Adong Judith: How I use art to bridge misunderstanding
Adong Judith: Hogyan hidalom át a nézeteltéréseket művészettel
Adong Judith uses art as a vehicle to drive social change and trains aspiring makers to create art that dares to ask serious questions. Full bio
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who tells social-change stories,
társadalmi változásokról mesélek,
touch and move us.
megérintenek és megindítanak minket.
and teach us to empathize.
és empátiára tanítanak.
of disadvantaged groups,
hangját erősítem fel,
away from social, political theater
a társadalmi-politikai színtértől
by former Ugandan president, Idi Amin.
üldözni kezdte a művészeket.
I am breaking the silence
hogy megtöröm a csendet,
conversations on taboo issues,
provokálok tabu témákról,
is the rule of thumb.
alapszabály érvényesül.
and challenge our minds to think,
és gondolkodásra serkentenek,
hogy jellegéből adódóan egyoldalú,
is its often one-sided nature
who see issues differently
öngyűlölőnek, agymosottnak, árulónak
sellout or plain stupid.
akik tőlünk eltérően gondolkodnak.
only in different fields.
csak mind-mind máshoz.
"stay in your truth" is misleading.
a "tarts ki az igazad mellett" közhely.
saját igazságához,
you believe is wrong
avenues of conversations.
összes lehetséges módozatának.
to touch, humanize
hogy megérintsem, nemesítsem,
to the conversation table
az eltérően gondolkodó feleket,
nem old meg mindent varázsütésszerűen.
will not magically solve all problems.
módozatok kialakítását,
to create avenues
many of humanity's problems.
problémáinak közös megoldásához.
a Silent Voices (Halk Hangok)
of the Northern Uganda war
és Joseph Kony lázadó csoportja közt dúló
and Joseph Kony's LRA rebel group,
interjúkon alapult,
political leaders, religious leaders,
vallási vezetőket, kulturális vezetőket,
and transitional justice leadership
igazságszolgáltatási vezetőket
of justice for war crime victims --
áldozatainak jóvátételi problémáiról –
in the history of Uganda.
cover them all right now.
teljesen feldolgozni mindet.
to sit at the table
hogy egy asztalhoz üljenek
the big injustice they suffered
súlyos jogsértésekről,
of the war perpetrators.
a háborús bűnösök letelepedését.
acknowledged the victims' pain
az áldozatok fájdalmát,
behind their flawed approaches.
adódó gondolkodást.
that has stayed with me
tour of the play,
és úgy mutatkozott be,
feeling disappointed,
hogy csalódottan távozzak
inappropriate laughter.
was a laughter of embarrassment
of his own embarrassment.
feszélyezettségének.
of his past actions.
dolgokat művelt korábban.
osszuk meg igazunkat egymással.
a more powerfully uniting truth
fognak rábukkanni
would be shocked at my ignorance
megdöbbent, mennyire nem ismerem
like lasagna, for instance.
például a lasagnét.
about malakwang,
ínycsiklandozó zöldségtála.
richer and fuller individuals.
és teljesebbek lettünk.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adong Judith - Playwright, filmmakerAdong Judith uses art as a vehicle to drive social change and trains aspiring makers to create art that dares to ask serious questions.
Why you should listen
Founder and artistic director of Silent Voices Uganda, a nonprofit performing arts company, Adong Judith creates art that provokes meaningful conversation on issues often considered taboo.
Notable among her training programs is the annual Summer Theater Directors Apprenticeship, a two-tier program that combines production and training of ten aspiring theater directors. Originally only for Ugandans, Judith has opened the 2018 and future apprenticeships to aspiring theater directors across the African continent, who she believes share the same challenges in practicum gaps.
In 2018, Judith will be in residence at Illinois State University, where she will direct her 2016 social media buzz-stirring play, Ga-AD!, which explores spirituality and the place of women in Pentecostal churches. Her first social change play, Silent Voices, which she wrote after accidentally encountering the inescapable stories of war crime victims in her hometown of Gulu, developed at Sundance Institute’s Theater Lab, received its world premiere in 2012 at the National Theater of Uganda and was described by the Ugandan media as "the spiritual rebirth of theater since its decline due to political persecution of artists by the Idi Amin regime."
Adong’s plays are taught at Ivy League Universities including Dartmouth College and Princeton University, and she recently signed a contract with Methuen Publishers UK to publish Silent Voices in an anthology of Contemporary African Women Playwrights.
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