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BIO
Michael Szpakowski is an artist, composer, writer and educator.
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
CV:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/szpakowski_cv.pdf
Video work:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/vlog/ScenesOfProvincialLife.cgi
Stills:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako
12 Remixes:
http://www.michaelszpakowski.org/mickiewicz/
Re: Fwd: [thingist] - NEWS FLASH -
Yep! - some sort of denial or confirmation or just a
plain old report back of what is going on would be
welcome.
michael
--- Eryk Salvaggio <eryk@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I'm *still* waiting for some sort of "official
> comment" about this. Why did
> rhizomers have to hear about it by way of another
> mailing list?
>
> -e.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "t.whid" <twhid@mteww.com>
> To: <list@rhizome.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:42 PM
> Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Fwd: [thingist] - NEWS FLASH -
>
>
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Peter von Brandenburg
> <blackhawk@thing.net>
> > > Date: Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:50:07 PM
> America/New_York
> > > To: Thingist <thingist@bbs.thing.net>
> > > Subject: [thingist] - NEWS FLASH -
> > > Reply-To: thingist@bbs.thing.net
> > >
> > > All: RHIZOME; 1996 - 2003.
> > >
> > > Sources indicate that the 'zome officially
> dissolved its Board of
> > > Directors today.
> > >
> > > An entity w/ many of its functions will be
> reconstituted at the New
> > > Museum, where Mark Tribe & some other principals
> will join the NuMu's
> > > board &/or become trustees.
> > >
> > > Rachel Greene is slated to direct this new
> organization.
> > >
> > > It's not been spelled out but is surmised that
> this entity will assume
> > > full responsibility for the maintenance of
> Rhizome's Art Base archive.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile in the Jungle, The Thing soldiers
> on... best, -- B.
> > >
> > --
> > <t.whid>
> > www.mteww.com
> > </t.whid>
> >
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plain old report back of what is going on would be
welcome.
michael
--- Eryk Salvaggio <eryk@maine.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I'm *still* waiting for some sort of "official
> comment" about this. Why did
> rhizomers have to hear about it by way of another
> mailing list?
>
> -e.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "t.whid" <twhid@mteww.com>
> To: <list@rhizome.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:42 PM
> Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: Fwd: [thingist] - NEWS FLASH -
>
>
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Peter von Brandenburg
> <blackhawk@thing.net>
> > > Date: Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:50:07 PM
> America/New_York
> > > To: Thingist <thingist@bbs.thing.net>
> > > Subject: [thingist] - NEWS FLASH -
> > > Reply-To: thingist@bbs.thing.net
> > >
> > > All: RHIZOME; 1996 - 2003.
> > >
> > > Sources indicate that the 'zome officially
> dissolved its Board of
> > > Directors today.
> > >
> > > An entity w/ many of its functions will be
> reconstituted at the New
> > > Museum, where Mark Tribe & some other principals
> will join the NuMu's
> > > board &/or become trustees.
> > >
> > > Rachel Greene is slated to direct this new
> organization.
> > >
> > > It's not been spelled out but is surmised that
> this entity will assume
> > > full responsibility for the maintenance of
> Rhizome's Art Base archive.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile in the Jungle, The Thing soldiers
> on... best, -- B.
> > >
> > --
> > <t.whid>
> > www.mteww.com
> > </t.whid>
> >
> > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms
> set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
>
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
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> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
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> Membership Agreement available online at
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=====
***is A more typesetter, an artist and < Br > OF the educator CAN the relative work into the LINE lakes; is, has more than, on the artist and him < them PLACES Br typesetter > the teacher IN relative work in the SEA of LINE:
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Re: The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2002-2003
HI Marc
You know, I agree 98% of the way.
I'm all for people speaking out, against the war on
Iraq, against the subsequent occupation in the
interests of corporate America and Britain, against
the whittling away of our civil liberties, against the
marketisation of the world, against the fact that
capital can move freely around the world but the poor
( asylum seekers, refugees) cannot.
I hope and believe that within my lifetime we will
tear that old world down and replace it with one that
is based on fairness and decency for all.
Personally I've been continuously politically active
since the late seventies & I've always been absolutely
clear where I stand.
But is it the case then that I should make artworks
that are *direct* comments on political questions?
