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PROJECT IN ICELAND – ICELAND DIALOGUE

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February 5, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, MUSIC  Comments Closed

FINAL DAY IN OUR ICELAND DIALOGUE

We have so far had a fantastic final day in our project. Lots of experimental work has been done and will be posted during the coming days. Ten groups of students are presenting their ideas, results of conversations and experiments. Here is a simple photo album that will be extended as material arrives. Tweet This Post

January 27, 2012   Posted in: ARCHITECTURE, ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, MUSIC, PONDERINGS, SUSTAINABILITY  Comments Closed

ICELAND DIALOGUE HAS STARTED

Hanna Styrmisdóttir giving the first tutor talk in the lecture series. One of the groups doing exercise   Photo Gallery from Day One click here! Today we started our dialogue about design and art in current conditions. A completely interdisciplinary work and also arrived visiting students from foreign school. I have 120 students in the course […]

January 16, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, FASHION, ICELAND, MUSIC  Comments Closed

COOPERATIVE WORKSHOP IN ICELAND

Last year we ran a cooperative workshop in Iceland that I was lucky enough to be asked to organize. All students in the Arts Academy (Listaháskóli Íslands) in one year took part so I had 110 students from all the studies, theatre, dance, music, fine arts, various design fields etc. They worked in groups and […]

January 6, 2012   Posted in: ART, DESIGN, ICELAND, MUSIC, PONDERINGS  Comments Closed

HIP-HOP IN MAPUTO

A captive audience ready to try and have a go themselves! My friend here in Maputo, Mandira Paul came to Mozambique as part of an EU support program. It was initially rather confusing what she and others were supposed to do but Mandira preserved and really has participated in various projects. Interestingly although Mandira is […]

May 8, 2011   Posted in: AFRICA, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

MONA in MAPUTO

My friends in Mona-Trio are playing in Joburg this weekend and I wish them luck while knowing they do not need luck they are very pro in their preparations. I went to the studio last week to see their run through of the program and take some photos. I have realized that what I like […]

April 30, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, DESIGN, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

NÚCLEO – MAPUTO

The sign over the entrance to the arts gallery Núcleo de Arte is an old institution in Maputo. It is an important cultural and artists’ centre in the city. It is a collective for artists under the name of Associação Núcleo de Arte. It is the oldest collective of artists in Mozambique. Seated in an old […]

April 25, 2011  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN, ISAC - KHiO, MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed

WA GUNE QUARTET FIRST CD AVAILABLE

The stage at the end of the concert. Cabocha on left playing the various drums, Cheny on the sofa with the Timbila, Zito to far right on drums and Nene behind the two lady singers, Thobile Mcincinini and Bongiwe Dlamini. The TIMBILA is a musical instrument in Mozambique, like a Xylophone. It is traditionally associated […]

April 3, 2011  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: MOZAMBIQUE, MUSIC  Comments Closed