ONE SMALL SEED MAGAZINE Issue #28 Digital 03 | Page 18

‘WAR IS
NEVER PART
OF THE
SOLUTION,
IT’S ALWAYS
PART OF THE
PROBLEM.’
(DESMOND
TUTU)

The Dalai Lama might have been denied access to the new
South Africa, but the anti-gun message was still going to
be spread. According to collaborator Guto Bussab of MUTI
Films, ‘the parade is the place where many city commuters
cross to go back to the communities, which are exclusion
places created by the architecture of the Apartheid
Government.’ With the blessing of Archbishop Desmond
Tutu and War Resisters International, the Resistance team
aims to create wide-reaching alertness and tangible
change. The proceeds of Ghosts have funded three local
charitable organisations and workshops in the Cape Flats,
as well as international advocacy organisations such as
Humans Rights Watch.
On top of that, the plan is to take the project around the
globe. Design and execution may change to fit the sociopolitical landscape of countries like the US, Turkey, Brazil,
South Korea and Nigeria, but Claire McGuinness of Invisible
Sun explains that the verdict – beautifully expressed by
Desmond Tutu in the following video – will remain the
same: ‘War is never part of the solution, it’s always part of
the problem.’
Artist: Ralph Ziman