Cultural Program of Bangkok AIDS 2004

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

Hello and just received this exciting posting from Ingrid Kloet, a

boardmember of the GNP+/ENP+, about an arts and cultural program planned for

the Bangkok HIV/AIDS Conference in 2004. Greatest thanks for this, Ingrid,

and please pass along as widely as possible! All best wishes and dramatic

dreamings, Janet kaippg@...

Dear all,

See the email below from Chumpon & Chantawipa Apisuk, for the Cultural

Program in Bangkok Aids 2004. Please pass it on widely!

Warmly,

Ingrid Kloet

Boardmember ENP+/GNP+

www.gnpplus.net

cc5300 Eubank Blvd. NE 9-D

Albuquerque, NM 87111

Phone/Fax 505-298-2644

Cell 505-280-2218

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On behalf Cultural Program of Bangkok AIDS 2004, I would like to invite you

and your network to join us to make the Bangkok Conference full of life

lives and activity. We would like to see Bangkok conference a conference

with culture and arts.

Individual artists, art groups, community art groups, theatre, musicians,

will be invited to take part in the conference. There will be exhibitions of

the artworks and art projects throughout venues, live art walls, art

workshops, fashion show, AIDS Poster show, on-line art projection, media

arts, films, theatres, performances, dance, music, songs and poetry reading.

However, the cultural program organizers rely on your support. We recognize

that your network may have contact with groups or individual artists who

have done artwork related to HIV/AIDS. Either community mobilization type

work or individual creations mention above or new innovation art forms are

also welcome. You and your network can support us by suggesting names and

contacts.

As we all know in reality, we cannot bring all artists to the conference,

but the earlier information will help us to develop a better program and

selections. However, for artists who cannot come to the conference we also

plan to have an art on-line projection, at the conference main hall. In this

way, we can accommodate and exhibit as many artworks as possible.

We wish to use poetry as voices from different cultures and in response to

issues discussed in sessions. We would like to ask you to send us some poems

you would want us to read to the conference. We plan to organize poetry

reading at conference sessions, in all tracks, before, at the end or during

the sessions, in original languages. Poetry can be presented as song,

chanting, melodious rhyme, and prose, etc.

Performance and Live Action will be taking place in hallways, exhibition

areas, as well as on stages in community lounge. There will be movie

screening in cafeteria during lunch time and in theatre provided in

conference venue, accompany with discussion with producers, directors. Also

there will be International AIDS Film Festival organize in the city of

Bangkok by affiliated local organizer.

AIDS Posters exhibition, will enable us to see how things have changed along

the way since the 1st International AIDS Conference in the 1980's. The

posters will be installed in a room, organized and arranged by local and

international volunteer artists. We hope all participants of the conference

will be kindly contribute posters from their organization, countries, and as

well as their own collections.

History of AIDS movement will be presented in a form of fashion show of AIDS

Campaign and Conference T-shirts and ornaments. Participants of the

conference can contribute their collections to this historical recount and

see non-stop live fashion show as well as video documentations or CD Rom. We

are also planning cultural parade, where people from different culture are

invited to join in their traditional custom dress. The parade, however, do

not focus on cultural beauty alone, but we also encourage participants to

make their banners voicing issues and concerns.

I hope that these ideas sketching out our cultural program would be able to

gain your support. We also hope to get your valuable input of more ideas,

artworks, events and activities, as well as volunteering with the Bangkok

AIDS 2004 Cultural Program. For further information and volunteer your

support, please contact me at thaicom@..., or at this personal

address.

In Solidarity,

Chumpon Apisuk

(Naam Chewit, EMPOWER Foundation)

Cultural Program Coordinator

Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere

Concrete House

EMPOWER Foundation

57/60 Tivanond Road,

Nonthaburi 11000

Thailand

tel: +66-2-526-8311

fax: +66-2-526-3294

website: www.empowerfoundation.org;

www.empowerfoundation.org/artivities

E-MAIL TO EMPOWER: badgirls@...

FOR ASIATOPIA FESTIVAL: asiatopia@...

FOR Concrete House: concretehouse@...

