The Activist Arts Festival is an initiative to bring together activist groups throughout Melbourne and to enable access to these groups by local communities in a non-protest environment. The event also exhibits different forms of activism through art: photography, music, spoken word, paintings and film.
It is hoped that the Festival will increase awareness for participants of how to access and be involved in activism in Melbourne in a non-protest setting, and strengthen relationships and bonds formed… Show more between communities of activists from separate streams. It also aims to highlight the fact that activism comes in many forms, and that their are many different ways a community can speak out against injustice.
Program
ACTIVIST Arts Festival Program 2014 Bella Union and New Ballroom, Trades Hall, Carlton Saturday, November 15, 12:30 pm-12 am Exhibit, Films and Workshops 12:00 Am-8:00 PM New Ballroom at Trades Hall Films 1:00 PM -2:15 PM Zajal-The Art of Poetic Duel -Vass Anti Racism Action Band 2:30 PM -2:45 PM Invasion Day 2014 -Ricardo Lay 2:45 PM -3:00 PM National Day of Support for Ms Dhu (against Indigenous deaths in custody) 3:15 PM -3:30 PM Naidoc 2013 -Ricardo Lay 3:30 PM -4:30 PM Trees Falling in the Forest 2013- Kim Paul Nguyen 4:45 PM-4:55 PM Swept Under the Carpet- Daniel King & Jonathan Stock 5:00 PM -5:10 PM West Papua Freedom Flotilla-Izzy Brown Workshops 1:00 PM -2:00 PM MP Engagement Workshop 1:00 PM-2:00 PM The R Word- Racism Workshop 2:30 PM -5:30 PM Stencil Workshop 4:30 PM -5:30 PM Lgbti Human Rights Creative protest art displays Rites of Passage- Sonia Tomasiello Freedom Flotilla Creating a welcome-Display and hands-on Counter-tactics: occupy a cooling tower- Installation Visual Artists: Collectives and Individuals Photography exhibit Community Protest wall Bella Union, Trades Hall Human Rights 12:45 PM-1:00 PM Welcome to County & Intro speech- Vivian Malo 1:00 PM -1:15 PM Melbourne Spoken Word- Benjamin Solah Fury 1:15 PM -1:35 PM Music: Saint Jude 1:35 PM -1:50 PM Refugee Speaker: Mohammad Ali Baqiri 1:50 PM -2:05 PM Film: Refuge by Molly George 2:05 PM-2:45 PM Panel Q&A (five people plus facilitator) Speaker: Refugee Action Collective (Rac) Speaker: Equal Love Speaker: Philippines Australia Solidarity Association Speaker: Amnesty Speaker: Tamil Refugee Council 2:45 PM -3:15 PM Break Environment 3:15 PM -3:30 PM Melbourne Spoken Word- Abe Nouk 3:30 PM -3:50 PM Music: Little Foot 3:50 PM -4:05 PM Film : Gold or Water? 4:05 PM-4:10 PM Film: (Don't Want Your) Nuclear Umbrella 4:10 PM -4:40 PM Panel Q&A (three people plus facilitator) Speaker: Friends of the Earth and Ican Speaker: Gold Not Water Speaker: Quit Coal 4:40 PM-5:10 PM Break 5:10 PM -5:25 PM Film: Animals are Not Ours 5:25 PM- 5:40 PM Film: Sea Shepherd 5:40 PM -6:15 PM Panel Q&A (two people plus facilitator) Speaker: Animal Liberation Victoria Speaker: Sea Shepherd 6:25 PM-6:45 PM Melbourne Spoken Word Gabriela Georges Kylie Supski 7:00 PM-8:00 PM Dinner Break - Stage Changeover 8:00 PM-8:30 PM Air Punch Collective 8:30 PM -8:45 PM M elbourne Spoken Word
8:50 PM-9:20 PM Kate Bart
9:20 PM-9:35 PM Melbourne Spoken Word 9:45 PM -10:15 PM Sordid Ordeal 10:30 PM -11:00 PM Ror Da Poet 11:00 PM-11:30 PM Last Drinks - Bar Closed 12:00 Am Venue Closed
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