Archive for October, 2010

ISArC FIRST BIENNALE ABOUT CULTURE

Canadian Guest (professor of pedagogy from British Columbia University). Director of the cultural management faculty Estevpo Filimpo and Mike van Graan, leader of the Arterial Network in Africa: http://arterialnetwork.org/ The first Biennale about culture and the arts in Mozambique is taking place these days (27th-30th October). It is very interesting to follow the dialogue and […]

October 30, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

KREATIVE NORTH CONFERENCE

Vilhjálmur Þorsteinsson, chairman of CCP tells about the project that I initiated between the Reykjavik Business School and the Iceland Academy of Art. KreaNord is the name of an initiative in the Nordic region, aimed at improving the framework conditions of the region’s cultural and creative industries. Since it has been my job for the […]

October 26, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed

MOZCELEB, A MAGAZINE ABOUT FASHION IN MOZAMBIQUE

The cover and back of the current Mozceleb Magazine. On the right is Maria Helena Pinto posing up to Gilles and Cecilie’s mural in Danse’Artes Mozceleb is a new fashion and culture magazine here in Mozambique. The 4th edition has come out and features some work that we have been involved in. There are posted […]

October 13, 2010   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

2D/3D EXHIBITION

One of the most culturally active places in Maputo is the Centre Culturel Franco-Mozambicain, a culture centre run by the French government. They import various artists from abroad and also support lots of local activity. This week, days in a row there have been openings of exhibitions and most weekends there are great concerts. The […]

October 13, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

ISArC student HENRIQUE CALISTO OPENS EXHIBITION

Henrique listening to good words about himself from the director of the cultural center and on the left the exhibition organizer Henrique Calisto is of the first group of students to attend ISArC and he is also a teacher in ENAV art school. Henrique has been painting for years and yesterday he opened a 10 […]

October 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

OCTOBER CAMPUS IN MAKING IN ISArC

The newspapers are informing the public about the first biennale in ISArC. This is from the newspaper Scorpion Tweet This Post

October 10, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

FIRST BIENNAL IN ISArC IN MAPUTO

ISArC was formally opened just over a year ago. Here is a little blog about that moment. Now the school is in full process, lots of activity on campus and the next milestone will be the first Biennial held by the school, named Bienal 2010, Campus de Outubro. This will become a milestone in the […]

October 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

Celeste Rodrigues Cambaza is a Fashion Designer in Mozambique

Celeste Rodrigues Cambaza has been active in Maputo, but has now shifted to Sweden and intends to develop her skills there while also basing her work in the traditions and inspirations from her home country. I helped her put up a simple portal about her work. I hope she will be able to develop this […]

October 6, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, FASHION  Comments Closed

PURE OIL FOR BABIES IN MAPUTO

Video of the oil making ISArC, the art academy in Mozambique has run its first year and the second intake of students will take place over the Christmas break, which here in the Southern hemisphere is summer holiday. Next March the school will start its second year of full program. But the lower level high […]

October 2, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO  Comments Closed

VISUAL STUDY IN NUUK, GREENLAND

Conversation in the meeting room in the Nordic Institute. The group explaining the project. Katja Nyborg from Napa on the far left. Our project: VISUAL GREENLAND is one of a number of design strategic projects that I am participating in. It was a course run by our Cirrusnetwork, a network of the schools of design and […]

October 1, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: DESIGN  Comments Closed