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On behalf Cultural Program of Bangkok AIDS 2004, I would like to invite you

and your network to join us to make the Bangkok Conference full of life

lives and activity. We would like to see Bangkok conference a conference

with culture and arts.

Individual artists, art groups, community art groups, theatre, musicians,

will be invited to take part in the conference. There will be exhibitions of

the artworks and art projects throughout venues, live art walls, art

workshops, fashion show, AIDS Poster show, on-line art projection, media

arts, films, theatres, performances, dance, music, songs and poetry reading.

However, the cultural program organizers rely on your support. We recognize

that your network may have contact with groups or individual artists who

have done artwork related to HIV/AIDS. Either community mobilization type

work or individual creations mention above or new innovation art forms are

also welcome. You and your network can support us by suggesting names and

contacts.

As we all know in reality, we cannot bring all artists to the conference,

but the earlier information will help us to develop a better program and

selections. However, for artists who cannot come to the conference we also

plan to have an art on-line projection, at the conference main hall. In this

way, we can accommodate and exhibit as many artworks as possible.

We wish to use poetry as voices from different cultures and in response to

issues discussed in sessions. We would like to ask you to send us some poems

you would want us to read to the conference. We plan to organize poetry

reading at conference sessions, in all tracks, before, at the end or during

the sessions, in original languages. Poetry can be presented as song,

chanting, melodious rhyme, and prose, etc.

Performance and Live Action will be taking place in hallways, exhibition

areas, as well as on stages in community lounge. There will be movie

screening in cafeteria during lunch time and in theatre provided in

conference venue, accompany with discussion with producers, directors. Also

there will be International AIDS Film Festival organize in the city of

Bangkok by affiliated local organizer.

AIDS Posters exhibition, will enable us to see how things have changed along

the way since the 1st International AIDS Conference in the 1980's. The

posters will be installed in a room, organized and arranged by local and

international volunteer artists. We hope all participants of the conference

will be kindly contribute posters from their organization, countries, and as

well as their own collections.

History of AIDS movement will be presented in a form of fashion show of AIDS

Campaign and Conference T-shirts and ornaments. Participants of the

conference can contribute their collections to this historical recount and

see non-stop live fashion show as well as video documentations or CD Rom. We

are also planning cultural parade, where people from different culture are

invited to join in their traditional custom dress. The parade, however, do

not focus on cultural beauty alone, but we also encourage participants to

make their banners voicing issues and concerns.

I hope that these ideas sketching out our cultural program would be able to

gain your support. We also hope to get your valuable input of more ideas,

artworks, events and activities, as well as volunteering with the Bangkok

AIDS 2004 Cultural Program. For further information and volunteer your

support, please contact me at thaicom@..., or at this personal

address.

In Solidarity,

Chumpon Apisuk

(Naam Chewit, EMPOWER Foundation)

Cultural Program Coordinator

Good Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go Everywhere

Concrete House

EMPOWER Foundation

57/60 Tivanond Road,

Nonthaburi 11000

Thailand

tel: +66-2-526-8311

fax: +66-2-526-3294

website: www.empowerfoundation.org;

www.empowerfoundation.org/artivities

E-mail: thaicom@...

[Guest guest]

I am the National Coordinator of PEOPLES HEALTH MOVEMENT in Kenya. I would like to get details on how I can attend the Hongkong Festival and bring you wonderfull displays on HIV/AIDS in Africa.

I have attended many International confetrences on AIDS , so, I have alot to offer to this connference.However ,I would like to know details on how to be sponsored onb Air ticket and accommodation during the conference.

Kindly reply with details.

yours , malachi.Janet Feldman <kaippg@...> wrote:

