A few of the projects we are happy to have supported

  • Top Goon – Diaries of a Little Dictator, Season Two, Syria

    Top Goon – Diaries of a Little Dictator is a weekly, web-based finger puppet show. It is created by a group of young Syrian and international artists, who seek to contribute to a peaceful regime change in Syria through political satire

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  • Thar Hut Yan Aung Monastery

    Thar Hut Yan Aung is a Buddhist monastery that was severely damaged by Tropical Storm Two, which struck Burma on 19 October 2011. This monastery is a superb example of “living heritage” and plays a central role not only in the lives of the monks but also in the community as a whole.

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  • Audiomapa.org, Chile

    Audiomapa is an online soundmap that is dedicated to the recording of natural and urban spaces, which are threatened ecologically and socially, and are also being destroyed by economic and political systems

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  • Saving Face

    The Oscar-winning documentary Saving Face received its Dutch premiere on 26 March 2012 at the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague. The Prince Claus Fund has supported the Citizens Archive of Pakistan, which was co-founded by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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  • Publication of ´Life of an Afghan Hammam´

    In 2012, the Prince Claus Fund supported the publication of Life of an Afghan Hammam, which describes the restoration of the historic Khisht-i-Kopruk hammam. This book involved collaboration between the AFIR team of architects and planners in Kholm and the arch i-Platform for Design and Research in New Delhi

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You will find that the Prince Claus Fund is continuously seeking to encourage and support new expressions of the same basic values of human culture, freedom, and development to suit the narrative of the time and place we live in. HRH Prince Constantijn
Culture is the pulse of a society – it defines who we are…. Sangeeta Thapa
I teach these kids how to dance. But I also teach them to be strong. Even though their lives are hard, I tell them they can all find their own way. Diamond, Tiny Toones’ teacher
Hope is a lie that becomes the truth only if one believes in it - and keeps on believing - even when everything has been destroyed and there seems to be nothing left. Frankie Torres, author of Blue Stars
We’re doing our best to make the world aware of the dreadful crimes that have been committed by the regime. We’re achieving this through our artistic production and in peaceful ways. Jameel, Top Goon’s artistic director
Through television and computer games, children are surrounded by all kinds of images. For that reason, we believe that they should be given a chance to learn the vocabulary of the moving image. We also believe in the sheer enjoyment of cinema. Cinémathèque de Tanger, 2012 Annual Report
Providing consecrated ground is an once-in-a-lifetime experience in Buddhism. Kyaw Myo Ko, Director of Myanmar Upper Land | Culture & Travel
Understanding and managing the country’s rich diversity represents a key part of the solution and also one of the main challenges. Salah Khaled, Head of the UNESCO Office in Juba, Republic of South Sudan
Through this publication, the architects wish to share with a larger audience not only the unique method of working together with the local community in a war-ravaged and poverty-ridden society but also the value of culture in Afghan life. AFIR Architects and Planners and arch i-Platform for Design and Research
It would have been better if we could have had this course years before the conflict in Egypt. That way, we would have rescued much of the cultural heritage that we have now lost. Mayyada Samir, Cairo course participant
Theatre needs to be able to affect change in our behaviour. A true theatre culture is more than walking into a theatre to see a show. Khru Chang, a teacher at the Moradokmai Theatre School
You can deal with everything that is scary through laughter. Jameel, Top Goon
This is not an exhibition to be seen, but an exhibition to be experienced. José Roca, the exhibition’s curator
I don’t think I would make documentary films if I didn’t feel that I could affect some sort of change. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
I am a dancer. I am an African. Yet I am not an African dancer. Faustin Linyekula
It would have been better if we could have had this course years before the conflict in Egypt. That way, we would have rescued much of the cultural heritage that we have now lost. Mayyada Samir, Cairo course participant
My heart is not heavy like before because of the happiness of drumming. Clementine Uwintije, member of Ingoma Nshya during the Q&A
Eloísa Cartonera came up with a collective response to a context of crisis by combining art, circular thinking and creativity to promote expression and generate social and economic welfare. As such they present a positive example for us all. HRH Prince Constantijn
You can deal with everything that is scary through laughter. Jameel, Top Goon