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TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Seni untuk
Seni; Seni untuk Rakyat Art; Art for the People)
11.00am,
Tuesday 22 October: Room 2
Following on from the strong
engagement of artists in supporting the causes of East Timor,
this forum looks to the future.
- Redefining
political and artistic practice in the world's newest nation.
- Which are the cultures of
East Timor, post-independence?
- What is the role of cultural
action in independent East Timor?
- Is culture becoming the
domain of elites?
- What drives Australian artists
to engage in East Timor?
Moderator - Alex TILMAN, secretary of the East Timor Students
Association, who has worked for the Department of Serious Crimes
in the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor. He is currently
working on an Honours thesis at Victoria university on the politics
of Constitution Making in East Timor.
Panel
- Maria Alice CASIMIRO
BRANCO, an East Timorese
activist based in Darwin and has worked on a number of cultural
projects, including with Graham Pitts over 15 years.
- Susan DITTER, artistic director of Corrugated
Iron Youth Theatre in Darwin. She has been involved in Timor
on the Move (providing bicycles for East Timor) and is planning
Darwin/Dili, involving the development of an adult circus troupe.
- Eugenio Fatima LEMOS is a musician from East Timor who
plays contemporary music with 5 de Oriente promoting
local culture and also a trainer for sustainable agriculture
in East Timor.
- Graham PITTS, who has had a long engagement with
political theatre throughout Australia. His works have been performed
in both mainstream and community settings, including recent work
about East Timor.
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