tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22822800015879627412024-03-05T10:57:41.665+01:00AnimatedThe ANIMATED Learning Partnership is a capacity building and creativity project resulting from the cooperation between Intercultura Consult (Sofia), uqbar e.V. (Berlin), VIVO Foundation (Budapest). The goal of ANIMATED is sharing best practices and encouraging cultural participation, through a series of self-organized, interdisciplinary workshops taking place in Berlin, Budapest and Sofia in 2009/2011. ANIMATED is funded by the European Commission, Education and Culture DG (Grundtvig Programme).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-52833998650661068142012-01-03T18:19:00.000+01:002012-01-03T18:19:20.883+01:00ANIMATED Creativity Toolkit online!Through this <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2250102/ANIMATED-toolkit-2011.pdf" target="_blank">final publication</a>, the partners of the Animated Learning Partnership wish to share working methods that engage communities to participate in the multicultural, creative economy of Europe. We have sought to reflect upon the feedback we have received in the course of the past two years, as colleagues and partners enjoyed immediate exposure to new insights and effective practices presented to them by partners from Bulgaria, Hungary and Germany. Professionals who favour innovation through culture will, hopefully, learn from the pages that follow exactly how those objectives developed in terms of EU Informal Learning Life Long Learning objectives.<br />
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Methodology: the ANIMATED partnership applied a very simple approach - each partner exposed their colleagues and partners to a specific methodology, policy and practice that focused on expanding creative and inter-cultural skills through cultural production. Concrete elements of CREATIVE STRATEGIES relevant to the EU are analysed in this toolkit. Each topic has a general section (theory) followed by a specific example (practice). On the final pages, useful links related to the topics will help readers to continue their professional development in these areas. As beneficiaries of the ANIMATED Creativity Toolkit, you can learn to plan and organise informal learning events. You will be able to move high level products and professionals in arts and culture towards practise-based informal learning involving adults and kids. An animated cultural experience is the future.<br />
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Petya Koleva, Tijana Stepanović, Marina Sorbello<br />
Steering Group of Animated<br />
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<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2250102/ANIMATED-toolkit-2011.pdf" target="_blank">TO DOWNLOAD THE ANIMATED CREATIVITY TOOLKIT PLEASE CLICK HERE</a><br />
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<b>The ANIMATED Creativity Toolkit is a product of ANIMATED 2009 - 2011 </b><br />
(GRU 2009-1-IT2-GRU06-06530)<br />
The ANIMATED Learning Partnership is a capacity building and creativity project resulting from the cooperation between Intercultura Consult (Sofia), uqbar e.V. (Berlin) and VIVO Foundation (Budapest). ANIMATED is supported by the EC Life Long Learning - Grundtvig Programme.<br />
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<b>Steering Group / Editorial Committee</b><br />
Petya Koleva, Intercultura Consult, Sofia<br />
Marina Sorbello, uqbar e.V., Berlin<br />
Tijana Stepanović, VIVO Foundation, Budapest<br />
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<b>Copy editing</b><br />
Judit Szalipszki, VIVO Foundation, Budapest<br />
Yvetta Koleva, Intercultura Consult, Sofia<br />
Fiona Stewart<br />
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<b>Graphic design / Layout</b><br />
Eps51, Berlin (www.eps51.com)<br />
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© 2011, Intercultura Consult (Sofia), uqbar e.V. (Berlin), VIVO Foundation (Budapest)<br />
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<b>Disclaimer</b><br />
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.<br />
This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-17309366069237471532011-05-26T10:16:00.002+02:002011-05-26T10:21:47.368+02:00Mobility and Movement -23 June – July 3, 2011 - Byala, Bulgaria<strong>Various aspects of the globalized world affect cultural practices today. Phenomena of movement and mobility are objects to aesthetic perception, the arts, artistic and cultural dialogue and the management of local communities and creative processes. This final international event of ANIMATED will unfold on key themes that became central to the analysis and workshops conducted in the project. Two parallel platforms will enrich each other in addressing them.<br /></strong>Venue<br />Culture Community Centre, Byala, public spaces Byala, Byala galleries and museum.<br /><br />Hosted by Intercultura Consult, partner of ANIMATED and with the kind support of Byala Municipality, Varna region, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGFGIU-6g6_zI9LSMSqyrxQNsnph5Rx2jaG0dj3LjpyAwFauNRr678xMrLCE7PqlvGQhGbssIMIpuR4SW6F7aRQ5HZLRFo5vx_yPDnxQFmInMGEbx1ORAjn5aDSthsN8PLlgo9_V_Nw/s1600/img_0369.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610936889111531330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGFGIU-6g6_zI9LSMSqyrxQNsnph5Rx2jaG0dj3LjpyAwFauNRr678xMrLCE7PqlvGQhGbssIMIpuR4SW6F7aRQ5HZLRFo5vx_yPDnxQFmInMGEbx1ORAjn5aDSthsN8PLlgo9_V_Nw/s320/img_0369.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />23 June – July 3, 2011 - the international artistic platform will start with have a launch and end with a final presentation including daily interim interventions in public space. Ten artists curated by uqbar and invited colleagues from Hungary, Germany, Ukraine, Denmark, Spain and Bulgaria will work in the mode of a summer camp that lasts ten days. They will use artistic processes and the multicultural location of Byala to deal with topics such as tourism, space, cultural diversity and landscape, and transient states. On the photo –<a href="http://www.transientspaces.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=45" target="_parent">Transient Spaces summer camp 2009.</a> <a href="http://www.transientspaces.org/" target="_blank">http://www.transientspaces.org/</a>.<br /><br />July 1, 2010 - International arts and culture manager seminar will gather participants from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine, Denmark, Spain and Bulgaria. They will work informally through the days, running workshops and a one day public presentation focusing on aspects of movement and intercultural dialogue. It will address emerging overlaps of the arts management, community management and cultural management. Useful tools for cultural administrators will be presented that focus on arts marketing, arts programming and audience development. The program foresees input from guest speakers and specialist from the European Community and neighboring regions on the Black Sea Coast. The program of includes also two presentations of products created by ANIMATED.