In this presentation he discusses the use of cartoons as a weapon, how he had brought cartoonists together from different parts of a broken country who would usually be against each other and came up with books of the work they had done.
He went to places that were completely divided and was given the chance to do a workshop with cartoonists from all sides of the Ivory Coast, he asked them to do a project together, 'killing the issues effecting their country' they came up with a book looking at the political crisis of the Ivory Coast. In Lebanon he did something similar but then got the newspapers editors on all sides to print the work of eight cartoonists on a page together, the work covered issues of religion i politics and everyday life. They managed to get it printed in many papers including Christian and Muslim.
I think this was pretty interesting as he had also been showing how the digital age is creating change nowadays, he had made one cartoon about the digital download of music saying how it had changed adding a bit of humour the quote on the cartoon was "The internet has changed music" and the other quote was "Before, you had to go to the shop to steal it". This kind of piece shows how cartoons are witty and are a good way of putting a point across which might be controversial which I think relates to him saying that they can be used as weapons and people have been killed over them.
This shows just how much power and influence they have.
He also did work with some cartoonists in Kenya who put together a video. "Eight Kenyan Editorial Cartoonists give their take on the issue of ethnicity in politics, social and love relationships"
Miwa Matrevek's glorious Visions
The work that she does using animation on a screen and interacting with it using herself as a shadow and part of the piece is very interesting I find it quite relaxing to watch, the use of sound helps this as it's very 'dreamy' which I guess would be the idea with visions.
Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution video link
Dianna created some art pieces made from plastic and noticed that bits broke away from it over time, which she initially thought was good but then thought although it does this it's still plastic it doesn't disappear and she started to look at the effect it had on the environment and in particular the marine world. She offered some solutions such as using reusable containers such as pyrex tubs and glass bottles.
Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn Video Link
She shows how there are so many everyday items that include parts from a pig that many people wouldn't even have known about.
Soap -fatty acids from pork bone fat used as a hardening agent
shampoo, body lotion, anti-wrinkle cream, toothpaste
Proteins from hairs of the pig used in bread as an 'improver of dough'
low fat butter, they add gelatine to improve the texture that has been removed when taking the fat out.
cheesecake and many deserts from the supermarket have gelatine to make them look good
Paint, texture & glossiness Paintbrushes, use the hair
Beer, some wine and fruit juice, to remove cloudy elements while brewing they pour it through gelatine
she found a total of 185 products from following the life of one pig "Pig 05049"
she tries to show that we don't have any idea of what goes into many of our products, I think this was very interesting and makes you wonder what else you don't know about and really shows that you learn something new everyday.
Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution video link
Dianna created some art pieces made from plastic and noticed that bits broke away from it over time, which she initially thought was good but then thought although it does this it's still plastic it doesn't disappear and she started to look at the effect it had on the environment and in particular the marine world. She offered some solutions such as using reusable containers such as pyrex tubs and glass bottles.
Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn Video Link
She shows how there are so many everyday items that include parts from a pig that many people wouldn't even have known about.
Soap -fatty acids from pork bone fat used as a hardening agent
shampoo, body lotion, anti-wrinkle cream, toothpaste
Proteins from hairs of the pig used in bread as an 'improver of dough'
low fat butter, they add gelatine to improve the texture that has been removed when taking the fat out.
cheesecake and many deserts from the supermarket have gelatine to make them look good
Paint, texture & glossiness Paintbrushes, use the hair
Beer, some wine and fruit juice, to remove cloudy elements while brewing they pour it through gelatine
she found a total of 185 products from following the life of one pig "Pig 05049"
she tries to show that we don't have any idea of what goes into many of our products, I think this was very interesting and makes you wonder what else you don't know about and really shows that you learn something new everyday.
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