In collaboration with The University of the Underground and Union of Justice, Tour de Moon Presents How-To was a series of practical skillset classes hosted over 6 days in December. Tour de Moon, is new nationwide cosmic adventure and a public festival taking place in the summer of 2022 in the UK,  is offering over 850 grants to 18-25-year-olds (all over the world) to create new work.

The online classes were led by an international teaching team of unconventional thinkers, activists, artists, dreamers of the day and nightlife artists, with hosts Magid Magid of Union of Justice, Ayanna Blair-ford and Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian of University of the Underground and Tour de Moon, you can watch all of the sessions here!

How-To Full Schedule:

Monday 6th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00 How to curate a panel discussion? with Jasmin Grimm and Jayson Manasary 

18:00 – 19:00 How to get funded? with Helena Whittingham founder of Lover Management, Aaks and Dr Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stepanian

18:00 – 19:00 How to talk about your passion subject in public. Beginners guide to public speaking and spreading the word? with Jazmin Morris

19:00 – 20:00  How to spread the word about climate justice? with Charlie Waterhouse and Magid Magid

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Tuesday 7th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00: How to make your work accessible? With Alex Warren aka Kiwi from Crossbreed and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

17:00 – 18:00: How to make an immersive film event? with Dr Pablo Suarez and Thomas Heidtmann

18:00 – 19:00: How to interact with institutions- public or private? with Malena Arcucci and Jennifer Wong from the science gallery London

19:00 – 20:00: How to make a meme? Iona David of Beam me up soft boi and Jex Wang of Eastern Margins, chaired by Flying  Object

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Wednesday 8th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00: How to get a film funded, screened and distributed from scratch? with Amir George of the Black Radical Imagination and Luke Moody

17:00 – 18:00: How to fight for racial justice through films? with Black on stage creator Ayanna Blair-Ford and Julian Knoxx

18:00 – 19:00: How to inspire radical imagination? Tatevik Ayvazyan and Nik Matheou

19:00 – 20:00 How to make a Christmas tune like Mariah Carey? With Olivia Melkonian, LYZZA and Hugo van de Poel

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Thursday 9th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00:  How to write stories that challenge institutions? With Aditi Jaganathan and Abraham Adeyemi 

17:00 – 18:00: How to book your first gig? With John Akinde and John Best

18:00 – 19:00 How to make a radio station from scratch? With Zaatari Radio and Blue Maignien of Chercher Encore

19:00 -20:00 How to protect and own your work? With Taylor Davies

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Friday 10th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00: How to create worlds from scratch? with Sitraka Rakotoniaina and Guilia Tomasello

17:00 – 18:00: How to embed care in your practice? With Sepake Angiama and Jade Montserrat

18:00 – 19:00: How to speak up and project your message?  With Hassun El-Zafar

19:00 – 20:00: How to create organised communities? With Magid Magid and Yusuf Hassan

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Saturday 11th December 2021

16:00 – 17:00: How to change policies in nightlife? With The Good Night Out Campaign and Anjali Prashar Savoie

19:00 – 20:00: How to engage in politics? With Magid Magid and Abdiaziz Suleiman

18:00 – 19:00: How to find a flexible money job you don’t totally hate and work as much as needed to fund what you actually want to do? With Stoya and Marissa / Manuka Honey AKA Mariimals

To rewatch all of the classes, click here!

If you have any questions, you can reach out to hello@tourdemoon.com

 

Archive videos:

How to Practical Skills by Union of Justice: https://www.unionofjustice.com/videos

Videos of University of the Underground programmes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpcv7zVKg26js7tJjVfCtew/videos