Project X Statement of Solidarity and PACBI Commitment
We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and with all communities resisting colonialism, apartheid, and state violence. We also stand against the growing rise of fascist and authoritarian powers across the world.
At a time when ceasefire agreements continue to be violated and Palestinians are subjected to ongoing genocide, displacement, and denial of fundamental human rights, we believe it is essential to sustain and strengthen cultural resistance. Art and culture cannot be neutral in the face of oppression, nor can they be used to legitimise or obscure systems of violence.
In 2025, we formally pledged our support to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). We are now sharing this statement publicly as part of our commitment to transparency, accountability, and collective ethics.
What is PACBI
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is a Palestinian-led movement that calls on international cultural and academic institutions to refuse complicity in Israel’s system of apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism. Rooted in international law, PACBI forms part of the wider Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and advocates for non-violent pressure to achieve freedom, justice and equity for Palestinians.
PACBI provides clear guidelines that support cultural workers and organisations in ensuring their practice is not used to artwash or normalise state violence and human rights violations.
What this commitment means for us?
In line with PACBI guidelines and our core values:
We will not participate in projects, residencies, artistic or academic exchanges that receive funding from the Israeli government, Israeli state institutions, or Israeli embassy funding.
We will not collaborate with individuals, companies, or organisations that uphold, enable, or normalise the oppression of Palestinians or deny their right to self-determination and sovereignty.
We will continue to boycott Israeli products and companies that profit from genocide, military occupation, apartheid policies, or the illegal settlement and colonisation of Palestinian land.
We commit to regularly reviewing and embedding the PACBI Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel within our organisational policies, partnerships, and decision-making processes.
Collective responsibility, care, and action
We understand solidarity as an active, collective practice. Beyond refusal, we commit to working with artists, cultural workers, and communities to share resources, information, learning, collective grief, and actions. We aim to create space for dialogue, reflection, and mutual accountability, recognising that cultural resistance is both political and deeply human.
Our values and decolonial practice
Our core mission is grounded in the practice of decoloniality. Across our programming, governance, and organisational culture, we work to challenge systems of colonial violence, racial capitalism, and cultural erasure.
Our commitment to PACBI is a direct extension of our collective ethics and values. We refuse the use of art and culture as tools of whitewashing, and we affirm our responsibility to align our practice with movements for liberation, justice, and care.
We recognise this as a living commitment. We will continue to listen, learn, and act in collaboration with our communities, and to make our values explicit in the choices we make as an organisation.
We hold this commitment with care, responsibility, and intention.
We know that solidarity is not static. It requires ongoing listening, learning, and action. We commit to continuing this work with honesty and courage, and to standing alongside those who refuse silence in the face of injustice.
In solidarity, signed by
Co-Directors Rhea & Emanuel on behalf of Project X
