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THE ART INTIFADA

The ART Intifada does not only depict what we are doing as artists, in fact it

brings the pains and the sufferings of the Saharawi people in front of the world

through the artistic expression of color, shape and thought. Art is

revolutionizing the revolution, there is no limit of what can art do.

In November 2010, Saharawi civilians went out of the city of Laioun, now

occupied by Morocco. They organized a peaceful protest in Gdaim Izik the place

where the Saharawi families set up tents numbering thousands. The Gdaim Izik

camp may not have lived long, for the Moroccan army crashed it down very

soon, but it marked two significant factors in the conflict.

First, the presence of an unquestionable will within the Saharawi people to reach

their goal of independence. Its difficult to restrain these people when they have

freely wandered the vast desert for centuries. They are free people by nature.

Second, the means with which they fight for this goal. These means are peaceful

in the sense that they are very Saharawi too. The tent; a shelter and a refuge for

the Saharawi nomadic people of yesterday, now has a role to play in todays

Saharawi life too; the same object that protected them from the hardships of

nature, today stands firm beside them. It became a symbol of protest as visible

in the protest arena as the Saharawi people themselves. The tent has changedfrom a passive object only to be dwelled or to be sought as a cover from the sun

and the wind to a very active object of its own. Now it participates and takes

action just as actively as the people who live in it.

Therefore, The ART Intifada is truly igniting the scene. The tent, the camel, the

Melhfa and the Darraa along with their different colors, shapes and

representations are all part of the Intifada. The presence of these traditions, as

forms of art, is the ART Intifada.

Mohamed Sulaiman

Sahrawi artist designer of the poster of "ARTifariti 2013"


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Seville, July 2013

Dear Professors, Artist and Friends,

From the 2nd to the 9th of November 2013, we will celebrate the VII Edition of

the International Encounters of Art and Human Rights in Western Sahara

(Project ARTifariti) in the Sahrawi refugee camp of Boujdour, Tindouf (Algeria).This year we are especially pleased to announce the inauguration of the Sahrawi

Art School, founded under the auspices of the new Tifariti University SADR.

This academic institution represents the efforts of the Ministry of Culture and

the AAPSS to provide the Sahrawi refugee community with an Arts Education

platform that will facilitate jobs training, a means of personal expression, a

sense of personal fulfillment, a way of strengthening the collective identity of the

young generations and useful tools for working towards Human Rights

advocacy. The program, designed by teams from Universities, Museums and

Cultural Organizations, is firmly committed to raising international awareness

and support for Western Sahara. The celebration of the VII Edition of ARTifaritiwill be comprised of international artists, curators and professors whose

discussions will focus on how this school (created from and for the Sahrawi

community and the specific conditions of the refugee camps) can impact and

affect our collective future.

In recognition of your commitment to Arts Education, we would be honored to

include you as a participant at ARTifariti, to celebrate the inauguration of the

Saharawi Art School and to engage in the panel discussions about its

curriculum. Attached please find a document that outlines the itinerary and

travel specifics. In anticipation of your response, we extend you the gratitude of

all the Saharawi people for your efforts on behalf of our cause.

Yours truly,

Fernando Peraita

President of the Association of Friendship

with the Sahrawi People of Seville AAPSS

Association for Friendship with the Saharawi people of Seville - AAPSS

Virgen de la Antigua 4 Bajo Drcha. 41011 Sevilla (Spain)

Tel. 0034 954 28 22 05 - 0034 954 27 41 04 Fax. 0034 954 28 20 46

[email protected] - saharasevilla.org / [email protected] - artifariti.org


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ARTIFARITI 2013 / The Art Intifada

VII International Encounters of Art and Human Rights in Western Sahara

Sahrawi Art School (Wilaya of Boujdour-Sahrawi Refugee Camps, Algeria)

November 2nd to 9th 2013

"ARTifariti has won the attention of elusive eyes, uninterested in the

political demands of a people who they unsuccessfully try to silence.