<br />For further information please email <a href="mailto:contacts@inter-cultura.eu">contacts@inter-cultura.eu</a>.ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-83938653751419758222011-05-20T09:28:00.000+02:002011-09-27T13:07:00.829+02:00Analysis 4 in Berlin - Ways of unbounded communication<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedhU_ka_bCCVg4X7MhDFP3Xfcz4vC6Dv6_urlUA9ME9GK5imlXhuv1Y5aFfooAAVtGEPvpq21c8oeRUV-nvjLoYt4QacgpHwXkez-796P8U_Vx6XBOlL29bpxVzAGRvLj3v2BQsp7jL3c/s1600/foto+berlin2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631333962925757026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedhU_ka_bCCVg4X7MhDFP3Xfcz4vC6Dv6_urlUA9ME9GK5imlXhuv1Y5aFfooAAVtGEPvpq21c8oeRUV-nvjLoYt4QacgpHwXkez-796P8U_Vx6XBOlL29bpxVzAGRvLj3v2BQsp7jL3c/s320/foto+berlin2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 195px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Organized by Uqbar from 4 to 7 May 2011<br />
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The aim of Analysis 4 in Berlin from 4 to 7 May 2011 was to learn about the physical, cultural and informational accessibility of the museums in Berlin. The group visited the Neues Museum and the Pergamonmuseum, while at the Jüdisches Museum there was a meeting with a representative of the museum education department there who presented their accessibility programmes and future plans.<br />
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Socially disadvantaged groups mean a major aspect of cultural accessibility. Deriving primarily from the phenomena of migration and emigration, discussions and presentations at Uqbar raised the problematic issues emerging from social disadvantages and provided some possible answers for these situations.<br />
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Programmes fostering accessibility or reflecting on cultural and social diversity are of vital importance in the field of cultural access and Lifelong Learning. These are the two main topics that the two Budapest events organised by the VIVO Foundation in collaboration with the Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art as well as Analysis 4 in Berlin were focused on. Discussing these matters proved to be a very useful experience, which should be beneficial in shaping future accessibility programmes and strategies.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3AzQ1LYjdKo_eYv8ilAGJrCgpqyGcBUHXkJDzbJwApM0IQkHHucojDMWI9n55eTDiK9HbQ3Dgok9zs-BXvngrfXyum1BJkwV76brNvY_DFc_JenAw-vELmast5gb1S3rR7HNM9HP8h9F/s1600/foto+berlin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631333139317831858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3AzQ1LYjdKo_eYv8ilAGJrCgpqyGcBUHXkJDzbJwApM0IQkHHucojDMWI9n55eTDiK9HbQ3Dgok9zs-BXvngrfXyum1BJkwV76brNvY_DFc_JenAw-vELmast5gb1S3rR7HNM9HP8h9F/s320/foto+berlin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 203px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>Orsolya Barabassy / Ludwig Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05997579483650060277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-20000530352992775412011-05-12T09:00:00.000+02:002011-05-13T22:38:08.432+02:00Report_ Analysis 3 - Audience Developement and Culture programming<p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IW5MBUgW-hBQRRVapaMV6RKcKnhpPwye4mPzY5r7a7ku_iS5Dowo_E7Oe6B6PnNYSLojLhE4I7ObNMBpUWEuLpsl7pCIt5BepQrBYAQRvAGvEshBS026vYCwiVNkfmzVlLbNF8WHBw/s1600/SAM_1091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605728213471546658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IW5MBUgW-hBQRRVapaMV6RKcKnhpPwye4mPzY5r7a7ku_iS5Dowo_E7Oe6B6PnNYSLojLhE4I7ObNMBpUWEuLpsl7pCIt5BepQrBYAQRvAGvEshBS026vYCwiVNkfmzVlLbNF8WHBw/s320/SAM_1091.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>The partners in the project ANIMATED GRU 2009-1-IT2-GRU06-06530 4 Intercultura Consult and our host – Sofia City Art Gallery thank all thirty-seven participants for sparing some sunny hours on a Friday morning and dedicating time to discuss openly some of the central issues regarding culture and the city today!<br /><br /><br /><br />Our guest lecturers on April 1, 2011 were Ms. Dorothea Kolland and Ms. Patricia Piringer.<br />They gave wonderful presentations and eagerly explored the arts scene in Sofia outside the programme.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQksB6npawb3KdQeHhijKCQqqAxP8jBZ9_TwJSMuPAl2MGqSzcNJbb1jD_ZB-qQHuRnsdFMWuTX3lbvHXt4YX4X7k1wqbyU0BYuolyefzpCh2TMy4sCAhMBE5QNnH81RfJ3qXhKe145Q/s1600/SAM_1145.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605727455622709394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQksB6npawb3KdQeHhijKCQqqAxP8jBZ9_TwJSMuPAl2MGqSzcNJbb1jD_ZB-qQHuRnsdFMWuTX3lbvHXt4YX4X7k1wqbyU0BYuolyefzpCh2TMy4sCAhMBE5QNnH81RfJ3qXhKe145Q/s320/SAM_1145.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EW221GzrgCu05rjkg3WKqwvnOfIF4DQmXGUab_daulHM1FOjgCxD5d7GUk3DezzxiFHqgnN80GLax_rFxGKbual-gnhNxIFbTLBFmiI1W5Hm_KvKoJyVVwL217PKREpK5c7zizaNwg/s1600/SAM_1111.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was a pleasure to have a chance to share openly some concerns about “the gap that is opening between creators and participants” in the cultural process, to discuss the interrelation between “real and virtual audiences” and analyse the “assessment of project sustainability and public appreciation”; to consider the “effective stages at which public involvement should start” when one plans an artistic project or a cultural event!(PDF presentations were circulated to the participants and are available upon request!).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EW221GzrgCu05rjkg3WKqwvnOfIF4DQmXGUab_daulHM1FOjgCxD5d7GUk3DezzxiFHqgnN80GLax_rFxGKbual-gnhNxIFbTLBFmiI1W5Hm_KvKoJyVVwL217PKREpK5c7zizaNwg/s1600/SAM_1111.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605721984364623426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EW221GzrgCu05rjkg3WKqwvnOfIF4DQmXGUab_daulHM1FOjgCxD5d7GUk3DezzxiFHqgnN80GLax_rFxGKbual-gnhNxIFbTLBFmiI1W5Hm_KvKoJyVVwL217PKREpK5c7zizaNwg/s320/SAM_1111.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQksB6npawb3KdQeHhijKCQqqAxP8jBZ9_TwJSMuPAl2MGqSzcNJbb1jD_ZB-qQHuRnsdFMWuTX3lbvHXt4YX4X7k1wqbyU0BYuolyefzpCh2TMy4sCAhMBE5QNnH81RfJ3qXhKe145Q/s1600/SAM_1145.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The lively discussion with the participants (and among them) testifies to the fact that the topics of “Audience Development” and “Culture Programming” are important to the European professional context at both municipalities and cultural organizations level and moreover to Sofia as a candidate city for European Capital of Culture! The format of this meeting was geared towards close analysis and a discussion.