Sometimes I do ( the sequence of anti war banners I
made on bannerart.org; the piece about the Gulag) but
more often I ,personally, don't.
Actually most of the time I have to say I think it is
more *immediately* politically effective to hand out a
flyer, sell a paper, attend a demonstration than it is
to make an artwork.
That's why I divide my time between the two
activities.
Does this mean that I think that making art is a
luxury, a diversion? - absolutely not.
For, by making works that are lead only by our
imagination, we allow ourselves to dream and those
dreams ,or the best of them, provide something a
little less contingent and evanescent than the flyer
or the newspaper.
They are a enduring witness to what it means now to be
a human being, in all its manifestations, and to what
it *could* mean to be a human being.
Art provides us with hope, vision and direction ( and
for me a kind of fuel) for the other stuff.
In that sense it seems to me that all genuine art
contains within it the seeds of the struggle for human
liberation, for in it we dare to imagine being fully
human in a way that the Bushes and the Blairs and the
Putins would never wish to allow.
I'm delighted to join you in opposing the occupation
of Iraq. Practically I hope that I'll see you and many
others in the UK from this list at the Stop the War
Coalition Demo against the occupation in London on the
27th of this month:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
With Blair's current political troubles ( and with
Bush again threatening Iran) this is going to be a
very important event.
Where I think I part company with you is in what seems
to be your requirement that an index of good faith on
these questions should be the making of directly
political or agitational work.
warmest wishes
michael
--- "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Yes, there are some pretty revealing txt's
> here...such as the Homeland
> security link.
>
> I am very shocked that there are not many net
> artists/critics/wirters on
> this list that make art work regarding the issues of
> our times...hiding
> behind code is not enough, it's like hiding one's
> head in the sand or hiding
> in self - censorship. There needs to be more active
> statements by braver
> academics/writers/artists who personally wish for
> something different...
>
> marc
>
> First They Came for the Jews
> First they came for the Jews
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Jew.
> Then they came for the Communists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Communist.
> Then they came for the trade unionists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a trade unionist.
> Then they came for me
> and there was no one left
> to speak out for me.
>
> Pastor Martin Niemoller
>
>
>
>
> >
> > > Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Media
> Stories of 2002-2003
> > >
> > >
>
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/index.html
> >
> > Great link, Marc, thanks. Their links are also
> terrific.
> >
> > ja
> >
> > "Poetry, the trick to read what can't be read,
> > quick to write what can't be said."
> > Gerry Gilbert
> >
> > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms
> set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
> >
>
>
>
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
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> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
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> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set
> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
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=====
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You know, I agree 98% of the way.
I'm all for people speaking out, against the war on
Iraq, against the subsequent occupation in the
interests of corporate America and Britain, against
the whittling away of our civil liberties, against the
marketisation of the world, against the fact that
capital can move freely around the world but the poor
( asylum seekers, refugees) cannot.
I hope and believe that within my lifetime we will
tear that old world down and replace it with one that
is based on fairness and decency for all.
Personally I've been continuously politically active
since the late seventies & I've always been absolutely
clear where I stand.
But is it the case then that I should make artworks
that are *direct* comments on political questions?
Sometimes I do ( the sequence of anti war banners I
made on bannerart.org; the piece about the Gulag) but
more often I ,personally, don't.
Actually most of the time I have to say I think it is
more *immediately* politically effective to hand out a
flyer, sell a paper, attend a demonstration than it is
to make an artwork.
That's why I divide my time between the two
activities.
Does this mean that I think that making art is a
luxury, a diversion? - absolutely not.
For, by making works that are lead only by our
imagination, we allow ourselves to dream and those
dreams ,or the best of them, provide something a
little less contingent and evanescent than the flyer
or the newspaper.
They are a enduring witness to what it means now to be
a human being, in all its manifestations, and to what
it *could* mean to be a human being.
Art provides us with hope, vision and direction ( and
for me a kind of fuel) for the other stuff.
In that sense it seems to me that all genuine art
contains within it the seeds of the struggle for human
liberation, for in it we dare to imagine being fully
human in a way that the Bushes and the Blairs and the
Putins would never wish to allow.
