An awareness campaign growing out of a photo project …
A transdisciplinary experiment leading to a performance and expo… An artist who sight as a citizen feels obliged to apologize to us…. A documentary that still needs funding for completion
1 in 4 Antwerp residents live below poverty line
www.1op4.be
Kristien is 54 and poor. Poor, like 90,000 people are poor in Antwerp. Poor as we all think we can imagine poverty. With a damp house in the city, disability and stories of far too much unhappiness for one lifetime. Photographer Siska Vandecasteele & Kristien show with this project that poverty is different than we think.
On Sunday, 16.10.16, there will be a poster campaign as Oct. 17 is International Day Against Poverty Resistance. Join us in pasting posters on 16.10.16 or share a photo on social media of a pasting post you come across, but above all be open to the story of 1 in 4 who have to fight poverty every day.
The posters are hanging in Arenberg ihkvv #MAF16 and you can also obtain them here to hang yourself (e.g. in front of your window) or to paste (e.g. on 16.10)
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag1op4/ – https://www.instagram.com/hashtag1op4/
Studio Urbanization ‘The Laws of the Street’
Various artists collaborated on the theme “the laws of the street. In #MAF16 we show some images from the expo in BOZAR (May) and at the opening 13.10 (7pm) you can also see a shortened performance of this.
Absent Images
Absent Images is a project that spreads via public canvasses in the city and throughout the country. Billboard panels, advertising spaces, empty walls or windows, they all become carriers of a political message. The message is written in a language that is not understood by most of the people in this country. It’s the language of most of the people who fled their home country. The text wants to welcome them in their own language, and is an apology for the way this welcome happened so far. We apologize for not treating all humans equally. The questioning concerning the refugee crisis is complex, but what is certain is that the political answer at this instance is insufficient, inept and in some cases inhuman. But what about our own politics? How do “we” – people who live here, with or without papers- relate to these newcomers? How do we let ourselves be influenced by media and politics? We apologize for not speaking up.
https://www.facebook.com/AbsentImages.project/
Project by: Sarah Vanhee / Production: Manyone / Coordination: Mathilde Florica / With support of: VOORUIT, Kunstenfestivaldesarts / Special thanks to: Gesnerallee, The Art of a Culture of Hope, Arabic Translations Belgium bvba, Nellie Ivanova, Amjad Ali Shah, Matthieu Goeury, Safiye Ergurbuz, Hand-in-Hand Gent, Victoria Deluxe, Kurdish Institute Brussels, Daniel Blanga-Gubbay, Chris Bens, Katrien Reist, Marika Ingels, and all individuals and organizations who share and spread Absent Images
Dying for life
Discover the story of Syrian playwright Osama and his peers. Documentary filmmakers Andrés Lübbert and Hussein Shabeeb are still seeking additional funds to finish the documentary about Osama Amro’s theatrical performance “Dying for life. You can contribute through crowdfunding: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/dying-for-life-theater-documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDbsj4zomIc
