Episode 031 - Nelson Kokoa, The PNG Arts Activism Movement
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In this episode of the #NiunetPodcast we speak with Nelson Kokoa. He is the creator and director of the PNG Art Activism Movement. We’ll be chatting about movement, what prompted its creation, what it’s all about, and how artists can get involved. Here are time codes for easy navigation 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Show Introductions 00:46 - Who is Nelson? 02:05 - What is the Art Activism movement? 02:49 - What types of Art will be included and can be showcased 04:08 - What are considered restricted socio-cultural topics in PNG? 05:43 - What prompted him to start the Art Activism movement? 10:02 - The generational barrier 13:05 - Finding yourself as a young Papua New Guinean 13:43 - When they started promoting the campaign and how the reception has been 14:51 - His hopes for the Arts Activism project 15:33 - His Advice to those interested to watch and attend 16:32 - How interested Artists can get involved in the next event 17:05 - Closing 17:29 - END You can find the PNG Art Activism Movement page on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/artactivisminpng/?hl=en Don’t forget; you can message us if you have any questions or get in touch through email at [email protected]! Have anyone interesting for us to talk to? Let us know too! Hope you enjoy the episode everyone! #niunetpng #educationeverywhere #pngart #youth #artactivism
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