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ol6qDJeXq-ZeSN6fbkoKt4N7Ztw_peufdKbThXPLnq7R2pelafGUQ-cPi9gW9TckFa1tHL5KUpYGQdyVEWQi6oCu74f4mlyFPmJHiljatlBeEKZDUdAT1fUjXL38H18l29kYnCrcTg/s1600/SAM_1201.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605726869977409842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ol6qDJeXq-ZeSN6fbkoKt4N7Ztw_peufdKbThXPLnq7R2pelafGUQ-cPi9gW9TckFa1tHL5KUpYGQdyVEWQi6oCu74f4mlyFPmJHiljatlBeEKZDUdAT1fUjXL38H18l29kYnCrcTg/s320/SAM_1201.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That is why we appreciated the involvement of a diverse Bulgarian network of arts professionals and cultural managers. To further our professional cooperation The ANIMATED partners are working on combining conclusions from this analysis and the other 2 sessions in 2011 in out final report of the project.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilva9IMW2AkoCpP9wKH6CV7MyFVxyuW2y2tXFzTJCMFEzTACGREmYq7M2nH6i1KBp4NCiMs9pcGfqAkIK_dEBDiUT8OCjKGY2moSk9O-bFuLoBbjYu4IYTo36TPWWxPekEHJykOME6Zw/s1600/SAM_1157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605722860814025794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilva9IMW2AkoCpP9wKH6CV7MyFVxyuW2y2tXFzTJCMFEzTACGREmYq7M2nH6i1KBp4NCiMs9pcGfqAkIK_dEBDiUT8OCjKGY2moSk9O-bFuLoBbjYu4IYTo36TPWWxPekEHJykOME6Zw/s320/SAM_1157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We were pleased that stakeholders from the various aspects in which culture is important took part in the event<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVNgBqhtA3pLAxx0PHzCva1oZsHjF_DUai61pKxx3EKyerg0d3IjE7Es24m-aURCyKP9Um-Yg9AhszOriB_VGmX4Ig-S4HHPX5FRtYPEBWQmsIMcIa1WeadhWE3Z0dybxXwGpLWUfNA/s1600/SAM_1211.JPG"></a>– the vice mayor responsible for Culture, representatives of the Sofia City municipal committee on Culture , of the Sofia Culture programme, of the Ministry of Culture department for Communication, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, managers and arts professionals from Museums and art galleries, independent artists and artist initiatives, journalists.<br />The ANIMATED partners look forward to welcoming you again in Bulgaria on <span style="color:#000099;">June 23 in Byala, Black Sea Coast Bulgaria!</span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-84059492234081955822011-04-19T08:48:00.008+02:002011-07-19T12:50:14.720+02:00Analysis 2 in Budapest – A Summary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzH5uBt5e8TdoDR4UUVw9LrgU_Z7tNvT35YxkdBh7SGKOKOzb1fS8fASqfnvyqd-WG36D6vTKp7MICH_IohXnV0qWW4v8UVjEZDefcvWycDoQZFe1hOm1APS5pO4bskaBArXAwL2tSp9WR/s1600/P1140446.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzH5uBt5e8TdoDR4UUVw9LrgU_Z7tNvT35YxkdBh7SGKOKOzb1fS8fASqfnvyqd-WG36D6vTKp7MICH_IohXnV0qWW4v8UVjEZDefcvWycDoQZFe1hOm1APS5pO4bskaBArXAwL2tSp9WR/s320/P1140446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597203791246144706" border="0" /></a><br />As an event of Animated workshops funded by European Commission, Education and Culture DG (Grundtvig Programme), VIVO Foundation in collaboration with Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art organized a two-day lifelong learning discussion (Analysis 2) focusing on the needs of different target groups at museums and other cultural institutions, which took place in Budapest from the 10 to 11 March 2011.<br /><br />Talks and discussions on the first day of the programme were held at Ludwig Museum, where in her introduction Tijana Stepanovic, president of VIVO Foundation talked about the main topic of Analysis 2, i.e. how to face the various challenges emerging in outreach programmes for different target groups, such as unemployed or retired people.<br /><br />Nikolett Koruhely, art historian and art mediator elicited the interesting fact that though it might seem adequate, such a complex category as the unemployed should not be regarded as a coherent target group. Instead, she emphasized the significance to identify smaller units and to differentiate when addressing them.<br /><br />Orsolya Barabassy, associate of the education department at Ludwig Museum gave a presentation on two of the Museum’s programmes. She summarized the benefits and the experiences of ‘Teacher’s Tuesdays’, a regular workshop for teachers and educators, and ‘LumiMini’, a series especially for families with young children. Emőke Ferenczi, art historian, art mediator presented Ludwig Museum’s educational project for senior visitors entitled ‘A Cup of Tea in Good Company’.<br /><br />Tijana Stepanovic, president of VIVO Foundation described network building strategies, emphasizing the significance of international networks in the cultural sector and introducing thecuratorial visitor program of ACAX<br /><br />Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange. Judit Szalipszki, VIVO’s board member presented three case studies of participatory practices, i.e the Garage Festival at Dunaújváros, Hungary by Technica Schweiz, recent projects of Krétakör and the future network of community gardens in Budapest. Katharina Dietz, a guest from Germany spoke about a project work involving children, youth and cultural pedagogy, realized at dokumenta12 in Germany, 2007 (‘Aushecken - Raum für Kinder und Jugendliche’).<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy4n5ZlcWA8fWIqscKG15AR9gn-9Rigk9H6OFzAYa2N9zHjkglB2OpC-V3hBZctwPGztfnjCpAODgMtFsxqt4rBG0_iqQ_5oS06OkqixHCSE8id5iPGAbt2JzbW5TK_TK0JWv4-za2JGu/s1600/P1140533.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCy4n5ZlcWA8fWIqscKG15AR9gn-9Rigk9H6OFzAYa2N9zHjkglB2OpC-V3hBZctwPGztfnjCpAODgMtFsxqt4rBG0_iqQ_5oS06OkqixHCSE8id5iPGAbt2JzbW5TK_TK0JWv4-za2JGu/s320/P1140533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597203796403229570" border="0" /></a><br />After a guided tour at the Kind of Change – New Acquisitions 2009–2011 exhibition, an informal discussion, moderated by Orsolya Barabassy and Judit Szalipszki closed the programme. The presentations on the first day of Analysis 2 were aimed at demonstrating the importance of understanding the different needs, motivations and interests of various target groups in order to successfully integrate them into suitable educational programmes.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeH6m71xjKwqKnZNanV7YM3bNolnEdVs8rbqCHG4OOioojWLln-YtRquOv2V2I7tAZeP-n7Jy9SpCXuY-2NTz0heeIrIwn7O_G5bBns4AtHfM3sjwngetCU0SZJgsb7XJnq8YFi7N91OST/s1600/P1140584.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeH6m71xjKwqKnZNanV7YM3bNolnEdVs8rbqCHG4OOioojWLln-YtRquOv2V2I7tAZeP-n7Jy9SpCXuY-2NTz0heeIrIwn7O_G5bBns4AtHfM3sjwngetCU0SZJgsb7XJnq8YFi7N91OST/s320/P1140584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597203799169940850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On the second day, the day of “best practices”, participants visited LudwigInzert and Trafó House of Contemporary Art where they got a glimpse of the strategies to reach the people living in the 8th district of Budapest. This rather varied district that has dozens of socio-cultural difficulties and tensions is also full of places dedicated to dance, theater, visual arts, literature and music. We were delighted to have international guests such as Katharina Dietz, Alessandra Pace, Nadezhda Savova from Germany and Bulgaria at this particular event.