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Contemporary Arts in Response to HIV and AIDS
Commemoration of the World AIDS Day and mainstreaming of socio-cultural approaches to HIV and AIDS education. |
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The UNESCO Office in Moscow, within the framework of the pilot project “Contemporary Arts in Response to HIV and AIDS”, will organize: - an award ceremony of the winners of the Poster Competition “SOSznanie" (“Awareness”) and an exhibition of the posters at the Moscow Academy of Finance and Law;
- the premiere of the theatre production “Arctic Revelation”, based on interviews with people living with HIV;
- a series of public discussions on the potential of the arts to address HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, with the participation of young creative professionals, journalists, experts and other project stakeholders. The art works created within the project will also be presented and evaluated;
- a press conference on the results of the pilot project.
Further information: Contact: H. Drobna, CPD/CAD
| Start Date |
01 Dec 2006 |
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| End Date |
01 Dec 2006 |
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| Event Location |
Moscow, Russian Federation |
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| Partners / Sponsors |
Cultural Policy Institute Foundation, Moscow; British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow; Institute of Tolerance, Moscow; Crisis Centre for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation «69th Parallel», Norilsk, «Theatre.doc», Moscow |
| Website (URL) |
HIV and AIDS |
| Email |
L.Moreva@unesco.ru |
| Press Release - Contemporary Arts in Response to HIV/AIDS |
moscow_pressrelease.pdf |
| Moscow Programme - World AIDS Day |
moscow_aidsday.pdf |
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