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Art & Design
“We have a responsibility to honor and carry on the teachings, to keep creating, to share our version of spirit with others.”
The scrolls tell the story of the pandemic visually, and accompanying songs composed by the artists present the story in words.
Ayhan Hulagu performs Karagöz, the 700-year-old art of Anatolian shadow puppetry.
Antognioni Brunhoso lives inside an old textile factory on the outskirts of St. Esteve in the Vall d’en Bas, Catalonia.
Antognioni Brunhoso vive en el interior de una antigua fábrica textil a las afueras de Sant Esteve d’en Bas.
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