Given the recent withdrawal of the FIB poster of artists as a resident or Judeline, motivated by the business relationship of the festival with KKR, the red room wanted to explain why he decided to maintain his participation in the event.
The red room introduces its statement with a resounding condemnation of the atrocious genocide that the state of Israel is perpetrating against the Palestinian people. However, the Valencian quartet questions the logic that is taking part of the public to demand from artists the cancellation of their actions, and wonders why culture is being the most penalized sector, when it is not the only one linked to this type of investment funds.
The red room reason that “our status of workers with that of consumers of the event is confused”, and states that “the relationship between this festival and the genocide is so tangential that, if we cancel our performance with coherence to that logic, we should do the same with almost all our professional activities. Streaming platforms, ticketing, editorials, social networks and many other spaces in the music industry are crossed by capitals of similar and equally questionable origin ».
The group doubts the effectiveness of the type of individualized boycott that is being raised. «A partial, biased or little founded boycott could have a counterproductive effect. Choosing a scapegoat without the necessary reflection can be used to release momentary tensions, but little else. We do not believe that pressure on social networks, nor the search for easy approval, are effective ways to articulate a boycott that should be considered more collectively, informed and strategic, ”he adds.
In addition, the Red Room invites its audience to look at its own practices “before issuing summary judgments towards others.” «We know who is behind the most popular attraction park in the country? Or from the company that supplies our electricity? Have we canceled platforms that have eliminated Palestinian films by pressures from the Israeli government? What do we consume, what do we wear, what do we work for?
However, the Red Room points out that “everything we say here we do it from doubt, a doubt that lives with a deep sadness and helplessness to see how, a few thousand kilometers, an atrocity is committed to the eyes of the world.”
See this post on Instagram
