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EVENING TALK: Good Contemporary Design in Historic Churches
Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012
Time: Drinks from 6.30pm, talk from 7 to 8pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ
Speakers: Crispin Truman and Peter Aiers, The Churches Conservation Trust;
Heather Hilburn, Shape East
Tickets: £5 / £3 for students & concessions, inc. a glass of wine
Booking: http://www.eventelephant.com/goodcontemporarydesigninhistoricchurches
Join us for a discussion on how to achieve high quality contemporary design in historic contexts.
Crispin Truman and Peter Aiers of The Churches Conservation Trust will talk about their work bringing new use to historic churches at risk. They will provide case studies and examples of the churches they care for and how they work with local communities to bring them alive again. They will also talk about their wide range of projects and events to promote tourism, volunteering, education, arts and community use.
Heather Hilburn, CEO of Shape East will discuss the design support that they are providing to create a cultural hub in a church and its surrounding town square.
Crispin Truman joined The Churches Conservation Trust as Chief Executive in 2003. Crispin is a trustee of Heritage Alliance and chairs the national Heritage Open Days committee. He led the setting up of a new European network, Future Religious Heritage, which he now chairs. Crispin is also a trustee of The Building Exploratory; a secondary school governor in Hackney; and was formerly trustee of mental health charity Rethink and chair of the London Cycling Campaign.
Joining the Trust in 2007 Peter Aiers has a specific role to find sustainable solutions to complex urban churches within the Trust as well as running the Regeneration Taskforce to enable more community involvement in the care and maintenance of our wonderful portfolio.
Heather has an extensive background in architecture and commercial development and has worked in the UK's built environment industry for over 15 years. She has successfully delivered landmark Arts, Education and Leisure projects across Europe. She is a Trustee of London Spitalfield's City Farm, sits on the RIBA Building Futures Advisory Panel, as well as on the committee for Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, as Director for Social Enterprise.
Date: Tuesday 28 February 2012
Time: Drinks from 6.30pm, talk from 7 to 8pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ
Speakers: Crispin Truman and Peter Aiers, The Churches Conservation Trust;
Heather Hilburn, Shape East
Tickets: £5 / £3 for students & concessions, inc. a glass of wine
Booking: http://www.eventelephant.com/goodcontemporarydesigninhistoricchurches
Join us for a discussion on how to achieve high quality contemporary design in historic contexts.
Crispin Truman and Peter Aiers of The Churches Conservation Trust will talk about their work bringing new use to historic churches at risk. They will provide case studies and examples of the churches they care for and how they work with local communities to bring them alive again. They will also talk about their wide range of projects and events to promote tourism, volunteering, education, arts and community use.
Heather Hilburn, CEO of Shape East will discuss the design support that they are providing to create a cultural hub in a church and its surrounding town square.
Crispin Truman joined The Churches Conservation Trust as Chief Executive in 2003. Crispin is a trustee of Heritage Alliance and chairs the national Heritage Open Days committee. He led the setting up of a new European network, Future Religious Heritage, which he now chairs. Crispin is also a trustee of The Building Exploratory; a secondary school governor in Hackney; and was formerly trustee of mental health charity Rethink and chair of the London Cycling Campaign.
Joining the Trust in 2007 Peter Aiers has a specific role to find sustainable solutions to complex urban churches within the Trust as well as running the Regeneration Taskforce to enable more community involvement in the care and maintenance of our wonderful portfolio.
Heather has an extensive background in architecture and commercial development and has worked in the UK's built environment industry for over 15 years. She has successfully delivered landmark Arts, Education and Leisure projects across Europe. She is a Trustee of London Spitalfield's City Farm, sits on the RIBA Building Futures Advisory Panel, as well as on the committee for Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, as Director for Social Enterprise.
January 30, 2012 |
Gwen Collingridge
We would be grateful if you could undertake a short survey which has been devised in response to a series of AHRC-funded workshops entitled Creative City Limits organised by the UCL Urban Laboratory.
This 'Urban Reasoning Survey' has been developed as an exploratory project to unpick assumptions about the role of creativity in urban development.
To participate simply visit the project website http://www.urbanreasoning.com. There are 20 questions, it is anonymous and it should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
We would be grateful if you could complete this by Friday 2nd December.
Thank you for your time.
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Dr Andrew Harris
University College London
MSc Urban Studies
www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanstudies
This 'Urban Reasoning Survey' has been developed as an exploratory project to unpick assumptions about the role of creativity in urban development.