I'm delighted to join you in opposing the occupation
of Iraq. Practically I hope that I'll see you and many
others in the UK from this list at the Stop the War
Coalition Demo against the occupation in London on the
27th of this month:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
With Blair's current political troubles ( and with
Bush again threatening Iran) this is going to be a
very important event.
Where I think I part company with you is in what seems
to be your requirement that an index of good faith on
these questions should be the making of directly
political or agitational work.
warmest wishes
michael
--- "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Yes, there are some pretty revealing txt's
> here...such as the Homeland
> security link.
>
> I am very shocked that there are not many net
> artists/critics/wirters on
> this list that make art work regarding the issues of
> our times...hiding
> behind code is not enough, it's like hiding one's
> head in the sand or hiding
> in self - censorship. There needs to be more active
> statements by braver
> academics/writers/artists who personally wish for
> something different...
>
> marc
>
> First They Came for the Jews
> First they came for the Jews
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Jew.
> Then they came for the Communists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a Communist.
> Then they came for the trade unionists
> and I did not speak out
> because I was not a trade unionist.
> Then they came for me
> and there was no one left
> to speak out for me.
>
> Pastor Martin Niemoller
>
>
>
>
> >
> > > Censored 2004: The Top 25 Censored Media
> Stories of 2002-2003
> > >
> > >
>
http://www.projectcensored.org/publications/2004/index.html
> >
> > Great link, Marc, thanks. Their links are also
> terrific.
> >
> > ja
> >
> > "Poetry, the trick to read what can't be read,
> > quick to write what can't be said."
> > Gerry Gilbert
> >
> > + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
> > -> post: list@rhizome.org
> > -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> > -> subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> > -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> > +
> > Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms
> set out in the
> > Membership Agreement available online at
> http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
> >
>
>
>
> + ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup
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> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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> out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at
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=====
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Re: INCD media release: Artists around the world speak out for cultural diversity at the WTO's 5th ministerial meeting in Cancun
This is an excellent initiative - what a shame it was
not previously circulated more widely.
I'm sure lots of people on this list would have
liked to add their names.
On a related note, if anyone London based is reading
this, there's an open planning meeting of the European
Social Forum Cultural Committee tonight at the
back left hand (east) corner of the Royal Festival
Hall foyer at 7pm to talk about possible
British contributions to art seminars and workshops
for the ESF in Paris in November.
For further details mail Nancy Lindisfarne
nanstarr44@hotmail.com
best
michael
--- A Virtual Memorial <agricola-w@netcologne.de>
wrote:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Artists around the world speak out for cultural
> diversity
>
> ".we celebrate and encourage our cultural diversity
> and embrace and respect
> our cultural differences." INCD Artists Letter
>
> Sept 10, 2003 - The International Network for
> Cultural Diversity (INCD -
> www.incd.net) will launch the Artists Letter on
> Cultural Diversity during
> the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 5th Ministerial
> Meeting in Cancun,
> Mexico. Leading Mexican actress Angelica Aragon
> will release the letter at
> a Public Forum being held on September 12th.
>
> The INCD brings together artists and cultural
> organizations from 70
> countries who are working together to counter the
> negative effects of
> globalization on our cultures.
>
> Signed by artists from 15 countries and all of the
> cultural sectors, the
> Artists Letter calls on governments to protect
> cultures from the
> infringements of trade agreements, to work to
> encourage more balanced
> exchanges between cultures and to recognize the
> unique status of cultural
> expression as a reflection of human identity. It is
> imperative that culture
> not be reduced to its economic value as the WTO
> negotiations threaten to do.
> Many governments are under pressure to bargain away
> their cultural identity
> in the race to liberalize all sectors of the
> economy.
>
> This is why Harry Belafonte, Ingmar Bergman, Nadine
> Gordimer, Danny Glover,
> Sam Neill and 36 other artists have added their
> names to the growing
> international movement to secure the right of all
> artists to practice their
> craft and share the wealth of the world's cultures.
> The artists also
> support the proposed new Convention on Cultural
> Diversity, currently under
> consideration at UNESCO. This Convention would
> provide a permanent legal
> basis for the promotion and protection of cultural
> diversity and ensure that
> cultures can thrive in the era of globalization.
