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90 Degree Citizen exhibition project: Special Event on Weds 30th October, 6pm - 9pm, at Manchester Museum 'RE-PRESENTING REFUGEES' panel discussion 'PASSENGER 12' multimedia performance 'COMMITTED TO REPRESENT' exhibition premiere - open to view from 5pm A range of key speakers and artists explore critical issues around art, displacement and refugees. As a dynamic movement, alternative practices and perspectives, cultural resistance or affirmation, political and historical contexts. Open to the public on the eve of the Platforma national conference on arts and refugees. A Virtual Migrants event www.virtualmigrants.net. Discussion begins 7.20pm - panel includes: Flora Alexander - Iranian visual artist based in Glasgow Yusra Warsama - poet, playwright and actor from Somalia Tom Green - director of Platforma national network of arts and refugees Humberto Velez - international visual performance and media artist Isobel Bowler - legal case worker at GM Immigration Aid Unit Iseult Timmermans - artist and creative producer with refugee groups at Street Level Photoworks Discussion chaired by Kooj Chuhan - artist and cultural producer, founder of Virtual Migrants and director of 90 Degree Citizen Multimedia experimental performance: part 1 begins 7pm with part 2 after the discussion - includes artists: Sai Murray (writer, poet, spoken word) Maya Chowdhry (performer, writer, multimedia and interactive artist) Aidan Jolly (composer-songwriter and musician) Elmi Ali (writer, poet, spoken word) Tracey Zengeni (vocalist) Mazaher (VJ projections) Pat Mackela (drums and percussion) Committed To Represent - exhibition premiere with talks about the work at 6pm including special guest Mavis Makhaza from Gtr Manchester Immigration Aid Unit and WAST (Women Asylum Seekers Together): Portable panels of photography and text, portraying the people behind the labels - our unsung heroes the legal immigration caseworkers and those who have needed their support. Created by Kooj Chuhan, Ursula Sharma and Mazaher, as a partnership project between GM Immigration Aid and Virtual Migrants. This is a pop-up exhibition only on show until 1st November in the Kanaris Foyer at the museum. This event is a part of the 90 Degree Citizen exhibition, on show from 10th October - 17th November at Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. FREE to attend, but please register at www.re-presentingrefugees.eventbrite.co.uk The café will be open during this event for food and drinks. Light refreshments provided. All timings are approximate. www.virtualmigrants.net/90-degree-citizen/representingrefugees www.facebook.com/events/578745162184284/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Note: The material contained in this communication comes to you from the Forced Migration Discussion List which is moderated by Forced Migration Online, Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the RSC or the University. If you re-print, copy, archive or re-post this message please retain this disclaimer. Quotations or extracts should include attribution to the original sources. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Posting guidelines: http://www.forcedmigration.org/research-resources/discussion/forced-migration-discussion-list-posting-guidelines Subscribe/unsubscribe: http://tinyurl.com/fmlist-join-leave List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html RSS: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?RSS&L=forced-migration Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/refugeestudies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/refugeestudiescentre