To participate simply visit the project website http://www.urbanreasoning.com. There are 20 questions, it is anonymous and it should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
We would be grateful if you could complete this by Friday 2nd December.
Thank you for your time.
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Dr Andrew Harris
University College London
MSc Urban Studies
www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanstudies
November 24, 2011 |
Andrew Harris
Stadtkolloquium is an interdisciplinary postgraduate research group and
part of the UCL Urban Laboratory. We meet several times throughout the
year in London to discuss our individual PhD work and theoretical, practical
and methodological questions and issues related to researching cities. The
format ranges from monthly meetings, reading groups, workshops and an
annual conference.
We would like to extend an invitation to urban-related researchers at UCL
and to other universities across the UK.Relevant disciplines might
include, but are not limited to, fields such as Geography, Architecture,
Anthropology, Literature, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, History,
Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, Fine Arts, Planning, and
Engineering.
If you're interested in joining, add yourself to our mailing list at:
www.stadtkolloquium.co.uk
The next scheduled meetings are:
20 October 2011
17 November 2011
15 December 2011
Each will be from 4-6pm in room 304 of the Pearson Building, UCL Dept of
Geography. A portion of each meeting will include presentations or
discussion sessions related to recent research/writings. For the October
20 meeting, we have one confirmed presenter and would like to open up
space in particular for newly-starting PhD students to talk a little about
what they're considering for their research. If you'd like to present at
any of the three, or have an idea for an urban-related reading group you'd
like to see, please email Amil who is coordinating the autumn schedule:
amil.mohanan.09@ucl.ac.uk
Our annual conference will be March 26,27 so please mark your calendar. We
have received excellent feedback from the past two years and look forward
to
another great meeting of international urban postgraduate researchers.
Any questions, ideas or comments, please email stadtkolloquium@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Regan Koch
UCL Department of Geography
part of the UCL Urban Laboratory. We meet several times throughout the
year in London to discuss our individual PhD work and theoretical, practical
and methodological questions and issues related to researching cities. The
format ranges from monthly meetings, reading groups, workshops and an
annual conference.
We would like to extend an invitation to urban-related researchers at UCL
and to other universities across the UK.Relevant disciplines might
include, but are not limited to, fields such as Geography, Architecture,
Anthropology, Literature, Cultural Studies, Development Studies, History,
Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, Fine Arts, Planning, and
Engineering.
If you're interested in joining, add yourself to our mailing list at:
www.stadtkolloquium.co.uk
The next scheduled meetings are:
20 October 2011
17 November 2011
15 December 2011
Each will be from 4-6pm in room 304 of the Pearson Building, UCL Dept of
Geography. A portion of each meeting will include presentations or
discussion sessions related to recent research/writings. For the October
20 meeting, we have one confirmed presenter and would like to open up
space in particular for newly-starting PhD students to talk a little about
what they're considering for their research. If you'd like to present at
any of the three, or have an idea for an urban-related reading group you'd
like to see, please email Amil who is coordinating the autumn schedule:
amil.mohanan.09@ucl.ac.uk
Our annual conference will be March 26,27 so please mark your calendar. We
have received excellent feedback from the past two years and look forward
to
another great meeting of international urban postgraduate researchers.
Any questions, ideas or comments, please email stadtkolloquium@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Regan Koch
UCL Department of Geography
October 5, 2011 |
UCL New Research Group: Stadtkolloquium
Culture Unplugged Studios has now begun to organize the next film festival, ‘Spirit Enlightened’, which aspires to trace the spirit that has led the humanity through centuries & civilizations and is in the making of our future. The festival hopes to explore with you, ‘That’ which envelops to infuse & evolve the individual as well as collective being, expands our vision of time as well as place, enlivens our hearts, and enlightens our species to transcend the present state of being for the mystical new – the next state of supramental self. Lets observe & feel this divine/enlightened spirit in the moment of its performance, in the midst of humanity now and forever, through film-media.
CRITERIA:
1) Films on : Evolution of Consciousness; New Spirituality; Culture of Religion; Present Evolutionary Impulse; Emergent Scientific Perception; Vision/Ideas on New Being - Feminine, Masculine, Superhuman; Transcendent & Transformative Practices; Transpersonal/Gnostic Perception & Action; Integral Philosophies & Wisdom, Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions; The New Pursuit - Love; The Powers - Within & In Cosmos; Enlightened Leaders, Systems & Designs.
2) Any form : films of any length (shorts and features)
3) Film projects which are open to non-exclusive distribution (online and/or broadcast worldwide).
