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The '''SUD Salon Urbain de Douala''' (meaning South - Urban Festival of Douala) is a triennial [[festival]] of [[public art]] and [[contemporary art]] organised in [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]]. The festival had its first edition in 2007 and it is promoted by the art centre and cultural organisation [[doual'art]]<ref>Dossier ''Ars&Urbis'' of the journal "Africa e Mediterraneo", n. 50, 2005.</ref>.
The '''SUD Salon Urbain de Douala''' (meaning South - Urban Festival of Douala) is a triennial [[festival]] of [[public art]] and [[contemporary art]] organised in [[Douala]], [[Cameroon]]. The festival had its first edition in 2007 and it is promoted by the art centre and cultural organisation [[doual'art]].<ref>Dossier ''Ars&Urbis'' of the journal "Africa e Mediterraneo", n. 50, 2005.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala was announced during the ''Ars&Urbis International Symposium'' organised in [[Douala]] in 2005 by [[doual'art]]; the Ars&Urbis focussed on the relationship between art and urban transformations and it was created as a preparatory research gathering for the SUD. At the end of 2005 is established in [[Rotterdam]] the iStrike Foundation (officially registered in 2006), which will contribute to the start-up of the SUD and its first edition as a European office of doual'art<ref>iStrike Foundation http://istrike.net.</ref>. doual'art and iStrike Foundation organize together in 2007 the ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'', an event to produce and collect documentation about [[Douala]] and its cultural scene, which will be published in the book ''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potencials''<ref>''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potencials'' (eds. Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. ISBN 978-90-5973-0717; the publication is produced by iStrike Foundation and doual'art and it is supported by the [[Prince Claus Fund]], [[Mondriaan Foundation]] and [[lettera27 Foundation]].</ref>. The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala takes place as planned in December 2007 with the support among others of [[Arts Collaboratory]], [[Mondriaan Foundation]] and the Prince Claus Fund]]. In 2008 the theme of ''water'' is chosen for the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010. Meanwhile a series of projects are developed within the frame of ''Liquid Projects''. In 2009 takes place the ''Ars&Urbis Curatorial Meeting'', at the end of which [[Simon Njami]] is announced as new artistic director of the SUD 2010. In December 2010 takes place the second edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala.
The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala was announced during the ''Ars&Urbis International Symposium'' organised in [[Douala]] in 2005 by [[doual'art]]; the Ars&Urbis focussed on the relationship between art and urban transformations and it was created as a preparatory research gathering for the SUD. At the end of 2005 is established in [[Rotterdam]] the iStrike Foundation (officially registered in 2006), which will contribute to the start-up of the SUD and its first edition as a European office of doual'art.<ref>iStrike Foundation http://istrike.net.</ref> '''doual'art''' and iStrike Foundation organize together in 2007 the ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'', an event to produce and collect documentation about [[Douala]] and its cultural scene, which will be published in the book ''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials''.<ref>''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials''; eds. Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. {{ISBN|978-90-5973-0717}}; the publication is produced by iStrike Foundation and doual'art and it is supported by the [[Prince Claus Fund]], [[Mondriaan Foundation]].</ref>


The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala takes place as planned in December 2007 with the support among others of [[Arts Collaboratory]], [[Mondriaan Foundation]] and the [[Prince Claus Fund]]. In 2008 the theme of ''water'' is chosen for the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010. Meanwhile, a series of projects are developed within the frame of ''Liquid Projects''.
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== Organisation ==
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The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala is structured into a triennial programme which produced [[site-specific]] ephemeral and permanent artworks located in different districts and neighborhoods of the city of [[Douala]]. The programme involves all the activities of doual'art and it includes a programme of [[artist-in-residence]], exhibitions, the recurrent event ''Ars&Urbis'', a meeting and think tank around the relationship between art and urban transformations and of course the triennial festival meant to give visibility to the public art produced and involve a wider public.


