World so i think that its about time its we do that racial eurasia specifically spaces and also to take ownership of our voices to take ownership of our lives we write our own narrative is visual narratives are very important and also for us to say that we are proud of as black people. Proud and joyful this was one of the great emotional moments of this he has been on the so far ghana celebrated its 1st National Pavilion in venice an exhibition that is 120 years old the countrys 1st lady came to the inauguration as a top british architect to david adjaye last canadian roots and who just on the pavilion. Was president wants to ensure that the dogs are central to the development of a country central to tourism sokol to the soft part of the country and communicating to the. Because of incredible benevolence of a country and its people so thats why were here and not a small privileged but a very large to really make it very large state with. Just designed plays on good nation building traditions creating an intimate space for the sensitive portraits by painter the net your dog watching. The. Answer 1st is by felicity a braun gamez 1st professional female photographer she started taking pictures at the age of 14 and captured the Political Developments in ghana which in 157. 00 was one of the 1st african countries to gain independence from britain and that narrative informs goannas 1st pavilion which is untitled ghana freedom. And such a powerful statement we have read you know what does that freedom mean what did it mean that in 1057 when he got out of hand what does it mean now how you know how is that freedom grow or not gravity. What does it mean for us to be free. 6 artists from different generations offer their viewpoints on these questions. Join the Conference Video installation was commissioned especially its about migration Climate Change and trust environment. The works will be displayed in ghanas capital city opera after the begin and. Will be accompanied by a series of debates around the gama freedom project. As all very well coming to venice you know with the well heeled crowd and doing Something Like this but what the relevance and what resonance that they actually have within the country and not just in our. I mean and in the kind of south where people you know maybe east galleries but in communities across the country this is very much part. Thats passed and. Thousands of kilometers line between ghana and india but only a few meters separate that type of aliens. The worlds biggest democracy is being represented in venice for only the 2nd time the government at the theme of the pavilion pays tribute to a National IconMahatma Gandhi this year is the 150th anniversary of his path. Everytime a dimes are faced with a death then we do look up to gandhi so the idea was to really look at these artists and how their new to all very subtly you walk him through his ideas and pronounce values of either p. S. Nonviolence passive resistance many milkens option ecological concerns and so on. In 1039 Mahatma Gandhi wrote his 1st letter to as of hitler addressing him as dear friend. Just as khaled has decided to project the original manuscript onto a smokescreen gandhis failed attempt to prevent a war 5 weeks before germany marched into poland remains very moving today. The center of the work is really the viewer who 1st reads the message in 1st person because it as is their friend friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity and i think its a moment a reflection of your own position and how you might see in the world your own gestures and actually. Force a container kulkarni to gandhi is a point of reference she explores violence in public space Sexual Violence india is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women. The artists works are wearable. So this is our moment for protection for the female body but the mccann ism is such that when you are reading it you can move too easily you know the. Hands move in a particular way the head moves in a particular way so youre trapped in the body is trapped in a way so im talking with the teams the notion of protection and the motion of being trapped. What does it mean to be a woman in a Patriarchal Society be our sister self or the arm of a performance is to do this in the middle of mumbai was courageous. Its getting loud here in the brazilian pavilion. Partly fictional documentary that follows the rehearsals for us when garrick competition this subculture combines folklore and pop and vogue its a scene that attracts that involves the l. G. B. T. I. Community and young people from the outskirts of brazils big cities. There are poor people from the favelas a socially speaking you have people who are very well less access to things up in. A wiser more privileged class colonial class of people in the northeast have access to so theres a feeling of. Collectivity and they space where they get together they recognise each other they understand that they belong to a certain form of existence and and that is mainly for me a very very beautiful form of resistance despite the public power i mean the state of power. Moreas fighting for selfassertion. There is no hierarchy regarding gender abuse models just an incredible amount of energy. Plus. This has been out of deals with some pretty serious topics but also in a very left field and colorful way. Shaggy and fairy this could be chewbacca seen from inside. And here she comes. Out of nailed it also known as shoppy short for shoplifter alias. 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