With a language that appeals to the senses, that is universally

understandable, it speaks from the commitment and solidarity of the

Saharawi cause. Its authors, Sahrawi artists and from the rest of the

world, participate in this new form of Art Intifada that expresses the

pain and the claims of the Saharawi people." Aminatou Haidar

(ARTifariti 2012)

ARTifariti was founded in 2007 as a collective action against the Moroccan Wall

of Shame that fractures Western Sahara in two, separating Sahrawi families

between occupation and exile. These encounters are a tool to reclaim the rights

of individuals and peoples to their land, their culture, their roots and their

freedom. The initial format consists in an international meeting of creators

intended to give a new meaning to the territory of Tifariti -a town bombed with

napalm and white phosphorous on the day of the ceasefire- as a space of struggle

for the realization of human rights through artistic practices.

In the past six years, ARTifariti has become a place of reunion for artists and

professionals committed to social transformation for the development of a life

worth living from their different conceptions. The focus of these meetings has

been the approach, reflection and denounciation of the violation of the rights of

the Saharawi people, articulated around their fundamental right to self-

determination.

This edition completes a stage that is embodied in the creation of the Sahrawi

Art School, with its first headquarters in the wilaya of Boujdour, in the Sahrawi

refugee camps. The School will be a new space of encounter in which to rethink,

recreate and re-signify ARTifariti as an artistic process of struggle for dignity in

the context of Western Sahara. An art space for the encounter of citizens,because "being a citizen means confronting all the time political decisions, since

all decisions relating to the world are political. To be commited to the fate of the

world is to be political, and to do it responsibly and consciously means to be a full

citizen" (Clarke, 1999).

The seventh edition of ARTifariti will be a space for reflection through the

analytical look at the works of artists who have participated in the last six

editions of the meetings. It will also be a space for celebrating the birth of the

Sahrawi Art Scool, an open and participative learning space for the Sahrawi

comunnity in the camps and a common platform for future actions in the Art

Intifada we are collectively fighting.

ARTifariti is a project of the Ministry of Culture of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic

Republic SADR and the Association of Friendship with the Saharawi people of

Seville AAPSS.


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PROGRAM:

Day 2: Flight from Madrid to Tindouf

Day 3: Opening Day

Welcome Event

2007-2012 Retrospective Exhibition Opening ARTifariti (Morning)

IV Tuizza ARTifariti "Knowing Saharawi reality ": Encounters with refugees

(Afternoon)

Second Day Film Exhibition "Art and Human Rights"

"Western: Sahara" by Left Hand Rotation (ARTifariti 2012) + Short (Evening)

Day 4: "Reflecting on Art and Human Rights"

ARTifariti Tuizza IV: "Artistic practices for social transformation"

Second Day Film Exhibition "Art and Human Rights":

"Bad Moon" by Carmen Sigler (ARTifariti 2010) (Morning)

ARTifariti Tuizza IV: "The Intifada media through alternative networks"

Artistic actions (Afternoon)

Second Day Film Exhibition "Art and Human Rights"

Documentaries in the occupied territories (Evening)

Day 5: "Official Opening of the Sahrawi Art School"

ARTifariti Tuizza IV: "Building the Sahrawi Art School "

Artistic actions (Morning)

Official Opening of the Sahrawi Art School (Afternoon)

Saharawi Music Concert (Evening)

Day 6: "Building the Sahrawi Art School"

Meeting invited university faculties and institutions:

Signature of the Manifesto of the "Platform to Support the Sahrawi Art School"

(morning)

ARTifariti Tuizza IV: "Artistic practices for social transformation"Artistic actions (Afternoon)

Poetry recital (Evening)


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Day 7: " Making Room for the Sahrawi refugee youth"

Visit of the camp of Laayoune

Collective Action in the Pottery Workshop in Laayoune (Morning)

ARTifariti Tuizza IV: " The culture industry as an alternative occupational for

the Sahrawi refugee youth"

Artistic actions (Afternoon)

Sahara Libre Wear Fashion Show (Evening)

Day 8: Closing Day

Exhibition of the artistic interventions (Morning)

Living with host families (Afternoon)

Closing Official Dinner (Evening)

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS:

Those interested in making a communication on past projects or experiencesunder way, centered on these editions theme The Art Intifada should send

their proposal in advance to the ARTifariti organization ([email protected]),

which will evaluate it for presentation during the meetings.

The text summary of the proposals, with a maximum of 500 characters, must be

submitted by September 25, 2013 for evaluation by the organization to

[email protected].

