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FOKAL

Practitioner:
and Africamérica, Fondation Culture Création, the French Institute, UNESCO

Date:
Apr 1 1995

ARTS/CULTURE FOKAL is the hub in Haiti where locals and international visitors from all walks of life — artists, writers, citizens, activists– come together to discuss the most pressing nation- and community-building issues, enjoy cutting edge artistic expressions, and share…

Rockers Unite for Haiti Benefits

Practitioner:
etc., Jay-Z, Radiohead, Springsteen

Date:
Apr 1 1995

Jay-Z rapped alongside side Bono, the Edge and Rihanna; Coldplay’s Chris Martin moonlighted as Beyoncé’s piano player; Justin Timberlake covered Leonard Cohen — and those performances, from January 22nd’s multinetwork, $66 million-grossing telethon for Haitian earthquake victims, were just the…

Picha Mtaani

Practitioner:
Boniface Mwangi

Date:
Apr 1 1995

On 7th December 2009, “Picha Mtaani” was launched at a colorful ceremony in Nairobi. “Picha Mtaani” in partnership with UNDP Kenya, was an initiative that seeks to create a platform for peace building, national healing and cohesion through street picture…

Citizen Four

Practitioner:
Laura Poitras

Date:
Apr 1 1995

“CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate…

All Eyes on ‘Sparrow’: Documenting the Dangers of Activism in China

Practitioner:
Nanfu Wang/ Haiyan Ye

Date:
Apr 1 1995

Nanfu Wang feels safe in New York. Surveillance, that essential preoccupation of the documentarian in America, is a chokehold from which she has been temporarily released. From her Brooklyn apartment, the Chinese filmmaker prepares for the release of her debut…

FESPACO

Practitioner:
The Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television

Date:
Apr 1 1995

Fespaco is a meeting place put to good use to promote the development of black cinematography. From 1973, topics of discussion are introduced at each edition. The general theme of the sessions is chosen taking into account the concerns of…

Rise, Resist & Unite…V-Day & The Vagina Monolouges

Practitioner:
V-Day Sedona/ Organizations Across the Globe

Date:
Apr 1 1995

Back after a five year hiatus, V-Day Sedona joins with hundreds of other productions across the globe in celebrating V-Day’s 20th anniversary with an act of artistic activism. For its 20th anniversary, V-Day is calling on activists around the world…

Artist Using Cameras inside Her Vagina to Explore Female Gaze and Body

Practitioner:
Dani Lessnau

Date:
Apr 1 1995

As the female gaze comes to the fore, artists are beginning to examine and explore the possibilities of what exists, what it is to be a woman looking at the world outside of her self. For American artist Dani Lessnau,…

Transparency on R&D Costs

Practitioner:
Irene Romero & Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) Europe

Date:
Apr 1 1995

A set of strategies to highlight the high cost of medicine and lack of transparency in the pharmaceutical industry including a funny and disturbing satirical website, video, and press conference to promote their fake organization, the Association of Honest Pharmaceutical…

How to Colour Reality!

Practitioner:
STUNOME

Date:
Apr 1 1995

In the era of New Media, we share media content with a single click. We co-create the reality of our world, often without thinking how this reality is “real.” Nevertheless, what if this reality is sometimes somewhat coloured? Students of…