Chris Torch presentation - build up 28-29 giugno 2016
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The document outlines the activities and initiatives of Intercult, a cultural organization based in Sweden, focusing on promoting intercultural dialogue and cooperation through various projects since 1996. It details the organization's role in hosting seminars, creating co-productions, and engaging communities across Europe while addressing contemporary cultural challenges. Key initiatives include European funded projects and partnerships aimed at sustainable cultural development and public engagement in the arts.
Chris Torch presentation - build up 28-29 giugno 2016
- 1. INTERCULT CULTURAL CAPITAL, CULTURAL ECOLOGY Chris Torch Program Director, Rijeka 2020 (Croatia) Senior Associate, Intercult (Stockholm) Board member: Culture Action Europe Member: European Experts Network on Culture (EENC) Tito, Basilicata, Italia 28 june 2016
- 2. • ... since 1996. A hub for local, regional and international cultural action. Organises seminars and workshops. Creates co-productions. Arranges guest performances from abroad. Develops new audiences. Advocates progressive cultural policy. • Since 2008, a national mission as The European Resource Center for Culture and a European Union mission as Europe Direct office in Sweden. A PRODUCTION AND RESOURCE CENTER
- 3. Sarajevo (theatre production) 1993 * * = Intercult as Main Organiser Bacchanalia (theatre production) 1996 * Landscape X (project) 1997-1998 * THEOREM (network) 1998-2006 - multi-annual cooperation Albanian Traces 1999 * Hotel Europa 2000 * Culturebase.net (network) 2002 och 2006 Comedia Network (network) 2002-2004 – multi-annual cooperation Baltikum-Adriatico 2003 * SEAS/Phase 2 - Production 2004 SEAS/Second Wave 2005 25++ 2006 European Operations (Operational Grant) 2006 * Black/North SEAS 2007-2010 * - multi-annual cooperation Home not Home 2008 – European Year of Intercultural Dialogue Europa Direkt - Intercult becomes Stockholms Europe Direct 2009-2012 CORNERS/Research & Development 2011-2012 * CORNERS - turning EUROPE inside out 2014-2018* EU FUNDED CULTURE PROJECTS 1993-2016
- 4. INTERCULT
- 12. Environmental change (technology, sustainability) Reduced democratic participation (apathy) Increased fear of immigration (islamophobia, cultural introversion) Shift of economic power (globalization)
- 13. What is an appropriate cultural response?
- 14. SPACE Shared Spaces Imagined Spaces o museums - making history present o culture houses - neighborhoods o public space – la piazza o theatres, concert halls
- 15. PARTICIPATION • amateurs and professionals • audience councils • engaging audiences in process, not only as consumers • cultural tourism • heritage and legacy
- 16. Akçakoça, Turkey - September 2010
- 17. Wunderbaum BEER TOURIST Black/North SEAS, 2008-2010
- 18. Re-creating the circle ...
- 19. Action Matrix Each project is evaluated according to the following indicators impulse Why should this project be done? What makes it relevant? place Where does the project take place? Community, public space, established art spaces, new places for art? timing How long does the project take? Continuous or repeated? Different phases? action What will happen? Size and continuity of the event? strategic partnerships Who are the co-organizers? Who are the stakeholders? Who could fund it? Other support? local engagement Who is the local community engaged? Are they stakeholders/participants or only audience? potential impact What are the consequences of the action? What could be the spin-offs?
