Town Futurist
Life Is Living Festival - 10th Annual
Film by TownFuturist & Fist Up Film
Additional Footage & Contributions by
Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi Korise BigTunes Jubert D'Wana Akilah Stewart Sareeta Young Jennie A. Sarkodie Pamela Arriera Karen Marie Jubert Spencer Wilkinson Ross Aebldee Robinson
Music Produced By Korise BigTunes Jubert & Jazzo Artist
LIFE is LIVING establishes a new model for partnerships between diverse and under-resourced communities, green action agencies, and the contemporary arts world.
Since 2008, under the artistic direction of Marc Bamuthi Joseph, LIFE is LIVING has grown from a festival that uses art to foster environmental justice to a mobilized campaign much larger in scope. Currently led by Former Youth Speaks National Program Director Hodari Davis, and Director of Production Joan Osato, Life is Living serves as an incubator for a multigenerational community of local and national artists including Brett Cook, Theaster Gates, Estria Miyashiro, and a host of others.
The campaign has included a traveling environmental caucus & concert, an invitational Graffiti Battle, live action sports, sustainable materials construction projects, live poetry events, free breakfast program, science and technology fair, multiple stages, and a variety of other ativites. As we reflect the voices of an emerging cultural majority, we recognize that our arts practices must echo and sustain the lives of the communities we engage.
