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Love Difference to join Don’t border
Me Orchestra in 2009
Love Difference joined the “Don’t border me”
project and “Don’t border me Orchestra”, created
by Don’t Border Me Association based in Arles (France). “Don’t
border me” invokes a refusal to be enclosed, limited, or categorized
while expressing the desire and the need to overcome familiar stereotypes
in order to create open encounters and celebrate differences.
The Don’t border me organization and the Don’t border
me Orchestra project are the result of a series of actions going back
to 2006 and the fruit of one motivation: to use the arts – and
music in particular – as an instrument of positive reflection,
mobilization, solidarity and liberation of bodies and minds. Don’t
border me Orchestra is a group which now unites fifteen artistic and
pedagogical organisations across Europe, the Mediterranean basin,
and Quebec. These organisms constitute a mosaic of cultures and artistic
expressions and bring to the table a wide range of social, economic
and political issues which are united by several major themes: the
desire for a conscious inter-mixing of people, cultures & disciplines;
the use of celebration as a vehicle for liberation, expression, creation
and better community living; the involvement of youth in inventive
citizenship and solidarity; the planning of public spaces for collective
creation and diffusion of artistic works; a sustained effort to ensure
that theses initiatives are long-lasting.
The Don’t border me Orchestra will be officially constituted
in 2009, starting with a collective residency in Arles on January
28th to 31st, and will evolve through the creation of collaborative
art pieces, which will bear the marks of each of the involved territories
and will allow the different members of this eclectic network to meet.
The Orchestra will involve: Don’t Border Me, head of the network,
Arles (FRANCE); Love Difference, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto
Biella (ITALY); IMAL, International Munich Art Lab, Munich (GERMANY);
AEGEE, Association des États Généraux des Étudiants
de l’Europe, Ankara (TURKEY); KHAYAL, cooperative for Arts &
Education, Beyrouth (LEBANON); Gudran, for Arts and Development, Alexandria
(EGYPT); SAT, Société des Arts Technologiques, Montréal
(CANADA).
http://dontborderme.net
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