Asia Elects Program details
PV Thursday 3rd October 6pm-9pm
7pm National Anthem and Presidential Candidates' Opening Speeches
A patriotic opening night for the press phalanx and all the VVVIPs in town. Candidates will sing the national tune and introduce themselves, their parties and manifestos. Come and shoot the breeze with Duriana's power elite.
8pm "Premier/Divisions" a film by Chris Paul Daniels
This artist film that blurs the line between documentary and experimental observational studies, in an attempt by the maker, as an outsider, to understand the complexities and tensions surrounding perceived and real notions of division in Kenyan society in the run up to the 2013 presidential elections.
The film aims to present a personalised portrait of Nairobi with all its vibrancy, complexities and contradictions and reflect on universal societal habits to seek communal identities, ideologies and alliances.
4:30pm "Please Vote for Me" a film by Weijun Chen
Chinese school children elect their classroom monitor. Watch out for sharp elbows.
2pm Asian Election Broadcasts
A jukebox of political propaganda from the archives.
3pm Presidential Candidate Debate
Our three candidates, Izzat Bangbang, Pradip Yogiki and Ping Delima Puteri discuss electoral issues and engage with the public's questions.
4:30pm Work/sweatshop with textile jeweller Tanvi Kant
With the dignity of garments workers firmly in our minds, participants will transform discarded fabrics from the rag trade. A craft-based workshop suitable for all the family.
2pm The Count and Closing Speeches from Duriana Presidential candidates
The 7th Presidential Elections reaches a climax point, as the votes entered into our state of the art election booths over the exhibition are counted and candidates face up to the result...
3pm "Premier/Divisions" a film by Chris Paul Daniels
A second screening of a beautifully shot experimental documentary exploring tensions around recent elections in Kenya.
4:30pm "What is Decolonial Democracy?"
With election fervour subsiding, what next? We host a discussion with Amrit Wilson, Arzu Merali and AbdoolKarim Vakil to find out.
Amrit Wilson is a writer on issues of gender and race in imperial past and present. Her latest book "The Threat of Liberation: Imperialism and Revolution in Zanzibar" is hot off the Pluto Press.
Arzu Merali is one of the founders of the Islamic Human Rights Commission and an editor of the 2009 volume "Towards a new Liberation Theology: Reflections on Palestine".
Abdoolkarim Vakil is a lecturer in history at King's College London and editor of "Thinking through Islamophobia: Global Perspectives".