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdnlZdMhkLmshGv8k4XUrGYeGSNnGcjyBD-_C7rC9jOy_81bscSPyqsdo42MGFRySiijrjNwDMdn977qpuKuKbAWH7jywlxcsgxq8v6slboNSO7aBNQr9hWoUg03HsQDX5TSRtrjWkwtg/s1600/P1140585.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdnlZdMhkLmshGv8k4XUrGYeGSNnGcjyBD-_C7rC9jOy_81bscSPyqsdo42MGFRySiijrjNwDMdn977qpuKuKbAWH7jywlxcsgxq8v6slboNSO7aBNQr9hWoUg03HsQDX5TSRtrjWkwtg/s320/P1140585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597203802541479266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related links</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://ludwigmuseum.hu/site.php?inc=0&menuId=305&tartalom=txt">LudwigInzert at Ludwig Museum’s website<br /></a><a href="http://www.trafo.hu/">Trafo House of Contemporary Art</a><br /><a href="http://www.acax.hu/">ACAX | Agency for Contemporary Art Exchange</a><br /><a href="http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/">Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presentation by Judit Szalipszki: Participatory practices - involving local communities.</span><br /><br />Three case studies: <a href="http://garazsfesztival.blogspot.com/">the Garage Festival at Dunaújváros by Technica Schweiz</a>; recent projects of <a href="http://kretakor.blog.hu/">Krétakör</a> (in cooperation with <a href="http://www.kavaszinhaz.hu/">Káva Cultural Group</a>) and the future network of community gardens in Budapest (organized by <a href="http://boske.hu/">Böske</a>, supported by the Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre)<br /><br /><a href="http://prezi.com/rs8fsz6mgywh/participatory-practices-involving-local-communities/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><a href="http://prezi.com/rs8fsz6mgywh/participatory-practices-involving-local-communities/">For Judit Szalipszki’s presentation at http://prezi.com, click here.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presentation by Katharina Dietz</span><br /><a href="http://www.www.documenta12.de/760.html?&L=0">aushecken – Hatching Ideas – for children’s and youth groups (aushecken - Raum für Kinder und Jugendliche auf der documenta 12)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About programmes for the unemployed</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Get-involved/Collaborative-projects/Community-Inclusion-Lucie-Fitton/Inclusion/">Social inclusion programme, Museum of London </a><br /><a href="http://www.waterwaysmuseumandadventurecentre.co.uk/training.htm">The Sobriety project, The Waterways Museum and Adventure Centre</a>Orsolya Barabassy / Ludwig Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05997579483650060277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-12786333768471845582011-03-18T16:00:00.019+01:002011-03-18T17:04:20.135+01:00Audience development and Cultural Programming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M_SsoIWS86bIpvxcGBPZKhBKxUAWoX08mzycXeKHpcmMUSdycBkxRoIFrZQweQ2WSjdllN0ATjtkXvzacKGq0AogQn8w3d2JPwhzFzWl02y-B2mK561Y8eUWtZILDasgJ4Co_j3ZaA/s1600/SAM_0828.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585450805615116706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M_SsoIWS86bIpvxcGBPZKhBKxUAWoX08mzycXeKHpcmMUSdycBkxRoIFrZQweQ2WSjdllN0ATjtkXvzacKGq0AogQn8w3d2JPwhzFzWl02y-B2mK561Y8eUWtZILDasgJ4Co_j3ZaA/s320/SAM_0828.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">April 1, 2011 - Analysis 3 - Sofia, BULGARI<strong>A </strong></span></span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIWI6FHB_EwNQqG2EOp3XrvAu9BatNs_6euf-PHlyJed00HDYNjdt3wXsThgvBMlk7fmT33sdcsJbmEm1ZNVq-n0N62UeTst6z7ZSMr_pldgjyMV_TVJFngz02Ap7mVPdtemlBq3v4g/s1600/sghg.gif"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585435359062896978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 46px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIWI6FHB_EwNQqG2EOp3XrvAu9BatNs_6euf-PHlyJed00HDYNjdt3wXsThgvBMlk7fmT33sdcsJbmEm1ZNVq-n0N62UeTst6z7ZSMr_pldgjyMV_TVJFngz02Ap7mVPdtemlBq3v4g/s320/sghg.gif" border="0" /></span></a>Organised by </span><a href="http://www.inter-cultura.eu/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Intercultura Consult </span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">with the kind support of </span><a href="http://www.sghg.bg/newsite/index.php?lg=en"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sofia City Art Gallery</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This one day symposium addresses cultural managers, policy makers, local authorities and administrators in municipal organizations involved with programming artistic and cultural events. The interactive program is composed of presentations; question and answer sessions, demonstrations of practice and group work.We bring together the perspectives and experiences of professionals from Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">TOPICS include: <em>youth culture, community based arts, cultural diversity, social inclusion and culture access, social impact of the arts, valuation of arts long-term impact on local development, informal education, etc. </em></span></div><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em></div><em><div></em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">PROGRAM</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">09.00 - registration of participants<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1VjOhyphenhyphen2F8BGs_Uglmi8VQdCEA6oC-AxyHCfkTkLJ_0c2isoEZRmzX-kJkGW0k_08p-ViG_YLhY3nD57s4wOm6yfxK_nhWhwNmd_QeoUgNllNvBvtEEMCssWSh2UmLoAQAZUSGii66A/s1600/image2.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></a><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">10.00 - Session 1 <strong>Audience Development</strong> – the role of cultural organizations and arts initiatives</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Inroduction by by Ms. Patricia Piringer, Communications Department office, Ludwig Museum, </span><a href="http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">11.00 - Session 2 <strong>Cultural Programming</strong> – local policy and the evaluation of artistic quality and cultural impact on local development </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Introduction<span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span> by - Dorothea Kolland, Dr. Phil., director of cultural affairs in Berlin-Neukölln (called „the Bronx of Berlin“), Member of the German board of „Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, member </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">of the board of “Rat für die Künste” in Berlin, expert of the Council of Europe. </span><a href="http://www.kultur-neukoelln.de/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.kultur-neukoelln.de/</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">13.00 - Interactive session </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">moderated by Petya Koleva, Intercultura Consult</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ2CXuJzoGv2stYgt96O3RiqW2EUpMYiYw-WHe1KdMqAAWJ5j-8qdnw8rcAnIGkLbj-aX6uwvXJhj1oIviLgJQ8cTOxHvNknMHAIE7D8rgMo9y0Ad6OR6134WEi9_EHHWFu_aEtUoeQ/s1600/SAM_0803.