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Even if the ash cloud over Europe delayed my trip to Washington DC for 3 days I still made it there and had 4 great days in Silver Spring and Washington. Hop-on-hop-of workshops were arrange at the Human Rights Arts Festival in Silver Spring, USA. About 40 participants took part in crafting and talking about ethical fashion. The workshops were held just by the installation and it worked well as a discussion opener. More about the festival and workshops at Killer Fashion Revolution -Wiki

A big THANX! to media artist Andreas Zingerle who helped me with the arrangements, when I could not make it to the states.

Here some Killer Fashion Revolution images from the festival! The Human Rights arts Festival was arranged by Amnesty International USA and took place 23-25.4.2010 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Here is some of the media coverage the event got:

Live simulcast of the opening festivities:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/cable/site/index.asp

Interviews with the producer of the event:
http://vimeo.com/10868178
Comcast Cable (not on Internet)

Articles and Interviews about the Art Festival:
http://www.gazette.net/stories/04212010/entemon120156_32547.php
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-983-DC-Art-Travel-Examiner~y2010m4d16-Firstever-Amnesty-International-art-festival-April-2325-in-Silver-Spring-MD-near-DC
http://www.ethiosun.com/amnesty-international-human-rights-art-festival/
http://www.bahai.us/jeremy_austin
http://www.humanrightsartfestival.com/images/WPFW.mp3

Washington Post (Calender section highlight, Thursday April 22 and Friday April 23)
http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2010-04-15/Local_News/Local_Author_To_Take_Part_In__Amnesty_Internationa.html

Blog entries:
http://wiki.provisionslibrary.org/blog/index.php/2010/04/17/amnesty-intl-arts-festival/
http://www.justupthepike.com/2010/04/flash-mobs-social-commentary-at-this.html
http://www.southsilverspring.org/event/amnesty-international-human-rights-art-festival
http://duchytrachtenberg.blogspot.com/2010/04/amnesty-international-human-rights-art_23.html
http://dcthisweek.blogspot.com/2010/04/x-at-amnesty-international-human-rights.html
http://annemarchand.blogspot.com/2010/04/kick-off-of-first-ever-amnesty.html
http://wordsofchoice.blogspot.com/2010/04/reproductive-rights-are-human-rights.html
http://d4mc.blogspot.com/2010/03/silver-spring-amnesty-international.html
http://www.hondurasnews.com/2010/04/17/honduran-artist-begins-u-s-tour/
http://walkunafraidworldwide.com/2010/04/23/artist-activist-gabrielle-senza-to-present-anti-violence-projects-in-silver-spring-this-weekend/
http://thirtyflirtyfab.blogspot.com/2010/04/coming-this-weekend-arts-festival-in.html
http://washintunes.blogspot.com/2010/04/silver-spring-roya-bahrami-persia-meets.html

Killer Fashion Revolution participatory media art installation and hop-on-hop-off workshops are presented as a part of International Human Rights Arts Festival 23-25.4 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. Amnesty International USA is the arrangers of the event. http://www.humanrightsartfestival.com

The installation and workshops will be at the City Palace Mall Sculpture garden. Come and join! You can join the workshop for 5 minutes or stay as long as you want. Together we will transform war related clothes to promote human rights!

Looks like I will graduate, therefore I will exhibit my thesis work at the Masters of Arts Exhibition arrange by Aalto University School of Art and Design. Masters of Arts 2010 exhibition will be 12th of May – 13th June at Elefantti quarters, Aleksanterinkatu 16-18 and Katariinankatu 3.

I also do my best to arrange a couple of workshops in connection to the exhibition. More information will be posted at the Killer Fashion Revolution Wiki-site: www.killerfashionrevolution.com

More about the exhibition at:http://www.mastersofarts.fi/

Here is a video that shows what happened at the first Killer Fashion Revolution workshop that was arranged 5-7th of February 2010. The workshop was at the same time a kick-off for the Killer Fashion Revolution -project and a CISV Mosaic-project. It was also a part of my thesis work for Alto University School of Art and Design.

Killer Fashion Revolution: www.killerfashionrevolution.com
CISV: www.cisv.org
Alto University School of Art and Design: http://www.taik.fi/en/

A big thanks to Nina Forsman for filming and editing the workshop video and to Reha Discioglu for the music. Also a big thanks to all the participants at the workshop, it was a lot of fun!

Here is a short summary what my Thesis Project for University of Art and Design Helsinki
is all about:

I am very exited working with this project and you can find more
about it at www.killerfashionrevolution.com.

If you are interested to help out or collaborate, please let me know!
A big thanx also to current collaborators:  Katri, Rosa, Nina, Annika, Katianna, Reha and Andy.

I will update here on the project developments.