Farah Saleh. Balfour Reparations (2025–2045)

As part of the Project a Black Planet exhibition, MACBA is co-organising Balfour Reparations (2025–2045), a piece by Palestinian choreographer Farah Saleh included in Hacer Historia(s) VI (Making History(ies) VI), in collaboration with La Poderosa. This performance draws on archives, memories and future imaginaries in order to rethink the British colonial legacy in Palestine, raising questions about reparation, justice and historical responsibility.

The Balfour Reparations (2025–2045) project, is a compelling performance lecture by Palestinian dancer, choreographer and scholar Farah Saleh that invites you to explore and confront the United Kingdom’s colonial legacy in Palestine. Through a blend of history, fiction and fantasy, Saleh examines the role of Arthur James Balfour – former UK Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and influential academic figure – in shaping policies that denied Palestinians political rights. Using elements of Critical Fabulation and Afrofuturism, this thought-provoking work brings archival materials – videos, photos and documents – into dialogue with imagined futures.

Join us in 2045 as a member of the Reparations Committee as we reflect on a fictive apology letter issued by the UK government in 2025 promising reparations to the Palestinian people. What does accountability look like? What might justice mean?

Read more here.

Farah Saleh, Balfour Reparations. © Lucas Chih-Peng Kao

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