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585445212023413906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ2CXuJzoGv2stYgt96O3RiqW2EUpMYiYw-WHe1KdMqAAWJ5j-8qdnw8rcAnIGkLbj-aX6uwvXJhj1oIviLgJQ8cTOxHvNknMHAIE7D8rgMo9y0Ad6OR6134WEi9_EHHWFu_aEtUoeQ/s320/SAM_0803.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><strong></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">14.00 Closing plenary<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>USEFUL LINKS</strong> </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Berlin Neukölln - intercultural city<br /></span><a href="http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/Cities/neukolln_en.asp"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/Cities/neukolln_en.asp</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Relationship between Museums and Municipalities: White Paper<br /></span><a href="http://www.labforculture.org/en/groups/open/young-researchers-forum/publications/79725"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.labforculture.org/en/groups/open/young-researchers-forum/publications/79725</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />The Ludwig Museum presents: LudwigInzert at Józsefvárosi Gallery -new external project space at the legendary Józsefváros Gallery<br /></span><a href="http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/site.php?inc=0&menuId=305&tartalom=txt"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu/site.php?inc=0&menuId=305&tartalom=txt</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>ANIMATED international output:<br /></strong>ANALYSES: June 23 - July 1, 2011 - Movement and Mobility - Byala, Bulgaria; April 1, 2011 Audience Development and Culture Programming, Sofia, Bulgaria; May 5, 2011, Artist’s talk, Berlin, Germany; March11, 2011 - LLL Programs in Museums and cultural institutions – Budapest, Hungary ; October 9, 2010, “Small Structures are Beautiful - transient spaces analysis” –Berlin, Germany;<br />WORKSHOPS : June 2010 - For what it’s worth Culture Valuation, Berlin; March 2010 -<br />Animated Museum – Culture Access, Budapest; December 2009 - Culture<br />Innovation Strategies and So­fia Operators; November 2009 – Berlin Independents.</span></div></div></div></div></div>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-85075972989578319432011-02-14T13:22:00.012+01:002011-07-19T12:57:05.794+02:00ANALYSIS 2: LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS AT MUSEUMS AND OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS<span style="font-weight: bold;">Organized by VIVO Foundation in collaboration with Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art<br />10 – 11 March 2011</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Analysis venue</span><br />Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art / Ludwig Studio, 2nd floor<br />Palace of Arts / 1 / Komor Marcell st. / Budapest / H-1095<br />Hosted by VIVO, partner of ANIMATED and<br />LUDWIG MUSEUM – MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Analysis’ key ideas and goals</span><br /><br />In the past years, the term “lifelong learning” has become a key expression of basically all fields of education and programs fostering a lifelong self-development attitude and emphasizing it’s increasing importance.<br /><br />The arts have the potential of mediating different images of cultures and illuminating our understanding of society, thus contributing to the complex network of relationships between people and their environment. Life-long learning through artistic and cultural activities is one of the most effective ways of becoming involved in the community. As mediators of knowledge and cultural heritage and resources of inspiration, cultural institutions, including museums should inevitably play a specific and vital role in this process.<br /><br />It is significant to understand the special needs, motivations and interests of different target groups to involve them into the education programs. Successful informal learning (IL) strategies today are found when the specificities of the museum or the gallery are combined with audience development strategies. Typically they combat alienation and introduce methodologies of developing creativity through culture and the arts. The social aspect of intergenerational learning links human intelligence and technological awareness to social interaction. These assets rank high on the pleasure ratings of cultural experiences.<br /><br />At the workshop in Budapest we present and discuss a range of Hungarian and European projects and case studies of successful practices and innovative possibilities of Lifelong Learning programmes in the field of culture.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLHb2PjBCw3i7XKuQO0KvPzatqnIuyxHeoveFQ8bWFM_U4MC3PBmvQ8CAZ-JxdFaH1L3_ec3APEdmy8SNW7Ssi1wv4leWFJCpjd5wJfe8SLoH1zeV7AdNK8CtPU9GIRUZjW1jp3tYRHAy/s1600/P1060908.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLHb2PjBCw3i7XKuQO0KvPzatqnIuyxHeoveFQ8bWFM_U4MC3PBmvQ8CAZ-JxdFaH1L3_ec3APEdmy8SNW7Ssi1wv4leWFJCpjd5wJfe8SLoH1zeV7AdNK8CtPU9GIRUZjW1jp3tYRHAy/s320/P1060908.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576073519319620050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PROGRAM 10.03.2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10.00 – 10.30</span> Welcome coffee and tea<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10.30 – 11.00</span> Welcome and Introduction by Tijana Stepanovic, president of VIVO and Orsolya Barabassy, art mediator of Ludwig Museum<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11.00 – 12.00</span> LIFE LONG LEARNING PROGRAMS IN THE MUSEUM FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Input I:</span> Orsolya Barabassy (education dept. of Ludwig Museum):<br />Generation Next.<br />About Ludwig’s Summer Camps for teens, Ped.Tuesdays for teachers and educators and LumiMini series for families with young children<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Input II:</span> Emőke Ferenczi (art historian, art mediator):<br />A Cup of Tea in Good Company.<br />Education project for the senior visitors.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Input III: </span>Nikolett Koruhely (art historian, art mediator):<br />How to involve unemployed people into art education?<br />Education projects for unemployed people.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12.00 – 12.30</span> PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES<br />Judit Szalipszki (VIVO, board member):<br />Participatory practices - involving local communities.