The Power of Culture

The Prince Claus Fund and Hivos will not provide financial support to the 2003 Havana Biennial this year because of increased repression by the Cuban government. What considerations prompted this decision?

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The South African collective PULSE has invited artists to participate in Hive, a project for Aids victims.

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Photographing their living environment forces girls to think about the role patterns in which they grew up. That is the idea behind this new initiative.

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Leïla Ben Ali, wife of the Tunisian president, opened The Tunisian Woman, partner with equal rights conference in August.

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Two films to which the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) has contributed won first and second prize at the 56th Locarno Film Festival.

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The Images of Asia festival will be held in Denmark from 8 August through 26 September. About 450 Asiatic artists and intellectuals are participating in the event.

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A group of young artists in the Angolan coastal city of Benguela sees an important role for itself in the ‘new’ Angola.

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Specialists from non-western countries will meet this month in Amsterdam for the Reclaiming Cultural Diversity conference. Three public debates will be conducted simultaneously.

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The Next 5 Minutes festival, to be held from 11 through 14 September in the Balie in Amsterdam, continually blurs the interface between art/culture, development, activism and media technology.

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