Join us for Balfour Reparations (2026–2046): a performance lecture on the UK’s colonial legacy in Palestine.

Farah Saleh in collaboration with Race, Rights & Sovereignty x GSA Palestine Solidarity Society and Tramway Beyond Walls, presents Balfour Reparations (2026-2046) at Glasgow School of Art on Friday 12 June.

Balfour Reparations (2026-2046) 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 Palestinian 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 2046, as a member of the Reparations Committee, reflecting on a fictive apology letter issued by the UK government in 2026, promising reparations to the Palestinian people. What does accountability look like? What might justice mean?

Step into the future and be part of the conversation.

The performance will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by nxa parinussa.

This event is part of the Race, Rights & Sovereignty ‘States of Matter’ strand. ‘States of Matter’ is a programme strand which considers interactions between art and statehood, asking how practitioners shift our present states of living. Race, Rights and Sovereignty is a programme supported by the GSA Students Association in partnership with GSA Exhibitions.

Image: Balfour Reparations, credit Brian Hartley.

Balfour Reparations is supported by IASH, Culture&, Made in Scotland, Scottish Government, Creative Scotland.

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