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lettera27 is a non-profit foundation, born in July 2006. Its mission is to support the right to literacy, education, and the access to knowledge and information.
lettera27 is the 27th letter of the alphabet, the missing letter, the letter yet to be, the hybrid sign, the empty box, the link between oral and written words, the connection to the future, the intersection of analogic and digital.
lettera27 is the 27th letter of the alphabet, the missing letter, the letter yet to be, the hybrid sign, the empty box, the link between oral and written words, the connection to the future, the intersection of analogic and digital.
Luoghi Comuni
July 21, 2012
Luoghi Comuni – little migrating stories comes to Lampedusa in Festival
From July 19-23 'Luoghi Comuni – little migrating stories' will be at Lampedusa In Festival, four days of film projections, exhibitions, readings, meetings and music, to speak about migration through the languages of culture and creativity (watch the trailer on YouTube). This leg has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Askavusa association and Lampedusa In Festival, and the patronage of the Municipality of Lampedusa and Linosa. For this occasion, lettera27 and the festival organisers have chosen 12 stories from the anthologies that have been put together from 2009 until today. AMM – Archivio delle Memorie Migranti (Archive of Migrant Memories), one of the organisers of this edition and curator of the section Migrazioni e Memorie (Migrations and Memories), supported the initiative because Luoghi Comuni creates snippets of memories of migration and a country that is changing.
Luoghi Comuni – little migrating stories comes to Lampedusa in Festival
From July 19-23 'Luoghi Comuni – little migrating stories' will be at Lampedusa In Festival, four days of film projections, exhibitions, readings, meetings and music, to speak about migration through the languages of culture and creativity (watch the trailer on YouTube). This leg has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Askavusa association and Lampedusa In Festival, and the patronage of the Municipality of Lampedusa and Linosa. For this occasion, lettera27 and the festival organisers have chosen 12 stories from the anthologies that have been put together from 2009 until today. AMM – Archivio delle Memorie Migranti (Archive of Migrant Memories), one of the organisers of this edition and curator of the section Migrazioni e Memorie (Migrations and Memories), supported the initiative because Luoghi Comuni creates snippets of memories of migration and a country that is changing.
the director's eye
May 10, 2013
the director's eye at the Tribeca Film festival
The major New York film festival took place between 17 - 28 April. Overall, the city’s most important festival drew in 117,000 people and featured 400 showings and events, including 80 feature length and 60 short films. The winner of the narrative section was the excellent Australian director Kim Mordaunt for The Rocket.
One of the most interesting documentaries to be selected this year was I Got Somethin 'to Tell You, directed by actor Whoopi Goldberg. It recounts the life of comic actor Moms Mabley and the many artists that were influenced by her, including Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Jerry Stiller and Harry Belafonte. Another good documentary was the one that offered a portrait of the comic legend Richard Pryor. It described his career progression and rise to fame, which saw him become one of the most popular comic actors of the 20th century. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is an entertaining film by Marina Zenovich that reveals the demons Pryor confronted throughout his entire life and offers a reminder of how bold and dangerous artistic freedom can be.
Image: photo from The Rocket, by Kim Mordaunt.
the director's eye at the Tribeca Film festival
The major New York film festival took place between 17 - 28 April. Overall, the city’s most important festival drew in 117,000 people and featured 400 showings and events, including 80 feature length and 60 short films. The winner of the narrative section was the excellent Australian director Kim Mordaunt for The Rocket.
One of the most interesting documentaries to be selected this year was I Got Somethin 'to Tell You, directed by actor Whoopi Goldberg. It recounts the life of comic actor Moms Mabley and the many artists that were influenced by her, including Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Joan Rivers, Sidney Poitier, Jerry Stiller and Harry Belafonte. Another good documentary was the one that offered a portrait of the comic legend Richard Pryor. It described his career progression and rise to fame, which saw him become one of the most popular comic actors of the 20th century. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic is an entertaining film by Marina Zenovich that reveals the demons Pryor confronted throughout his entire life and offers a reminder of how bold and dangerous artistic freedom can be.
Image: photo from The Rocket, by Kim Mordaunt.
WikiAfrica
March 28, 2013
In Africa unveils its first workplace and training centre on Wikipedia
WikiAfrica was born eight years ago on the initiative of lettera27 and continues to spread, especially in Africa. doual’art will be opening the Espace WikiAfrica to the public in April. This will be a place to promote access to Wikipedia for anyone wishing to contribute and receive support from expert Wikipedians.
The venture, which is supported by Fondation Orange France, within Orange Solidarité Numérique and Orange Cameroon, is one of the activities of WikiAfrica Cameroon, a one-year pilot project by doual’art which is dedicated to the spread of documents regarding the cultural and natural heritage of the country through the online encyclopaedia.
In Africa unveils its first workplace and training centre on Wikipedia
WikiAfrica was born eight years ago on the initiative of lettera27 and continues to spread, especially in Africa. doual’art will be opening the Espace WikiAfrica to the public in April. This will be a place to promote access to Wikipedia for anyone wishing to contribute and receive support from expert Wikipedians.
The venture, which is supported by Fondation Orange France, within Orange Solidarité Numérique and Orange Cameroon, is one of the activities of WikiAfrica Cameroon, a one-year pilot project by doual’art which is dedicated to the spread of documents regarding the cultural and natural heritage of the country through the online encyclopaedia.