<br />Three case studies: the Garage Festival of Dunaújváros by Technica Schweiz; recent projects of Krétakör (in cooperation with Káva Cultural Group) and the future network of community gardens in Budapest (organized by Böske, supported by the Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12.30-13.00</span> Tijana Stepanovic (VIVO, president):<br />Informal and professional networks in the international cultural sector.<br />Network building strategies and the importance of informal channels.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13.00 – 14.00</span> Lunch break<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14.00 – 15.00</span> Maria Vassileva, Chief Curator, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria<br />Contemporary art: pushing the museum borders<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15.00 – 16.30</span> Debate moderated by Orsolya Barabassy and Tijana Stepanovic<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskGqfeUo_-lScr-LDt-TJtBk4KOgBBinTYV3OF5xdhTZdIs8iCRiX285hzv-xZACGOnD62f6Ft2Rn2FJjFT4xeqWVI4Xki0xBvF8hgi_dN2uNMLEPb3asiAX7adrP0w0D5bz8Dnrfc8wp/s1600/P1060845.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskGqfeUo_-lScr-LDt-TJtBk4KOgBBinTYV3OF5xdhTZdIs8iCRiX285hzv-xZACGOnD62f6Ft2Rn2FJjFT4xeqWVI4Xki0xBvF8hgi_dN2uNMLEPb3asiAX7adrP0w0D5bz8Dnrfc8wp/s320/P1060845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576071753160898146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BEST PRACTICES 11.03.2011</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11.00 – 12.00</span><br />Visit: LudwigInzert<br />Host: Veronika Lájer, leader of LudwigInzert<br />Topic: Audience development: vulnerable groups of the society<br /><br />Opening in June 2010, Ludwig Inzert is Ludwig Museum’s new external project space at the legendary Józsefváros Gallery, former basis of different consecutive experimental art circles. By launching LudwigInzert, the Ludwig Museum would like to foster a lively relationship with the surrounding city and its residents, while expanding the spectrum of artistic practices represented by its collection and temporary exhibitions.<br />Veronika Lájer will introduce the institution, and its strategies to reach the people living in the neighbourhood: in the 8th district of Budapest characterised by serious socio-cultural conflicts.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">http://lumu.hu/site.php?inc=0&menuId=305&tartalom=txt</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13.00 – 14.00 </span><br />Visit: Trafó House of Contemporary Art<br />Host: Áron Fenyvesi, curator of the Trafó Gallery<br /><br />Trafó is an institution, a building, a place, a medium, an intellectual adventure, a risk and a possibility. It is a house that belongs to the contemporary arts; a place where life speaks about dance, theater, visual arts, literature and music; a theater, which has no company, and where the viewer is equal with the created opportunity. Trafó is a place where emotion is allowed more space than usual alongside abstraction, a place through which we can look out into the world.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">www.trafo.hu</span>Orsolya Barabassy / Ludwig Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05997579483650060277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-31326901713934770282010-11-16T12:41:00.002+01:002010-11-16T12:47:21.754+01:00Analysis 1 – “Small Structures are Beautiful”<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9adHkwo8BNrHR39oQth-UbgeyZY7pRvtnEn2dBTIa7_kWtAEDirQr5vzPPNsPhdG1oqZBZC5y9VY3VJjZwYvfh9QOuRTCcf6XLAJNYh33tHz0kwOnoxMLEsuX7cXpzvLKKM_kTSsxeQ/s1600/SAM_0830.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540111793394647298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9adHkwo8BNrHR39oQth-UbgeyZY7pRvtnEn2dBTIa7_kWtAEDirQr5vzPPNsPhdG1oqZBZC5y9VY3VJjZwYvfh9QOuRTCcf6XLAJNYh33tHz0kwOnoxMLEsuX7cXpzvLKKM_kTSsxeQ/s320/SAM_0830.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>8-10 October 2010 Berlin– Analysis 1 – “Small Structures are Beautiful”<br />ANIMATED cooperation continues successfully with project exchange and analysis. In Berlin a group of professionals from Bulgaria and Hungary analysed the European cooperation experience of uqbar’s project - ‘Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome’ - <a href="http://www.transientspaces.org/">http://www.transientspaces.org/</a>. On 9 october we discussed in details the principles of intercultural values and artistic cooperation of our Berlin partners at the backdrop of Art Forum Berlin 2010.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-8mkUIjq1rZY4SmQrpqtqRiQkbHgCByE3SqTQnOje9xZBKYiymBKSw5WS593VR94kyoLKEzLyngT1CGTsbbCj9bVv1Cv6U_GRPV8nlwy-G1B6FkyT17yisWlsAK5t1T5ocELpXggZg/s1600/SAM_0811.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540112758555366978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-8mkUIjq1rZY4SmQrpqtqRiQkbHgCByE3SqTQnOje9xZBKYiymBKSw5WS593VR94kyoLKEzLyngT1CGTsbbCj9bVv1Cv6U_GRPV8nlwy-G1B6FkyT17yisWlsAK5t1T5ocELpXggZg/s320/SAM_0811.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>In the second year of the project partner meetings focus primarily on <span style="color:#009900;">assessment of methodology and product development</span>. An evaluation grid developed especially for this partnership and it at use since the start of the project in October 2009.This is based on the knowledge gained and shared with the 3 partners – VIVO, uqbar and ICC, the <span style="color:#ff6666;"><strong>63 direct learners in mobility</strong></span> visits and over 4100 colleagues in the outreach network of the partnership. </div></div>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-89019716833364326152010-11-16T12:32:00.004+01:002010-11-16T12:40:36.021+01:00ANIMATED PROJECTS LIST<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9UHav-59Q8jAnGeGDEDRIqV0CPDTDA4Sl8vZaNPwlL-Pnh244gRSrVsQlJRpKstiIExii6L0quks-BQW22UPteAXaTiOZIWk3dLUavPSgqC-rpK0OzA3syo0FWNux9sq0R9uKoH36w/s1600/09ANITDBD2010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540109549902226178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 255px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9UHav-59Q8jAnGeGDEDRIqV0CPDTDA4Sl8vZaNPwlL-Pnh244gRSrVsQlJRpKstiIExii6L0quks-BQW22UPteAXaTiOZIWk3dLUavPSgqC-rpK0OzA3syo0FWNux9sq0R9uKoH36w/s320/09ANITDBD2010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-SHpI73-K1Y/TNfSaDYbkpI/AAAAAAAAAGs/gfVtU6oDbB4/s1600/ANTD.jpg"></a><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WZJX5IRh9__diLOo5yE1QhmVdE7ugpLawwhG4WcyEW_8zSRJPkls6P-SLSy2I_mTzn-l2toYHMfqQns9i0wgvfTqddMEV07mcBsYJ8l8k4eGu01C1UtyexXMj_vd8R0qZ0RV1rLQGw/s1600/ANTDBerlin_phIlianaDimitrova.jpg"><br /></a><strong><span style="color:#003300;">„theatrebulgaria.net” – performance arts portal Bulgaria</span></strong> - <a href="http://theatrebulgaria.net/">http://theatrebulgaria.net/</a> </div><br /><div>"One Time One Million (Migratory Birds / Romantic