OKNO-BRUSSELS - 18/19/20 DECEMBER 2008
POLITICS OF CHANGE

Politics of Change is a research project in which artists, theorists and activists reflect on innovative ideas, contributions and solutions which support distributed and grassroot structures. This reflection takes place through a program of free discussion and dialogue and is documented in a multimedia archive-installation.
The focus is on the role of women at the core of these communities.
Drawing on a wide range of artistic and theoretical approaches, the aim is to imagine new and sustainable relationships between humans, their environments and (appropriate) technologies.

Program (closed sessions):
thursday 18/12 - 12pm-5pm - reflection through free discussion
- gender and activism (case saturdaystudy: This is Jenin)
- non-traditional education formats (casestudy: Solar Engineers of Barefoot College)
friday 19/12 - 12pm-5pm - reflection through free discussion
- social and ethical approach (casestudy: Bamako)
- non-traditional economical formats (SHG and micro-loans, casestudy: Pradan)
saturday 20/12 - 12pm-5pm
- conclusions, wrapping up and setting up for public presentations

Program (public sessions):
thursday 18/12 - 8pm
- film projection '20 fingers' - director Mania Akbari (Iran, 2004)
friday 19/12 - 8pm
- film projection 'The day I became a Woman' - director Marzieh Makhmalbaf (Iran, 2000)
saturday 19/12 - 6pm till 8.30pm
- public presentations and artistic interventions by the participants (project presentations, videos and installations, performance, creative databases, ...)

with the collaboration of:
Ana Valdés (UY/SE), Klara Chastan (FR), Lore Vandewalle (BE), Marthe Van Dessel (BE), Shelbatra Jashari (KO/BE), Wendy Van Weynsberghe (BE), Sarah Kesenne (BE), Nathalie Fougeras (FR), Katrien Oosterlink (BE), Helena De Groot (BE), Goedele Verleysen (BE), Jasna Dimitrovska (MK), Lipika Bansal (IN/NL), Annemie Maes (BE).