We are told there’s nothing that our institutions can do. But this is a lie.
It was brought to our attention, at the Student Union, that the
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, alongside all other major art academies in the Netherlands, has active ties with Israel through an exchange partnership with the
Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem.
At the moment
Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem lists on its website collaborations for exchange with:
ArtEz University of the Arts, Arnhem; Design Academy Eindhoven; Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam; University of the Arts, Utrecht; Royal Academy of Art, the Hague; Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam.On the 16th of October Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem, announced that it set up The Bezalel Emergency Sewing Center with the explicit aim of repairing uniforms and military equipment for soldiers and reservists from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Link to notice of collaboration with IDF on the Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem:
Link to Instagram screenshots from Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem, of students patching IDF uniforms:
Students are tasked with fixing uniforms for the Israeli military, the same military that goes into Gaza to enact genocide. Students are tasked to sew into every fixed uniform a tag that says 'with love from Bezalel’. The very thought of this sounds obscene.
Meanwhile, there’s a genocide unfolding in our pockets. We have been scrolling through it for two months now. We go to protests. We go to screenings. We fundraise. We grieve collectively. We boycott individually. We ask for statements from the institutions that are supposed to care for us and human rights.
While rumors have been going around academies about this collaboration for weeks now, no academy seems to have stepped forth to break ties with Bezalel and send the message that they don’t support their actions, their collaboration with the IDF. Our management at the Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague, is aware of this collaboration and hasn’t taken any steps to break it. Discussions behind closed doors are not enough.
We, the undersigned, KABK Student Union members, as well as students and staff from the broader community of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, come forth with a demand towards our management. We know boycotting works but only when it's done by many including our (western) institutions.
Break ties with Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, Jerusalem, and send a statement that you’re not supporting the genocide that is happening to the Palestinian people. Actions are what counts now.
1. Alina Lupu, MA Photography and Society
2. Zeynep Oral, Interactive/Media/Design
3. Manu Ferneini, MA Photography and Society
4. Karolina Rusak, Interactive/Media/Design
5. Dominika Badyla, Interactive/Media/Design
6. Irja Linnerud, Interactive/Media/Design
7. Stella Kummer, Fine Arts
8. Peyman Fazeli, Fine Arts alumnus
9. Ludmila Souza Rodrigues, MA Non-Linear Narrative
10. Mads Rosairus, Interactive/Media/Design
11. Ariadne Sergoulopoulou, Fine Arts
12. Milan, Graphic Design
13. Marit van der Meulen, Graphic Design
14. Noah Warmer, Textile
15. Sarah-Rose Antoun, MA Photography and Society
16. Adele Dipasquale, MA Artistic Research
17. Davide Ghelli Santuliana, MA Artistic Research
18. Daria Georgescu, Graphic Design
19. Ivo Blackwood, Graphic Design
20. Feyo Birza, Graphic Design
21. Nikolett Madarász, Graphic Design
22. Krystian Furman, Photography
23. François Girard-Meunier, Graphic Design
24. Emilia Mäenpää, Interactive/Media/Design
25. Afra Eisma, Fine Arts alumna
26. Jade Akkerman, Graphic Design
27. Meabh O Halloran, Graphic Design
28. Farabelle Calicher, Graphic Design
29. Lila Maria de Coninck, ArtScience
30. Martha Jager, Design Lectorate Coordinator
31. Andre Kahveciyan, Graphic Design
32. Aylin Sanci, Interior Architecture & Furniture Design
33. Mayis Rukel, KABK Studium Generale
34. Daria Radu, Photography
35. Gwen van den Boogaard, Photography
36. Nora Vervat, Fashion
37. Baroeg Mulder, Fine Arts
38. Marie Eve Vedrines, Fashion & Textile
39. Hannah Schleifer, Photography
40. Puck Pruim, Graphic Design
41. Marta Cuccurullo, MA Non-Linear Narrative
42. Inge Kengen, ArtScience
43. Ange Neveu, ArtScience alumna
44. Sima Al-Saig, Photography
45. Charley Tengbergen, Photography
46. Zorka Hőnigh, Fine Arts
47. Alease Hansen-Evelyn, Fine Arts
48. Dorota Molcanova, Fine Arts
49. Jan Ryt, Photography
50. Emilie Tizien, Photography
51. Alice Gonzalez, Interactive/Media/Design
52. Adele Bournazeau, Photography
53. Joe Bronk, Photography
54. Jinglei Zhang, ArtScience
