HungaMunga Line-up

OK... so the full line up for March the 9th HungaMunga Special is as follows: Olly The Octopus, Jamie West, Theo Bard, Jamie Doe (The Magic Lantern), Antony Elvin and the Tudor Unit, The Budda Cakes, Seymour's Fat Lady and We are Goose.

 An amazing list of wonderful acts all kindly performing to help raise funds for this wonderful organisation so please do come along and join us!

 Here's a video giving you a rough idea what I'll be doing on the conservation project...

More works in progress

Madagascar: Carnet de voyage

Just discovered this beautiful short animated film by Bastein Dubois, which reminded me of Craig Thompson's graphic work, Carnet de Voyage. It depicts part of a vazaha's journey through Madagascar in the form of a travel journal with sketches that come to life. Amazing. Well worth downloading in HD from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/madagascar-carnet-de-voyage/id420627453

And here's a little film about the making of the film... which is also thoroughly enchanting!

Madagascar on TV

You can't miss Madagascar on the box at the moment, and this is a good thing. The more attention the beautiful island gets hopefully the more likely people are going to be to travel there to wonder at the wildlife, have a holiday or get involved in NGO activities like Azafady etc. All of this has the potential to increase tourism, get money into one of the poorest countries in the world as well as highlights the need to preserve and research to precious natural landscape, flora and fauna.

As well as David Attenborough's stunning three-part BBC series Madagascar (some of which is on YouTube here, but which you can download on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/tv-season/madagascar-series-1/id417947513)... here's just a few of the recent sightings still available to watch on BBC iPlayer (for a short time at least) or on YouTube:

Wonders of Life: Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology. In the third episode of this mind-expanding new series he travels to Madagascar to show how evolution throws up such wonders as the Aye-Aye lemur and the Indri amongst other things. 

Zoo Quest to Madagascar

Wonderful archive of episodes uncover a country brimming with character and life. First transmitted in 1961, a young David Attenborough searches for the strange creatures that inhabit Madagascar.

BBC Natural World - Madagascar Lemurs and Spies
Fascinating BBC film about the silky sifaka lemurs who live in the remote rainforests. They are one of the rarest animals in the world. A passionate scientist joins forces with an undercover detective to investigate the link between these endangered lemurs and illegal logging.

Deadly Mission Madagascar 

Eight children from the UK travel to Madagascar to learn how they can help the island's wildlife. The team joins a group of scientists tracking two of the world's rarest lemurs. They have a few adventures and experience life in a country very different to their own. Hopefully I'll be having a few such adventures myself.

Roads Less Travelled

This is a bit older, from 2009, but a good little film about Lonely Planet author John Vlahides plunging deep into the heart of Madagascar and exploring its taboos and traditions.

Madagascar

OK... that's enough. 

HungaMunga Madagascar Special

HungaMunga Madagascar Special - Saturday 9th of March 2013

at The Others, 6 and 8 Manor Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 5SA 

HungaMunga is the arts and music collective I co-founded in 2005 with Victoria Senett and friends... We haven't organised an event for a while now but we are back for one night only at The Others in Stoke Newington to raise some money for Azafady. Come and make stuff, make friends and make a mess! We'll have painting, drawing, knitting, sewing and lots more arty stuff.

We'd love you to come along and help us raise some money. I can promise a fun evening with live music from some old friends from HungaMunga's past including Antony Elvin, Theo Bard and many more... some special guests and more than a few surprises... more details on line-up coming soon when we can tell you.

Also serving some delicious homemade vegatarian food, a raffle and an exhibition/sale of my paintings of lemurs.

We are currently taking a break from putting on regular events so this is a rare chance to catch the HungaMunga posse before we do the festivals this summer.

or book your place by giving a donation here:
http://hungamunga.wix.com/hungamunga/events

Hope you can join us... from 7pm until 1am

Venue info here: http://www.theothers.uk.com