Live for Gaza, Ex Base Nato Napoli
June 20, 2026
Talk and exhibition
Between Gaza and Naples at Life for Gaza | Naples 2026
Between Gaza and Naples was presented at Life for Gaza – People for Peace, one of Italy’s largest solidarity events dedicated to Gaza, attended by more than 2,500 people. Bringing the project before such a large audience was an extraordinary milestone for us, reaffirming our belief that photography can create meaningful connections across borders and give voice to stories that deserve to be seen, shared and remembered.
This project supports the family of Mahmoud Abu Qaraya in Gaza
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A meeting point between art and civic engagement
Life for Gaza has established itself as one of Italy’s most significant independent solidarity events, bringing together artists, intellectuals and cultural institutions around a common humanitarian purpose.
The 2026 edition featured an extraordinary constellation of voices from across the Italian cultural landscape, including actor Fabrizio Gifuni, Academy Award-winning director Gabriele Salvatores, actor Elio Germano, playwright and storyteller Ascanio Celestini, satirist Sabina Guzzanti, actors Lino Musella and Peppe Lanzetta, together with musicians including Foja, La Famiglia, Lucariello, Piotta, Ciccio Merolla, Carlo Faiello, Maldestro, Roberto Colella, Giovanni Block, Suonno d’Ajere, Elisabetta Serio, Sarah Jane Morris, Dadà, Greta Zuccoli, Bisca and Capone & BungtBangt.
Being invited to contribute to such a broad and interdisciplinary programme placed Between Gaza and Naples within a wider conversation where artistic practices became instruments for dialogue rather than spectacle.
Photography beyond documentation
Created by Palestinian photographer Mahmoud Abu Qaraya and Italian visual artist tylerdurdan*, Between Gaza and Naples explores the emotional and cultural connections between two places often represented through radically different narratives.
Rather than focusing on conflict itself, the project examines everyday gestures, family life, childhood, neighbourhoods and shared cultural memory. Its images ask viewers to look beyond geography and politics, revealing unexpected similarities between communities separated by the Mediterranean yet connected through lived experience.
Presented within Life for Gaza, the work became part of a larger reflection on displacement, identity and resilience, inviting audiences to encounter Gaza not only through news headlines but through the ordinary humanity of its people.
More than an exhibition
The presence of over 2,500 visitors transformed the presentation into a truly collective experience.
Throughout the event, photographs became meeting points for conversations between strangers, artists, activists and visitors. The exhibition was not confined to the walls on which the images were displayed; it extended into dialogue, silence, shared emotion and reflection.
For us, exhibiting Between Gaza and Naples before such a large and diverse audience remains one of the most meaningful milestones in the history of the project.
Culture as an act of responsibility
Life for Gaza demonstrated how artistic expression can create spaces where empathy is not abstract but tangible.
Photography alone cannot change political realities, nor can it replace humanitarian action. Yet it can preserve memory, challenge indifference and encourage people to pause long enough to recognise themselves in the stories of others.
This is the space that Between Gaza and Naples seeks to inhabit.
Its participation in Life for Gaza was not simply another exhibition. It became part of a wider cultural movement in which artists from different disciplines chose to use their work to affirm a simple but essential principle: that every human life deserves to be seen, heard and remembered.
Location
Ex base Nato, Naples Italy
Dates
June 20, 2026
Format
Exhibition and Talk
Between Gaza and Naples is a project by
Mahmoud Abu Qaraya and tylerdurdan*
Each projection is not just a viewing moment, but an act of attention, a way to keep this story alive, visible and shared.