4) Films which are in English or suitably sub-titled in English (films originally produced in regional languages are welcome). Multiple submissions welcome.
5) Entries for selection are required to be sent in DVD format only. Unfortunately, the festival will not be able to return the submitted DVDs. To facilitate customs procedures, the entry package from overseas should be labeled "Only for cultural purpose, no commercial value."
6) For festival participation, films must fit the festival theme and criteria.
7) All winning films are showcased under "Previous Winners" section of the site. A winning film can be removed after a minimum of two years since the date of winning, upon request. As the festival is bound to follow international fund transfer formalities, all requested documents for reward remittance clearance will need to be furnished by all winning films.
SUBMIT BY: October 31, 2011
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
For more details please visit: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/festival/submit.php
CRITERIA:
1) Films on : Evolution of Consciousness; New Spirituality; Culture of Religion; Present Evolutionary Impulse; Emergent Scientific Perception; Vision/Ideas on New Being - Feminine, Masculine, Superhuman; Transcendent & Transformative Practices; Transpersonal/Gnostic Perception & Action; Integral Philosophies & Wisdom, Intimate Spiritual Experiences & Expressions; The New Pursuit - Love; The Powers - Within & In Cosmos; Enlightened Leaders, Systems & Designs.
2) Any form : films of any length (shorts and features)
3) Film projects which are open to non-exclusive distribution (online and/or broadcast worldwide).
4) Films which are in English or suitably sub-titled in English (films originally produced in regional languages are welcome). Multiple submissions welcome.
5) Entries for selection are required to be sent in DVD format only. Unfortunately, the festival will not be able to return the submitted DVDs. To facilitate customs procedures, the entry package from overseas should be labeled "Only for cultural purpose, no commercial value."
6) For festival participation, films must fit the festival theme and criteria.
7) All winning films are showcased under "Previous Winners" section of the site. A winning film can be removed after a minimum of two years since the date of winning, upon request. As the festival is bound to follow international fund transfer formalities, all requested documents for reward remittance clearance will need to be furnished by all winning films.
SUBMIT BY: October 31, 2011
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
For more details please visit: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/festival/submit.php
July 20, 2011 |
yogesh
Please find below the details for the event, 'London Olympics: What's in it for Women?', which is taking place in the Arts Lecture Theatre at Queen Mary, University of London, at 1.30pm, Wednesday 6th July.
LONDON OLYMPICS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR WOMEN?
6th July, Arts Lecture Theatre, QMUL, 1.30-5.30, followed by a reception
The London Women and Planning Forum wishes to explore how much and in what ways gender has been taken into account in planning 2012.
* Has the Olympic site been designed to address gender issues relating to ergonomics, safety, transport and accessibility?
* Have the competition facilities been designed to raise the profile of women's sports?
* Have the Olympic boroughs used the 2012 opportunity to increase the provision of women-friendly sporting venues?
* Will the Olympic legacy result in more women participating in exercise and sport?
* What are the wider implications for urban design of policies aimed at increasing women's participation in and access to sports?
Speakers:
RIMLA AKHTAR - Chair, Muslim Women's Sport Foundation
JAYNE CAUDWELL - Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton
ALISON NIMMO CBE - Director of Design& Regeneration, Olympic Delivery Authority
TIM WOODHOUSE - Head of Policy and External Affairs, Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
Discussant:
LOUISE MANSFIELD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University
The event will be chaired by Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography and Chair of the London Women and Planning Forum
Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions - all welcome!
This event is free. To reserve your place, book online at www.qmul.ac.uk/events, or email events@qmul.ac.uk, including the name of the event and the number of places you wish to book.
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The London Women and Planning Forum is an information network for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality issues. For more information, please see our website:
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/lwpf
LONDON OLYMPICS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR WOMEN?
6th July, Arts Lecture Theatre, QMUL, 1.30-5.30, followed by a reception
The London Women and Planning Forum wishes to explore how much and in what ways gender has been taken into account in planning 2012.
* Has the Olympic site been designed to address gender issues relating to ergonomics, safety, transport and accessibility?
* Have the competition facilities been designed to raise the profile of women's sports?
* Have the Olympic boroughs used the 2012 opportunity to increase the provision of women-friendly sporting venues?
* Will the Olympic legacy result in more women participating in exercise and sport?
* What are the wider implications for urban design of policies aimed at increasing women's participation in and access to sports?
