the know of us, we'd love to hear from you in the called the the, today we're coming to you from colorado to malawi, where we are attending this year's like a start arts festival beyond the i think this does also provides tourism revenue training and a whole lot of community work over the span of one week. good. but you know, i'm bringing the glass, but 1st we meet molly. i think back from nigeria we use as a technology in the arts discover how selena l'aquila transformed her community in kenya into an eco friendly environment. and we get moving to the sounds of the getsco, an adverb pop out for beat. start from kind of rude. i'm is going to enjoy watching after you max the

at 1st we moved candice lawrence from cape town, south africa, a talented, innovative designer. kansas was fusion of traditional african artistry, a contemporary flare as me, some of the pieces the most sought after across the continent. some of the work was even featured in the black had to what kind of whatever movie. now that's what i call illuminating the path to african design. take a look, the she designs her own mazda pieces, and she can make them herself to, in this industry. it's not usual that a woman be the one in the workshop coverage sort of eroding up his sleeves. how did candice challenge the status quo and lights up the world with real creations? i would say some challenges i've experienced being in the workshop is definitely

being confident with my tool. i think with any business as you go, you know, new machines come in and new software. you need to then have to update that. i think that's been the biggest challenge because sometimes you're so comfortable with what you know back to time then something new is sometimes a bit daunting. as a creative, the business side of things was very much new for me, even though we had learned about business. i think warranty actually in it, does it become more deals? today, we unravel the story behind the enchanting designs of home way designer, candace lawrence, who's lighting mazda piece, made its way onto the 20. 22, dropped by step black pens that were kinda forever. but before we hear about the lights that made it to hollywood, who is this creative force behind these hand crafted mazda pieces? and how did she get? yes. summer life home way started with, i guess my family,

my father is a very hands on a dad. so you would build a lot of things in the house, and so i think just observing him kind of spock back with me to also be hands on work with my materials. and yeah, i just, i loved making the beautiful, i love being able to be in the space that i'm happy with and i'm comfortable in. and so for me it was kind of like a natural move to, to design home. we are committed to liking to all sorts of other little pieces. candace, his parents were crucial in her journey, especially her dad, who told her many of the skills she uses today. everything here is made by hand and kansas has never been afraid to get hands to kind of take the most of their work or cell. and um, and then as time went on different direction, randolph and she needed to get an extra help our sister and all that. and, and,

and of course i know i've got the basics of the machines as we went along. but as we've grown employees, more people to, to assist and we've got to get machines to, to get things going, said was their learning pro for both of us. and they seemed to be very grateful to have my dad on bulk. there was a lot i did not know. and i think in the early stages of this year some of our machines were down. and that's also been a big challenge for me, is a small business owner and ending everything my dad on board to be able to understand how to put our machines to get the way it's done. how do we fix it? vested quite a teamwork. and i'm definitely grateful that my data is at mine. seek to be able to take on such challenges. i've looked at the time team, 40 people from the community that i've grown up in. and that's really important to

me. and i would like them to, to know that, you know, they supporting a port to middle cost community. and you know, i'm using these bills in a creative way as well hope for many clients and customers. that something that they would like to support and be proud to support. and that's really important to more than just year from woven lampshades to stunning vases in myra's kansas. these pieces can be found in many a hotel or home locally and globally. how does this award winning design attend wex thread into mesmerizing pieces of art? so we're started with hand weaving. i was looking at different materials and different colors as well to ping into lighting designs. and i came across this rec score that offered at age of kind of and i wanted to work with that. i started leaving by name as well. so part of our journey for myself and just repeating the

same pattern over and over. how means you speak to me and mean to me as well? candace's designs we've together, african est, takes an environmental consciousness with each creation, carrying a sustainable touch. we designed it so that it can be because some of the challenges we have with international shipping is that how do we design? i think that can be to use on waste and plastics, but also to be able to print as many lights in a box is it's also something we think about candice marriage is traditional african beadwork aesthetics with contemporary design. one of a 1st lighting designs was the woven nicholas name shade that contributed to the said design of black pinta. what kind of forever it let me know that's more than just a was on that level of being able to be seen. and also just, i think, as