REGISTRATION:

The VII edition of ARTifariti, posed as a meeting place for the retrospectiveanalysis and future construction around the new School of Art Sahrawi, is open

to the participation of artists, students and professionals involved in artistic

practices and human rights.

The inscriptions of the seventh edition of ARTifariti, held from 2 to November 9,

2013, are now open.

ARTIFARITI REGISTRATION: Price 750

Includes:

Registration in the VII International Art and Human Rights EncountersRegular flight Madrid-Algiers-Tindouf (Departure from Barajas Airport)

Visa and insurance

All meals and lodging with a Sahrawi family


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To register you need to send a request (with your name, passport number,

current address, contact details -phone and email-, profession, reasons for

applying) together with:

- A copy of your passport (valid up to six months)

- Visa application form completed and signed in duplicate (Download online:

http://www.emb-argelia.es/docs/Form_Visado.pdf)

- Two recent passport photos

MORE INFORMATION:

ARTifariti

Contact Monica di Marco: [email protected]

www.artifariti.org

http://artifariti.blogspot.com.es/

Association for Friendship with the Saharawi people of Seville - AAPSS

Tel. 0034 954 28 22 05 - 0034 954 27 41 04 Fax. 0034 954 28 20 46

C / Virgen de la Antigua 4 on Right. 41011 Sevilla (Spain)

[email protected]


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HISTORY

TheSahrawiArtSchoolhasitsoriginsintheworkshopsdevelopedsince2007inthe

InternationalEncountersofArtandHumanRightsinWesternSahara(ARTIfariti).They

awoke the enthusiasm of the young Sahrawi refugees in the camps near Tindouf

(Algeria),whofindthemselveslockedupinexilewithoutalternativesfortraining,workorleisure.Thesecreativeactivitiesgeneratedanofferforanalreadyexistingdemand

thathadanimpactintwogrowingproblemsamongtherefugeepopulation:thelackof

workingandpersonalexpectations,especiallyinthemorevulnerablesectors(women

andyoungsters)andalsoonthelimitedcapacityofexpressionoftheirproblemsand

hopesduetotheconditionsofisolationintherefugeecamps.

Theartisticpracticesturnedouttobeveryattractivefortherefugeeyouth,generating

dynamics of collaboration and self-directed participation. The students were

motivated by the enjoyable aspects. The creative side promoted the freedom to

express their frustrations and wishes. The use of the local references, apart from

favouring the conservation of the Sahrawi Cultural Heritage, facilitated the

appropriationofthesetechniquesandtheidentificationwiththem.

The political and social impact of these practices gave an extra value that fitted

perfectly with the interests ofthe studentsand theirstruggle.Working togetheron

their projects increased the self-esteem of the participants. The practical

implementationof the different disciplines, such as the ceramic and the silk-screen

printingworkshops,orthecreationoftheclothinglabelSAHARALIBREWEAR,opened

thedoortoaprofessionalsourceofemploymentthatwasnotexistentinthecamps

before.

ItssupporttothestrengtheningoftheSahrawiculturalsectoriscontributingsothat

the society continues to evolve and grow). Collaboration, motivation, expression,

identity, challenge, personal and collective growth, work and social transformation

have been key contributions, all useful to build the future of these formative

programmesthathaveprecededtheSahrawiArtSchool.

Becauseoftheseexperiences,theMinistryofCultureoftheSahrawiArabDemocratic

Republic (SADR) promoted the creation of this school with the support of the

AssociationforFriendshipwiththeSahrawipeopleofSeville(AAPSS)(bothorganizing

entitiesofARTifariti) and the sponsorship since2011 of the Andalucian Agency for

InternationalCooperationandDevelopment(AACID).


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OBJECTIVES

TherearethreemainobjectivesoftheSahrawiArtSchool:enhancetheroleofartistic

practicesasa tool toclaimthe rights ofthe people and communitiestotheirland,

their culture, their roots and their freedom in the context of the Sahrawi conflict.

GenerateopportunitiesforpersonalandcollectivedevelopmentoftheSahrawiyouthbypromotingthecreationoftheirownculturalindustry.Contributetotheprotection

oftheSahrawiCulturalHeritage.

