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Breaking the Barriers to Freedom

All the research Yvette undertook for this exhibition was based on circumstances and the politics at the time.
​Literal barriers to freedom – the 'peace walls' in Belfast; the mine field 'wall' in the Western Sahara; the Mexico/USA border barrier and of course the Israeli Apartheid Wall - are merely physical reflections of deeper economic, political, ecological and psychological hurdles to peace and security... Yvette believes speaking out is a first step to changing the seemingly impossible... 
Her work has always been in the creative arena. "For several years I was an actress conveying meaning through the words of others; as a filmmaker for 20 years I gave voice to those whose needs and struggles were rarely articulated and reached millions of viewers in the process". Since 2004 as an artist Yvette endeavoured to give expression to the unseen, the marginalized; to convey the depths of their privation and yet their defiance against injustice and exploitation.
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​A MILLION VOICES CRYING
FACES STARK AND GAUNT
THEY WAGE THEIR WAR ON TERROR
BUT NOT THE WAR ON WANT
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LOST IN TIME - SOLD
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I FOUGHT AN AGE OLD TYRANNY
AND LIBERATION CAME
THEY QUASHED OUR NEW DEMOCRACY
OPPRESSION IS ITS NAME - SOLD
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PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
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PRISON BARS
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BLOOD RED ROSES - SOLD
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INSIDE OUT - SOLD
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FREE FROM COLD AND HUNGER MARCHES LONG AGO
I FEEL A RICH CONTENTMENT
MY HEART DOTH OVERFLOW - SOLD
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FREE LOVE
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BLUE-SKY THINKING - SOLD
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HANDCUFFS
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SHACKLES
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GAZAN - SOLD
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I STRUGGLED OUT OF CHILDHOOD
TO BREAK ABUSIVE TIES
NOW I AM A WOMAN
AND WILL TOLERATE NO LIES
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NO PLACE TO HIDE - SOLD
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CAMBODIAN GIRL - SOLD

Rescued from a rubbish dump in Phnom Penh by Cambodian Children’s Fund.

Since 2005, CCF has been educating children- currently 2000 - and employs local Khmer in their schools and centres. See all the news and projects at www.cambodianchildrensfund.org
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I WATCHED THE ORANGE AGENT
BURNING HUMAN SKIN
I WATCH WESTERM HYPOCRISY
WHEN NAPAL RAINS AGAIN - SOLD
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AIR IS PURE FOREST PROUD
I TREASURE ALL I SEE
SCREECHING METAL FELLS THE GIANTS
THEY STEAL THE SOUL FROM ME
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APARTHEID WALL DIVIDES
OLIVE GROVES DESTROYED
WILL THEY BREAL MY SPIRIT?
I DEFY THEIR GENOCIDE
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FLEEING EXPLOITATION
DRONING BIRDS ABOVE
WAR LORDS' PERSECUTION
I YEARN FOR PEACE AND LOVE
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THE DRIVE OF GREED FOR PROFIT
RAVAGES MY LAND
I HOLD THE BIRD IN SAFETY
THEN RELEASE IT FROM MY HAND - SOLD
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SEE THE LIGHT ACROSS THE THAR
AS TIGERS STALK THE LAND
FORTS SHIMMER IN THE VASTNESS
WIND HOWLS ACROSS THE SAND
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I GAZE ON BURNING OIL
SPILLS OF TOXIC TAR
WE'LL STOP THE RAPE AND PLUNDER
MY VOICE WILL ECHO FAR
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CONFLAGRATION
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