Art Worldwide

Review

Lots of variation in Palestinian art exhibition

October 2009 -

The Palestine: la création dans tous ses états exhibition in the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris portrays a versatile and developed art scene.

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Interview

"Literature should heal wounds in Timor-Leste"

October 2009 -

Writer, translator, and campaigner Abe Barreto Soares is determined to put his country's literature on the map, using all available technical supplies. 

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Sudanese theatre on violence and responsibility

October 2009 -

What do you do if you suddenly wake up after sleeping in a cave for 309 years? That is what happens to the characters in Walid Al Alphy's stage play People of the cave, performed on 25 September 2009 in the Rotterdam theatre.

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New East African pop sound with hip-hop and R&B vibes

September 2009 -

The Nairobi music scene evolved in recent years thanks to the arrival of the Penya label and its recording studio in one of Nairobi's poorer districts. The result can soon be heard in The Netherlands.

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Interview

Redeemers and posers

August 2009 -

Until 2003, works made by Zimbabwean artist Kudzamai 'Kudzi' Chiurai (Harare, 1981) were a-political. Now things have changed.

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Tenzin Tsundue writes poetry for freedom

August 2009 -

With his poems, essays and short stories, the Tibetan poet-activist voices the outrage of the Tibetan refugees in India about the situation in their country of origin.

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Syrian artists cherish their cultural background

August 2009 -

While young artists in neighbouring countries often command attention by the fury with which they try to get rid of traditions, Syrian artists generally seem quite comfortable with their cultural background.

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Senegal dance festival undeterred by controversy

August 2009 -

As artistic director of DuoSoloDanse Alioune Diagne took a risk by organising an ambitious, regional contemporary dance event in the former capital of French West Africa, Saint Louis.

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Interview

Punk rocker from Mongolia switches to folk music

August 2009 -

From punk musician to neo-traditional folksinger is a radical change. Especially when the musician is a young Chinese with Mongolian roots from Beijing.

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Chinese dance theatre rewrites history of the Cultural Revolution

July 2009 -

The Beijing Living Dance Studio combines documentary and dance in a manner that is highly unique for China.

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