Tolerance @ A Wave of Dreams Arts Lab, St Leonards-on-Sea

thinking design, creative solutions “Tolerance”, A new exhibition of work by Patrick Altes, an award-winning Algerian-born visual artist of French and Spanish descent who lives in the UK, opens next Wednesday at A Wave of Dreams Arts Lab, St Leoanrds-on-Sea Curated by Middle Eastern Art specialist Janet Rady and supported by both the United Nations […]

Panel discussion on the themes of TOLERANCE, MIGRATION, IDENTITY

thinking design, creative solutions Wednesday 30th October, 7pm, Panel discussion on the themes of TOLERANCE, MIGRATION, IDENTITY at Gerald Moore Gallery I am proud to announce that the UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION BEXHILL & HASTINGS is endorsing the exhibition TOLERANCE at A Wave of Dreams as well as the panel discussion with Nadene Ghouri, writer and […]

Tolerance is a mindset

thinking design, creative solutions Tolerance is a mind-set. In no case does it mean that you agree with everything and that you instantly become a “yes-person” always seeking to please and appease. The motto “my freedom starts where yours stops” doesn’t apply to tolerance but there is definitely a give and take principle determining the […]

Tolerance and living in society

thinking design, creative solutions Tolerance is a key concept in being able to live in society ad allowing society to evolve.  In that respect, the human figure is treated as a symbol of humanity rather than a description of individuals.   It is there to remind us that what unites us is stronger than what […]

Fundamental British values: Respect of people’s opinions

thinking design, creative solutions As part of my exhibition at the Gerald Moore Gallery this coming November, I wanted to design a series of poster celebrating fundamental British values, which I would love to call fundamental human values if they were more widespread… The result is a series of “weird” posters (which I had great […]

INTOLERANCE AND PATRIARCHY

thinking design, creative solutions Talking about intolerance , a good friend of mine once said: “Women having the same rights as men is a sure sign of a society based on tolerance”. According to this, we still live in extremely intolerant times on many levels. The fight for equality shouldn’t exclusively be the fight of […]

PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF TOLERANCE

thinking design, creative solutions will try to use this blog as kind of diary to get my thoughts organised and leave a trace of my process and ideas. In contemporary UK, the theme of tolerance is intrinsically linked to politics as we witness the raging Brexit storm and its effects. Beyond politics, I am interested […]