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NEWS / BLOG
CHILDREN OF YEMEN
spring 2022
art projects & exhibitions 22/23
photo collage of the installation:
THE CAR
#KFA22 Kunstenfestival Aardenburg
In the video, portraits of children from Yemen and traces of a burned landscape have been processed into a visual poem. The video will be presented in an installation. Filmduration: 7:35 min.
interview/ art 2022/ 2023
CONTENT OF THE PROJECT
An art production focused on the social effect by bridging between two cultures. Between hope and memory, looking for that which connects us.
The website also serves as an online platform for the works and/or interviews with artists, writer and poets from Yemen.
ANKE MANSCHOT, writer and journalist recently interviewed the professor, poet and writer Saeed Al-Gariri (born 1962 Hadramout, Yemen, residence 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands).
The interview will be shared in the 3rd newsletter.
The other Yemeni artists involved in the project are:
MURAD SUBAY: Muralist, visual artist Murad Subay (born 1987 Dhamar, Yemen, 2015 resicidence, Paris, France).
THANA FAROQ: Yemeni documentary photographer Thana Faroq (born 1990 Taiz Yemen, residence 2015 The Hague, Neteherlands).
SARA ISHAQ: Film director Sara Ishaq (born 1984 Scotland, raised in Yemen, residence 2015 Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Target: To create awareness in the Netherlands through art about the situation of children in Yemen.
Art that occupies an important place between two opposing cultures
FUNDRAISING
* Will continue to acquire sufficient grant funds. A commitment has already been made by Pax for Peace, Prince Bernhard Cultuur Fonds and Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds.
If you want to support the project financially, you can send an email to stichtingKK9@gmail.com KK9 Foundation is a cultural ANBI foundation.
If you want to support the project financially, you can send an email to stichtingKK9@gmail.com KK9 Foundation is a cultural ANBI foundation.