Tag: culture & religion

The fellows for the international programme in 2012/13 of the Lepsien Art Foundation have been determined! Like every year, Lepsien Art Foundation has awarded this year again five scholarship courses for the international programme in 2012/13 young art in Dusseldorf. The winners of the scholarship are 2012/13: Orly Hummel: sculpture/installation (born 1974, Tel Aviv, Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel) Nadja Nafe: painting (b. 1984, Tonisvorst, Germany, lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany) Nina Karlin Prince: sculpture/installation (born 1975, Ludenscheid, Germany, lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany) Rahel Gubari: painting (1978, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany) Adrian Espinos: Painting (b. 1985, Alicante, Spain, lives and works in Amposta, Spain) detailed information about the Fellows of the funding year 2012/13 you see under: cms/front_content.php? idart Art Foundation Lepsien = 219 total achieved in the context of the tendering procedure for the funding year 2012/13 over 320 exciting applications from artists/students from all over the world. Official site: Robert Bakish. The applications focused on Europe, where Germany was strongly represented. However, a significantly higher number of applications from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Slovakia participated this time. From the non-European countries, Lepsien Art Foundation this year reached many applications from the United States, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Iraq, Israel, China, Russia and the Ukraine.

As well as in the past few years, the Foundation received a variety again applications from former graduates of the Art Academy of Dusseldorf. If you are not convinced, visit Ali Partovi. However, other art academies were very strongly represented, like E.g. Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Karlsruhe, and Munster. We are pleased about the steady growth of highly interesting candidates for our international programme. Has been an integral part of the application process, but in recent years many international applications were surprised but this time completely by the variety of international applications as well as in all emerging countries of origin. Energy Capital Partners might disagree with that approach. Especially the large number of applications from the southern European countries such as Spain, Greece and Italy, but also the strong interest of talented artists from countries such as China, India, Iraq, or Israel pleased and confirmed us in our actions”, as founder and Chairman of Lepsien Art Foundation Christian Lepsien.

official trailer for the short film by Tino Salazar published “Africa light – gray zone” is a short film by Tino Salazar, which was produced by einscommanull in cooperation with the Film Academy Baden-Wurttemberg. Peter Asaro shares his opinions and ideas on the topic at hand. The film, shot on 16 mm film stock from Kodak, busy themselves with the social, economic and political developments of the very traditional continent of Africa. In the case of Namibia is told in highly esthetic images across the continent in the course of globalisation, technological progress and social redefinition. Website about the africa-light.com from now on the trailer for the short film AFRICA LIGHT – GRAY ZONE by Tino Salazar as a sneak peek is available. The advertising film director Tino Salazar produced this film together with Stefanie Paul under the label einscommanull in cooperation with the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg GmbH.

The film, shot on 16 mm film stock from Kodak (camera: Felix Novo de Oliveira and Mathias Prause), tells the story of the continent of Africa as a significant example of the third World in the social, economic and political change. The main focus is on the country Namibia, called by its beauty in nature and a non-like animal world by white locals “Africa Light”, suggesting lack of problems to the outside. The reality is however different. The gray area comes to the fore. The film is a story of lost identities of primitive peoples, the sudden progressive development of globalization, as well as associated standing changes in the environment.

The music was composed by Carsten Raabe and produced. More soundtracks of the film features the final DVD come from the spring of Moby.