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ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND ACE's understanding of the creative process diminishes year on year. If it was ever there. The bureaucracy, the form-filling, the move to becoming a Corporation, disguise and distort the value, process and nature of artistic creation. I heard the Chief Executive (?) on R4 rattling off a statement which opened the chasm between funding body and artist ever wider. So we now have yet another set of guidelines. To help us deal with...what? Patronising, presumptive, vacuous and intrusive, this belongs to the corporate mentality, or the judiciary, where a structure of behaviours is pre-determined and adds one more hurdle to gaining support. Oh yes, heavily disguised warnings as to what will rock the boat. When did art not rock the boat? The more pertinent question might be, how to get funding for the transgressive, the deeper truths hidden for the most part by reductive impoverished jargon. so we need help, do we, to deal with potentially difficult responses to what we do. Is the CEO of ACE so woefully ignorant of what artists have been dealing with since the most primitive forms of expression. One sends one's work out into the world. There is no way of knowing, or even suspecting, how it will be received, how responded to. we risk, we dare. We cannot shore up safety, nor do we wish to. The work will haver it's own unique life within each individual, each country, each decade, each utterance. whatever happened to mystery, 'the Untought Known' as Christopher Bollas puts it. Don't listen to prescribed formulas. Listen to the creators, the work itself, its wonderful audiences. What matters? What of mystery, a slow revealing. what of an outcome that can't be pre-deetermined. What of a multiple response. An open landscape. Courage to speak from some deeper place which refuses definition, and thus preserves the gift of endless possibility. Here is what I have made: GAZA Vimeo Link - https://lnkd.in/eNzUeS8s Youtube Link - https://lnkd.in/ee3bNrsy STRING YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e_2VZxfn Vimeo Link: https://lnkd.in/eQUXXkmN Nicki Jackowska february 16 2024

Once this Preliminary Objection on the competence of this appeal succeeds, the proceedings in the appeal would be aborted and the need to consider the issues raised therein would automatically abate.  - SALAMI VS. MUSE (2019) LPELR 47038

The Association for the Study of Nationalities asked Maya Tudor and I to discuss our latest book "Varieties of Nationalism" (Cambridge University Press 2023) [https://lnkd.in/ef6ZKMnb]. In this book, we propose that nationalism can be broken down productively into parts based on three key questions: (1) Does a national community exist? (2) How do national narratives vary? (3) When do national narratives matter? The answers to these questions generate five dimensions along which nationalism varies: elite fragmentation and popular fragmentation of national communities; ascriptiveness and thickness of national narratives; and salience of national identities. #ASN24

Documentary in the works…

As part of our ongoing Meet the Artists series, we're thrilled to introduce Wilfred Ukpong! Dr. Ukpong is a French-Nigerian interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose distinctive socially engaged practice utilizes several interwoven mediums, including photography, film, sculpture, performance, architecture, and creative workshops to tackle pertinent social issues with community participation and intervention. Since 2020, Dr. Ukpong's art films and photographic installations have been exhibited at Alliance Française de Lagos / Mike Adenuga Centre, FotoFest, Institut français du Nigeria, Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg, Pipe Factory Glasgow, Royal Society Of Arts, London, Welt Museum Vienna, and others. His long-term project Blazing Century 1 received a special grant from the Prince Claus Fund (2010); his film Future World (2017) won the Golden City Gates Excellence Award at ITB Berlin (2018), and was presented at the Nigerian Senate to encourage environmental change in the Niger Delta. His first UK solo exhibition is currently open at Autograph-ADP, London. The captivating work included in the upcoming aShareX, Inc. and Inversion Art auction, BC1-ND-FC: Are my Dreams Too Bold for the Carbon Skin I Bear #1, is one part of the photographic series BC1: NIGER-DELTA/FUTURE-COSMOS, itself just one element in Dr. Ukpong's Afrofuturist epic Blazing Century 1, a multi-part film and video project in which the artist interweaves indigenous ceremonies and rituals with invented cosmologies and fictional narratives to create an allegory of the contemporary social and environmental challenges facing the Niger Delta. To learn more about Dr. Ukpong, his work, and to register for the auction, visit https://asharex.com. Alan Snyder Ryan Johnston Eric Arinsburg, CFA Kevin Hughes John Smith Joey Flores Jonathan T. D. Neil #asharex #assetshareexchange #inversionart #auction #contemporary #art #fractional #investing #alternatives #diversification No money or other consideration is being solicited or will be accepted at this time. This is not an offer to sell fractional interests and no offer to buy fractional interests can be accepted except pursuant to a qualified offering statement. Registration involves no commitment or obligation of any kind. https://bit.ly/3VXODMG

