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In 1990 begon Aye Ko een moderne kunstbeweging in Myanmar. Na diverse tentoonstellingen werd vanuit deze beweging de New Zero Group opgezet. Sinds 2000 organiseerde de New Zero Group vele uitwisselingen, workshops, kunst en performance festivals en symposia in Myanmar. Bovendien heeft de groep een tentoonstellingsruimte ingericht die regelmatig door de lokale bevolking wordt bezocht. lees meer
In 2003 the hotels and restaurant holders in Ségou decided to unite in an association to work together for the promotion of their city. They created AHRTS, Association des Hôteliers et Restaurateurs pour le Tourisme à Ségou. AHRTS has as mission to contribute to the development and prosperity of the region by stimulating tourism in the region of Ségou in a national and international context. Within the context of this movement AHRTS, initiated, with its president Mamou Daffé, hotel owner in Ségou, an autonomous structure that was in charge of conceiving, financing and realizing the first Festival Sur le Niger, which took place in 2005 in Ségou. This festival was a great success. Since then the festival has taken place up to present every year. Besides of the purely economic development for the region, Festival sur le Niger SARL also has as mission to open a radiant perspective to durable development based on cultural tourism. In 2009 the Prince Clasu Fund supported the festival again. Read more on the site of the festival www.festivalsegou.org
With support of the Prince Claus Fund Two poets went to the XIX International Poetry Festival of Medellin, which will was held between 4 to 11 July 2009. Nguyn Quang Thiu (born 1957) is a poet, fiction writer, playwright, and translator, living in Vietnam. Azam Abidov was born in 1974 in Namangan, living in Uzbekistan. He is a talented poet and literary translator, he published more than 10 poetry and translation books. Azam’s translations from English, American, Indian and French poetry were also acclaimed in Uzbekistan. The most successful books compiled by Azam Abidov are 'I leave you in complete boredom', 'Tunes of Asia' (English translation of contemporary Uzbek poetry), 'Dream of lightsome dawns', and 'A miracle is on the way'.
Azam Abidov has sent a report to share the experience of travelling to the Poetry festival of Medellin. Read the Report;
Medellin – my everlasting yearning.
From the 7 - 21 of June 2009 artist Strijdom van der Merwe from South Africa attended the OEROL Art Festival at Terschelling. As a land artist he uses the materials provided by the chosen site. Strijdom Van der Merwe’s sculptural forms take shape in relation to the landscape. It is a process of working with the natural world, using sand, water, wood, rocks etc..
In an email he states '
It was a life time experience to be part of such a wonderful and well organized festival and to be part off such a high quality of artistic expression. This is a festival that I will recommend to other artists in the future to attend or to become a part of. The festival is growing from strength to strength and becoming very quickly a major international role player in the field of the arts'. More information on www.strijdom.co.za
Kindertekeningen gemaakt in een workshopdoor new zero group in Myanmar
Festival sur le Niger 2009
Installation by Strijdom van der Merwe at OEROL
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.
