THE
DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT
PROJECT
How do we broaden our sense of what matters in conflict?
The Dis/Agreement Project is a practice of humanization
through 47 snapshots of attention.
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Hear more on the project from director Dana Caspersen:
ACTIONS
Listen to snapshots of attention from 47 people from 11 countries:
Voices: Jumana Al Refai, Nour Barakeh, Dana Caspersen, Ani Javian, Èstêbán Mordecai, Jacquey Nyminde, Jakevis Thomason, Mengfan Wang
ARTISTS
In the Dis/Agreement Project, ten artists engaged in spoken and physical conversations with people with whom they agreed and disagreed, with the goal of broadening their sense of what matters in times of conflict.
Mengfan Wang (China / Japan), Jakevis Thomason (South Carolina, United States), Valerie Oliveiro (Mni Sota Makoce United States, Singapore), Jacquey Nyaminde (Nairobi, Kenya), Ani Javian (New Jersey, United States), Mayra Hernandez (Boston, United States), Dana Caspersen (Vermont/ Germany), Isaac Blake (UK Romani Gypsy), Nour Barakeh (Syria/ Austria), and Jumana Al Refai (Kuwait).
Please click images below for more information on the artists and their work.
THE DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT is a work from DANA CASPERSEN (Vermont / Germany) in collaboration with: MENGFAN WANG (China / Japan), JAKEVIS THOMASON (South Carolina, US), VALERIE OLIVEIRO (Mni Sóta Makoce, U.S. / Singapore), JACQUEY NYAMINDE (Nairobi, Kenya), ANI JAVIAN (New Jersey, US), MAYRA HERNANDEZ (Boston, US), NOUR BARAKEH (Syria / Austria), and JUMANA AL REFAI (Kuwait)
With many thanks to our conversation participants:
ZHIGUANG, Beijing, China
YASSINE, Lebanon
XIAXIN, Jinshandian, China
WILLIAM, Boston, U.S.
THOMAS, Brooklyn, New York
TERESA, Rhode Island, U.S.
TAKESHA, South Carolina, U.S.
SIOBHAN, England
SAMANTHA JOHN, Nairobi, Kenya
SALLY, UK Romani Gypsy
RYAN, South Carolina, U.S.
RIZWAN, New Jersey, U.S.
RAJA, Brooklyn, New York
QING, Qingdao, China
QAMAR, Mni Sóta Makoce
ONESHIA, South Carolina
OLIVER, Boston, U.S.
MUNIRAH, Kuwait
MICHELLE, New Jersey, U.S.
MELVIN, Nairobi, Kenya
MARTIN, Austria
MARIAM, Kuwait
MARCELA, Mni Sóta Makoce (Minneapolis), U.S.
MAGNUS, Rhode Island, U.S.
LACEY, South Carolina, U.S.
JOHN, U.S.
JACQUEY, Nairobi, Kenya
IVAN, Croatia
ISAAC, UK Romani Gypsy
IDDI, Nairobi, Kenya
HARADA, Asia
HADEEL, Kuwait
GUNDI Austria
ÈSTÊBÁN, Welsh Kali
BRIANNA, California
ANWAAR, Kuwait
ANTHONY, Nairobi, Kenya
ALLISON, Welsh Romani
ADRIANE, Boston, U.S.
Film editor: ADAM AGOSTINO (Los Angeles, US)
For more information on changing the conversation in conflict, please visit: danacaspersen.com
THE DIS/AGREEMENT PROJECT is supported by the Goethe Institutes of Boston & Chicago, the Dance Department of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, the State University of N.J., USA, the National Performance Netz-Stepping Out, and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in the program NEUSTART KULTUR, [aid program DIS-TANZEN/ tanz:digital/ DIS-TANZ-START] of the Dachverband Tanz, Germany.
