inspiring & unforgettable cultural intiatives or content this september, from music to books, poems, plays, exhibtions, TV series, films, photos and food on my favourite month and season… Geez New Year/ Kudus Yohannes Ge’at 💛 Hoye Hoye! We start with the delicious ge’at for the celebrations, with greek yogurt and extra berbere sprinkled on top. … Continue reading Gems of the month: September
The UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’ provides broad approaches, frameworks and goals that gives guidance for cities and communities to improve their livelihoods through innovative and creative solutions. This can be achieved effectively through an elaborate participative design thinking process. To this effect, the UN system coordinates and leads global consensus, through … Continue reading Sustainable cities and communities through design thinking
Thank you for joining me, Max. Could you please tell me a bit about yourself? Yeah, hi. I’m Max Bondu. I’ve been living here in Geneva for the past 15 years. I’m also part of a collective of a group that has co design and built our own space for walking and inhabitation near Geneva … Continue reading A conversation with Max Bondu: “It’s just a way of expressing”
Photo image: Shabu Mwangi Soundcloud 🙂 Thank you Shabu for joining me in this episode. Would you tell us a bit about yourself? So, I’m from Kenya, Nairobi. I’m a visual artist based in the community called Wajuku Mokuru, from a collective called Wajukua Project. Wajuku is a collective which is made of, like, 15 … Continue reading A conversation with Shabu Mwangi: “It’s human nature to move”
Soundcloud 🙂 Hi Myriam, thank you for joining me today. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Sure, so I’m a writer and researcher. I’m from Lebanon and I’ve been on the move in Europe for three years now. I’m interested in exploring the ties between the image, death and memory on a societal … Continue reading A conversation with Myriam Dalal: “A way to talk to the city”
Photo image: Zul MahmodSoundcloud 🙂 Hi, Zul. Thank you for joining me today. Tell me a bit about yourself. I’m from Singapore and I’m a full-time artist. Been an artist for about 25 years now. I was trained as a sculptor in doing fine arts. Then in 2001 I shifted to sound art, which is … Continue reading A conversation with Zul Mahmod: “I’m not a number”
A pleasant coincidence. My ‘on the loop’ for this week was without a doubt Erykah Badu’s ‘Think Twice.` Her fantastic cover of Donald Byrd’s ‘Think Twice’ (1974) jazz-funk classic is an absolute joy. Hearing it on shuffle spotify earlier in the week brought me back home to London, 2017; where I often played her on … Continue reading Erykah Badu’s ‘Think Twice’: On the loop
A lower “l”No towerNot a TsegNo tall figurenor lankybut mediumeye levelthe neck restsas grateful as ever,thanking with a sigh of relief Higher pitchedbut still softlowered when drowsyand conquered by the buzz,in a timeless convosame passwordjust a lower “l” Error? Nosame password7 letters2 vowels5 consonantsno special signs or symbolsnot even 2212or 4same passwordjust a lower “l” … Continue reading lower case “l”
Obitary in Tigrinya and English ተዘክሮ ሂወት ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ፡ ካብ ኣዲኣ ወይዘሮ ዘርፊቱ ጎብሩን፡ ኣቦኣ ኣይተ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ዓጽማትን ኣብ ኩዶ-ጭራ፡ ሰራየ ተወልደት፡፡ ኣሕዋታ ድማ፡ ሓረጉ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ኢስሃቕ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ዘውዲ ዓጽሙን ነበሩ፡፡ ኣቦኣ ብሕጻና ብሞት ስለዝተፈልዩ ተዘክሮ ኣይነበራን፡ ኣብ ሕጻንነታ ካብ’ቶም ኣዝያ ትዝክራን ከም ክቡር ዑንቊ ትሕብሕባን ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ሓብታ ዘውድየይ ነበረት፡፡ ሓጎሳየይ፡ ኣብ … Continue reading Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter
A trek,the long walkmengedi LemlemOff they wentእንዳ ኣቦይ ዓጽማት enda Aboy Atsmat, ኣደይ ማና Adey Mana and their በራውር berew’er; ዓንደ Ande and his siblings.Accompanying them was their netsela’s, cattle, tsebel and hopesPassing by villages, churches and shepherdsAboy Atsmat walked behind, guiding seb’u Hugush often played with deki Tehela“Ayni fenjal” they would call herusually the … Continue reading Home: The Trek
Password pleaseDenied? An error?hmmmfrozen,expired.A black Dell – as in PC, not boy-September 2016good run User?(The name on the screen, not the character)Dh?Error.LampardError.I know, I knowHP?Meaning?High pitched(not the sauce)Error. Heavy, 16 inchShoulders strainedsore back, broken charger, the colourful wires escape the jack, white, red and blackroaming freely, enjoying its last legs.Last breathe. The green light pierces … Continue reading Password Error
