Michael Mel
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Michael Mel is a Papua New Guinean academic in visual arts at the University of Goroka, curator, philosopher, musician and playwright. Mel was born in 1959 in Wila near Vulcano Hagan in the Western Highlands.[1][2]
As an artist Mel principally specialized in performance and installation art and body painting. Furthermore, he is known for his Chanted Tales, traditional historic stories of local people that serve for passing social responsibility and morality. Mel exerted himself to it that people obtained access to them again, since they had fallen into oblivion since English language had become the principal language in the country.[1][2]
In 2006 Mel was honored with a Prince Claus Award for his key role in the cultural development of the communities of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hailans to Ailans, biography Archived 2013-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b De kracht van cultuur, Michael Mel: "I had to re-learn my own language", Tony Gwyn-Jones (December 2006)
- ^ Prince Claus Fund, profile[permanent dead link]
- ^ Prince Claus Fund, award winners of 2006
- Papua New Guinean musicians
- 21st-century dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century philosophers
- 20th-century philosophers
- Papua New Guinean curators
- Living people
- 1959 births
- People from the Western Highlands Province
- Papua New Guinean philosophers
- University of Goroka