presented kdenLive @ DakarLUG

Yesterday I made a small presentation about the software kdenlive at the DakarLUG (Linux User Group) meeting. It was really nice and the nerds were even interested in my non-techno presentation :)

We will use this software when the workshops with the dancers begin. If I find some video clips of photos of my presentation yesterday, I will add them here soon.

Sorry I never blog, not much power, not much time!

preparation du mur

Hier j'ai nettoyé un peu le mur devant Timtimol, en préparation pour 2 jours de travail sur notre Jardin Suspendu (vendredi + samedi). L'atelier ouvert a été annonce à plus de 800 personnes à Dakar, par notre amie KRN. Cet atelier n'est pas dans le format régulier ou on donne une présentation à tout le monde et les matériaux sont déjà prêts, c'est plutôt un grand travail collectif ou on suivra tout les étapes et les recherches ensemble. Je vais imprimer et afficher des plans suggères par le grand collectif Window Farms et emmener déjà les matériaux que je trouve ici à Timtimol et dans le cartier, mais pour ce qu'on as besoin de plus, on cherchera ensemble ce weekend.

Le mur devant Timtimol sera notre sujet. J'espère d'attirer la curiosité de passants dans la rue.

J'ai déjà commence une bouteille de fermentation (déchets végétaux), pour expérimenter avec une pompe sans électricité. Ca fait déjà de belles gazes!

à Vendredi!

Atelier Ouvert: Jardin Suspendu v.BETA @ Espace Timtimol

Atelier Ouvert: Jardin Suspendu v.BETA @ Espace Timtimol

vendredi 21 et samedi 22 Janvier, de midi à 18h

À l'occasion du projet créatif « Bad Fruits », initié par l'artiste Pascal Nampémanla en décembre 2010, une discussion autour des différentes problématiques liées à l'environnement et aux déchets plastiques s'est engagée à l'Espace Timtimol. Pascal Nampémanla (CI/SN) travaille actuellement avec les artistes Kyd Campbell (CA/DE) et Jérôme Lauer (FR/DE) afin d'imaginer et d'élaborer une nouvelle fonction pour des bouteilles plastiques récupérées.

Adhérant au concept communautaire mis en place par le projet international « Window Farms », un véritable jardin, suspendu et vivant, prendra place sur les murs de l'espace culturel Timtimol, un modèle écologique, esthétique et reproductible librement par tout le monde.

Venez participer à la construction du Jardin Suspendu, version BETA, à l'Espace Timtimol, vendredi 21 et samedi 22 Janvier, de midi à 18h. Nous le construirons ensemble à l'aide de matériaux de récupération et nous rechercherons des systèmes alternatifs de pompes. Le Jardin Suspendu restera sur place, existant en tant que laboratoire de recherche écologique.

« Window Farms »: http://www.windowfarms.org
Kyd Campbell http://www.frontierlab.org
Espace Timtimol: http://espacetimtimol.org/blog/

Association Espace Timtimol
Zone B, rue sans-soleil, n°2A
Dakar, Sénégal

Panniers Bio a Dakar cette semaine

Today the organic veggies arrived. They come from a farm collective of 18 women in a village near Dakar and they deliver a couple times a week, on order to a few locations in the city. Timtimol, the place where we stay is one of the drop off points, every Friday.

I met Francesca, a girl who is doing an internship with the farms and I think I will take off with her on Sunday and take part in an action to make ginger juice.

Fouta Ko Dow

We went to a really nice rap show at Bopp, put on by a young crew called Fouta Ko Dow. Some artists lipsynched over their own recordings, which was a bit strange, but other played live. Many of the songs were really great and the guys were totally nice and made us feel welcome. They had a HUGE sound system!

panniers bio a Dakar cette semaine

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

vous pouvez commander un panier de légumes pour le vendredi 14 et/ou le lundi 17 janvier 2011 en visitant ce site: http://doodle.com/y7qz47ghrv5dt9us

Veuillez préciser le lieu où vous viendrez le chercher.
Lun et Ven de 9h à 13h : Club Atlantique
Lun et Ven de 14 à 17h : ENDA (54, rue Carnot)
Lun de 11 à 13h: Lycée Mermoz
Ven de 15 à 18h: TIMTIMOL.

