Art Worldwide

New generation of Bolivian artists displays bravado

May 2009 -

'La Paz Ibero-American Cultural Capital 2009' means a strong impulse for artistic genres which usually go unnoticed  in Bolivia. In particular young video and performance artists are benefiting.

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Kick-off for regional dance network during Arab Dance Platform

May 2009 -

In the Arab region, attention for contemporary dance has rapidly grown in recent years. The time is ripe to set up a network with choreographers and dancers, was the outcome in Beirut in April 2009.

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Ethiopia's music climate blossoms

May 2009 -

Will Ethiopia be taking over Mali's lead in terms of sparkling new talented musicians? That is unlikely for the time being, but the enormous revival of the country's music industry is striking.

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Extraordinary film premiere in Peruvian shanty town

April 2009 -

The Peruvian-Spanish film La Teta Asustada, winner of the Golden Bear during the Berlinale 2009, experienced an extraordinary premiere. The film was shown to an audience in the shanty town of Manchay to the north-east of capital Lima.

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Christopher Cozier: "My sketchpads have become my studio"

March 2009 -

The work of Trinidad artist, editor and researcher Cozier's work is characterised by his strong engagement with the post-colonial Caribbean.

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Akram Zataari: "Collecting is an art form"

March 2009 -

Lebanese video artist, curator and photographer Akram Zaatari is also an 'archive artist', since he claims that collecting is an art form. The old photographs he showes differ significantly from the images we normally see from the Middle East. Recently he was a guest at The Human Body Special, as part of  the Café Mediterranée programme in Amsterdam.

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Syrian theatre explores male-female relationships

February 2009 -

"Our work focuses on the social rituals and religious ceremonies in Arabian society, especially the specific role that men play and that is expected of women", says Noura Murad of the Syrian Leish Troupe.

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Lebanese performance artist Rabih Mroue and the definition of history

February 2009 -

How can a general history be distilled from the chaos of events? It's questions like these which the Lebanese artist poses himself and his audience during his perfomances.

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Festival sur le Niger in Mali: a true folk festival

February 2009 -

In Segou everybody can enjoy the festival, which has a cultural purpose as well as an economic one.

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Jose Eduardo Agualusa: "We are not only writers, but interpreters as well"

January 2009 -

According to the Angolese writer, identity is always the central issue in the modern literature of young countries.

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