Over the last 10 years the Human Rights Commission have been consulting with voluntary and community groups to establish the bases for an inclusive Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
This document was presented to the Northern Ireland Office on the 10th December 2008.
In November 2009 the Northern Ireland Office released a paper for consultation, with a deadline of 1st March 2010, this document dismisses the rights of children and many other rights for people living here.
We are asking NIO to review the proposed document in order to have an inclusive and equitable bill of rights. To make your voice heard, please go to this link www.belongni.org/borni and sign the petition.
Please distribute widely among your contacts.
Israel Hontavilla
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
do you feel spring? and Michael Longley
I actually saw a blue sky today, now how did that happen?? I was down at the writing festival in Strangford at the weekend and it was really interesting, lovely to be there and great excitement was had by all when all the literature was read out. I went to a really interesting workshop about memoirs followed by a magical evening in the Church at old court where there were readings and music. Oh just how wonderful when all this comes together, A group of people to write and sing ,swap stories and generally get on with life. Great for a FEb evening. This Friday evening Michael Longley is doing a reading in Portaferry at Bar home.
No time but if you contact Bar home they will tell you. the lough will be beautiful if you go done earlier.
I've been thinking about power recently, it's it great that Margarte Richie has become leader of the SDLP!! there were a few sour faces in the photos from some of the men to that one and she wants to become First Minister, good on her. Who says Northern Ireland is not changing and we have actually agreed on a policong and Justice minister post are we all growning up at last. Elections again next year, lets see what happens then??
Meanwhile back on earth people are doing deals and swapping funds, each interaction you have makes a difference, so lets say you spread gossip about someone in order to make yourself feel better it has a knock on effect, it hurts the person you gossip about but then is'nt that the reason you gossip in the first place?? In order to control a flow of information that makes you look positive??? even if the whole thing is a misunderstanding. Much better to jump to conclusions and spread them rather that getting the facts straight. At least thats what seems to be happening in my life.
It's hurtful, sad and hurtful yet some people feel that this is the way for them to live their lives.
Anyway the sun is out the sky is blue I'm busy working on a number of things and know that I am alive living an interesting life...................................
No time but if you contact Bar home they will tell you. the lough will be beautiful if you go done earlier.
I've been thinking about power recently, it's it great that Margarte Richie has become leader of the SDLP!! there were a few sour faces in the photos from some of the men to that one and she wants to become First Minister, good on her. Who says Northern Ireland is not changing and we have actually agreed on a policong and Justice minister post are we all growning up at last. Elections again next year, lets see what happens then??
Meanwhile back on earth people are doing deals and swapping funds, each interaction you have makes a difference, so lets say you spread gossip about someone in order to make yourself feel better it has a knock on effect, it hurts the person you gossip about but then is'nt that the reason you gossip in the first place?? In order to control a flow of information that makes you look positive??? even if the whole thing is a misunderstanding. Much better to jump to conclusions and spread them rather that getting the facts straight. At least thats what seems to be happening in my life.
It's hurtful, sad and hurtful yet some people feel that this is the way for them to live their lives.
Anyway the sun is out the sky is blue I'm busy working on a number of things and know that I am alive living an interesting life...................................
Monday, 8 February 2010
every sunday at 3
Outside In
A spring season of street theatre shows
Every Sunday at 3pm
February 7th – April 25th
Great street shows – indoors - in Belfast Circus School
We present some of our favourite stars from Festival of Fools past and future.
It's funny, it's family friendly and best of all it's FREE!!
Limited seating, so come along early to avoid disappointment.
At the end of this mini season, you are invited to attend the Festival of Fools proper for five days of top quality international street theatre from 29th April to 3rd May.
7th February at 3pm:
Goronwy Thom…street theatre with oodles of skill, mugfuls of mirth and bucketloads of charm.
Goronwy Thom is a hugely versatile clown, juggler, unicyclist and comedian, and is one of the most popular street artists working the circuit today with infectious energy and humour guarantee a good time for any audience.
A spring season of street theatre shows
Every Sunday at 3pm
February 7th – April 25th
Great street shows – indoors - in Belfast Circus School
We present some of our favourite stars from Festival of Fools past and future.
It's funny, it's family friendly and best of all it's FREE!!
Limited seating, so come along early to avoid disappointment.
At the end of this mini season, you are invited to attend the Festival of Fools proper for five days of top quality international street theatre from 29th April to 3rd May.
7th February at 3pm:
Goronwy Thom…street theatre with oodles of skill, mugfuls of mirth and bucketloads of charm.
Goronwy Thom is a hugely versatile clown, juggler, unicyclist and comedian, and is one of the most popular street artists working the circuit today with infectious energy and humour guarantee a good time for any audience.
performance week in Belfast starts today
Bbeyond Belfast 2010 CHAOS
CHAOS: the complexity of causality or relationships between events. Any 'seemingly' insignificant event in the universe has the potential to trigger a chain reaction that will change the whole system.
