Love Activism: Contemporary Arts/Culture, UK/US International Exchange (2022) [Digital/Abstract]

Love Activism: Contemporary Arts/Culture, UK/US International Exchange (2022) [Digital/Abstract]

[Digital Media / Abstraction]

Editorial: Kofi Fosu Forson (US) and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (UK)

Contributors: Kofi Fosu Forson (US), Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (UK), George Lund (UK), Jo Derbyshire (UK) and Goth Arts LAS (UK).

Copyright Notice:

On some of the edits the recording of John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band 'Love' copyright with no restriction reported as of 2022. The inclusion to this digital video short is to raise the awareness of a changing world of socio-political and cultural unrest and the same ethos and sentiments Lennon and Ono advocated. Hence, why as source this song selected.

This project is non-profit making and unincorporated voluntary collaboration by UK and US Artists and to merely raise awareness of the themes encapsulated on a global theme.

The copyright of the words of 'Love Activism' by Kofi Fosu Forson (Artist, Writer and Poet) and including the original source of the digital video material.

Contribution digital montage by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (Artist, Curator and Author), 'Love Activism', 2022, in creative interpretation to the words by Kofi Fosu Forson.

The various digital video edits in research and development by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (Digital Editorial) in consultation and collaboration with Kofi Fosu Forson.

The final selection will be decided in preparation for November 2022 exhibition with international exchange and empathy on the subject of 'Love Activism'. These video are the preparatory only in the development of the final digital video presentation to imbue the theme 'Love Activism'.

Subsequent inclusions of artwork to be included in various media contributed by the different Artists collaborating and currently between now and November 2022 developing artwork in response to Kofi Fosu Forson's text and oratory 'Love Activism' and will follow.

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Love Activism
UK and US Cultural Exchange
(Multi-disciplinary Arts and Cultural Platform and Exhibition)
01-30 November 2022

Programme:
- International cultural exchange (UK and US).
- Creative research and development.
- Exhibition and digital media platform (UK).
- Publication 'Love Activism'.
- Limited Editions Prints to Amnesty International.

Synopsis: Love Activism
A collaborative research project set on written, oratory and visual dialogue the theme of love. The words by Kofi Fosu Forson (Artist, Writer and Poet) from New York (US) on the theme titled 'Love Activism' the source of inspiration presented to the UK collective Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, George Lund, Jo Derbyshire and Goth Arts LAS. Each Artist to respond to the words, sentiments, literary expressions of Forson.
The creation of the art will be multi-disciplinary reflecting on the diversified practices of each practitioner. The final production of art will be presented in an exhibition in the UK combined with a concluding digital media platform encompassing the scope of cross-disciplinary contributions to this cultural exchange.

Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney
(Artist, Curator and Author)
w: [a]www.gaynorevelynsweeney.webs.com[/a]

Kofi Fosu Forson
(Artist, Writer and Poet)
w: www.parametathinker.blogspot.com

George Lund
(Artist and Author)
w: www.georgelundart.co.uk

Jo Derbyshire
(Artist and Curator)
w: www.joderbyshire.com

Goth Arts and Culture by LAS
(Artist, Author and Designer)
w: www.facebook.com/GothArtsandCulturebyLAS

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Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney
(Artist, Curator and Author)
e: gaynor_evelyn_sweeney@live.com
w: [a]www.gaynorevelynsweeney.webs.com[/a]
m: +44(0)7944141519

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