photos of the weekend #46 / The ARS 11 exhibition in Kiasma, Helsinki part 1.

“The ARS 11 exhibition investigates Africa in contemporary art. In addition to artists

living in Africa, the show also features others who live outside the continent, artists of

African descent as well as Western artists who address African issues in their work.

The exhibition features some 300 works by a total of 30 artists.”

Read more > ARS 11 in Kiasma

“El Anatsui‘s work consists of bottle caps and other metallic waste.”

It was a sunny day when I visited ARS 11…great light and shadows…

El Anatsui’s artwork hanging on the wall…

Look how small she looks next to El Anatsui’s artwork!

More ARS 11 artists/pictures next weekend!

Shadow Shot Sunday

Sundays In My City

Life In Pictures

Have a relaxing weekend!

ps.

“Art is a way for children to tell their own stories“

says Patricia Landinez from UNICEF’s Child Protection section.

Read more > UNICEF

Sunday is Universal Children’s Day!

…and one in shade watching

Photo of the weekend #31 / men at work…and one in shade watching!

We’ve had a little man, 2,5 yrs, visiting and I’ve been very busy.

I didn’t remember how hard it

is to have a child that age! But a lot of fun!!!
He’s joining his family tomorrow.

We’ll be on the road – I’ll visit your blogs late Sunday

evening or Monday morning.

Shadow Shot Sunday

Sundays In My City

Have a relaxing weekend!

This translation is by google from the original French article by Aujourd’hui Le Maroc:

“Friendship Association of Sport and Recreation organizes Sunday, May 9 in Casablanca “a race to save a life.” This initiative, which joined the association “Planet Baby Mama” aims to save the little Khadija Chamrouk aged 9, suffers from acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “This requires a leukemia stem cell allograft abroad, an operation that is not yet feasible in Morocco,” reads a medical certificate from his doctor, Professor Said Benchekroun, chief of hematology and pediatric oncology at the hospital on August 20 Since March 2008, Khadija was followed by Dr. Zoubir Chouffal Center for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Casablanca. “A decline of 12 months from diagnosis, there has been an isolated bone marrow relapse (central nervous system saved) leukemia. Currently, the child is under treatment for relapse, if a second remission was obtained only with an intensive therapeutic allogeneic bone marrow transplant offers hope the best chance of cure, ”said a medical certificate from Dr. Chouffal dated February 11, 2010.
The parents of the girl struggling for several months so it can have the best care: chemotherapy, hospital stays, intensive care. However, the survival of the girl depends on the registry, the cost is exorbitant. “It takes two million dirhams for the graft (six months of hospitalization for the mother and daughter and one month for the donor),” says Dr. ALM Hasnaa Azmi, president of the Association of Friendly Sports and Recreation He added that “Khadija monitoring sessions of chemotherapy for 22 months.”

Yesterday was an International Women’s Day

What Women Want June 2009 issue…

Is a woman’s place in the home? 1 in 4 say yes-poll 
Do you agree?
India (54 percent), Turkey (52 percent), Japan (48 percent), China, Russia, Hungary (34 percent each) and South Korea (33 percent) were most likely to agree that women should not work.

Do you let your boys stay out later than girls? Why if yes?

Could you burn yourself? 
How do you feel when you see women in this kind of situation?
All women are somebody’s daughers/sisters/mothers…
All men are somebody’s brothers/sons/fathers…
Could you rape your mother or sister?