A LECTURE AND WORKSHOP ABOUT CARE AND CONNECTION While we were applauding nurses and healthcare professionals during the first peak of the corona virus and realised more than ever how important healthcare professionals are, we also appreciated under how much pressure our healthcare system is. Due to a lack of financial resources and therefore time,…
EMOTIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE “ONYESHA THAMANI” Nantea Dance Company will bring to the ICAF stage their performance of ONYESHA THAMANI, translated as SHOWING VALUE. A beautifully affective dance performance about gender equality that promotes the idea of men and women living together as equals. Through its choreography ONYESHA THAMANI uses dance as a voice and as…
DEEP DIVE INTO THE POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION WITH dr. SRUTI BALA What are the pitfalls of participation? And what role do community arts makers take (consciously or unconsciously) when they make participatory art that is part of a not-so-social, neoliberal political policy? For ICAF 2023, dr. Sruti Bala (University of Amsterdam) will build upon these arguments,…
Five women from Johannesburg storm onto the field, ready for a decisive hockey match. Today they can become champions. Yet haunted by memories of sexual assault and harassment, it soon becomes apparent that there is more at stake than a title. Gradually, the line between the competition and social reality disappears and the women find…
We wanted to take the opportunity of 2022 drawing to a close to look back on a rich year of activities and events for ICAF, as well as looking forward to the fast-paced and exhilarating months that lie ahead of us. The past twelve months have seen many important relation-building trips for the ICAF team.…
In mid October of, ICAF Advisor Eugene van Erven visited Barcelona to view the community opera ‘La Gata Perduda’, translated as ‘The Lost Cat’, co-created by the residents of El Raval from mid-2018 to 2022. Whilst visiting, Eugene had the opportunity to interview Eva García from Comuart to learn more about the context and methodology…