Speakers:
RIMLA AKHTAR - Chair, Muslim Women's Sport Foundation
JAYNE CAUDWELL - Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton
ALISON NIMMO CBE - Director of Design& Regeneration, Olympic Delivery Authority
TIM WOODHOUSE - Head of Policy and External Affairs, Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
Discussant:
LOUISE MANSFIELD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University
The event will be chaired by Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography and Chair of the London Women and Planning Forum
Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions - all welcome!
This event is free. To reserve your place, book online at www.qmul.ac.uk/events, or email events@qmul.ac.uk, including the name of the event and the number of places you wish to book.
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The London Women and Planning Forum is an information network for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality issues. For more information, please see our website:
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/lwpf
June 28, 2011 |
Gini Simpson
Please find below the details for the event, 'London Olympics: What's in it for Women?', which is taking place in the Arts Lecture Theatre at Queen Mary, University of London, at 1.30pm, Wednesday 6th July.
LONDON OLYMPICS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR WOMEN?
6th July, Arts Lecture Theatre, QMUL, 1.30-5.30, followed by a reception
The London Women and Planning Forum wishes to explore how much and in what ways gender has been taken into account in planning 2012.
* Has the Olympic site been designed to address gender issues relating to ergonomics, safety, transport and accessibility?
* Have the competition facilities been designed to raise the profile of women's sports?
* Have the Olympic boroughs used the 2012 opportunity to increase the provision of women-friendly sporting venues?
* Will the Olympic legacy result in more women participating in exercise and sport?
* What are the wider implications for urban design of policies aimed at increasing women's participation in and access to sports?
Speakers:
RIMLA AKHTAR - Chair, Muslim Women's Sport Foundation
JAYNE CAUDWELL - Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton
ALISON NIMMO CBE - Director of Design& Regeneration, Olympic Delivery Authority
TIM WOODHOUSE - Head of Policy and External Affairs, Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
Discussant:
LOUISE MANSFIELD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University
The event will be chaired by Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography and Chair of the London Women and Planning Forum
Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions - all welcome!
This event is free. To reserve your place, book online at www.qmul.ac.uk/events, or email events@qmul.ac.uk, including the name of the event and the number of places you wish to book.
-------------------------------
The London Women and Planning Forum is an information network for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality issues. For more information, please see our website:
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/lwpf
LONDON OLYMPICS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR WOMEN?
6th July, Arts Lecture Theatre, QMUL, 1.30-5.30, followed by a reception
The London Women and Planning Forum wishes to explore how much and in what ways gender has been taken into account in planning 2012.
* Has the Olympic site been designed to address gender issues relating to ergonomics, safety, transport and accessibility?
* Have the competition facilities been designed to raise the profile of women's sports?
* Have the Olympic boroughs used the 2012 opportunity to increase the provision of women-friendly sporting venues?
* Will the Olympic legacy result in more women participating in exercise and sport?
* What are the wider implications for urban design of policies aimed at increasing women's participation in and access to sports?
Speakers:
RIMLA AKHTAR - Chair, Muslim Women's Sport Foundation
JAYNE CAUDWELL - Senior Lecturer, Chelsea School, University of Brighton
ALISON NIMMO CBE - Director of Design& Regeneration, Olympic Delivery Authority
TIM WOODHOUSE - Head of Policy and External Affairs, Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation
Discussant:
LOUISE MANSFIELD - Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure, Canterbury Christ Church University
The event will be chaired by Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography and Chair of the London Women and Planning Forum
Join us for an afternoon of presentations and discussions - all welcome!
This event is free. To reserve your place, book online at www.qmul.ac.uk/events, or email events@qmul.ac.uk, including the name of the event and the number of places you wish to book.
-------------------------------
The London Women and Planning Forum is an information network for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality issues. For more information, please see our website:
www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/lwpf
June 28, 2011 |
Gini Simpson
LUNCHBOX TALKS: URBAN FOOD
Architecture Centre Network presents two mouth-watering talks that will plant seeds in your mind about opportunities to grow food and nourish our communities in the very heart of our cities.
Food from the Sky: a world first
Date: Tuesday 12 July 2011
Time: 1-1.50pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL
Speaker: Azul Thome, co-founder and project leader of Food from the Sky
Tickets: £6 / £4.50 for students & concessions, inc. a lunchbox
Booking: www.eventelephant.com/foodfromthesky
Azul Thome, co-founder and project leader of Food from the Sky, which is growing food and providing community learning opportunities on the roof of a supermarket in Crouch End, will tell the story of this unique project. Food from the Sky is establishing an inspirational alternative approach to food production and consumption.