>
> The Artists Letter is below with the list of the
> initial signatories. For
> more information on the artists, please go to
> www.incd.net/letter/letter.htm
>
> Public Forum:
> Friday, Sept 12, 2003, 10:30-12:30
> Hotel Best Western Plaze Caribe
> Tulum Uxmal Lote 19, Cancun Mexico
> www.incd.net/events/seminars.html
>
> Media contacts:
> Tammy Ballantyne
> Artists Letter Project
> tammyb@artslink.co.za
> cell: 27 83 440 4984
>
> Alexis Andrew
> INCD Associate Coordinator
> Tel: 1 613 238 3561 ext 17
> incd@ccarts.ca
>
> In Cancun:
> Garry Neil
> INCD Coordinator
> Cell: 1 416 518 1256
>
> Rafael Segovia
> INCD Steering Committee/Mexico
> Cell: 555.413.0306
>
> AN OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS
>
> It is time to secure the rights of artists globally.
> These rights are at
> risk because international trade courts are ruling
> on artistic matters.
>
> We are artists and citizens of the global village.
> We come from every
> community and work in all artistic fields. Through
> our words, music, films,
> dance, paintings and plays, in every language on
> earth, we entertain, inform
> and engage our fellow citizens in the adventure of
> being human.
>
> It is an exciting time to be an artist.
> Technologies can overcome physical
> distance and allow our works to be shared more
> widely than ever before. We
> have the potential to exchange and blend our rich
> diversity of cultural
> practices in ways our ancestors could only imagine.
>
> It is also a dangerous time. Many human conflicts
> arise from a failure to
> recognize cultural complexities or from perceived
> threats to cultural
> values. The road to security and prosperity
> requires that we celebrate and
> encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and
> respect our cultural
> differences.
>
> Some believe artistic creations are no different
> from conventional goods and
> services and they deny or ignore the powerful
> cultural importance of works
> of the human imagination. For some of the world's
> largest corporations,
> artistic works are commodities to be bought and sold
> like any other. They
> seek to dominate the world's markets with
> homogenized forms of popular
> culture and thus marginalize artists in many of our
> communities.
>
> Our world of unequal economic relationships has
> created unequal cultural
> relationships. We believe governments have a
> responsibility to resist the
> economic push by implementing policies that support
> diverse local artists
> and cultural producers, and ensure pluralism in the
> media and the arts.
> This will create more choice and bring about a
> greater balance in exchange
> between cultures. Governments must also preserve
> threatened cultures and
> languages, especially those of indigenous peoples.
>
> An important struggle between these incompatible
> visions is underway in
> trade negotiations. Trade officials negotiate rules
> that would hasten a
> global monoculture and make it virtually impossible
> for communities to
> support their artists. We oppose these efforts.
>
> At the same time, discussions have started within
> and outside UNESCO to
> develop a new global Convention on Cultural
> Diversity to provide a legal
> foundation for government measures that support
> cultural diversity and to
> encourage governments to use that authority
> domestically. We support this
> initiative.
>
> As artists, we come from different disciplines; as
> citizens, we come from
> different countries.
> But, we are united in our call to the world's
> leaders:
>
not previously circulated more widely.
I'm sure lots of people on this list would have
liked to add their names.
On a related note, if anyone London based is reading
this, there's an open planning meeting of the European
Social Forum Cultural Committee tonight at the
back left hand (east) corner of the Royal Festival
Hall foyer at 7pm to talk about possible
British contributions to art seminars and workshops
for the ESF in Paris in November.
For further details mail Nancy Lindisfarne
nanstarr44@hotmail.com
best
michael
--- A Virtual Memorial <agricola-w@netcologne.de>
wrote:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Artists around the world speak out for cultural
> diversity
>
> ".we celebrate and encourage our cultural diversity
> and embrace and respect
> our cultural differences." INCD Artists Letter
>
> Sept 10, 2003 - The International Network for
> Cultural Diversity (INCD -
> www.incd.net) will launch the Artists Letter on
> Cultural Diversity during
> the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 5th Ministerial
> Meeting in Cancun,
> Mexico. Leading Mexican actress Angelica Aragon
> will release the letter at
> a Public Forum being held on September 12th.
>
> The INCD brings together artists and cultural
> organizations from 70
> countries who are working together to counter the
> negative effects of
> globalization on our cultures.
