Don't Border Me
Espace Van Gogh, Arles (France), January 28th - 31st 2009
Love Difference joins 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 Orchestra starts its activities with a short
creative residency in Arles from 28th to 31st January 2009.
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 Orchestra involves: Love Difference, 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/
:: www.dontborderme.net/blog/