“Food from the Sky ... has potential to transform London’s skyline, bring living life back to the city, and connect more Londoners with where their food comes from.”
Mark Ridsdill Smith ‘Vertical Veg’
“Starting from nothing but a good idea and some local recycled resources, in a matter of months it (Food from the Sky) transformed a patch of concrete into a blooming food garden, created community, and brought the heart into the middle of a busy supermarket.”
Dr Nicole Freris, local GP
Further information: www.architecturecentre.net
Architecture Centre Network presents two mouth-watering talks that will plant seeds in your mind about opportunities to grow food and nourish our communities in the very heart of our cities.
Food from the Sky: a world first
Date: Tuesday 12 July 2011
Time: 1-1.50pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EL
Speaker: Azul Thome, co-founder and project leader of Food from the Sky
Tickets: £6 / £4.50 for students & concessions, inc. a lunchbox
Booking: www.eventelephant.com/foodfromthesky
Azul Thome, co-founder and project leader of Food from the Sky, which is growing food and providing community learning opportunities on the roof of a supermarket in Crouch End, will tell the story of this unique project. Food from the Sky is establishing an inspirational alternative approach to food production and consumption.
“Food from the Sky ... has potential to transform London’s skyline, bring living life back to the city, and connect more Londoners with where their food comes from.”
Mark Ridsdill Smith ‘Vertical Veg’
“Starting from nothing but a good idea and some local recycled resources, in a matter of months it (Food from the Sky) transformed a patch of concrete into a blooming food garden, created community, and brought the heart into the middle of a busy supermarket.”
Dr Nicole Freris, local GP
Further information: www.architecturecentre.net
June 22, 2011 |
Architecture Centre Network
LUNCHBOX TALKS: URBAN FOOD
Architecture Centre Network presents two mouth-watering talks that will plant seeds in your mind about opportunities to grow food and nourish our communities in the very heart of our cities.
Food for the city, from the city
Date: Tuesday 5 July 2011
Time: 1-1.50pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ
Speaker: Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain
Tickets: £6 / £4.50 for students & concessions, inc. a lunchbox
Booking: www.eventelephant.com/foodforthecity
Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain, will be talking about his role developing a sustainable local food system for London. He will describe innovative projects illustrating that with imagination, the inner city provides opportunities to create urban market gardens growing fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables for local people, for local urban gardening apprenticeship and volunteering, to map, nurture and harvest local fruit trees to create jam, chutney, puddings and drinks, to turn empty shops into urban farming hubs and to create urban farmers’ markets. This is all happening here in London!
“Whatever the size and shape of the city we live in, we can use food as a means of inhabiting it better.” Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City
Architecture Centre Network presents two mouth-watering talks that will plant seeds in your mind about opportunities to grow food and nourish our communities in the very heart of our cities.
Food for the city, from the city
Date: Tuesday 5 July 2011
Time: 1-1.50pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ
Speaker: Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain
Tickets: £6 / £4.50 for students & concessions, inc. a lunchbox
Booking: www.eventelephant.com/foodforthecity
Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain, will be talking about his role developing a sustainable local food system for London. He will describe innovative projects illustrating that with imagination, the inner city provides opportunities to create urban market gardens growing fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables for local people, for local urban gardening apprenticeship and volunteering, to map, nurture and harvest local fruit trees to create jam, chutney, puddings and drinks, to turn empty shops into urban farming hubs and to create urban farmers’ markets. This is all happening here in London!
“Whatever the size and shape of the city we live in, we can use food as a means of inhabiting it better.” Carolyn Steel, author of Hungry City
June 22, 2011 |
Architecture Centre Network
FROM THIS IS NOT A GATEWAY NEWSLETTER | 14 JUNE 2011
* Verica Kovacevska | various exhibitions across 2011 summer | Kovacevska.net
* Jonathan Gales | Robots of Brixton | http://www.factoryfifteen.com | 25th June
* Jean-Marc Caracci | ‘Homo Urbanus Europeanus’ is profiled in Silvershotz Vol 7-Edit 4
* Helen Couchman | http://news.helencouchman.com/exhibition-in-beijing | 19th June
* Marisa Gonzalez | The Kanga Message, Colombia | www.marisagonzalez.com/home_in.htm
* http://www.studioattheelephant.blogspot.com | Closing Party | 24th June
* David Rosenberg |The Spark of Rebellion | www.eastendwalks.com | Sunday June 19th
* Hyemin Park | London Playground | http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/visiting/gallery.html
*Gillian Mciver | http://www.studio75.org.uk | ongoing
*Fugitive Images |
http://visionarytradingproject.com/event/fugitive-images/ | 16th June
* Esther Johnson | Analogue Kingdom | http://www.blanchepictures.com/films/analoguekingdom.htm / 19 June 2011
* DPU summerLab | apply now | http://dpusummerlab.com/
* Zbigniew Kotkiewicz | http://lowandhighplatform.wordpress.com | ongoing
* East London Printmakers – 13th Annual Exhibition | Triangle Gallery (SPACE), from 8-11 July.
