[metamorphosis] acto 1: aire
...esta noche , viernes el 6 de diciembre, en Groove Bar, Cochabamba...
video made my Miri Bamba, frame-by-frame drawn animation, Kim A
Que vengan y compartan todos!
Video made by Jonathan McCarthy.
:-)
Thursday, 5 December 2013
AVE Week 4: Animation Shoot 2
Continuing from where we left off a couple of weeks ago with the educators from AVE we shot the second third of stop-motion footage this week. These are the balloons that their characters release, with the values that are important to AVE's ethos written on them:
family, protection, respect, solidarity, equality, rights hope
Week 6 Infante: Values in Body Paint
(from middle left rotating clockwise)
love, peace; love, affection, peace; joy, unity, strength; honesty, love; hoy, love; strength, love, honesty, peace
Our sixth session at Infante and Emma and I left shattered and also HUGELY happy with how well the girls responded to the questions on the project evaluation form - we asked the girls questions about their community at Infante and the canvas-painting project and then asked them to choose from a large selection of values those that are most important to them... looking at their painted arms in the group photo above it's fascinating to see what the repetitions are: love, strength, peace, honesty, joy...
I painted the words the girls had chosen onto their arms, in the colours that they visualised for those particular values (Andrea also painted Melanie as the sun was setting towards the end of our session!),
then photographed their arms in front of their canvases:
The other focus of the day was painting into one another's paintings. Where we had left blank corners on each girl's canvas, the colour of the neighbouring canvases was painted in, linking each canvas to it's neightbours, reflecting how we all affect one another in or communities. Thinking of the project's theme of community it hugely touched me (to the point I got goose-pimples again!) to read the girls responses to the question 'what title would you give to this project?':
Daniela: united community
Ana Paola: The paintings of our united world
Melany: Art
Karim: Happiness for the whole world
Andrea: The joy and unity of the women
Paola: Peace and love
Emma: Commnity, Unity, Individuality
Kim: The Infante Family
The girls worked further into their paintings between the questions, corner-painting and body-painting.
Roberta: JOY LOVE
Ana Paola: HONESTY LOVE
Andrea: JOY, STRENGTH, UNITY
Katia: COLABORATION, JOY, SECURITY, UNITY
Melany: LOVE, PEACE, AFFECTION
Paola: HONESTY, PEACE, STRENGTH, LOVE
Daniela: LOVE, PEACE
Gimena: JOY, WORTH, STRENGTH
Kim: EQUALITY, PEACE, LOVE
Yesterday's was my last full session with the girls - this coming week I will be in Tarija while Emma works with girls to add the finishing touched to their canvases and the following Wednesday we will be hanging and celebrating the girls work with an exhibition in the Infante cafe:
"An exhibition of paintings made by the girls of Infante,
come to share and celebrate with us:
16:00 hrs, Wednesday 18th December,
Infante, Avenida Linde, Tiquipaya"
love, peace;
love, affection, peace;
love, peace; joy, unity, strength;
honesty, peace, strength, love
A really beautiful heart-warming session -
thanks you girls!
:-)
Sagittarius-Pegasus :-)
a drawing for a friends birthday this Monday...
flamingo feather for strength, yellow-veined feather for magic, coca leaf to give thanks to Pachamama, pencil shavings for creativity, and blue button for peace!
:-)
ONE: La Tribu Global
ONE: La Tribu Global, a personal project looking at and celebrating the rich and complicated diversity of our global human tribe... a project that stared out back in February when I first started my postcard-portrait project La Solidaridad de los Viajeros' (The Solidarity of Travelers) with my 'Familia de La Serena' in northern Chile. Later on in Brazil the name adapted to 'La Solidaridad de los Compañeros' (Solidarity of the Companions) and now here in Bolivia, with the influence of traditional weavings and tribal body paint, like the examples from the Omo Tribe in the photos from Hans Silvester above the project has developed into 'La Tribu Global'.
After my month in September of researching Bolivia weavings I wanted to experiment with painting folk's portraits on their body in shapes and colours reflecting their story of where they are from, where they have lived and their dreams for the future. My first 'subject' was artist and great friend Camilla Brendon, who happily let me experiment with painting her while taking a stop-motion animation, which Millie's now using to promote her project 31south|64north - great stuff! :-)
Then this weekend just gone, with so many despedidas for beloved SB friends, I had the chance in saying goodbye to paint Alix and Lola - thank you lovelies for participating in the project!
Asking questions about the countries and cultures that have influenced the subject, what 'home' means to them, and what they dream about for their future, I've been trying to paint some of that information onto their faces and bodies through the colours and shapes they associate with the various countries, places and thoughts. It is still very early days in the experiment but I am hoping to invite many more of my friends here in Cochabamba to participate in the project, and I'm excited to see how it develops!
Along with so many goodbyes
to members of the SB crew this weekend,
including Lola, Alix, Florrie and Sabrina,
there was one hello from me
to this wee fellow who remained behind,
....Prince Ernesto
...I'm temporarily taking care of
him until we find him a new home!
he sends all you missed folk a paw-pat on the nose,
good luck with all your adventures!
:-)
La Tribu Global: Lola Rodrigues
Age: 19
Where are you from? France Where do you live? England
Where are you parents from?
Mother from Romania, Father from Algeria
Mother from Romania, Father from Algeria
In which other countries have you lived?
France, England, Bolivia
Which languages do you speak? 3-French, English, Spanish
What do you like to do in life?
Adventures, Sailing, Dancing, Sharing, Living
When you imagine 7 years ahead, what do you dream about?
Faithfulness to who I am. Simplicity. Truthfulness. Music to make the world shine bright. People to keep my heart beating. Fast. The sea to make me feel alive, the rain. And to be in peace with time. And a boat. And love, love. Love.
Beautiful beautiful Lola!! :-)
What a great person Lola is... she has been working here in Cochabamba for the last couple of months as a valued member of the Sustainable Bolivia community, volunteering with our beloved CAICC.
And now after these months of crazy all-night dancing (and our unforgettable 'girl-band-at-sunrise' moment with Florrie and I on the steps at the Full Moon Party!!! ;-) ) what a fantastic friend!
Lola, thanks for a great couple of months! Good luck in all your upcoming adventures in Buenos Aires, looking forward to crossing paths with you again!
Big love,
:-)
La Tribu Global: Alix Charles
Age: 24
Where are you from? France Where do you live? Canada.
Where are you parents from? Mum and Dad - France.
In which other countries have you lived?
5 - France, USA, Canada, Greece and Bolivia
Which languages do you speak? 3-French, English, Spanish
What do you like to do in life?
To talk, to look, to learn about who I am
When you imagine 7 years ahead, what do you dream about?
To have traveled the whole world. to have made a difference en lives of poor people... in the life of the world.
The beautiful Alix has been an invaluable asset for the NGO Mano a Mano over the last few months as a Sustainable Bolivia volunteer. The organisation provides medical support and social development in Cochabamba, particularly in rural areas surrounding the city, and Alix did a great job in organising a group of SB volunteers to help out doing some last minute painting in Paracti to get a new medical centre opened on time.
Amongst all the work and fun here in Cocha Alix also impressively managed to fit in studying and sitting a GREs exam in La Paz... and pass with flying colours.. well done lovely!
Good luck with all your upcoming studies and adventures Alix!
Big love
:-)
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