>
> Signed by artists from 15 countries and all of the
> cultural sectors, the
> Artists Letter calls on governments to protect
> cultures from the
> infringements of trade agreements, to work to
> encourage more balanced
> exchanges between cultures and to recognize the
> unique status of cultural
> expression as a reflection of human identity. It is
> imperative that culture
> not be reduced to its economic value as the WTO
> negotiations threaten to do.
> Many governments are under pressure to bargain away
> their cultural identity
> in the race to liberalize all sectors of the
> economy.
>
> This is why Harry Belafonte, Ingmar Bergman, Nadine
> Gordimer, Danny Glover,
> Sam Neill and 36 other artists have added their
> names to the growing
> international movement to secure the right of all
> artists to practice their
> craft and share the wealth of the world's cultures.
> The artists also
> support the proposed new Convention on Cultural
> Diversity, currently under
> consideration at UNESCO. This Convention would
> provide a permanent legal
> basis for the promotion and protection of cultural
> diversity and ensure that
> cultures can thrive in the era of globalization.
>
> The Artists Letter is below with the list of the
> initial signatories. For
> more information on the artists, please go to
> www.incd.net/letter/letter.htm
>
> Public Forum:
> Friday, Sept 12, 2003, 10:30-12:30
> Hotel Best Western Plaze Caribe
> Tulum Uxmal Lote 19, Cancun Mexico
> www.incd.net/events/seminars.html
>
> Media contacts:
> Tammy Ballantyne
> Artists Letter Project
> tammyb@artslink.co.za
> cell: 27 83 440 4984
>
> Alexis Andrew
> INCD Associate Coordinator
> Tel: 1 613 238 3561 ext 17
> incd@ccarts.ca
>
> In Cancun:
> Garry Neil
> INCD Coordinator
> Cell: 1 416 518 1256
>
> Rafael Segovia
> INCD Steering Committee/Mexico
> Cell: 555.413.0306
>
> AN OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS
>
> It is time to secure the rights of artists globally.
> These rights are at
> risk because international trade courts are ruling
> on artistic matters.
>
> We are artists and citizens of the global village.
> We come from every
> community and work in all artistic fields. Through
> our words, music, films,
> dance, paintings and plays, in every language on
> earth, we entertain, inform
> and engage our fellow citizens in the adventure of
> being human.
>
> It is an exciting time to be an artist.
> Technologies can overcome physical
> distance and allow our works to be shared more
> widely than ever before. We
> have the potential to exchange and blend our rich
> diversity of cultural
> practices in ways our ancestors could only imagine.
>
> It is also a dangerous time. Many human conflicts
> arise from a failure to
> recognize cultural complexities or from perceived
> threats to cultural
> values. The road to security and prosperity
> requires that we celebrate and
> encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and
> respect our cultural
> differences.
>
> Some believe artistic creations are no different
> from conventional goods and
> services and they deny or ignore the powerful
> cultural importance of works
> of the human imagination. For some of the world's
> largest corporations,
> artistic works are commodities to be bought and sold
> like any other. They
> seek to dominate the world's markets with
> homogenized forms of popular
> culture and thus marginalize artists in many of our
> communities.
>
> Our world of unequal economic relationships has
> created unequal cultural
> relationships. We believe governments have a
> responsibility to resist the
> economic push by implementing policies that support
> diverse local artists
> and cultural producers, and ensure pluralism in the
> media and the arts.
> This will create more choice and bring about a
> greater balance in exchange
> between cultures. Governments must also preserve
> threatened cultures and
> languages, especially those of indigenous peoples.
>
> An important struggle between these incompatible
> visions is underway in
> trade negotiations. Trade officials negotiate rules
> that would hasten a
> global monoculture and make it virtually impossible
> for communities to
> support their artists. We oppose these efforts.
>
> At the same time, discussions have started within
> and outside UNESCO to
> develop a new global Convention on Cultural
> Diversity to provide a legal
> foundation for government measures that support
> cultural diversity and to
> encourage governments to use that authority
> domestically. We support this
> initiative.
>
> As artists, we come from different disciplines; as
> citizens, we come from
> different countries.
> But, we are united in our call to the world's
> leaders:
>
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