January 30, 2008 – 2:35 pm
For many years I thought I wouldn´t this land again, but it happened and it feels quite wierd actually. Back in a third world country things are so different, over here people still jump traffic lights, homeless people collect cardboard from the street and take the motorway using a carriage pulled by a horse.
I am [...]
September 21, 2007 – 4:05 pm
Hi, I really wanted to add this post to the website, it’s about Roger who has been volunteering at the Union Chapel for several years plus he takes part in the poetry and visual arts workshops. As part of the Postcard project he produced an amazing piece, please click her to listen to Roger himself.
September 17, 2007 – 12:43 pm
We are inviting everyone to this exhibiont that will take place at the Gramaphone (60-62 Commercial St, Spitalfields, London, E1 6LT). The exhibiton will stay for 1 and a half months and it’s quite promissing, keep visiting the site for updates!!
September 11, 2007 – 2:55 pm
We definitely enjoyed the whole experience. It was also a good opportunity for everyone in the group to travel together and the shared experience would be one of the most beautiful things we had in life.
People were so friendly and that made me feel comfortable. It was different from Japanese customs and I liked that [...]
August 20, 2007 – 3:01 pm
The ‘ten feet away’ International festival for me.
I was involved in this festival from an early stage, I went to St. Petersburg as part of the festival, I was part of some of the decision making and finally I photographed a lot of the event. This is as honest a review of the festival [...]
August 17, 2007 – 10:30 am
It took me a while but I managed to put the first chunk of pictures, there is a thousand more and I don’t know if I’ll manage to upload everything but if you went to the festival and want your picture, get in touch.
Click here to go to the thumbnail (which is not a thumbnail). Enjoy the pictures…
One more thing, Chris is at Index Office video-editing… just so you know…
By Billy
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August 16, 2007 – 11:05 am
Two and half weeks have gone and people are still talking about the festival. We are still doing a lot of post production, pictures, films, feed back… Talking about feed back, if you went to the festival and you have something to say, please use this space to tell us and everyone your experience… We’ve got hundreds of pictures from the photo booth , Joe - who by the way did an amazing job at the festival - is processing all the pictures but if you want to get yours quicker email him at joseph_de_haan@hotmail.com. Please visit the festival page to see more pictures.
Thanks again to all the individuals and organizations for your great input in the festival, too many names to be displayed here.
Thanks to all international visitors, your presence at the festival was very uplifting and it was a pleassure to host you all, we really want to hear from you, I think there are many things to say and a future to build up!
Esta pintura representa un cuerto de hospedaje para la gende de la calle en medellìn, un poco oscura, miedosa tal vez, aun asì, en medio de lo lugubre que se ve, las relaciones que se pueden crear en una noche, en medio de risas y drogas a veces, la gente se conecta y llega a [...]
Esta mañana, al caminar en cualquier esquina, cualquier camino que tomès en Medellìn, vas a encontrar a una persona, de la calle en medio de los autos, en medio de tanto humo, a las doce del dìa o en la noche, durmiendo… a causa del cansancio o por el ocio… aun asì, durmiendo bajo el [...]
And here we are with Actors for refugees and their brilliant performance that will take place at the Ten Feet Away International Festival on Saturday at 8:00pm, We are really looking forward to it!!
Asylum Monologues is an account of the UK’s asylum system, told first hand by the people who have experienced it. With personal testimony at its core combined with public opinion, political statements and statistical fact, this production will disseminate what it really means to be displaced in the UK.