THEPROCCESS

SincethedecisionbytheSahrawiMinistryofCultureofcreatingthisschool,supported

byAAPSSandtheUniversityofTifariti,anopenandparticipativeprocesswasinitiated

forthephysicalandacademicdevelopment of thisformativeproject.Regardingthe

locationoftheSahrawiArtSchool,thewilayaofBojadorwasfinallyselected,where

the school of Film and Music already exists, with the idea of creating a thematiceducational complex similar in relation to its contexts toa Universitycampus. Its

locationisbeingconstructednexttotheMusicschoolinordertogeneratesynergies

betweenbothcentres,sharingadministrativespaces,computerclassroom,libraryand

residentialareas. For the construction ofthe buildings,whichare alsoplannedasa

formative process, low cost technologies and energies for humandevelopment are

beingused

Regardingthecurriculumdesign,itisbeingdevelopedinseveralstagesbySahrawiand

foreignerteachers,artistsandexpertslinkedtotheorganizationofARTifariti,creating

a programme that synthesise experiences and adapts them to the context of theSahrawi camps, the first art school located in such a settlement. The curriculum

proposed is experiential, open and flexible in order to allow the incorporation of

changesandimprovementsthattheowneducationalprocessmaygenerate.

SYLLABUS

ThefirstcoursesyllabusoftheSahrawiArtSchool,experimentalandopen,consistsof

twocycles:thefirst(composedoftwocourses)withatheoretical-practicalnaturein

the real-world. And a second cycle for implementing the completed speciality

(promoting the creation of work cooperatives in accordance to these specialitiesrelatedtoappliedarts,asinthecaseoftheclothinglabelSAHARALIBREWEARorthe

CeramicworkshopsofElAiounandDajla).The firststudentsoftheschoolwillstart

theirstudiesintheacademicyear2013-2014,doingthedesignedfirstyear.

FIRSTCOURSE:Introductiontothefundamentals,proceedingsandartistictechniques

(Drawing,Painting,Volumetric,ArabCalligraphy),Creativity,HistoryofArt(including

PoliticalArt,PublicArt,ArtisticPracticesandHumanRights)andSahrawiCulture,and

alsogeneralbasicskills(computing,technologiesandlanguages).

SECONDCOURSE:SpecializationinAppliedArts(etching/engraving,hydraulicmosaic,ceramics,silkscreenprinting)


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INTERNATIONALPLATFORMOFSUPPORTFORTHESAHRAWIARTSCHOOL

SustainabilityisoneofthehandicapsoftheprojectsthataredevelopedintheSahrawi

refugeecamps.Thesituationofextendedexileimpedesthenormaldevelopmentof

theSahrawisocietyandthegenerationoftheirownresources.Foodandbasicsocialservicesfortherefugeepopulationdependfundamentallyonhumanitarianaidand,

on an individual level, on the remittances that the population in the diaspora

generates,as wellasby somefinancial support received fromhost familiesthrough

theprogrammeHolidaysinPeace.Forthisreason,andbecauseoneoftheobjectives

oftheSahrawiArtSchoolistheimpactoftheartisticpracticesinsocialtransformation

in the context of the Sahrawi conflict, an international platformof support for this

schoolisproposed.

Its objective is to generate connections among international academic and artistic

institutionsthatpromotetheexchangeofstaff,teachersandstudents,celebrationofworkshopsinthezoneofconflictandabroad,creationofshareddegrees,institutional

support, collaborations of human and material resources and other practices of

interestfortheinstitutionsthatformthisplatformofsupportforthesustainabilityof

the Sahrawi Art School and its international impact. The Platform will be formally

established in the framework of theVII InternationalEncounters ofArtandHuman

Rights inWesternSahara,ARTIfariti 2013, for whichpurposeweare promoting the

participation of different University Faculties to the event and signing general

protocolsofcollaboration.

Webelieve in the Sahrawi Art School as a collectiveeffort to provide the SahrawirefugeecommunitywithanArtsEducationplatformthatwilfacilitatejobstraining,a

meansforpersonalexpression,asenseofpersonalfulfillment,awaytostrengthening

thecollectiveidentityoftheyounggenerationsandusefultoolsforworkingtoward

HumanRightsadvocacy.Wealsobelieveitisacollectiveefforttofindnewcreative

strategiesthatpointtoasolutionfortheWesternSaharaconflict.


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