In 2009 takes place the ''Ars&Urbis Curatorial Meeting'', at the end of which [[Simon Njami]] is announced as new artistic director of the SUD 2010. In December 2010 the second edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in [[Douala]].
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== Ars&Urbis ==
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* ''Ars&Urbis International Symposium'', organised in 2005. The symposium is the first gathering devoted to research and critical thinking around the relationship between art and urban transformations. It involves [[Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga]], [[Hervé Béchy]], [[Odile Blin]], [[Danièle Diwouta-Kotto]], [[N'Goné Fall]], [[Goddy Leye]], [[Dominique Malaquais]], [[Philippe Mouillon]], [[Alphaeus Mvula]], [[Joseph Owona Ntsama]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Oumar Sall]], [[Abdoumaliq Simone]], [[Béatrice Simonet]], [[Mamadou Jean-Charles Tall]], [[Nigel Tapela]], [[William Wells (curator)|William Wells]], [[Sue Williamson]] and [[Águida Zanol]]<ref>Dossier ''Ars&Urbis'' of the journal "[[Africa e Mediterraneo]]", n. 50, 2005.</ref>.


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== Organisation ==
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* ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'', organized in 2007. The workshop focuses on producing and collecting documentation and interpretations of the city of [[Douala]]. It involves artists, intellectuals, journalists and researchers: [[Vincent Assiga]], [[Lucia Babina]], [[Edgar Cleijne]], [[Sandrine Dole]], [[Dodji Efoui]], [[Jacques Epangue]], [[Emiliano Gandolfi]], [[Christian Hanusseck]], [[AchilleKà]], [[Abdellah Karroum]], [[Aser Kash]], [[Joë Kessy]], [[Koko Komégné]], [[Goddy Leye]], [[Salifou Lindou]], [[Lionel Manga]], [[Aretha Louise Mbango]], [[Same Mbongo]], [[Alioum Moussa]], [[Zayd Minty]], [[Cheuping Njoya]], [[Giulia Paoletti]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]], [[Kamiel Verschuren]], [[Alexander Vollebregt]], [[Jules Wokam]], [[Hervé Yamguen]] and [[Hervé Youmbi]].
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The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala is structured into a triennial programme which produced [[Site-specific Art|site-specific]] ephemeral and permanent artworks located in different districts and neighborhoods of the city of [[Douala]]. The programme involves all the activities of doual'art and it includes a programme of [[artist-in-residence]], exhibitions, the recurrent event ''Ars&Urbis'', a meeting and think tank around the relationship between art and urban transformations and of course the triennial festival meant to give visibility to the public art produced and involve a wider public.