- 20. Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in Karosta Escape from Troy - Banuta Rubess & NTI/Riga
- 21. Stockholm 1998 Landscape X in three parts: – "Re-mapping" (winter 1998) – "Euralien" (spring/summer 1998) – “Utopia//Dystopia" (fall 1998)
- 22. Bologna 2000 and Festival D’Avignon, Wiener Festwochen, Bonner Bienalle, Intercult Hotel Europa
- 23. Istanbul 2010 and many others … Black/North SEAS
- 24. the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland - 2004
- 25. Gdansk, Poland in the shipyards Odys-Seas - Leszek Bzdyl & Robert Rumas/Gdansk august 2004
- 26. “DATES” • 2003, 30 artists from 11 European countries joined in travels to unfamiliar harbour cities around the Baltic and Adriatic Seas … • In 2006/2007, 11 DATES realized with artists from/to different Black and North Sea harbour cities … Funding from ECF, EU/Culture 2000, The Swedish Institute, Nordic Council and close collaboration with 25++ Program (initiated by CulturesFrance) and culturebase.net (a european database network) made these research travels possible …
- 27. Klaipeda, Lithuania in the harbour BARI - Flota/Ljubljana july 2004
- 29. Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in Karosta Escape from Troy - Banuta Rubess/Riga august 2004
- 30. Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in Karosta Escape from Troy - Banuta Rubess & NTI/Riga august 2004 Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in Karosta Escape from Troy - Banuta Rubess/Riga august 2004
- 31. Black/North SEAS a European platform Arts, Urban Re-Invention & Public Space 2007-2010 funded i 40 månader av EU Kultur programmet
- 34. • SEAS Xpedition Turkey with international team. Istanbul to Hopa – September 2010 … and … • SEAS X Batumi (Georgia) – Sept 2010 • SEAS X Stockholm (Sweden) – Nov 2010 SEAS X 2010 BACK TO THE BLACK SEA
- 35. SEAS Xpedition – Hopa, Turkey, September 2010
- 36. Umeå 2014 Donostia/San Sebastian 2016 and 11 other partners from 9 countries … CORNERS turning Europe inside out
- 37. turning Europe inside out 2014 - 2018
- 39. Partners
- 40. Intercult (Sweden) Exodos (Slovenia) POGON (Croatia) Drugo More (Croatia) CCI//Gdansk (Poland) Donostia/San Sebastian 2016 – European Capital of Culture (Basque Country/Spain) Arts Council Northern Ireland (UK) Isis Arts (UK) REX (Serbia) Teatro Pubblico Pugliese (Italy) DokuFest (Kosovo) PARTNERS
- 41. Artists
- 43. Piazza / Stanica / Bazar
- 44. Piazza / Stanica / Bazar
- 45. DocuArt
- 46. Basecamp
- 47. Basecamp
- 48. Co-creations
- 49. Co-creations
- 50. Audience Links
- 51. Examples of individual artistic methods
- 52. Digital Thread
- 53. Haninge/Stockholm (Sweden) Prizren (Kosovo),Bela Crkva and Belgrade (Serbia) Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK) Rijeka (Croatia) Ljubljana (Slovenia) Zagreb (Croatia) Northumberland (England, UK) Donostia/San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain) Gdańsk (Poland) Middlesbrough (England, UK) Puglia (Italy) May 2015 — August 2015 — October 2015 — May 2016 — May 2016 — June 2016 — June 2016 — September 2016 — May 2017 — July 2017 — Fall 2017 - Events
- 54. www.cornersofeurope.org Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Vimeo
- 55. stories heard on one street corner retold on another …
- 56. üUmeå, Sweden 120.000 people, large university, high tech investment, European Capital of Culture 2014 üRijeka, Croatia 150.000 people, large university, post-industrial port, candidate - European Capital of Culture 2020 üMatera, Italy 70.000 people, small university, cultural heritage/tourism, European Capital of Culture 2019 SMALL CITIES – BIG FUTURES
- 59. RiHub co-working, governance innovation, citizen monitoring Rijeka Resource 1. BARGES space & tech 2. CREWS management & leadership 3. VOYAGERS public & community
- 61. Sustainable events, repeated and developed over a period of time, with multiple encounters
- 62. choice of themes and threads: a symbol hotel sea corners
- 63. finding the universal in the provincial the personal in the commonwealth
- 64. co-creation it is the collaborative, cross-cultural factor which gives a European dimension
- 65. cooperative efforts create greater impact Rather than BIG projects, create BROAD partnerships, both local and european.
- 67. Yoghurt Cultures