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freeDimensional
Mission/Vision
freeDimensional is a platform of collaboration for linking artistic communities to social justice movements globally.
For issues to reach society at large, free and open expression is critical. At times imposed limitations or censorship require movement of voices and ideas in order...
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freeDimensional is a platform of collaboration for linking artistic communities to social justice movements globally.
For issues to reach society at large, free and open expression is critical. At times imposed limitations or censorship require movement of voices and ideas in order for expression to be possible, safe, and unrestricted. Herein lies our opportunity to act. By connecting critical people, places, and issues freeDimensional serves as a platform of collaboration for linking artistic communities to creative individuals and social justice movements worldwide.
freeDimensional envisions a world in which diverse ideas and rigorous debate are nurtured by community spaces that are unique for their creative outlook, a process that results in direct action on critical, contemporary issues.
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What does the organization do?
freeDimensional organizes community arts space and local resources for the support and protection of individuals who create dialogue on global issues and inequalities through their art and media.
Through its extensive network of 50 international partner sites, freeDimensional is able...
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freeDimensional organizes community arts space and local resources for the support and protection of individuals who create dialogue on global issues and inequalities through their art and media.
Through its extensive network of 50 international partner sites, freeDimensional is able to identify and respond to issues that lead to censorship. With our regional knowledge hubs in Cairo (The Townhouse Gallery), Sao Paulo (Casa das Caldeiras), Kuala Lumpur (International Forum for InterMedia Art), Berlin (UfaFabrik), and New York City (Center for International Art in Community) freeDimensional is able to act globally to facilitate rapid response solutions for creative individuals in distress.
freeDimensional seeks to highlight the conditions of mobility, migration, and free expression faced by culture workers (artists, activists and citizen journalists) and the implications these hold for society at large. We engage in a particular style of networking that builds on existing resources in the art, media and entertainment sectors in order to engage and financially underwrite direct actions necessary to help culture workers-in-distress and use their stories to illustrate critical, contemporary issues. Art and creativity are often commodified without acknowledgment of the social issues they represent, and thus the relation between culture and society erodes. freeDimensional seeks to strengthen this relation by taking practical steps to ensure individual safety, raise awareness and instigate change.
freeDimensional has initiated the following actions with artistic communities to assist artists, activists, and citizen journalists addressing global issues and inequalities:
- rapid response safe haven
- art spaces hosting activists for strategic access to decision-makers
- mobility funding
- income generation
- regional & issue-based dialogues among artists, activists and journalists
- distress services mapping and placement referrals
- tool-kits for new community arts spaces
- thematic campaigns (including publications, meetings, research, exhibitions, programs and policy advocacy for vulnerable groups)
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Opportunities for Youth
fD's youth program, Syndicate 19, is administered through fD's local affiliate, Center for International Art in Community (CIAC). Syndicate 19 is a civic digital journalism initiative that partners with the Bedford Academy - a public high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, New York City) -...
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fD's youth program, Syndicate 19, is administered through fD's local affiliate, Center for International Art in Community (CIAC). Syndicate 19 is a civic digital journalism initiative that partners with the Bedford Academy - a public high school in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn, New York City) - to create an outlet for community media managed by local youth. You can find out more about Syndicate 19 at http://artincommunity.org
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Support freeDimensional with a year-end donation on December 8th, 2008 by Todd Lester
Dear friends of freeDimensional,
As we struggle to adjust in these difficult economic times, your support of freeDimensional is more important than ever. The unfortunate truth is that social injust
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ces increase when economies falter. By making a tax-deductible donation to freeDimensional today you will help us save more voices tomorrow. The equation is that simple. The need is that strong.
Donate now:
https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=371511158
After establishing a mobile office-in-residence for much of 2008 in Cairo, this year freeDimensional has relocated that office to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hosted by our Sao Paulo partner center, Casa das Caldeiras, our presence in Brazil will allow us to engage in the Conectas Human Rights Colloquium, the World Social Forum and other initiatives. We've managed this while maintaining our office and programs in New York.
Thanks to you and your support we've been able to help people like Issa Nyaphaga. In 1990, Issa began working as a political cartoonist for a satirical newspaper, "Le Messager Popoli". He was opposed to the political regime in Cameroon, and was tortured and jailed for publications that spoke out against the regime. In 1996, he escaped from his country to seek asylum in France where he lived until 2007 when he moved to New York. Issa Nyaphaga is not only an artist, but also an advocate of freedom of expression.
With your help we can extend our work further. Click here to donate to freeDimensional online through Network for Good:
https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=371511158
Or, send a check to us at the following address:
freeDimensional
c/o Alexandra Zobel, Treasurer
589 Park Place Apt. 13
Brooklyn, NY 11238
U.S.A.
Here's just a little snapshot of how freeDimensional worked with Issa Nyaphaga in 2008:
- During freeDimensional's Action Lab on Economic Migration Project fD worked with one of Issa's political cartoons to incorporate it in an international media intervention that was launched in Dakar, Senegal, during the Dak'Art Biennale.
- In early fall of '08 Issa traveled to New Orleans for the Artist As Refugee symposium at Louisiana Art Works and to Bilbao, Spain for the Censorship Festival. During both trips he was accompanied by fD staff, where they helped to secure a show for his art and have his work included in New Orleans' first Biennale (Prospect 1) as well as create new and unique opportunities for the network (fD is now the international nominator for artists to the Censorship Festival).
- In NYC, fD forged a new friendship with an artist residency program (Harlem Studio Fellowship- HSF). fD used an invitation by the artHARLEM tour to be part of their arts festival in October '08. In turn fD partnered with HSF for the festival and was able to secure Issa with a three month residency at HSF leading up to his show at the ArtBreak Gallery in NYC in January 2009.
Thank you for your support. To stay informed regarding all of our activities, please be sure to visit our web site at http://freedimensional.org . Your involvement drives our work. Your support fights injustices.
All the best,
Todd Lester
Executive Director
freeDimensional
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Support freeDimensional with a year-end donation December 17th, 2008
Dear friends of freeDimensional,
As we struggle to adjust in these difficult economic times, your support of freeDimensional is more important than ever. The unfortunate truth is that social injustices increase when economies falter. By... go to page
Germany / Kunst-Stoffe: Residency programme committed to exploring issues of value and waste December 11th, 2008
Kunst-Stoffe Berlin / Germany, offers a residency to artists of all disciplines. Openings are from 1st of May to 30th of September 2009.
Kunst-Stoffe is a cultural organisation committed to exploring issues of value and waste. We pursue... go to page
Photojournalism Competition on Human Rights December 3rd, 2008
This competition open to all offers an excellent opportunity for photographers to have their works recognized and to show their engagements in the field of human rights. The partnership with the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival (MHRFF)... go to page
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