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A view to peace
Saturday 30th June
Sunday 1st July
Stroud Valleys Artspace,
4 John Street, Stroud GL5 2HA
tel: 01453 751440
A peace event with film screenings,
talks, music, workshops and a Moroccan
souk with crafts and food. In partner- ship with the fair trade company
Golden Fleece Trading.
The construction of the Israeli/ Palestinian separation wall began
on the 16th June 2002. It is a physical barrier being constructed by
Israel consisting of a network of fences with vehicle-barrier trenches
surrounded by an on average sixty metres wide exclusion area and up
to eight metres
high concrete walls. It is located mainly
within the West Bank. As of April 2006 the length of the barrier as
approved by the Israeli government was 703 kilometers (436 miles) long.
map no.1
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Saturday
30th June
time: TBA
Film screenings and talks
Jamal's Journey by Claire Fowler
British film maker Claire Fowler follows
a journey by Jamal and his parents that
highlights the plight of the struggling
Palestinian healthcare system under
occupation.
Billy’s Museum by Amanda Dunsmore
Amanda Dunsmore's work explores social and historical acts of preser
vation. Billy Hull was the longest serving security prison officer (twenty-five
years) at the notorious Maze/Long Kesh prison, situated outside Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Against prison policy, Billy collected items relating
to various individuals, incidents and occurrences. On his retirement
Billy made a presentation, a museum, inside the
Maze, which was never seen by the public.
Resona, Stefan Cartwight
In his current Roaring Silence recitals
Stefan Car twright plays gongs to create
an ever-changing soundscape. The deep
resonance of the tones is felt as well as
heard.
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DJ
Curator
site07 brings together the Hub collective
DJ Curators selecting the subversive, the eclectic, the pioneering,
the safe and risky sounds. The DJ Curators will
collaboratively fuse and blend classical,
funk, broken-beats, jazz, techno, reggae, soul and journey into the
more
experimental side of electronic and folk
music. The DJ Curators explore the theme of peace through the medium
of sounds laid down on vinyl. Spontaneous?, Yes, Preformulaic? No!
A must for vinyl and sound junkies.
Hassan Erraji
Sunday 1st July
Performance 8pm
Hassan Erraji is a multi-instrumentalist on the Ud, Arabic harp, Ney
(Arabic flute),Violin, Dabruka and Bandir, as well as being a seductive
and dramatic singer. Hassan Erraji offers a complete
performance of Arabic music and song
from North Africa.
• £10 adults, £6 concessions, booking
essential
Master drumming class 3-5pm
• £15, booking essential
• £22 for both events
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