Gaza and London follows the lives of people living in two locations separated by great political, economic and physical divides. The project goes beyond the headlines, using modern technology to offer a voice to individual artists in Gaza and give reality to the ways of working and surviving under strained, damaging and threatening conditions.

The performance connects the two cities by creating a single space shared by artists and watched by audiences in both places, using live video streaming to merge the two together. The performers discuss, argue and celebrate aspects of their own personal lives and the possibilities generated through the opportunity to share actions, spaces and even bodies with others, two and a half thousand miles away. They occupy each other’s homes, streets and other social spaces.

At Home in Gaza and London asks questions such as ‘what are the ways of coping with existential threat and physical, political and moral oppression?’ and ‘what does it mean to attempt an equal artistic collaboration between such different cultures, hopes and expectations?’ The six artists in Gaza and five in London worked together since January 2016, developing bonds and alliances which offer some answers to these questions. By exploring the ideas and practicalities of home, the realities of life in Gaza and London become the medium for an expression of physical existence liberated by global communication.

At Home in Gaza and London opens a new way for artists to engage with each other in different places across the world, allowing audiences to participate, while eliciting a direct and personal response to the problems of Gaza and its isolation.