Pour les nouveaux inscrits, transmettez SVP vos coordonnées tél et mail à karfadiallo@yahoo.fr

Bonnes et heureuse année 2011,

Karfa Diallo

conversations today

today my friends kid told me that yesterday he saw a lady get hit by a bus. he said her head was crushed and blood was pouring out fast

when we drove past the place, he showed us the big black spot on the ground, left from her blood that has dried there. it was quite intense to hear that story from a 9 year old

in front of the house, there is a daily schedule of animals in the street

around 2pm, bunnies

then some dogs pass by

then at night cats

and at different times horse wagons and you always hear the sheep who live on the rooves

we had a lovely time swimming at the beach and saw the sunset

loud car

Some guys drive around playing muslim chants from their cars. This is just in front of our house.

Ali Trio

We went with KRN tonight to a nice dinner and then to a little club for the birthday/going away evening of a woman called Miriam. The band was playing a kind of music I had never heard before. Here is a small video I shot of Ali Trio. They make a kind of scat music, mixing words from many African languages. Other people in the club were talking loudly and i have a really basic camera so it was hard to get a decent recording of the music. Sorry for the sound quality but I'm sure you'll enjoy the melody!

flies on a wall

in front of Just 4 You club

passage, 1st view

our hallway in Berlin, the grand hallway in Casablanca airport

view from the back window in Berlin, view from the back window in Dakar

small friend in casablanca

We had to wait for 4 hours in Casablanca airport. We took a couple photos and then a little cat strolled up to us... IN the airport! photo by Jérôme.

selbsgemachtes suspekt

At Tegel, we left from terminal C which is a small temporary hangar, only our flight and one from Bulgarian Air was operated from there when we took off. We checked in and gave up our luggage, got a coffee and 10 minutes later I heard my name called on the PA. I went to meet 2 police officers. The woman asked me what was in my large suitcase and I tried my best to list it; a few old digital cameras, some video tapes, a harddrive, some tea, coffee, some chocolate and gifts, a couple of musical electronics toys, an mp3 player, some other electronics and lots of cables, and clothes. They said they were unsure about one item and decided they wanted to open it so we walked to a security check room. They scanned the bag again and then opened it. I started to describe the electronics, but they just said they were concerned with one small thing and pulled out a little bundle, a cable, some small electronics components, a 9V battery and my Arduino and asked me what it was. I told them it was a home-made connector attaching a computer to other electronic items and they I used it when making electronic music. They named it an adaptor and told me I should not pack all the parts together, but rather to put the cable, battery and the components separately in my luggage and maybe to put the board into my hand luggage or another suitcase to avoid future suspicions. So I took the board with me and they took my suitcase (I hope) back to the luggage truck and I went on to pass through the personal security scan. This is operated by a security company, not the police. When I got there, they again scanned my hand luggage many times and asked me to take out the small package, with the Arduino. I told them it had just been inspected, but they said they needed to sniff it again. I had to go into another little room and they used a little tissue and checked something with a machine. I'm assuming they were looking for explosive powder or something like that. The inspector again asked me what it was for and I told her the same as the first and she said that it looks very suspect. I remembered then that once my bus was delayed for 2 hours at the Bulgarian/Macedonian border because of the very same Arduino. Has anyone else had any problems in travel with their Arduino? All my harddrives, ipod and small digital cameras we not at all a problem, only this alternative technology made the security guards nervous. I wonder how I would have been treated if I was a different person, , if I had acted nervously, if I was a man, if I had a beard, if I was arabic, if I wasn't a Canadian girl who is used to and stays relaxed in(and is even amused by) strange travel situations…?