a designer in my confidence, as a designer. so yeah, it was. so it was really great experience and a great opportunity. see, candace is almost 15 year during the highlights, the rewards of dedication, authenticity and owning it. as a woman in her industry, her commitment to staying true to her croft shines through every piece she creates the truly inspiring. candice is an innovative that lights up homes and hearts. for over 20 years. the lake of drugs, malawi, arts festival has foot arts, tourism, and sustainability to communities. over that time, it has truly evolved into a festival that gives that i'm here with somebody else who is head of projects and production. what is like a stores and what sets it apart from other festivals? oh, wow. lake of stars, i believe we build platforms. so for those that are not known yet

us in the world, especially malawi itself into putting malawi on the map that contributes a global image altogether. it's spaces where we're able to promote arts. yeah. where people are not a way of those particular talents that we have him and always space where we're able to come out to your location such as and go to court. so for instance, where people are not aware of how beautiful the is and the rich cultural heritage that they actually hold. what happens when the show is over? we pack up to down, but believe it or not, those stages a bolt from donated. woods that's come from the national park, some of it obviously we've had to purchase and a like. so if it is recycled, they put it all together to look like this. beautiful transformation of the festival sites and then off to the face to go. we tear it all down to say, look like a beach. again, this is not going to be any of that. so we turn it into days that we've been donated to the schools within the community. sure,

thank you so much for having the saw. you're welcome out next week, travel to nigeria. when we meet, like i said, we're a visionary. so laker, and are, does that is using a i to tell, captivating, creative stories, think african identity needs future was to creative to. and you've got to picture this fashion show within your model. was inspired by images that were created by artificial intelligence, which that's where a runway with real models. why is it still so groundbreaking? the elderly series is about representing the people in the space that you must send them before. and why did i create the series as my months out? you and, and i was trying to just ref, remember, hired a space that was most impressed or where she was at our movements. and what i thought about was her memories, you know, when she was always happy, you know, address a lot of ways, events or functions normally. like if you would want to do something like that, it's going to be either very expensive or you have to do

a little convincing. but yeah, it was the way to go. during technology lover and filmmaker, my leads of the board uses artificial intelligence to create things that would otherwise not exist. we'll find out later why he chose to focus on older people. but 1st, let's find out why he resorts the a i. in the 1st place, me just researching what tech would be was, communication would be 510 years was why i always try to get a forefront of tech and the what we had back though, something called gun lots. what we have to do, jenny, and all of that. so, but the following. so and i kind of was at the forefront. so i was reading when it became open source when it became me for slot i was already there. so i just initially found a way to express myself more for also learn about the technology and also find how to navigate that space. technology is evolving and changing industries around the

world. and the world of filmmaking is taking on a whole new dynamic is the world even prepared to receive stories inspired by a i think it's a beautiful synergy because the fact that now that could see things in the imagine things that we could not normally see. you know, an example is what i did, something about us, it is last year, it worked at a film called bleed. and normally, the custom design that i was working with with casa, who was the custom designer for what kind of told me that she works with 68, it goes straight to is normally what she's doing. something like this because of the stages that have passed through about points, what i was doing it was that was just one, many of the ways that i've used it as what in fuel making, leak worked in traditional media such as television and film before moving to virtual reality and a i generated images why it's important to him to read the fine story telling. and why does he focus on aging in the age of

a i at all it i has helped me to represent under representative voice is a lot more easier because now i could imagine i could create, i could imagine. and i could experiment even faster with even higher quality than i thought. the for leak has amazed the world with his a i fashion shows slightly into weaving african heritage and futuristic echoes. but how exactly does he use the potential of artificial intelligence to explore new dimensions as a story telling and cultural expression i like to incorporate. the history of africans hates age and that's because of the false not received has been portrayed in the media. you know, and also because effect over stuck on the space where most of the time to kind of go past that. that means we're always looking for some kind of handouts of some kind of help with some kind of permission to do something by my stories. i like to

