Join the conversation about hope and healing during challenging times. Make Art Not War is a participatory art project that was birthed through the darkness of the ongoing humanitarian crises in Gaza-Palestine. Acknowledging the loss of human lives and the grief that comes from the unfairness of these events. Members of the public are invited to create origami paper cranes to represent all the civilian deaths resulting from the current conflict. The process of constructing and being surrounded by thousands Paper Cranes, folded since the beginning of this project in December 2023 at mothermother in Tāmaki Makaurau, creates a compelling visual representation for the loss of life and the futility of armed conflict and acts as a powerful expression of the collective grief, suffering and call for ceasefire.

With thanks to mothermother