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== Ars&Urbis ==
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* ''Ars&Urbis International Symposium'', organised in 2005. The symposium is the first gathering devoted to research and critical thinking around the relationship between art and urban transformations. It involves [[Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga]], [[Hervé Béchy]], [[Odile Blin]], [[Danièle Diwouta-Kotto]], [[N'Goné Fall]], [[Goddy Leye]], [[Dominique Malaquais]], [[Philippe Mouillon]], [[Alphaeus Mvula]], [[Joseph Owona Ntsama]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Oumar Sall]], [[Abdoumaliq Simone]], [[Béatrice Simonet]], [[Mamadou Jean-Charles Tall]], [[Nigel Tapela]], [[William Wells (curator)|William Wells]], [[Sue Williamson]] and [[Águida Zanol]].<ref>Dossier ''Ars&Urbis'' of the journal "[[Africa e Mediterraneo]]", n. 50, 2005.</ref>
*
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* ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'', organized in 2007. The workshop focuses on producing and collecting documentation and interpretations of the city of [[Douala]]. It involves artists, intellectuals, journalists and researchers: [[Vincent Assiga]], [[Lucia Babina]], [[Edgar Cleijne]], [[Sandrine Dole]], [[Dodji Efoui]], [[Jacques Epangue]], [[Emiliano Gandolfi]], [[Christian Hanusseck]], [[AchilleKà]], [[Abdellah Karroum]], [[Aser Kash]], [[Joë Kessy]], [[Koko Komégné]], [[Goddy Leye]], [[Salifou Lindou]], [[Lionel Manga]], [[Aretha Louise Mbango]], [[Same Mbongo]], [[Alioum Moussa]], [[Zayd Minty]], [[Cheuping Njoya]], [[Giulia Paoletti]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]], [[Kamiel Verschuren]], [[Alexander Vollebregt]], [[Jules Wokam]], [[Hervé Yamguen]] and [[Hervé Youmbi]].
*
* ''Ars&Urbis Curatorial Meeting'', organized in 2009. The meeting is structured in a series of conferences, discussions and visits to the different neighborhoods of the city of [[Douala]]. It involves [[Martin Barlow (curator)|Martin Barlow]], [[Adeline Chapelle]], [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], [[Michèle Ebongue]], [[Martin Fouda]], [[Eungie Joo]], [[Kinsey Katchka]], [[Mauro Alessandro Lugaresi]], [[Lionel Manga]], [[Benoît Mangin]], [[Danièle Moudeke]], [[Simon Njami]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Olivier Priso]], [[Jérôme Sans]], [[Didier Schaub]], [[Paulin Tchuenbou]] and [[Jean Yango]].
* ''Ars&Urbis Curatorial Meeting'', organized in 2009. The meeting is structured in a series of conferences, discussions and visits to the different neighborhoods of the city of [[Douala]]. It involves [[Martin Barlow (curator)|Martin Barlow]], [[Adeline Chapelle]], [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], [[Michèle Ebongue]], [[Martin Fouda]], [[Eungie Joo]], [[Kinsey Katchka]], [[Mauro Alessandro Lugaresi]], [[Lionel Manga]], [[Benoît Mangin]], [[Danièle Moudeke]], [[Simon Njami]], [[Iolanda Pensa]], [[Olivier Priso]], [[Jérôme Sans]], [[Didier Schaub]], [[Paulin Tchuenbou]] and [[Jean Yango]].
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* ''Ars&Urbis Meeting'', organized in 2011


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=== SUD2007 - Salon Urbain de Douala, first edition 2007 ===
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* ''Ars&Urbis Meeting'', organized in 2011.
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The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in Douala between 9 and 16 December 2007, and it is promoted by [[doual'art]] in collaboration with the iStrike Foundation. The festival produces performances, installations and permanent artworks.

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== SUD Salon Urbain de Douala ==
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=== SUD-Salon Urbain de Douala, first edition 2007 ===
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The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala takes place in Douala between the 9th and the 16th of December [[2007]], and it is promoted by [[doual'art]] in in collaboration with the iStrike Foundation. The festival produces performances, installations and permanent artworks.


The performances are
The performances are
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* ''Les 9 notables'' by [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]]
* ''Les 9 notables'' by [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]]


The permanent public art produced is
The permanent public art produced are
* ''L'Arbre à Palabres'' by [[Frédéric Keiff]]
* ''L'Arbre à Palabres'' by [[Frédéric Keiff]]
* ''Sud-Obélisk'' by [[Faouzi Laatiris]]
* ''Sud-Obélisk'' by [[Faouzi Laatiris]]
* ''Paï'' by [[Baby Kouo Eyango]]
* ''Paï'' by [[Baby Kouo Eyango]]
* ''La Nouvelle Liberté'' (completamento dell'opera) di [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]]
* ''La Nouvelle Liberté'' (completamento dell'opera) di [[Joseph Francis Sumégné]]
* ''Nje Mo Ye'' by [[Koko Komégné]]
* ''[[Njé Mo Yé|Nje Mo Ye]]'' by [[Koko Komégné]]


==== Conferences and Documentation ====
==== Conferences and Documentation ====
The documentation of the event is prepared during the ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'' and it is published in the book ''Douala in Translation''<ref>''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potencials'' (eds Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007.</ref> presented at the opening of the festival. The first edition of the SUD 2007 is presented in the website of the [[Sawa]] people in an interview to [[Marilyn Douala Bell]]<ref>[http://www.peuplesawa.com/fr/bnnews.php?nid=896&vip=427&sites=0 Festival : Douala accueille le SUD (Salon Urbain de Douala). Propos recueillis par Marion Obam] in ''PeupleSawa.com'', 09/11/2007</ref>.
The documentation of the event is prepared during the ''Ars&Urbis International Workshop'' and it is published in the book ''Douala in Translation''<ref>''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials''; eds Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007.</ref> presented at the opening of the festival. The first edition of the SUD 2007 is presented in the website of the [[Sawa peoples|Sawa]] people in an interview to [[Marilyn Douala Bell]].<ref>[http://www.peuplesawa.com/fr/bnnews.php?nid=896&vip=427&sites=0 Festival : Douala accueille le SUD (Salon Urbain de Douala). Propos recueillis par Marion Obam] in ''PeupleSawa.com'', 09/11/2007</ref>