Capitalism)" Susanne Kriemann, uqbar - Berlin </div><br /><div><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>“Transitland” - 2009 </strong></span>- <a href="http://transitland.eu/">http://transitland.eu/</a> – Budapest, Berlin, Sofia </div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>“Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome”</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.transientspaces.org/">http://www.transientspaces.org/</a> - uqbar - Berlin “Le Grand Magasin”, - web: ec.europa.eu/culture/journalists/doc/page34_grd_magasin_en.pdf. - Berlin </div><div>‘<strong>Culture Innovation Strategies’</strong> training series <a href="http://www.inter-cultura.eu/">http://www.inter-cultura.eu/</a> </div><div><strong>The Unseen theatre – a Via Theatre</strong> project with students of the Louis Braille School (visually impaired) in Sofia </div><div>‘<strong>Joy and study among minerals’</strong> interactive department - National Museum 'Earth and Men' - Sofia </div><div><strong>’Effectiveness and efficiency of public investments in the cultural sector for the past 20 years’,</strong> Observatory of Cultural Economics Sofia </div><div><strong><span style="color:#00cccc;">’Vocational training for Museum Guides directed at secondary school graduates’</span></strong>, Regional Museum of History St Zagora </div><div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Meeting Point - platform for international arts exchange at Vaska Emanouilova Gallery</strong></span> - Sofia </div><div><span style="color:#666666;"><strong>Tactile Art gallery project</strong></span> supported by "The fabriC" – Gabrovo</div><div>‘<span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Black Sea Basin - Sharing Resources for European Culture Cooperation’</strong></span> - coordinator, Municipality Byala, Varna region /project involving culture operators from Greece, Ukraine and Georgia, as well as the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Moldova/</div><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"><strong>Implicit Cultural Policy - the role of Social CLUBS IN COMMUNITIES</strong></span> - Intercultural Training Module for culture operators - <a href="http://www.inter-cultura.eu/images/stories/documenti/ICP_communities.pdf">http://www.inter-cultura.eu/images/stories/documenti/ICP_communities.pdf</a> </div><div>‘<strong>Was geht das Mirh an?</strong>’ – The impact of art on youth audiences, assessment by Cultural Affairs, Berlin. ‘Pulp Fiction’ – cultural assessment project, Hamburg; </div><div><strong>Artsfacts.net</strong> – on indicators and arts careers </div><div><span style="color:#6600cc;"><strong>Rahova-Uranus Community Centre</strong></span> - on urban regeneration, Bucharest - <a href="http://ofensivagenerozitatii.blogspot.com/2009/02/rahova-uranus-community-centre-labomba.html">http://ofensivagenerozitatii.blogspot.com/2009/02/rahova-uranus-community-centre-labomba.html</a> Intercultural festival & theatre activities Pomorie, <a href="http://www.svetlina-pm.com/">http://www.svetlina-pm.com/</a> ‘<span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Guide to European Culture Cooperation’ (BG/RU)</strong></span> for culture/arts professionals and agents, <a href="http://www.inter-cultura.eu/">http://www.inter-cultura.eu/</a> </div><div><span style="color:#993399;"><strong>European Year of Volunteering 2011</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.eyv2011.eu/">http://www.eyv2011.eu/</a> </div><div><span style="color:#cc33cc;">PROTEXT BULGARIA 2010</span> – 36monkeys.blogspot.com </div><div><span style="color:#003300;"><strong>Sofia Music Weeks international festival</strong></span> - <a href="http://smw2010.free.bg/index.html">http://smw2010.free.bg/index.html</a> <strong>EUROPEAN ART HOST PROGRA</strong>M – URL to be announced </div>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-64007722289381797372010-11-08T10:53:00.012+01:002010-11-16T12:30:07.155+01:00Evaluation Project Workshops 2009 - 2010<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">FEEDBACK LEARNERS 2009 – 2010 1,2,3, 4 Workshops and ANALYSIS 1 -OCT 2010</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff0000;">SHARED THEMATIC PRIOTITIES - Useful methods of work </span><br />Numbers></strong> indicate how many times the topic was underlined in evaluations of the workshops<br /><strong>arrows - ></strong> indicate comments by learners<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy200zYoBGlaPSrFODk6jX9ZGjMYyN8ErGazgxlcbpxhpf7aiBwy2Dyj9c5m3wZIuDsAyzTxxlcuyOdKMYZwrLhsra9CxntEnCUp8W5AnJCY4Ix6RBhCaRgzbX1BoDw764G4DJcukpeA/s1600/SAM_0814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537120364582778434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy200zYoBGlaPSrFODk6jX9ZGjMYyN8ErGazgxlcbpxhpf7aiBwy2Dyj9c5m3wZIuDsAyzTxxlcuyOdKMYZwrLhsra9CxntEnCUp8W5AnJCY4Ix6RBhCaRgzbX1BoDw764G4DJcukpeA/s320/SAM_0814.JPG" border="0" /></a>1. <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>developing and realising culture project- 27 </strong></span>></span> building and maintaining a transparent and efficient structure in cooperation; it is useful to practice project drafting in workshops, learning about work methods of various organisations, the workshops inspire group interaction and learning, new ideas about cooperation possibilities have been shaped, finding a common method adequately valuate a cultural project, strategies for applications/tenders for example the importance of including the motivation for the collaboration between two partners.. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">2. <strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#330033;">cultural policy –20></span></strong> reflected by state and municipal art programs supporting galleries and museums, examples of arts organisation networks involved in advocacy , importance of self reflection/ evaluation and communication on decentralisation of policies.<br />3. <span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#009900;"><strong>audience development - 18 ></strong></span> </span>arts & culture organisations - partners in projects, ‘ability park’, interactive programmes for the audience and capacity building for the teams of organisations engaged, importance and the value of evaluation in cultural processes, paying attention to the emotional aspect of evaluation, bearing in mind (not only during the evaluation process but during the whole project) that factors such as ‘success’ can have a different meaning for different people involved in a certain project. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChJxLOASo2gzeBAxG7OElPLNmq2DKPU-O_bmchMurT53-arBC9T07DCid6vFnFkHqIPr-g74YtknHT2tCa6rS7RXFQ1a6thEC2piMmYBocf-30MoFt0HZoe2NnbBRzXPoSQSFlFTEug/s1600/Picture+044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537122157857590962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChJxLOASo2gzeBAxG7OElPLNmq2DKPU-O_bmchMurT53-arBC9T07DCid6vFnFkHqIPr-g74YtknHT2tCa6rS7RXFQ1a6thEC2piMmYBocf-30MoFt0HZoe2NnbBRzXPoSQSFlFTEug/s320/Picture+044.