* Verica Kovacevska | various exhibitions across 2011 summer | Kovacevska.net
* Jonathan Gales | Robots of Brixton | http://www.factoryfifteen.com | 25th June
* Jean-Marc Caracci | ‘Homo Urbanus Europeanus’ is profiled in Silvershotz Vol 7-Edit 4
* Helen Couchman | http://news.helencouchman.com/exhibition-in-beijing | 19th June
* Marisa Gonzalez | The Kanga Message, Colombia | www.marisagonzalez.com/home_in.htm
* http://www.studioattheelephant.blogspot.com | Closing Party | 24th June
* David Rosenberg |The Spark of Rebellion | www.eastendwalks.com | Sunday June 19th
* Hyemin Park | London Playground | http://www2.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/page/visiting/gallery.html
*Gillian Mciver | http://www.studio75.org.uk | ongoing
*Fugitive Images |
http://visionarytradingproject.com/event/fugitive-images/ | 16th June
* Esther Johnson | Analogue Kingdom | http://www.blanchepictures.com/films/analoguekingdom.htm / 19 June 2011
* DPU summerLab | apply now | http://dpusummerlab.com/
* Zbigniew Kotkiewicz | http://lowandhighplatform.wordpress.com | ongoing
* East London Printmakers – 13th Annual Exhibition | Triangle Gallery (SPACE), from 8-11 July.
June 13, 2011 |
This Is Not A Gateway

WHAT IS “WE SPEAK, HERE” : An event which aspires to bring an intimate view from life of another fellow being, reflecting our own challenges and opportunities for individual transformation - revealing underlying light & shadows of our present existence, and exploring life’s purpose leading to future. Share those stories that moved you and helped you discover views into life of human existence. Enable those life stories to reach global audiences and allow them to reward you for your contribution to their quest in life, with your art of story sharing.
To submit your film, please go through the following information:
CRITERIA:
1) Films on: The beauty & challenge within and its extension into personal relationships; Present viewpoints/values on intimacy, relationships, family structures and new ideas/visions about its evolutionary future; Documented case- studies of expressive art therapy; Individual's bio-psycho-spiritual health challenges (life experienced through or above it) and stories of recoveries, transformation, transcendence.
2) Any form: Films of any length (shorts and features).
3) Film projects that are open to non-exclusive distribution (online/webcast, worldwide).
4) Films which are in English or suitably sub-titled in English (films originally produced in regional languages are welcome). Multiple submissions are welcome.
5) Entries for selection are requested to be sent in DVD format only. Due to the volume of entries, the festival will not be able to return the submitted DVDs. To facilitate customs procedures, the entry package from overseas should be labeled "Only for cultural purpose, no commercial value."
6) For festival participation, films must fit the festival theme and criteria.
7) All films rewarded by the audience are showcased under 'Previous Winners' section of the site. A winning film can be removed upon request after a minimum of two years since the date of winning. As the festival is bound to follow international fund transfer formalities, all requested documents for reward remittance clearance will need to be furnished by all winning films.
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
Please fill the form at http://www.cultureunplugged.com/festival/submit.php and mail the DVD.
AWARDS/REWARDS:
PEOPLE'S CHOICE (Most Viewed):
$3000
POPULAR (Runner Up) :
$1000
PRAISED (Second Runner Up) :
$1000
UNDISCOVERED (Must View) :
$1000
FILM-MAKER'S CHOICE (Conscious Art) :
$3000
FESTIVAL LAUNCH DATE: JUNE 2012
Submission Date: To participate in this festival, please send the DVD latest by 7th MAY, 2012.
You can also send it later than the above-mentioned date, to participate in future festivals.
FESTIVAL VENUE: www.cultureunplugged.com
(At present, this venue is running the film festival: Spirit Enlightened - the festival to explore the spirit, the consciousness, the divine - the creative and healing journey of human soul)