The Italian writer Tommaso Merlo give us his vision of the Tamrat Gezahegne’s performance in Galeria d’Art Lola Ventós (Figueres). Tamrat Gezahegne is a visual artist from Ethiopia, granted by the AIR grant 2015 from Africa Centre and Jiwar. A collaboration Jiwar-Africa Centre With the support:
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Panick Attack, performance duo
WHO ARE WE? We are a duo performance art collective, Emily Demetriou (Nicosia, Cyprus) and Naz Balkaya (Istanbul, Turkey), currently based in London. Both experiencing the embodiment of migration and exchanging ideas consistently with excitement, as well as our common social feminist understanding was what evoked the beginning of our collaboration. Our nations, religions and...
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Sadik Haddari, calligrapher artist, performance in Plaça del Diamant
PERFORMANCE Saturday the 29th of April 12h-12h30 Plaça del Diamant Sadik Haddari, calligrapher and visual artist (Morocco) is invited by Jiwar to offer to our neighbourhood a moment of retreat and beauty with the participation of the music of Bella Hang You are all invited. If rain, the performance is cancelled. About Sadik Haddari:...
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The square as creation space. Exhibition until the 29th of July
Exhibition in the main district office in Gracia until the 29th July 2016 Plaça de la Vila, 2 Monday to Friday from 0830 to 1430 Tuesday, 12th July at 1930 Meeting with the artista Sachiyo Kaneko The Japanese Sachiyo Kaneko is one of the resident artists at Jiwar who presented her work to the neighbours...
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Performance Tamrat Gezahegne
“OUR CLIMATE AND THE CLOTHES WE WEAR” Performance. Saturday the 28th, 12h Jiwar Garden C. Jaén, 14 Today we are dealing with a serious climatic chaos. Floods, violent storms, drought, conflicts, caused by El Nino global warming are more and more frequent around the Horn of Africa. As reported by FSNWG in March 2016, approximately...
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Tamrat Gezahegne, Ethiopia
Tamrat Gezahegne (Ethiopia) Tamrat Gezahegn was born in 1977 in Addis Ababa. He graduated from Addis Ababa University, Alle School of Fine Arts and Design in 2000 with a Diploma in Painting. He is the founding member of Netsa Art Village which was the most dynamic venue for the flourishing of the contemporary art in...
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Kubra & pas de vianants II. Performance by Kubra Khademi
Kubra & pederastian sigh II Kubra Khademi, is an artist who had an scholarship from Jiwar during the summer of 2015 and is currently is in Paris as a political refugee. She reflects on the apparent neutrality of the pictograms used in the traffic lights that, by default, are male. Kubra physically assumes the persona...
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Video of big format SHODÔ performance in Plaça del Diamant
https://vimeo.com/161157257 Video Douglas Sielski. Credit featured image: Mireia Manen
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Ibrahim Jawabreh and The Artist and the Stone
IBRAHIM JAWABREH is a Ramallah-based visual artist born in Aroub refugee camp, Palestine. He graduated from Al Quds University with a BA in Fine Arts. He has exhibited work internationally in Boston, London, Paris, Damascus, Cairo, Beirut , Helsinki, Tunis, Spain, Norway, Sweden , Tokyo and Dubai. Trained as a painter, his work now relies...
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“Wave”. Big format shodô with Sachiyo Kaneko, Mireia Zantop & Pavel Amilcar
SATURDAY, THE 12th OF MARCH 12h. PLAÇA DEL DIAMANT WAVE Darkness. Deep deep darkness. Look. It is a far ancient time. Listen. You start to hear a pulsing sound. And then… Sachiyo Kaneko, Japanese artist in residence in Jiwar, the musician Pavel Amilcar (Dyvina Misteria) and the artist Mireia Zantop will present a...
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