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		<title>Artist Discussion Panel, Film Screening</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov 13 update: photos posted
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PPP AGM: Friday, November 6, 5:30-6:30 pm
University of Victoria, Sedgewick Boardroom C168
Artist Panel &#038; Film Screening: 7:00pm
University of Victoria, Gordon F. MacFarlane Lecture Theatre, Harry Hickman Building (HHB 105)
Please join us for the Pacific Peoples&#8217; Partnership Annual General Meeting. Following the AGM will be an artist discussion panel and a screening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Exchange: Papua New Guinea and Canadian Northwest Coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Teddy Balangu and John Marston carve together in Palembei&#8217;s haus tambaran (spirit house) during the first artists&#8217; exchange between the Pacific Northwest Coast and the Sepik River in 2006. (Photo: Art Holbrook)
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Hailans to Ailans provides many opportunities for cross-cultural sharing, including exchange between Papua New Guinean artists and Coast Salish artists from Canada’s Northwest Coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victoria Performances: North to South Pacific Theatre &amp; Dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov 17 update: photos added. Thanks to Ashley Marston for most of these.
Saturday, November 7, 7:00 p.m.
at Wawaditla (Mungo Martin House), Thunderbird Park, Royal British Columbia Museum
(outside the museum, at the corner of Belleville &#038; Douglas Streets)
Join Michael Mel, John and Luke Marston, the Coast Salish Tzinquaw Dance Group, and the South Pacific Dance Group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Performance Art of Michael Mel: hearing silenced voices, sharing histories and seeking Mbu Noman (wisdom)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Michael Mel performing Shoosh! Na Kang Temani te tokor il. Nunga koom talg na ta. (Shoosh! I am chanting a tale. Give me your ears) at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, September 2009. (Photo: Dan Lepsoe)
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Essay by Pamela C. Rosi
Bridgewater State College
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INTRODUCTION: A CONTEXT OF ENTANGLED HISTORIES
Since the 19th century, the unique art forms of Papua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Performance: Kam long mi- Opim ai na iau</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Michael Mel performs at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London (Photo: D. Lepsoe)
Update Nov 19: photos and more are on the de Young&#8217;s website.
Friday, October 30, 7:00 p.m.
Koret Auditorium
de Young Museum, San Francisco
Dr. Michael Mel is from the Mogei tribe of the Wila Village, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province, PNG. His work as a performance artist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lecture by Michael Mel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Thursday, October 29, 1:00 p.m.
Koret Auditorium
de Young Museum, San Francisco
Dr. Michael Mel is from the Mogei tribe of the Wila Village, Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province, PNG. His work as a performance artist, writer, and curator focuses on the contemporary art of PNG, issues of cultural identity and survival, and education through art. He received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Mel Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo: D. Lepsoe
Michael Mel was born in 1959 in Wila Village, near Mount Hagen in PNG’s Western Highlands Province. He is a performance artist, teacher, and writer, and is currently an Associate Professor and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Goroka. He is also co-curator of this exhibition.
Renowned for his expertise in the traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Il Iamb Nai? Pombral Molga Kundul Al?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[See post to watch QuickTime movie]
Michael Mel performing Il Iamb Nai? Pombral Molga Kundul Al? (Who is this Person? Black or White?) at the de Young Museum, 2007. Video by Mark Eby, Azbri Productions.
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		<title>Interview with Michael Mel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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I enjoyed many challenging discussions with Michael Mel over the course of ten days in Goroka, where he continually rearranged his comically busy schedule to help me prepare a shipment for Hailans to Ailans. Two things struck me about this extraordinary man. The first was that despite his tremendous commitments as a father, artist, university [...]]]></description>
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