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A short documentary on the Macedonian graffiti scene in the context of the state-sponsored art/construction boom, made by two female scientists and bloggers–Vasilka Dimitrovska and Ilina Jakimovska–has been shown at the renowned archeological conference Buffalo TAG 2012.

Entitled “Lions, Warriors and Graffiti Artists: Counter-Culture in Times of Revived Antiquity”, the documentary juxtaposes (an important visual arts theory word!) information about the vigorous efforts of the government to impose new, polished classicist/baroque visual identity on the center of the Macedonian capital through the Skopje 2014 project (which features bronze lions), with interviews of people from the graffiti scene.

Beautiful video from the art collective Invisible Society in Bogotá.  Bringing together 53 artists who set up art installations or performance, the video itself is a comment on collective process and result.

(via  Juliana Rincón Parra) 

The documentary ‘Kilombos’, produced by the Portuguese journalist Paulo Nuno Vicente, is described by him as “a rescue film about the Quilombos of Brazil”, which “transports us through the oral history of the African roots of the Quilombo communities, showing the intersection of these roots with contemporary cultural practices”.

The collaborative film One Day on Earth was filmed all on the same day, October 10, 2010, with more than 3,000 hours of footage sent in from all corners of the world, showcasing the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one day.

The Global Screening will take place on Earth Day (April 22nd, 2012) in every country of the world, with the assistance of World Heritage Sites and the United Nations.

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