Dear Friends,Hello and just received this exciting posting from Ingrid Kloet, aboardmember of the GNP+/ENP+, about an arts and cultural program planned forthe Bangkok HIV/AIDS Conference in 2004. Greatest thanks for this, Ingrid,and please pass along as widely as possible! All best wishes and dramaticdreamings, Janet kaippg@...Dear all,See the email below from Chumpon & Chantawipa Apisuk, for the CulturalProgram in Bangkok Aids 2004. Please pass it on widely!Warmly,Ingrid KloetBoardmember ENP+/GNP+www.gnpplus.netcc5300 Eubank Blvd. NE 9-DAlbuquerque, NM 87111Phone/Fax 505-298-2644Cell 505-280-2218Dear Friends and Colleagues,On behalf Cultural Program of Bangkok AIDS 2004, I would like to invite youand your network to join us to make the Bangkok Conference full of

lifelives and activity. We would like to see Bangkok conference a conferencewith culture and arts.Individual artists, art groups, community art groups, theatre, musicians,will be invited to take part in the conference. There will be exhibitions ofthe artworks and art projects throughout venues, live art walls, artworkshops, fashion show, AIDS Poster show, on-line art projection, mediaarts, films, theatres, performances, dance, music, songs and poetry reading.However, the cultural program organizers rely on your support. We recognizethat your network may have contact with groups or individual artists whohave done artwork related to HIV/AIDS. Either community mobilization typework or individual creations mention above or new innovation art forms arealso welcome. You and your network can support us by suggesting names andcontacts.As we all know in reality, we cannot bring all artists to the conference,but the

earlier information will help us to develop a better program andselections. However, for artists who cannot come to the conference we alsoplan to have an art on-line projection, at the conference main hall. In thisway, we can accommodate and exhibit as many artworks as possible.We wish to use poetry as voices from different cultures and in response toissues discussed in sessions. We would like to ask you to send us some poemsyou would want us to read to the conference. We plan to organize poetryreading at conference sessions, in all tracks, before, at the end or duringthe sessions, in original languages. Poetry can be presented as song,chanting, melodious rhyme, and prose, etc.Performance and Live Action will be taking place in hallways, exhibitionareas, as well as on stages in community lounge. There will be moviescreening in cafeteria during lunch time and in theatre provided inconference venue, accompany with discussion

with producers, directors. Alsothere will be International AIDS Film Festival organize in the city ofBangkok by affiliated local organizer.AIDS Posters exhibition, will enable us to see how things have changed alongthe way since the 1st International AIDS Conference in the 1980's. Theposters will be installed in a room, organized and arranged by local andinternational volunteer artists. We hope all participants of the conferencewill be kindly contribute posters from their organization, countries, and aswell as their own collections.History of AIDS movement will be presented in a form of fashion show of AIDSCampaign and Conference T-shirts and ornaments. Participants of theconference can contribute their collections to this historical recount andsee non-stop live fashion show as well as video documentations or CD Rom. Weare also planning cultural parade, where people from different culture areinvited to join in their

traditional custom dress. The parade, however, donot focus on cultural beauty alone, but we also encourage participants tomake their banners voicing issues and concerns.I hope that these ideas sketching out our cultural program would be able togain your support. We also hope to get your valuable input of more ideas,artworks, events and activities, as well as volunteering with the BangkokAIDS 2004 Cultural Program. For further information and volunteer yoursupport, please contact me at thaicom@..., or at this personaladdress.In Solidarity,Chumpon Apisuk(Naam Chewit, EMPOWER Foundation)Cultural Program CoordinatorGood Girls Go To Heaven, Bad Girls Go EverywhereConcrete HouseEMPOWER Foundation57/60 Tivanond Road,Nonthaburi 11000Thailandtel: +66-2-526-8311fax: +66-2-526-3294website: www.empowerfoundation.org;www.empowerfoundation.org/artivitiesE-MAIL TO EMPOWER:

badgirls@...FOR ASIATOPIA FESTIVAL: asiatopia@...FOR Concrete House: concretehouse@...Kenya-aids welcome your opinion. Join us athttp://www./group/Other groups to join:Aids-Africa-the largest hiv/aids community research group. To join simply click http://www./group/aids-africaJoin Digital Africa- an information technology group that discusses internet technology in Africa at http://www./group/dig/africa

[Guest guest]

As I had indicated in an earlier posting, I deal with

several Youth and Women Groups based in Mombasa that

are involved in HIV/AIDS Awareness campaigns using

drama, song and dance as a tool of disseminating

information.

Will be glad to hear more about this coming festival.

Regards

Simon Maingi

Wells-O-JOY (k)

Box 97903

Cell: +254-722-814344

Mombasa

Kenya