55. Samuel Salminen, Graphic Design alumnus
56. Omid Kheirabadi, Artistic Research alumnus
57. Medina Resic, Photography alumna
58. Charlotte Hubert, Photography
59. Ária Nati, Fine Arts
60. Lotta Böhm, Photography
61. Lara Varat, MA Photography and Society
62. Joel Quayson, Photography
63. Fatu Odofo, Fashion
64. Yasmin Jalilian, Photography
65. Oski, Fine Arts
66. Famke Roozen, Fine Arts
67. Agata Dohne, Fine Arts
68. Sam Andrea, Fine Arts alumnus
69. Wiggo Mott, ArtScience
70. Nelke Cor Mast / Nelly Dansen, ArtScience alumna
71. Ella Mørtsell, Fine Arts
72. Pijus Sausaitis, Graphic Design
73. Alia Leonardi, MA Photography and Society
74. Julian Wnuk, Photography
75. Jessica Pruzin, Photography
76. Teddy May, Photography
77. Luna van Schadewijk, Graphic Design alumna
78. Yamuna Forzani, Fashion and Textile alumna
79. Anna Vosse, Photography
80. Gillian Bolton, Fine Arts
81. Zuzanna Dziedzic, Fine Arts
82. Isil Ercanli, Fine Arts
83. Milu Chen, ArtScience
84. Bartosz Pierściński, Graphic Design
85. Malik Saïb-Mezghiche, Graphic Design alumnus
86. Jamie Hornis, Interactive/Media/Design alumna
87. Liza Swaving, Academy-wide education
88. Wout van den Berg, Fine Arts
89. Naomi Landman, Fine Arts
90. Emma Grima, Photography alumna
91. Yin Yin Wong, IST, Positioning the I
92. Dayna Casey, former Stadium Generale
93. Bram van Sambeek, Conservatoire classical department
94. Staci Bu Shea, IST
95. Niels Otterman, MA Non Linear Narrative alumnus
96. Ema L., Graphic Design
97. Nika Gregorič, Graphic Design
98. Scurtu Patricia, Graphic Design
99. Oliwia Bończak, Graphic Design
100. Nina Meljac, Graphic Design
101. Maria Louise Bensted, Photography alumna
102. Mariken, Fashion
103. Jessica V., Interactive/Media/Design
104. Anna Zeller, Graphic Design
105. Gabrielle Garcia, Graphic Design
106. Hana Spillerová, Fine Arts alumna
107. Lisa Oort, Fashion and Textile
108. Deyan Filipov, Graphic Design
109. Klodiana Millona, INSIDE alumna
110. Alice Twemlow, Research/ Design Lectorate
111. Alexander Cromer, Graphic Design
112. Giulia Menicucci, Photography
113. Nadine Stijns, Practicum Artium Photography & IST
114. Kathrine Dahl Kristoffersen, Fine Arts
115. Ben Yau, MA Photography and Society
116. Ann-Kathrin Hehl, Interior Architecture & Furniture Design
117. Valerio Conti, MA Artistic Research alumnus
118. Julie Hanuliaková, Fine Arts
119. Maja Mikulska, Interactive/Media/Design
120. Laura Modoni, Fine Arts
121. Hilal Mutluel, Graphic Design alumna
122. Romina Hernández, Type and Media alumna
123. Nasma Al-Shutfa, Interior architecture / INSIDE
124. Ossip Blits, MA ArtScience
125. Yuchin Ku, Interior architecture / INSIDE alumna
126. Mathilde Gilcher, Fashion and Textile
127. Maria Jarzyna, Type and Media alumna
128. Benjamin R Gaupset, Type and Media alumnus
129. Johannes Equizi, Interior Architecture INSIDE alumnus
130. Nathan D., BA Photography alumnus
131. Pum van de Koppel, Fine Arts alumnus
132. Alyce Burfitt, Fine Arts
133. Annabel Quick, Fine Arts
134. Sabina Mérida Entrocassi, Photography alumna
135. Bartosz Pierściński, Graphic Design
136. Bo Oskamp, Fine Arts
137. Lisa Nijs, Fine Arts
138. Marlous Neelissen, Fine Arts
139. Isa Zichterman, Fine Arts
140. Elisa de la Serna Gallego, Graphic Design
141. Maas Mulder, Fine Arts
142. Malva Askerup, Graphics Design
143. Jakob Blessing, Graphic Design
144. Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Graphic Design tutor
145. jacolinde, Fine Arts
146. Milana Rudenko, Graphic Design
147. Artemis Xeniou, Fine Arts
148. Dara Karadjov, Fine Arts
149. Iben Hegreberg, Graphic Design
150. Matthew Moss, Graphic Design
151. Famke Kroonbergs, Fine Arts
152. Ankie van Kasteren, Part time Photography
153. Eva Reumann, Prep year
154. Eline van Dam, Design
155. Kes Lugt, Fine arts
156. Niside Panebianco, Photography & Society
157. Elena Bafa, Fine Arts
158. Lene Marquardt, Photography
159. David Powell, Fine Arts (Tutor)
160. Agata Dohne, Fine Art
161. Virginie Gauthier, Graphic Design
162. Vanessa Lambrecht, Graphic Design
163. Joëlle Adjovi, Photography
164. Alice Gonzalez, Interactive/Media/Design
165. Joshua Rigo, Photography
166. Milos de Wit, Interactive/Media/Design
167. Lisa Arts, Interactive/Media/Design
168. Suyeon Jung, Interactive/Media/Design
169. Ana Alice Baptista, Alice's mom
170. Aurora Stenersen, Photography
171. Yasamin Zeinalizadeh, Interactive/Media/Design
172. Onno Schilstra, Fine Arts
173. Jon Skygge, Fine Arts
174. Benedikt Ingi Ingólfsson, Fine Arts
175. Ewoud van Rijn, Fine Arts
176. Bianca Sevillano-Barredo, Preparatory Year
177. Haryn Jeon, Interactive/Media/Design
178. Bray Hobzek, Interactive/Media/Design
179. Angèle Jaspers, Graphic Design
180. Alex Sigmars, IMD
181. Mihaela Bojinova, Graphic Design
182. Anne-Maren Birkelid, Interior Architecture and Furniture Design
