Art for Refugees
Creative works available now, in no particular order.
‘Faces in the Crowd’ TVC
available now on VHS at cost for individuals, and free for public events
contact info@australiansagainstracism.org
‘A Place You Cannot Imagine’ Radio Doco
A radio documentary by Lea Redfern brought together a winner from the AIR schools competition, her subject, and the woman who introduced them in an extraordinarily moving piece. "A Place You Cannot Imagine" is about Gyzele Osmani’s story, based on eighteen-year-old Melanie Poole’s prize-winning essay. It went to air on Radio Eye on Radio National on Saturday 29th March 2003. It included interviews with Melanie Poole and Marion Lé, but was framed by Gyzele Osmani telling her own story. This story also went to air in America, Hong Kong, Britain, Canada and the Netherlands.
Those with access can listen to it at
http://www.rnw.nl/globalperspective/
Melanie Poole’s essay is available online at
www.australiansagainstracism.org/content/poole.pdf
It is included in the booklet AIR! Winning Stories 2002 and in Dark Dreams: Australian Refugee Stories.
Behind the Fence Doco
A 10 minute documentary about detention in Australia. Produced by QUT students the film made it to the finals of the National Competition, Student Video of the Year 2002. Viewpoints from an ex-detainee TPV holder and Amnesty international. A good resource for schools or community groups.
Copies can be obtained from the Carolyn, Refugee Action Collective Brisbane,
Contact: carolyn@e-soup.net
Refugee Community Service Announcements for Television (TVCs)
Seven 30 second community service announcements have been produced to submit for possible free-to-air broadcast on commercial and non-commercial television. The ads are available for community organisations to submit locally or nationally with their logo and/or message added. Similarly they are available to any commercial organistions who have purchase advertising space and want to show their support.
Contact Helen or Carolyn at shift_media@yahoo.com.au or 07 3846 3738.
Our Stories Video
a story sharing video with refugees living in Brisbane. People from seven different refugee communities in Brisbane participated in this project . our stories has been recorded on video and circulated around refugee and migrant resource centres in Queensland. An original language version of each interview is included on the tape.
For further information, please contact us via email shift_media@yahoo.com.au or phone Carolyn on 07 3846 3738
A4 Refugee Project
An exhibition of randomly contributed work of prestigious and emerging artists.
In response to AUSTCARE Qld's call for participation in Refugee Week 2002, contemporary artists around Australia were invited to submit a work as a gesture of support for refugees. The format of A4 paper was intended to reduced the cost of production and postage and thus allowed for a diversity of contributions. The exhibition is available for viewing by appointment. Phone Joan Bruce at the State Library of Queensland (Australia) on: 07 3840 7838.
Several works from The A4 Refugee Project are featured in fineArt forum's Gallery as downloadable PDFs. http://www.fineartforum.org/Gallery/2002/refugee/index.htm
Scattered People CD
Asylum seeker CD wins music award - Simon Monsour and Brian Procopis have received the award for Best Producer at the 2001 Sunnie Awards of the Queensland Recording Association for their work on the album "Scattered People".
Order Cd at the site:
http://www.brisbane-stories.webcentral.com.au/scatteredpeople/
Scattered People Photo Documentary
A photo documentary by Cassandra Mathie that has been developed over six months and tells the story of three families and their plight as refugee claimants. View at: http://www.brisbane-stories.webcentral.com.au/scatteredpeople/
Visual Response 12 - Refugee
Visual Response is a project which promotes creativity. Australian Infront invite you to interpret a single, suggestive word. Your end product must not contain any photos or scans. Everything in it must be created from scratch in a program like Photoshop or Illustrator.
