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International Disability Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2001
Degenerate: A International Festival of Disability Art
From August 9th - August 18th Theatre Workshop Edinburgh will be staging its own Festival within a Festival at this year's Fringe, celebrating its own work by hosting Scotland's first International Festival of Disability Art.
Degenerate wants to promote "the best of Disability Arts to a whole new audience in the world's biggest market place for the Arts and at the same time encourage a new audience of disabled people to attend the Edinburgh Festival."
Artists appearing so far are:
Mat Fraser drummer, rapper, poet, thalidomide ninja and Channel 4 presenter will bring his new work "Seal Boy:Freak" a stunning evocation of Mat's "Carnie" forefather "Sealo the Seal Boy".
Caroline Parker one of the UK's best known deaf actresses will perform her new one woman show "Walking among Sleepers" a very funny and poignant new work written by Patrick Marber protege Jamie Beddard and performed simultaneously in English and BSL.
Bill Shannon has grown up and made his living on the streets of New York hanging out with hip hop crews and street performers. Degenerate will feature his cutting edge film and graphic work.
Common Ground Sign Dance Theatre with well known film and stage actor David Bower and Spanish American dancer and choreographer Isolde Avila will perform "Caliban and Miranda" a multimedia sign dance theatre prequel to "The Tempest" featuring giant puppets and text by Shakespeare.
Nabil Shaban is developing a new play based on the life of David Rappaporte which will premier at the festival. Theatre Workshop's own resident company will be developing and performing a new work.
BCN Doble a Spanish integrated visual arts and performance company, incorporating bodies and structures in hugely physical performance work with antecedents in Catalan puppetry will present their work.
Reality Productions present "oUo," written and performed by Deborah A Williams. A Black Disabled Female seeks R-E-S-P-E-C-T in a black comedy about Identity, Infatuation and Inner strength.
Fused with these works will be exhibitions, talks, film, cabaret, live music and DJ nights. Degenerate will be curated by disabled writer, actor, director Garry Robson who has been artistic director of several major Disability Arts Festivals including smac 2k and DASH.
For further information contact Degenerate at:
Theatre Workshop
34, Hamilton Place
Edinburgh EH3 5AX
or ring 07887 598219
or E-mail sirgarry@yahoo.com.
Canon Digital Creators Contest
Prizes Available for Talented Photographers
Organisation: Canon
Closing Date: Wednesday, September 05, 2001
http://www.canon.com/cdcc
Location: International International
Salary: Division Grand Prix JP¥ 3 million
The Canon Digital Creators Contest 2001 is open to next-generation creators who are pioneering new image expressions through their command of digital technology. Your novel and unique works are welcome in a wide range of categories, including digital photos, digital graphics and illustrations, digital movies, and Web graphics and images. Enter a new digital image that you alone can create.
Organized by: Canon Inc.
Sponsored by: Canon Sales Co., Inc. / Adobe Systems Co., Inc. / Benetton Japan Co., Ltd. / Macromedia Japan K.K.
Support from: Computer Graphic Arts Society / Digital Contents Association
Division Grand Prix (one winner per division): JP¥ 3 million
Excellence Award (one winner per division): JP¥ 500,000
Special Merit Award (five winners per division): JP¥ 100,000
Canon Award (five winners per division): Canon products
Entry forms from web site.
How to enter:
Download & complete application form, http://www.canon.com/cdcc/contest/entry.pdf attach it to entry, and send both to the appropriate address listed below.
By mail:
"Canon Digital Creators Contest" Secretariat
Poste Restante Kyobashi Post Office
Tokyo 104-8689 Japan
By courier:
"Canon Digital Creators Contest" Secretariat
6th floor, Kinsen Bldg.
2-14-8, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0045 Japan
Entry period:
Monday April 2 - Wednesday September 5, 2001
No entry will be considered if received later than 12:00 p.m. of September 5, 2001 (Japan time).
For inquiries, contact:
"Canon Digital Creators Contest" Secretariat
e-mail: info@canon-dcc.com
Fax: +81-3-3524-0016
Phone: +81-3-3524-0015
9:30 am - 5:30 pm, Monday - Friday (Japan time; except national holidays)
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