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Shailja Patel im Interview mit Katja Sussner
Am Samstag, den 7. November 2009 lud AfricAvenir in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Haus der Kulturen der Welt zur Deutschlandpremiere von „Poesie, Spoken-Word und Widerstand“ der preisgekrönten kenianischen Performerin und Aktivistin Shailja Patel ins Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin ein. Im Radio-Interview erzählt sie über ihre Kunst, ihre Motivation, vor allem aber auch über ihr politisches Engagement, u.a. im Rahmen der von ihr mitgegründeten Initiative Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice.
Details unter http://www.shailja.com
Transitland Destination Berlin
Post 89 Reunification and the Breakup of Yugoslavia: Images from the Wars. Discussion between Dunja Blažević and Boris Buden.
While much of Europe, both East and West were celebrating a new era of coming together, Yugoslavia was breaking up. Bloody wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo were both present and far removed from the changes in Europe. Again, the media played a strong role in what stories got told and artists also took up video. Did the wars create a new aesthetic? What was the role of art in this scenario. The discussion will look at works and address how the conflicts were represented, both inside and outside of the Former Yugoslavia.
Dunja Blažević
Is an Art Historian, Art Critic, curator and produces contemporary art and new media. She is the director of the Sarajevo Centre for Contemporary art and project leader for "De/construction of Monument" in Bosia-Hercegovina.
Boris Buden
studied philosophy in Zagreb and cultural studies at HU Berlin. In the 90s he was editor in the magazine Arkzin, Zagreb. His essays and articles cover topics of philosophy, politics, cultural and art criticism. Among his translations into Croatian are two books of Sigmund Freud. Buden is the author of Barikade, Zagreb 1996/1997, Kaptolski Kolodvor, Beograd 2001 and Der Schacht von Babel, Berlin 2004 (Vavilonska jama, Beograd 2007).