=== SUD2010 - Salon Urbain de Douala, second edition 2010 ===
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==References==
[[File:CarteSUD2010.pdf|thumb|Map of the public art projects presented during the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010.]]
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[[File:Logo of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010.jpg|left|50px]]
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{{Reflist|2}}
The second edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in Douala between 4 and 11 December 2010, and was sponsored by [[doual'art]] in collaboration with ICU art projects.<ref>The event is supported in 2010 by AECID, Madrid; [[Arts Collaboratory]], The Hague; EED, Bonn; Culturesfrance, Paris; Foundation for Arts Initiatives, New-York; Cameroonian Ministry of Culture, Yaoundé.</ref> The festival produced performances, installations and permanent artworks.


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=== SUD2013 - Salon Urbain de Douala, 3rd edition 2013 ===
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== Further reading ==
The 3rd edition from 3 to 10 December 2013, SUD2013, entitled "Douala metamorphoses", encouraged artists to transform the collective space, to work on the physical evolution of the common shared city sites and to liberate and create poles of encounters.
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* ''Ars&Urbis'', Dossier Ars&Urbis of the journal "[[Africa e Mediterraneo]]", n. 50, 2005.

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* ''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potencials'' (eds. Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. ISBN 978-90-5973-0717
=== SUD2017 - Salon Urbain de Douala, 4th edition 2017 ===
The theme of the 4th edition of the SUD2017 is "The human dimension" and will take place from 5 to 10 December 2017.

In a context of strong dehumanization and disempowerment of youth and adults, '''doual'art''' hopes by this 4th edition to mark the city with artworks which interpret the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights and to start a dialog that helps to share ideas on a better way of living together.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Douala]]
* [[Douala]]
* [[Culture of Cameroon]]
* [[Culture of Cameroon]]
* [[List of public art in Douala]]

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==References==
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{{Reflist}}

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== Further reading ==
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* ''Ars&Urbis'', Dossier Ars&Urbis of the journal "[[Africa e Mediterraneo]]", n. 50, 2005.
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* ''Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials''; eds. Lucia Babina and [[Marilyn Douala Bell]], Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. {{ISBN|978-90-5973-0717}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.salonurbaindedouala.org Website of the Festival SUD Salon Urbain de Douala]
* [http://www.doualart.org/SalonUrbainDouala2010/ Website of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010]
* [http://www.doualart.org/SalonUrbainDouala2010/ Website of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010]
* [http://www.icuartprojects.com/ All About SUD 2010] A blog by doual'art and ICU art projects.
* [http://www.icuartprojects.com/ All About SUD 2010] A blog by doual'art and ICU art projects.
* [http://www.doualart.org Website of doual'art]
* [http://www.doualart.org Website of doual'art]
* [http://www.facebook.org/doualart Facebook page of doual'art]


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[[Category:Public art in Douala]]
[[Category:Culture in Douala]]

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SUD Salon Urbain de Douala
Genrepublic art and contemporary art
Begins2007 (2007)
Frequencytriennial
Location(s)Douala, Cameroon
Years active2007, 2010, 2013, 2017
Inaugurated2007
Most recent2017
Organised bydoual'art
Websitehttp://www.salonurbaindedouala.org and http://www.doualart.org

The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala (meaning South - Urban Festival of Douala) is a triennial festival of public art and contemporary art organised in Douala, Cameroon. The festival had its first edition in 2007 and it is promoted by the art centre and cultural organisation doual'art.[1]

History

[edit]