say things or, you know, do things in the service to make you realize who you are. the, the power that you have is that you don't really need to ask for permission and just do just a mega. so what else? what this image is mostly say about the confidence of, of the legos and the essence of being a black press in an african and mostly say that so i find every technology i can gets and use that to and has most of the my, my, my story telling technique, so find new ways to represent us as the glass space. how does the artist manage to match his own human experience? his cultural knowledge with the hallucinations of a i, and question? it's suggestions and his perceptions in equal measure this a 5 years later, but intent is and this is so making is in the hands of machines. we're still being biased, misrepresented, that's a problem. we want to go for

a visa interview for reasons, and it's an a i that is going to respond. i do write data about you are right, is a biased misrepresentation of what's that going to be. so that's a problem. so we as often as we have an insurance needs to be added for further technology, we need to be at it for, for us to learn how to mitigate it. that would be most information on this information in the future though this comes, how will you protect yourself from that stuff before they even know how to use that tech? so think about everything. i think about just the fact that tech always wins. what are you like you don't? there's always gonna be any felicia monique's body of work is deeply rooted in the contemporary understanding of socially shaped unconscious behaviors, primarily in flu just by our immediate society. with a i, he may have already come a little closer to his vision of world and history. let's see what comes next. amazing now is changing the world for august around the globe. as i mentioned before, we have the fabulous lake aside from the arts festival. and let's have

a chat with some of the patients here. what has been your best legal starts experience right now? my best like us does experience has been the stand up comedy. actually. i enjoyed the diversity in the stand up comedy and i'm tied with the stand up comedy was the panel discussion that we had this morning and on that no. let's head over to kenya at a place called the norma. this equinox is located right in the heart of the messiah or off region. it is there where we moved selena. selena has been described as a woman, that 2 possibilities. we are this the obstacles. and that for me, i know she's taking sustainability. so a whole nother level, this messiah woman has transformed community into an eco friendly environment, which is powered by the sun, nourished by rain, water ended reached by organic farming. but how could she break away from the anti

women practices and say me know my the culture of the my site and bring renewal in? well, my numa, we have been able to provide a safe space with community and coach said save our firm has been able to new kids, our community. and especially we have selected women groups. they come to a phone and land different phones of and into the 200 coats a how to plant food. ho. tomorrow's. the secondary goal is that this we may not able to produce food. we know we can see the community we've and so to the local markets and get some costs. is the guy born into a marginalized community? the king's to age old traditions, salinas live could have followed a very different path. let's explore how she defy the odds escape the constraints of early marriage and female genital mutilation, pursued education, and returned a believe, talk community. when you said in the,

in the suddenly reboot that it was this going to be a home. and because i am going to get it from us, we felt that it was nice for us to open our doors to a neighbor. so then they can land also different ways of individuals because of that to implement here. because most of us from the must say community, we did not grew up growing fluid. some of the differences between now the woman must say top and the community is the building and how we have you. last 5th, we kind of have zone nodes, our kitchen gardens, different places we have to pull country left and seeing and being nature. we have also been able to secure our land from destruction from wild anymore. it's possible for the local community, but most of them they cannot afford to even sense of places where they can grow for bypassing on how knowledge of sustainable farming methods. selena is changing her

own community and empowering messiah women in particular. how are they now dealing with the ever increasing problem of what his capacity and draughts? yes, we have looked at and security. so we've decided then we would say, oldest, defend ms. a concept. they want to even planting the dizziness seeds that mod low to, to live and then the hybrid. and just that some of the techniques that we have not only doing but demonstrating and showing the community that yeah, we know that we'll take notes here, but this is how you can learn to a vendor to most so that they can literally need to attend to be once or twice so we state of every day i'm on i'm on the mass, i deal with my my some boma noma is really helping women a lot. it is taught us about farming such that even drought now is not affecting us . we grow our food and we eat it. every week we hold 3 meetings and selena teaches the women different ways of farming and other aspects of life. out of women