BBEYOND PRESENTS ‘CHAOS’, A WEEK OF LIVE ART FROM A SPECIAL SELECTION OF CANADIAN ARTISTS. THIS EXCITING EVENT IS THE FIRST IN A PROGRAM THAT CURATES CUTTING EDGE PERFORMANCE ART FROM VANCOUVER, TORONTO AND MONTREAL.
THE EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ART SPACES IN BELFAST AND RUNS FROM THE 8TH - 13TH OF FEBRUARY 2010. AUDIENCES WILL HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN NEW APPROACHES THAT RE-CONSIDER THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE ART IN BELFAST AND BEYOND.
The PS² SPACE: our pro ject base for the week 8th to 13th, will have daily window screenings, actions and encounters.
Wednesday February 10th PS² SPACE @ 1pm– Screening of filmed performances from guest international artist Poshya Kakl, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Thursday February 11th @ 2pm, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER - Tanya Mars Lecture, room 82D23.
Thursday February 11th BLACKBOX @ 8pm: An evening of cutting edge performance from Irene Loughlin, Rachel Echenberg, Poshya Kakl and Johanna Householder. CHAOS: A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
Friday February 12th CATALYST ARTS GALLERY @ 8pm: N.Ireland's longest established alternative space hosts Shannon Cochrane, John G Boehme, Ed Johnson and Tanya Mars. CHAOS: A disorderly mass; a jumble.
Saturday the 13th PS² SPACE @ 12pm: more performances by Judith Price, Paul Couillard, and Sylvette Babin, followed by a public discussion with the invited artists. CHAOS: the disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space In some cosmogonic views, chaos was supposed to have existed before the ordered universe.
This series of Bbeyond performances has been curated by Sinead O’Donnell (Ireland) in collaboration with John G. Boehme and Judith Price (Canada)
CHAOS: the complexity of causality or relationships between events. Any 'seemingly' insignificant event in the universe has the potential to trigger a chain reaction that will change the whole system.
BBEYOND PRESENTS ‘CHAOS’, A WEEK OF LIVE ART FROM A SPECIAL SELECTION OF CANADIAN ARTISTS. THIS EXCITING EVENT IS THE FIRST IN A PROGRAM THAT CURATES CUTTING EDGE PERFORMANCE ART FROM VANCOUVER, TORONTO AND MONTREAL.
THE EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ART SPACES IN BELFAST AND RUNS FROM THE 8TH - 13TH OF FEBRUARY 2010. AUDIENCES WILL HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE IN NEW APPROACHES THAT RE-CONSIDER THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE ART IN BELFAST AND BEYOND.
The PS² SPACE: our pro ject base for the week 8th to 13th, will have daily window screenings, actions and encounters.
Wednesday February 10th PS² SPACE @ 1pm– Screening of filmed performances from guest international artist Poshya Kakl, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Thursday February 11th @ 2pm, UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER - Tanya Mars Lecture, room 82D23.
Thursday February 11th BLACKBOX @ 8pm: An evening of cutting edge performance from Irene Loughlin, Rachel Echenberg, Poshya Kakl and Johanna Householder. CHAOS: A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
Friday February 12th CATALYST ARTS GALLERY @ 8pm: N.Ireland's longest established alternative space hosts Shannon Cochrane, John G Boehme, Ed Johnson and Tanya Mars. CHAOS: A disorderly mass; a jumble.
Saturday the 13th PS² SPACE @ 12pm: more performances by Judith Price, Paul Couillard, and Sylvette Babin, followed by a public discussion with the invited artists. CHAOS: the disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space In some cosmogonic views, chaos was supposed to have existed before the ordered universe.
This series of Bbeyond performances has been curated by Sinead O’Donnell (Ireland) in collaboration with John G. Boehme and Judith Price (Canada)
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
January is over!!!!!!!!
How did that happen? January is over Feb is apon us and life goes on. I have been asked by someone recently why I didnt add some wee notes to my blogg like I used to ? I suppose life has been busy. I have missed pouring my heart out online. I'm so please that January is over again as its just such a nasty month over all. You can almost smell the night getting lighter. So what of life?
Well I visited the Andre Stitt exhibition on in the golden thread last week and I had an interesting art expereince. There were two pieces in paarticular that struck me. One was a video piece of the Europa being blown up and general mayhem in belfast. Funny how quickly that goes from our memories!!!! While watching it I got a text from an ex prisioner and for one moment my heart just crumbled. Was he involved? had he ever been involved? whats going on!!