October 24, 2012
Digital knowledge in Africa: WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge at Orange Foundation
Digital knowledge in Africa: WikiAfrica and Share Your Knowledge at Orange Foundation
September 07, 2012
Document the cultural heritage and take part into the photographic contest Wiki Loves Monuments
Document the cultural heritage and take part into the photographic contest Wiki Loves Monuments
December 22, 2011
AtWork
April 03, 2013
AtWork_Workshop_Bahrain: art as a common territory
AtWork continues its forays into different territories, as a format to be replicated and adapted to local contexts that take on board its objectives and reflect on the questions it poses.
AtWork_Workshop_Bahrain 2013 is hosted within the Alwan 338 Contemporary Art Festival of Adliya, in Bahrain, a month-long artistic event held between 26 March and 25 April. The festival offers a mix of different art forms, from cinema to photography, music to visual arts, installations to performances, by inviting international authors to bring their work to the city’s public spaces.
Imagine: The BAB market - a better Bahrain, recent creative action by Ulafa’a, March 2013. Courtesy Ulafa’a – Reconciliation Art Project
AtWork_Workshop_Bahrain: art as a common territory
AtWork continues its forays into different territories, as a format to be replicated and adapted to local contexts that take on board its objectives and reflect on the questions it poses.
AtWork_Workshop_Bahrain 2013 is hosted within the Alwan 338 Contemporary Art Festival of Adliya, in Bahrain, a month-long artistic event held between 26 March and 25 April. The festival offers a mix of different art forms, from cinema to photography, music to visual arts, installations to performances, by inviting international authors to bring their work to the city’s public spaces.
Imagine: The BAB market - a better Bahrain, recent creative action by Ulafa’a, March 2013. Courtesy Ulafa’a – Reconciliation Art Project
Detour/myDetour
November 10, 2012
The Detour Book
After 6 years, 9 exhibitions, 21 countries, 27,000 visitors and more than 2 million online viewers, on Friday 16 November 2012 The Detour Book. The Moleskine experience will be coming out – the book which gathers and recounts the long collective story of the Detour project. Detour is a touring project which has collected and exhibited, since 2006, in various cities throughout the world, 275 note books full of drawings, sketches, notes and comments from important authors of all educational and cultural backgrounds. From today Detour is also a book, which publishes all the notebooks of the archive owned by lettera27.
Image: Detour Book-Moleskine Publishing-Cover + Detail Page Antonio Marras. Courtesy of Moleskine.
The Detour Book
After 6 years, 9 exhibitions, 21 countries, 27,000 visitors and more than 2 million online viewers, on Friday 16 November 2012 The Detour Book. The Moleskine experience will be coming out – the book which gathers and recounts the long collective story of the Detour project. Detour is a touring project which has collected and exhibited, since 2006, in various cities throughout the world, 275 note books full of drawings, sketches, notes and comments from important authors of all educational and cultural backgrounds. From today Detour is also a book, which publishes all the notebooks of the archive owned by lettera27.
Image: Detour Book-Moleskine Publishing-Cover + Detail Page Antonio Marras. Courtesy of Moleskine.
Borders
February 05, 2013
Mutti-AMM award: supporting migrant cinema in Italy
You have less than a month to take part into the fifth edition of Mutti-AMM award, the first and only award in Italy devoted to migrant cinema. In memory of Gianandrea Mutti, cinema lover and professional untimely passed away in 2008, the award has been presented last November at Cineteca di Bologna and will accept proposals till 28th February 2013. Conceived in 2008 by Officina Cinema Sud-Est, Cineteca di Bologna and Associazione Amici di Giana, since 2012 the award has been sustained in collaboration with AMM – Archivio delle memorie migranti, supported by lettera27, within Borders project, and Open Society Foundations.
Imagine: still from Ti ricordi di Adil (2008) by Mohamed Zineddaine
Mutti-AMM award: supporting migrant cinema in Italy
You have less than a month to take part into the fifth edition of Mutti-AMM award, the first and only award in Italy devoted to migrant cinema. In memory of Gianandrea Mutti, cinema lover and professional untimely passed away in 2008, the award has been presented last November at Cineteca di Bologna and will accept proposals till 28th February 2013. Conceived in 2008 by Officina Cinema Sud-Est, Cineteca di Bologna and Associazione Amici di Giana, since 2012 the award has been sustained in collaboration with AMM – Archivio delle memorie migranti, supported by lettera27, within Borders project, and Open Society Foundations.
Imagine: still from Ti ricordi di Adil (2008) by Mohamed Zineddaine
Mobile A2K - Mobile Access to Knowledge
April 11, 2012
Culture and Safety in Africa: Developing a Methodology Guide
The workshop Culture and Safety in Africa: Developing a Methodology Guide, which was held in Switzerland between the 10th and 14th March 2012, focused on the creation of a research methodology for Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa. This represented the second phase of lettera27‘s Mobile A2K project, which aims to study the impact of public art and cultural events on urban safety in the cities of Douala, in Cameroon, Luanda, in Angola, and Johannesburg, in South Africa.
Culture and Safety in Africa: Developing a Methodology Guide
The workshop Culture and Safety in Africa: Developing a Methodology Guide, which was held in Switzerland between the 10th and 14th March 2012, focused on the creation of a research methodology for Mobile Access to Knowledge: Culture and Safety in Africa. This represented the second phase of lettera27‘s Mobile A2K project, which aims to study the impact of public art and cultural events on urban safety in the cities of Douala, in Cameroon, Luanda, in Angola, and Johannesburg, in South Africa.
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