in this community have learned a lot. thanks to selena about on the 4th, the feeling that it's close to the community about the center hasn't been mostly positive because everything we do with the community it is collaborate to and we meaningfully and gives them we do it in the local native language. so we have to translate other materials so that this movement can invest 10 boards, viewed it fairly, and also practically, in kenya, around 1200000 messiah people hold strongly to traditional practices like female genital mutilation. and alibaba each. selina escape these customs as a child, but how is she now using high experience to help other girls liberate themselves from these deeply ingrained practice? i have not been very lucky enough to secure a gem. i also naturally escape sag matters and i have kept them because they

go to a new kitchen. i took it as an opportunity for me for those 3 pending to send my if jim story and this reminds them that it is not a true proof of womanhood. i saw them that we can during the sign, the woman who would in the must say community, our advocacy and individual efforts have saved over $500.00 goes from child levins is. and you getting them on as jam and standing up against it, finishing by institution, has helped me as a let's say, go salinas, do i have for vice shows up in all ways as the muscle goes. and so he's hoping to have been technicians in the future. i'm looking ahead to become a pilot for just a moment, norma is, i'm right. when i dream of a neighborhood that is food sick you, i, people have access to safe. press. ok then you can is it coming drones, toys,

and is available for the was to enjoy and today from taking them from i know my easy just about sustainable farming or escaping outdated practices. it's about laughter. resilience and tries the it's always amazing to see the passion of woman truly making a difference of cost africa. you go for leila, a legs we had to cut our rules where we need megastar. i'm a get stuck. and if you're not dad seen by the end of this, then i just don't know when you talk, i'm a reading and music yukon. ignore my getsco. he's a megastar born in 1988 in the mend northwest and come a room. my desk was low for music, stopped early at the age of 6, when he sung in church. after a student at university, my desk who became an all out musician and famous one at that inspiring millions.

but his biggest fan is this little daughter missing for you mama to think or not. who is your mother? they make up your show me . i gave you my dad would take me to his cultural events and you know these meetings where the culture are in chance mens my mom would take me to the church or she used to be part of this traditional choir traditional plans of some possible way that would seem traditional songs and the dialect, and i would, i was just amazed by everything. i'm a products of all what i was listening when i was a kid coming in

a split by politics and language. so my desk who mixes english and french and his songs as an ode to the linguistic heritage and the division of come a room to create unity. so that's depaula. music has like it just unites people without them even knowing that the knife is it like football plays a role, but it can't really just go all the way by the end of the day, only politics done. so for the music channel, they come to reduce the, the paying for a while is like a pain killer. appealing to all kinds of unions is easier sung, been done since 2017 cameron's military and separate his forces from the 2 and the phone north west and south west regions have clashed violently around 6000 people, a thought to have been killed one another 765000 has been displaced. and that the

unfolding tragedy. augusta released the song theory and collaboration with the u. n . refugee agency, which translates s peace. the track ships light on the plight of remedies displays the regional and local conflict surviving income earned income. i was also choose to just to visit some of them this refugee comes, i think years ago and last year again, the numbers just keep going crazy. so decided to come up with this on see really to spread the message. i felt like it was on my part to play that small role of making it, you know, make, create the more awareness. why my desk with the leaves come a reading and music can go a long way and spreading joy and awareness. this team has experimented with an eclectic plethora of feeds, hooks and music videos to bring to you to his family. so what makes some difference for me is the diversity of his music,

where it's because seeds of room by it's for this one, with the haitian artist recently she's done songs on the company, she's done songs like and i for in, he's done some of that going to make and of course like a casual union and the different genres are we have as come. rooney is, he's already explored all of them. i have done well with the why, my gosh. will hopes of signatures the can do both. embracing the cultural heritage of his home nation while raising a voice against the pain and hardship of his fellow citizens at a time where they come on in some way. but guess go really knows how to get people going along that know we've come to the end of today's show . i really hope you've enjoyed our time here at the lake of stores, malawi on special. don't forget to go to g, w dot com slash after max for more, until next time, goodbye. the

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