In September 2002 the word was refugee and the response was the biggest yet. View the 168 contributions at http://www.australianinfront.com.au/
Facing our Future video
This online video is series of five, short profiles of young refugees from around the world is now on the web for all to enjoy. The profiles highlight various issues faced by young refugees and aspects of UNHCR's work worldwide. 'Facing our Future' has been produced by UNHCR to mark its year of 'Youth - Building the Future'. Here's the link - although you will need RealPlayer software to view: http://tv.oneworld.net/tapestry?story=735
Razor Wire is Sighing song
Kevin Bates states that he wrote this song "after hearing of a woman detained in Woomera in 2001. Her husband, who came here first, had already been processed and was out in the community. Because no one told her the right words to say when she was seeking her status as an asylum seeker, she languished in Woomera for many months, with her three children, sick, without access to proper medical or legal assistance." Download the full song and words from the website: http://www.kevinfbates.com/razor_wire.htm
Australia's Pacific Solution doco
A documentary by Sarah McDonald and Kate Durham about the Tampa affair, the detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and the human costs of Operation Relex. The highlight is the two women's secret filming on Nauru, where they managed to meet many refugees before being kicked off the island (Kate was assaulted and yelled at by the head of IOM the international organisation for migration- which runs the camp) To get a copy of the film, send a pre-stamped and packaged video box (without a video in it) to
Contact: Julian Burnside, 205 William St, Melbourne
Home is Where the Heart is song
John Butler Trio have released their song "Home is Where the Heart Is" for a free download on the Triple J web site. The download is on
the right hand side of the screen. It's 3.41Mb.
http://www.triplej.net.au/music/default.htm
Woomera Song
Written by Paul Kelly on July 19th in response to the situation of the refugees locked up at Woomera and other detention centres around Australia. It's not available on CD. Listen to the song and download it for free from the web by visiting www.paulkelly.com.au . The lyrics are also on the website.
Refugee Comic Project
A NSW-based group is developing a comic for young people that will shed some light on the issues that face refugees, and dispel some of the misconceptions that young people may have about refugees.
Contact: liz@streetwize.com.au
Refugee Children Documentary
The first interactive, online documentary on child refugees, Long Journey, Young Lives, gives an intimate insight into the experiences of child refugees - from the violence and danger of their homeland, to their perilous journey and detention in Australia, young refugees give an uninhibited account of their experiences.
www.abc.net.au/longjourney
illusion
a flower with a message
at http://users.tpg.com.au/summer03
Send this url to all your friends and politicians if you would like to put this animation on your website contact Carolyn shift_media@yahoo.com.au or 07 3846 3738
Show Mercy Video
Show Mercy, in conjunction with A Just Australia, has produced a ten
minute video 'Show Mercy In Our Community' as a campaign tool to help further raise
public awareness about asylum seekers in detention. The video is now available for purchase by post - Cost $15. Send cheques to: A Just Australia PO Box 559, Surry Hills 2010 NSW. For more information and ordering please go to www.showmercy.info/home
Song ‘All of Us are Refugees’
Jeff Aschmann
Available for schools, fundraisers, events or private enjoyment
Obtainable www.scobie.com.au, or phone Jeff on 02 4474 3093.
Short film ‘The Cage House’
Angela Von Boxtel
Available now for education and discussion.
www.powerbox.inoz.com/the_cage_house.htm
film/documentary: "Holiday Camp"
Jennifer/ drive by shooting/tallstoreez productionz
How is your liberation bound up with mine ?
( a drive-by shooting production )
45 mins
"Holiday Camp" is a 45 min. documentary, which investigates the current Australian immigration policies in the context of 200 years of colonization. It is currently screening throughout Europe. The BORDERPANIC project hosted the Australian premier, in Sydney, on the 11th of September. Holiday Camp connects the issues of indigenous dispossession, genocide, and the incarceration of refugees. It explores the implications of the mandatory detention system and the construction of national borders. A poster and synopsis are available on request. VHS copies of the film are available at the screening or by mail order; $25 - $30 (We are a self-funded collective dedicated to supporting this issue and would appreciate financial support to continue this work) contact us on: e-mail; tallstoreez@yahoo.de
CD of the poetry of Iranian asylum seeker Mohsen Soltani Zand.
The music is composed and recorded by Geoffrey Datson, and the lyrics are sung and read by several vocalists, including MTV's Yvette Duncan. The result is beautiful, and we are looking to release mid October. email sticky@chilli.net.au
web www.stickylabel.com.au
All proceeds from the sale of the CD are in aid of chilout (www.chilout.org)