Fresh off the press! "Of Worlds and Artworks - A Relational View on Artistic Practices from Africa and the Diaspora" has just been published in the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence series at Brill (Verlag). Edited by Ute Fendler. Marie-Anne Kohl, Gilbert Shang Ndi, Christopher Joseph Odhiambo and Clarissa Vierke (all Uni Bayreuth) the volume brings together contributions which explore artworks – including literature, visual arts, film and performances – as dynamic sites of worlding. It puts emphasis on the processes of creating or doing worlds, implying movement as opposed to the boundary drawing of area studies. From such a processual perspective, Africa is not a delineated area, but emerges in a variety of relations which can reach across the continent, but also the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic or Europe. Contributors are: Thierry Boudjekeu, Elena Brugioni, Ute Fendler, Sophie Lembcke, Gilbert Ndi Shang, Samuel Ndogo, Duncan Tarrant, Kumari Issur, CJ Odhiambo, Michaela Ott, Peter Simatei, Clarissa Vierke, Chinelo J. Enemuo. For more info please visit: https://lnkd.in/eWprpGgN #ClusterOfExcellence #AfricaMultiple #UniBayreuth #AfricanStudies #AfricanArt #ArtisticPractices

'Helping young Tasmanians to understand and harness the power of words is the mission of a not-for-profit organisation that believes everyone has a story to tell.' Click on the link below to read this great article on why we do what we do at Story Island.

📢 The Pedestrian Catcher 🙌 - 8 Crazy Innovations that Never Made it ... Might Save us Now! ------ Since #bigtech has been unstoppable in flooding markets by dumping their immature and risk-laden software, we have to sagaciously develop our #survival and #risk mindset. Why not look back at "8 crazy #innovations that did NOT make it"? 😁 A treasure chest for Elon #Musk and Tesla's "autonomous" self-driving #electric cars (others too can have a look e.g. #Altman #Microsoft, & co) 👉 Advantage: Easy to install and easy to cash!!! 💸💸 Also fantastic to string to the 1 billion humanoid #Optimus #robots 🤖 planned to inundate the world with by 2040. 👇👇👇👇 The Pedastrian Catcher (1920s) 🙌 ☝☝☝☝ ❌ simply attached to the radiator or car bumpers... or robots chests... and after catching the pedestrian you can fold it neatly away. ----- In Innovation we Trust! (or was is: #trustworthy innovation? 🤔) #thehouseofethics #swarmethics https://lnkd.in/eviq_4-d

Today, as we commemorate Mabo Day, we pay tribute to the legacy of Eddie Koiki Mabo, a champion of Indigenous rights whose perseverance and courage reshaped Australia's legal landscape. Mabo's landmark case challenged the doctrine of terra nullius, the legal fiction that Australia was uninhabited before European settlement and paved the way for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' inherent connection to their land. Through years of legal battles and personal sacrifice, Mabo fought tirelessly for justice, enduring lengthy processes to secure recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as native title holders. His courage and determination not only transformed the law but also sparked a national conversation about reconciliation, land rights, and Indigenous sovereignty. As we reflect on Mabo's legacy, let us renew our commitment to advancing Indigenous rights and land justice. Let us honor the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and work together to dismantle systemic barriers, address historical injustices, and empower Indigenous communities. On this Mabo Day, let's celebrate progress while acknowledging the work that still lies ahead. Together, let's continue Mabo's legacy of courage, advocacy, and solidarity to create a more inclusive and equitable Australia for all. #MaboDay #IndigenousRights #LandJustice #Reconciliation #EddieMabo #Solidarity #NativeTitle

I recorded and mixed this political rap track for Deezidoz in arabic about the situation in Algeria. https://lnkd.in/eZJKPZ2A