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oUr positive bodiesAn exhn f by Ma fm Afca, Aa an eu

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peopLe LivinG With hiv And Aids

teLL their stories

"We paint our families, we paint our

pain and illness. We paint our strength

and our medicines, our food and our

faith. We raise questions. We share

bitterness. We show what matters to

us. We paint the virus and we paint our

ways of staying healthy, of keepinghope alive. We paint what gives

meaning to our lives. We tell our

stories. When you look at our paintings,

we want you to listen with your eyes."

TICAH, the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health

WhAt Are body MAps ?

Body maps are life-size self portraits

which are painted using the outlines

of bodies. These personal and

powerful pictures of HIV-positive

people tell stories about healing,

stigma, discrimination but also

support and vitality.

the MAKinG of the exhibition

Our Positive Bodies An Exhibition of

Body Maps from Africa, Asia and

Europe is all about listening to affected

people and understanding them.

The pieces on display arose from

collaboration between the Kenyan-German Technical Cooperation health

programme and the Art2Be art therapy

project since 2006. HIV-positive

people from Kenya, India and

Thailand attended workshops where

they painted body maps. A workshop

also took place 2008 in Berlin,

Germany, with support from the

Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. (DAH).

Workshops take place around the

world to enrich the exhibition with

additional body maps - within the

framework of the International AIDS

Conference 2010 in Vienna, too.

The use of art therapy allows simple

facts to be enlivened with personal

stories and cultural contexts. This

"ability to experience" HIV provides new

insight and promotes the understand-ing of people living with this disease.


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Art2Be is a group of Kenyan and European artists and therapists that works with marginalisedgroups in Kenya. Art2Be uses art to offer people a way to share their life stories, worries and

dreams in workshops and to ght for their rights in public. Body Mapping Project builds self-esteem

and provides community groups with high-impact tools for awareness campaigns.www.art2bebodymaps.com

The Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. (DAH) is an AIDS service organisation that acts in the eld of structuralHIV and AIDS prevention. Founded in 1983, the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. with its more than 120 member

organisations today is the largest HIV and AIDS self-help association in Germany. The DeutscheAIDS-Hilfe provides community-based prevention services and advocacy for those who are particularly

threatened or affected by HIV and AIDS, hepatitis, STIs or diseases that are transmitted through druguse. www.aidshilfe.de

Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is working efciently,

effectively and in a spirit of partnership to support people and societies in developing, transitionand industrialised countries in shaping their own futures and improving living conditions.Established on 1 January 2011, GIZ brings together under one roof the long-standing expertise of the

Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED) gGmbH (German development service), the DeutscheGesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (German technical cooperation) andInWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany. As a federally owned enterprise, GIZ supportsthe German Government in achieving its objectives in the eld of international cooperation for

sustainable development and is also engaged in international education work around the globe.

www.giz.de

TICAH, the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health, was founded in Kenya in 2003 to enhance thepositive links between health and cultural knowledge, practice, belief, ritual, and artistic expression.

Their work spans Africa and Asia, focuses on AIDS and traditional medicine, sexuality and gender, foodand art activism. www.ticahealth.org

The exhibition Our Positive Bodies was invented as a travelling exhibition.

In the case of interest we look forward to hearing from you!

Published by:Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Programme to Foster Innovation, Learning and Evidencein HIV and Health Programmes of German Development Cooperation (PROFILE)Reichpietschufer 2010785 Berlin

www.giz.de

contAct

On behalf of GIZ:Michaela Wilczek

Communication for DevelopmentT +49 (0)30 / 89 73 88 15

F +49 (0)30 / 89 73 88 16M +49 (0)172 / 381 41 20E [email protected]


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