The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala was announced during the Ars&Urbis International Symposium organised in Douala in 2005 by doual'art; the Ars&Urbis focussed on the relationship between art and urban transformations and it was created as a preparatory research gathering for the SUD. At the end of 2005 is established in Rotterdam the iStrike Foundation (officially registered in 2006), which will contribute to the start-up of the SUD and its first edition as a European office of doual'art.[2] doual'art and iStrike Foundation organize together in 2007 the Ars&Urbis International Workshop, an event to produce and collect documentation about Douala and its cultural scene, which will be published in the book Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials.[3]

The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala takes place as planned in December 2007 with the support among others of Arts Collaboratory, Mondriaan Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund. In 2008 the theme of water is chosen for the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010. Meanwhile, a series of projects are developed within the frame of Liquid Projects.

In 2009 takes place the Ars&Urbis Curatorial Meeting, at the end of which Simon Njami is announced as new artistic director of the SUD 2010. In December 2010 the second edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in Douala.

Organisation

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The SUD Salon Urbain de Douala is structured into a triennial programme which produced site-specific ephemeral and permanent artworks located in different districts and neighborhoods of the city of Douala. The programme involves all the activities of doual'art and it includes a programme of artist-in-residence, exhibitions, the recurrent event Ars&Urbis, a meeting and think tank around the relationship between art and urban transformations and of course the triennial festival meant to give visibility to the public art produced and involve a wider public.

Ars&Urbis

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SUD2007 - Salon Urbain de Douala, first edition 2007

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The first edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in Douala between 9 and 16 December 2007, and it is promoted by doual'art in collaboration with the iStrike Foundation. The festival produces performances, installations and permanent artworks.

The performances are

The public art temporary installations are

The permanent public art produced are

Conferences and Documentation

[edit]

The documentation of the event is prepared during the Ars&Urbis International Workshop and it is published in the book Douala in Translation[5] presented at the opening of the festival. The first edition of the SUD 2007 is presented in the website of the Sawa people in an interview to Marilyn Douala Bell.[6]

SUD2010 - Salon Urbain de Douala, second edition 2010

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Map of the public art projects presented during the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala 2010.

The second edition of the SUD Salon Urbain de Douala took place in Douala between 4 and 11 December 2010, and was sponsored by doual'art in collaboration with ICU art projects.[7] The festival produced performances, installations and permanent artworks.

SUD2013 - Salon Urbain de Douala, 3rd edition 2013

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The 3rd edition from 3 to 10 December 2013, SUD2013, entitled "Douala metamorphoses", encouraged artists to transform the collective space, to work on the physical evolution of the common shared city sites and to liberate and create poles of encounters.

SUD2017 - Salon Urbain de Douala, 4th edition 2017

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The theme of the 4th edition of the SUD2017 is "The human dimension" and will take place from 5 to 10 December 2017.

In a context of strong dehumanization and disempowerment of youth and adults, doual'art hopes by this 4th edition to mark the city with artworks which interpret the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights and to start a dialog that helps to share ideas on a better way of living together.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Dossier Ars&Urbis of the journal "Africa e Mediterraneo", n. 50, 2005.
  2. ^ iStrike Foundation http://istrike.net.
  3. ^ Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials; eds. Lucia Babina and Marilyn Douala Bell, Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007. ISBN 978-90-5973-0717; the publication is produced by iStrike Foundation and doual'art and it is supported by the Prince Claus Fund, Mondriaan Foundation.
  4. ^ Dossier Ars&Urbis of the journal "Africa e Mediterraneo", n. 50, 2005.
  5. ^ Douala in Translation. A View of the City and its Creative Transformative Potentials; eds Lucia Babina and Marilyn Douala Bell, Rotterdam, Episode publisher, 2007.
  6. ^ Festival : Douala accueille le SUD (Salon Urbain de Douala). Propos recueillis par Marion Obam in PeupleSawa.com, 09/11/2007
  7. ^ The event is supported in 2010 by AECID, Madrid; Arts Collaboratory, The Hague; EED, Bonn; Culturesfrance, Paris; Foundation for Arts Initiatives, New-York; Cameroonian Ministry of Culture, Yaoundé.

Further reading

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