Premiere of the War & Peace 08 project
a programme of video shorts and dialogue from different cultural perspectives:

Tim Shore and Gary Thomas, Burlesque	Mahmoud Reza Sani, Siyamo

Saturday 20 September

2pm Screening of eight video shorts selected to mark World Peace Day with work by:

Claire Fowler (UK/Palestine), Sarah Vanagt (Belgium/Democratic Republic Congo), Kevin Logan (UK)
Mahmoud Reza Sani (Iran/ Afghanistan) Lisa Byrne (Northern Ireland), Tim Shore and Gary Thomas (UK) Aline Helmcke (Germany) Jonathan Moss (France)

Followed by discussion with the artists. Tea and refreshments available.

4pm Dialogue: Can Art promote a culture of Peace?

Street arts and theatre producer Bill Brookman joins War & Peace artists Mahmoud Reza Sani, Tim Shore, and Gary Thomas in conversation chaired by Martin Whiteside.

Bill Brookman has recently worked with young people in Haiti and Sierra Leone using street theatre to spread a message of arms reduction.
Mahmoud Reza Sani is a film maker based in Iran who has made documentaries around the world including Afghanistan, Peru and Spain.
Tim Shore and Gary Thomas are London based artists who work collaboratively on carefully researched film projects with social and historical themes.

war & peace 08 was initiated and organised by Fiona Meadley and selected by Elena Hill (Contemporary Art Programming), Zoë Shearman (independent curator) and Dominic Thomas (Stroud Valleys Artspace).

See www.war-and-peace.info for more details