Archive for February 2017
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Violence against women photography Award
Winner of Photographic competition funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation entitled “Violence against women in the Mediterranean” launched and organised by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (2007). Photograph entitled ‘ Turmoil’.
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DigiMe Photography Award
A photograph by Melissa Hekkers of an anti-bullying event at a Nicosia school is one of three winners of a photo competition organised by the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC) with the support of the European Commission Representation in Cyprus
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Reasoning with Nina Sumarac
“You can call me conceptual, but I’m more of a peaceful activist… I will always propagate love, unity or the search for solutions… how people can accept each other better…there is always that story behind my work”
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Reading to children
Cyprus-based children’s author Melissa Hekkers reads an extract from Esio Trot to schoolchildren as the British High Commission marks Roald Dahl’s 100 anniversary.
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Island in the Sun
An audio-visual installation mediates fragmented life experiences of migrants, propagating new interpretations and perspectives on the global movement of people through the lens of Cyprus.
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Designing a difference
This book is a compilation of student design projects that aim to address sustainability beyond its conventional environmental component and push the boundaries of it means for communities to thrive as part of the great infinity of civilization.
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TEDxNicosia talk
As a volunteer on the island of Lesvos in Greece, Melissa Hekkers was re-establishing her ideologies of volunteer work with the refugees fleeing from Syria and other middle eastern countries.