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Film and Documentary maker Seraphin Zounyekpe from Benin participated in the World One Minute Exhibition in the Beijing Today Art Museum after winning an Award for best documentary film of one minute. The Prince Claus Fund supported his travel to China. He wrote a report on this unique experience. read more on the English version of the website
Het Tini Tinou Festival wordt sinds 2007 voor de tweede maal georganiseerd door Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS), een Cambodjaanse organisatie die zich richt op het verbeteren van de leefomstandigheden van achtergestelde kinderen in de provincie Battambang, een zeer arm gebied in Cambodja. Een jonge tekenleraar richtte in 1998 een circusschool binnen de PPS op voor de kinderen met problemen wiens aandacht niet vastgehouden werd met tekenen en muzikale activiteiten. Inmiddels krijgen 130 leerlingen professionele training en worden er shows in het buitenland gegeven. Er reizen momenteel 4 shows door Europa, Azië en Afrika en er zijn 5 shows in Cambodja. Tijdens het Festival kwamen circusartiesten van over de hele wereld naar Cambodja om workhops te volgen en ervaringen te delen lees meer
The Prince Claus Fund supports independant art gallery Espacio Aglutinador (roughly translated it means melting pot) in Cuba for an experimental residency program for Art students and self-taught artists. The program is called Laboratorio and takes place in 2008 – 2009. During a year the selected artists carry out a project with particular characteristics, that is determined with the collaborating institution and through the scheme of PERRO residencies of Laboratorio Aglutinador. The given support will be used for 8 artists for residency and scholarship, for photographing the process and the publication of a catalogue with the work that has been made. The group consists of a number of self-taught artists from different age groups and artistic styles and students from the fourth year of arts at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). By placing together both groups the intention is to first confront the unfair notion that self-taught artists are of inferior quality. Read more
The Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) takes place from 29th April to 4th May 2008. HIFA has grown into one of the most substantial and diverse international arts events in Africa. There will be a cultural carnival featuring a huge programme of music of all types, theatre, dance and visual arts.
The theme of the Festival this year is the Art of Determination. Founder and Artistic Director Manuel Bagorro said: “HIFA 2008 is a celebration of the capacity of people to make amazing creative things happen. Both the Zimbabwean artistic community and the large number of international artists from more than 20 countries will come together in a spirit of inspiration and solidarity".
The Prince Claus Fund supports a media training programme for six Zimbabwean arts and culture journalists drawn from print media, television and radio. The participants will deal with theatre, sculpture, dance, music and spoken word as well as writing on and about arts issues deriving from events during the festival. Read More
Two members of the Bolivian organisation Espacio Danza travelled from La Paz, Bolivia, to Havana, Cuba, to attend two workshops regarding improvisation and composition for alternative spaces for professional dancers. Espacio Danza is a Centre for the Development, Diffusion and Investigation of Contemporary Dance in Bolivia. In Cuba the two members had the opportunity to participate in an exchange-residence to do research regarding the experiences with, and the development of, contemporary dance in Cuba, the education system and different project administrations. They have theirselves given three workshops in Havana involved in very different dance atmospheres. They have also used the opportunity of being there to visit the most important dance projects in Havana at this moment. Finally they were able to share their work by participating in public presentations. The Prince Claus Fund provided support for the travel costs. In the report María-José Rivera states that the experience was enriching, also for their own projects in Bolivia, she also found that there was a big difference in the way of working in Cuba because of cultural differences and a different body approach. Read the Report
Poster van het Tini Tinou Festival
Espacio Aglutinador in Cuba en een flyer van een tentoonstelling van Laboratorio
The theme of the Harare International Festival of the Arts the Art of Determination. Cartoon by Gado
Om het culturele debat te stimuleren, organiseert en steunt het Prins Claus Fonds, over de hele wereld, evenementen die interculturele uitwisseling mogelijk maken. Deze uitwisseling vindt plaats in de vorm van (internationale) congressen, lezingen, vergaderingen en/of tentoonstellingen.
De resultaten van deze uitwisseling worden aan een breder en groter publiek gepresenteerd in de vorm van artikelen, boeken en websites.
Een creatieve omgeving wordt gecreëerd waarin nieuwe opvattingen kunnen worden gepresenteerd en nieuwe partijen kunnen deelnemen aan het debat. De evenementen zijn ook richtinggevend bij het bepalen van richting voor de te leveren bijdragen op het gebied van cultuur en ontwikkeling.
