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Talents - International
Global Quilt International (Jeff Bosacki, USA, Thomas John Neil, UK, Irene Julia, Argentina) – quilt exhibition
Collections of quilts from the quilt families around the world are presented at various locations around the conference venue. The Thai quilt workshop began ten years ago visiting secondary schools in Bangkok, northern and north-eastern Thailand, using art for education with young people. Young people meet PWA, listen to their stories and create quilts. Thailand has15 quilt panels to display.
The inventory of quilts displayed at the conference includes:
Africa: South Africa 4 panels, Mozambique 1 panel
Asia: Philippines 2 panels, Thailand 14 panels
Australia: Melbourne 2 panels, Sydney 2 panels
Caribbean: Haiti 1 panel, Jamaica 1 panel
Europe: Belgium 4 panels, Netherlands 2 panels, Scotland 1 panel
South America: Venezuela 6 panels
Quilts can be seen at Hall 8, Arena Rooms A to K, Grand Ballroom Rooms 4 to 6 and the NGO Exhibition space.
Poetry
Poetry will be read at the beginning of sessions and spontaneous, impromptu performances will be happening all around. Poets include Darren Shaw Greer (Canada), Elizabeth Pendry (South Africa), Nadeux Roxanne (Canada-India), Oby Obyerodhyambo (Kenya), Rita Farida (Indonesia) and Sam Friedman (USA). The Poets Meet is 15 July 4-5:30pm Room 12.
The Pleasure Project
“We can only have safer sex if we know how to have good sex“
The Pleasure Project aims to build bridges between the pleasure/sex industry and the safer sex world by ensuring that erotic materials include discussions of safer sex, and that sexual health and training materials include pleasure as a key element. Currently, the safer sex and HIV “industry” avoid discussion of sexual desire and pleasure, while the pleasure industry avoids discussion of safer sex, with few erotic films and resources featuring condom use and non-penetrative pleasurable sex as a norm. We want this to change. We want to provide sex education with the emphasis on ‘sex’, not ‘education’. Sex is about pleasure and our messages should be too. People with experience of including discussions of pleasure in safer sex work will be discussing their experiences and we will be showing a promo for an educational erotic film. E: info@the-pleasure-project.org
Join the Pleasure Project on 15 July 2-4pm in Room 12.
Karaoke Project
The Karaoke Project will be in the restaurant noon-1pm on 12, 13, 14 and 15 July.
2004 AIDS Film Festival
The AIDS Film Festival Opening is at Scala Cinema (Siam Square) on 12 July 7pm with the Asia premier of “A Closer Walk”, directed by Academy Award nominated director Robert Bilheimer.
Films will also be shown at the Lido Cinema (Siam Square) (Tel: 02-252 8476) during 13-15 July and at Goethe Insitut (Tel: 02-287 0942) during 10-17 July.
At the conference venue, films will be shown in Room 11 of the Convention Centre from noon to 6pm during 12-15 July. TV Corners in Hall 1/B and Hall 4/F will screen IEC material from Australia and the fashion show from Ukraine.
For the Film Festival Schedule, please visit the table in front of Room 11.
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