12seconds for Peace's Blog (57)

This is the initial promo video for the intended super-concert, organised by 12seconds for Peace and with the backing of Peace One Day and Pete Lawrence (creator of The Big Chill Festivals in the UK), for Peace Day 2013 at the pyramids in Egypt. Watch for future…

Dear All,

In the year and a half that 12seconds for Peace has been running, it has grown inexorably from a little experiment in collaborative video arts, to sitting on the edge of becoming a global phenomenon within the peace movement, as well as a significant and globally important artistic statement.

Many have contributed their time to making videos for the project, others have offered their marketing and promotional advice for free. Magazines, podcasts, websites and radio…

Something of an advertisement this may be, but it is with pleasure that we bring you a video clip from the Turkish funkrock band ViΩLeT featuring Deniz Sujana. Writing their own songs and using mostly Turkish lyrics,ViΩLeT have been heavily involved in the peace movement for some time, and in 2008 performed their song Peacin' that appears on this video as a part of the Global Peace Rally.

You can get a free download of…

Another great video in from Rohani Razak from Singapore - peace is the only way to go, as Rohani makes clear. But how can we achieve peace? How can we let those in power know that this is what we want? How can we make them realise that the majority of people on this planet have had enough of the war-mongering, the hate, the excuses to justify violence against our fellow citizens? One way is to contribute to this project. If enough people engage with…