The Power of Culture

Syria has always had a lively visual arts scene. Appreciated by regional Arab collectors it failed in turn to attract the attention of the West. Over the past two years Syrian artists and galleries have rejoined the Middle-Eastern avant-garde, which is slowly but surely establishing itself internationally.

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Indonesian artist Samuel Indratma likes to work with scrap iron, but his honorary nickname is 'the fresco president' because of the murals he creates with the people of Jogjakarta.

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The exposition African Terra Cotta: a Millenary Heritage, on display until 15 September 2009 in the Barbier-Mueller-museum in Geneva, has been targeted in a campaign against art theft.

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With their project Silent Square in Beirutt culture activist Alfred Tarazi and his partners want to break the silence around the civil war in Lebanon.

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The Malinese actor who was recently twice awarded is determinded to give West Africa an infrastructure for the theatre. 

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With an innovative marketing approach the organisation Africa Unsigned helps young musical talent make a living.

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Since the 90's, children and youngsters from the Indian communities in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz enthusiastically assemble Baroque choirs and orchestras. This is an indirect result of the discovery in the '70 of thousands of scores with Latin American Baroque music.

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Cardboard is to Namibian grafic artists what stone is to Zimbabwean sculptors. Once born out of necessity, because of the high price of linoleum, cardboard printing has developed into a powerful art form.

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'Más creación, más cultura' was one of the intended government objectives as stated by Chile's President Michelle Bachelet when she was elected in 2006.  Now that slogan has been turned into real policy.

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