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FAFA
FAFA - Festival for African Fashion and Arts - was set up in 2008 during the post-election violence which took place in Kenya. The motivation behind the creation of FAFA came from a desire to show creativity and solidarity in the face of adversity.
FAFA’s objective is to draw attention to the immense talent and sophistication which exists on the African continent in the fields of fashion, music and the arts, generating positive energy and empowering people from all communities to come together as a call for peace. FAFA aims to hold events in Kenya yearly.
FAFA is also involved in a series of initiatives with strong social and environmental impact, involving artisans from disadvantaged community groups.
The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu - Photography: Joseph Hunwick
For centuries, trading caravans made epic journeys across the Saharan sands to reach the markets of the legendary city of Timbuktu, where they traded salt, gold, slaves, textiles—and books. By the mid-fifteenth century, Timbuktu had become a major center of Islamic literary culture and scholarship. The city’s libraries were repositories of all the world’s learning, housing not only works by Arab and Islamic writers but also volumes from the classical Greek and Roman worlds and studies by contemporary scholars.
The astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artifacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. All were written in the Arabic script, but not all are in Arabic, for they also feature a range of local African languages.
Aside from scholarly works, the surviving manuscripts include a wealth of correspondence between rulers, advisers, and merchants on subjects as various as taxation, commerce, marriage, divorce, adoption, breastfeeding, and prostitution, providing a vivid insight into the ordinary life and values of the day.
John Hunwick has devoted a lifetime of scholarship to the history, culture, and literature of Islamic Africa. Alida Jay Boye is cofounder and coordinator of the University of Oslo’s Timbuktu Manuscripts Project. Joseph Hunwick’s images brilliantly capture the faded majesty of the city and the dignity and warmth of its modern-day inhabitants.
Mark Harrington - The Artist
1952: Born in California
1971-1977: BA Hons, Sculpture with History of Art, Sheffield Polytechnic, GB & MA Modern English Literature, University of Reading, GB
Mark Harrington worked in the British film industry as an actor, propsmaker and art director during the late 1970's He was a lecturer, associate professor and director at academies of art and design in Britain, Spain and Norway during the 1980's and 90's. He received a major stipend from Landeshaupt stadt Munchen in autumn 1999 and was artist-in-residence at Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Munich until April 2000. Mark Harrington has been a resident of Britain for many years and currently maintains studios in Britain, Norway and Germany. A video portrait was produced by Fabian Hentzen in 2001 entitled Mark Harrington (wohnung4 produktion, www.wohnung4.de).
Corinne Laeng Paintings
Corinne Laeng wurde 1967 in Zürich geboren.
Mitte der 80er Jahre besucht sie die Mode Design Schule in Zürich und schließt 1987 ab. Es folgt eine 1-jährige Stage im Haute Couture Atelier "Court er BenoÎt".
Bis 1991 arbeitet sie als Model und pendelt zwischen Zürich, Barcelona und München. Der Malerei und dem Schreiben von freien Texten gilt stets ihr größtes Interesse. In Barcelona, ihrer bevorzugten Destination, trifft sie auf den deutsch-spanischen Künstler, Enrique Brinkmann, der sie zum Malen motiviert und zu einer ihrer größten Inspirationsquellen wird.
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Lara Ubago
Dirección de Arte y Estilismo de Moda. Este blog es algo parecido a una auto- biografía profesional.Me ha apetecido honrar todos estos trabajos , que son míos , pero no sólo. Son historia colectiva de todos los que participamos en ellos. También pretendo compartir mis maneras en esto del estilismo, algo de lo que he ido aprendiendo por el camino. En otro orden de cosas, también soy Arterapeuta, pero de esto escribo en mi otro blog.
Carmen Escudero
Abstract Art photos, Reflections in water.
Espejos de Agua, fotografia abstracta
IYTHAR
Art & calligraphy
Media Storm
Media Storm is a multimedia studio with beautiful and topical documentaries.