The other one was the blood splattered typed last message of someone who had been involved in terrorism and had killed himself after leaving prision for 15 years, he said dont let the next generation get involved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It felt particularly strong as I am artist in residence at City East and there are lots of memorials around of things that have previously happened and I hope that there is a generation that is not going down the same road as their ansestords around. Certainily there is alot of heart on the road. Heart and Hope and thats where real change really starts. So anyway thats my wee art moment last week.
I also love Lisa Malones exhibition in GT, Lisa has a great spirit and professionalism towards her art and she kinda goes inot a very human questioning with her series of prints. Are you sitting? flying through the air? waiting, watching, going to slide through life where are you now??????? its all a roller coaster you know.
So now that Jan is over the tax return is out of the way, remember its good to be alive and go out to late night art this Thursday and support all the wonderfukl talent that there is in NI.www.belfastgalleries.com
at the weekend why not head to Strangford where there is the wild geese writing festival on...................an interesting exhibition in Strawberry fair including the work of Jill Evans, her beautiful screenprints are a delight to behold and always make me smilewith a sure kind heart. Remember its good to be alive. XXXX
Well I visited the Andre Stitt exhibition on in the golden thread last week and I had an interesting art expereince. There were two pieces in paarticular that struck me. One was a video piece of the Europa being blown up and general mayhem in belfast. Funny how quickly that goes from our memories!!!! While watching it I got a text from an ex prisioner and for one moment my heart just crumbled. Was he involved? had he ever been involved? whats going on!!
The other one was the blood splattered typed last message of someone who had been involved in terrorism and had killed himself after leaving prision for 15 years, he said dont let the next generation get involved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It felt particularly strong as I am artist in residence at City East and there are lots of memorials around of things that have previously happened and I hope that there is a generation that is not going down the same road as their ansestords around. Certainily there is alot of heart on the road. Heart and Hope and thats where real change really starts. So anyway thats my wee art moment last week.
I also love Lisa Malones exhibition in GT, Lisa has a great spirit and professionalism towards her art and she kinda goes inot a very human questioning with her series of prints. Are you sitting? flying through the air? waiting, watching, going to slide through life where are you now??????? its all a roller coaster you know.
So now that Jan is over the tax return is out of the way, remember its good to be alive and go out to late night art this Thursday and support all the wonderfukl talent that there is in NI.www.belfastgalleries.com
at the weekend why not head to Strangford where there is the wild geese writing festival on...................an interesting exhibition in Strawberry fair including the work of Jill Evans, her beautiful screenprints are a delight to behold and always make me smilewith a sure kind heart. Remember its good to be alive. XXXX
ever wanted to get inot the police station at Queen street?
Station’
A presentation of installation and performance
4 February 2010
Thursday 4 February 6-9pm
Platform, 1 Queen’s Street, Belfast
Platform presents Station, a unique event featuring installation by Belfast-based artists. The event will take place in a fascinating unusual space: the former Police Station in Queen Street.
This is the first in a series of residency based presentations. Platform worked in collaboration with the University of Ulster and offered five artists studying for their Master of Fine Art degree short-term residencies in the Police Station.
Alice Clark, Laura O’Connor, Lynn Cromie, Nadine Stewart and Niamh O'Beirne produced a body of work inspired by the atmosphere and the history of this old building. They will present their installations to the general public on one day only – this Thursday between 6-9pm.
Fiona Goggin, Platform Co-director explained:
Station is an experimental curatorial project organised by Platform. The premise of the project is to invite artists to come and make work in or in response to the building. The project will run until 2012 and we are planning to invite local and international artists to produce a variety of art pieces exploring this amazing space.
Further information from Fiona Goggin, Station Project Manager platformarts@live.co.uk / Mobile 07979 752279
A presentation of installation and performance
4 February 2010
Thursday 4 February 6-9pm
Platform, 1 Queen’s Street, Belfast
Platform presents Station, a unique event featuring installation by Belfast-based artists. The event will take place in a fascinating unusual space: the former Police Station in Queen Street.
This is the first in a series of residency based presentations. Platform worked in collaboration with the University of Ulster and offered five artists studying for their Master of Fine Art degree short-term residencies in the Police Station.
Alice Clark, Laura O’Connor, Lynn Cromie, Nadine Stewart and Niamh O'Beirne produced a body of work inspired by the atmosphere and the history of this old building. They will present their installations to the general public on one day only – this Thursday between 6-9pm.
Fiona Goggin, Platform Co-director explained:
Station is an experimental curatorial project organised by Platform. The premise of the project is to invite artists to come and make work in or in response to the building. The project will run until 2012 and we are planning to invite local and international artists to produce a variety of art pieces exploring this amazing space.
Further information from Fiona Goggin, Station Project Manager platformarts@live.co.uk / Mobile 07979 752279
Grants now open
David Ervine Foundation is now open for grants. Details can be found here: http://www.communityfoundationni.org/opencontent/default.asp?itemid=234§ion=RECEIVE
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