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />4.<span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="color:#663333;"><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">curatorial and residence programmes- 9</span> ></strong></span> cross disciplinary approach as a basis of most small galleries to enrich programmes, exchange as small structure projects<br />5. <strong><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:100%;">culture and regional development in the EU - 16</span>></span></strong> learning about similar/different platforms that connect operators in the 3 countries of cooperation, before submitting proposals paying special attention to what is happening where within the EU - [institutes, networks, organisations and donors facilitating cooperation in between West, Central, South Europe exchange e.g. the Budapest Observatory of Cultural Economics South Eastern Europe, Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art context, IGBK and connection to arts unions in the EU, discovering what happens also out of capitals and on the small-scale of younger initiatives [e.g. Berlin independents workshop, Sofia operators workshop], examples of methods for stakeholders to join resources for sustainable practices in culture development [e.g. Budapest Culture Access workshop, Sofia Culture Strategies workshop].</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">The operational context of projects in Budapest, Berlin and Bulgaria</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyp46ucMIkfie4tMVhHkHwSidLg-ZSIO1N8mjbmXWyzzM59zxu7kPvkuwjqJ2aEjo1c2soXV3C13CplMM-DUhxsIu6BZXc8598LxZR3SuBPvLXWQJdrFEuFtYqbJ9jiuqWOXNRIYUcIw/s1600/SAM_0773.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537119255154722626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyp46ucMIkfie4tMVhHkHwSidLg-ZSIO1N8mjbmXWyzzM59zxu7kPvkuwjqJ2aEjo1c2soXV3C13CplMM-DUhxsIu6BZXc8598LxZR3SuBPvLXWQJdrFEuFtYqbJ9jiuqWOXNRIYUcIw/s320/SAM_0773.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">There are similar organisations eager to set up partnerships and exchange in spite of the diverse contexts. The contemporary arts scene in Sofia is mush less visible than that of Budapest {two new projects starting in 2010 may lead to the proper creation of a Contemporary arts museum still missing in Bulgaria];, Berlin has a huge level of competition among galleries, musea and international exhibitions/projects compared to Budapest and so on. Still, the initiative for projects that are innovative in their themes and approach and that work at European level is present in organisations that are smaller, more flexible and internationally engaged. For example the Berlin independents in Berlin appeared on many occasions to promote a subject matter of the exhibition or project which stirs interest via the media, but mostly the word of mouth is expected to bring new-comers to the target audience. In Sofia also often events are planned as a series which should grow on the already existing interest of the public with fewer resources available to attract new audiences.<br /><br />There is basis for initiatives on ‘culture access’ for international cooperation, more information is needed on how Culture project applications can be developed. The Berlin independents and Sofia operators’ site visits offered valuable direct feedback on projects during presentations. On many occasions it is the subject matter of the exhibition which is used to stir interest via the media, but mostly the word of mouth is expected to bring new-comers to the target audience. The policy on culture in Berlin has changed dramatically since the 60s and 70s. This reflects an EU tendency moving ‘culture for all’ to ‘culture for different target audiences’. This has caused a renewal in the management of culture organisations. Not only are budgets dependent on the target foreseen by applications but also on the foreseen quality of impact. Managers of public cultural infrastructure keep track of visitors’ numbers and compete to be the first to promote talent or to co-operate with promising international projects, raising public awareness about an issue of relevance to arts practices (such as culture and tourism or gender equality in the arts).<br />Exchanging arts residencies, as well as exhibitions was seen as a common European challenge in the short-term that all organisations are dealing with. Initiatives to promote ‘public bids’ for art works as in the e.g. of IGBK advocacy could be shared at inter- national (EU level) level.<br /><br />FUNDING CULTURE and EU COOPERATION - in terms of structural support can be discussed further; State funds, local funds and other grant schemes for international cooperation of relevance to exchange were discussed. Berlin culture operators form the independent scene appear to share a routine task in identifying strategic funds for the specific project as a partner networking approach. Many of the artists are more ready to cooperate with other cultural operators, sometimes as members of an NGO, to be able to apply for funding or housing contracts. In Bulgaria project applications are less of a joint effort, however the formal organisations are linked to co-productions with the informal scene of artistic initiatives. About 90 % of the project costs in Berlin and Sofia depend on applications for grants, subsidies, sponsorship etc. The rest of the costs including operational capacity and infrastructural support depend on the entrepreneurial skills of the organisations and to a high extent on the investment of personal extra time by the key leaders to involve sponsors of other colleagues. The role of cultural networks as moderators of the artists who voice as well as address their needs and help them in an effective way to reach policy makers was present in discussions in Berlin, Budapest and Sofia. The central topic of cultural entrepreneurship targeted at building smaller structures as active international networks today came to the fore of discussion in Berlin and Budapest as well as in Sofia. The “art education” policy in the context of galleries in the neighbourhood stirs curiosity but also generates familiarity with the general/incidental public, E.g. curators are opening “idea tanks” for the public to choose among options for the programme they plan ahead.<br />The partnership has a useful focus on monitoring programmes and methods for identification of different qualities and process for creative practices.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6666;">EUROPEAN POLICIES OF RELEVANCE TO ANIMATED<br /></span>Informal Learning was illustrated in projects as embedded in roundtables, workshops, audience involvement in the exhibition work or inviting local residents to perform or simply offering to host communal events in the gallery/exhibition space. More workshops to develop networks and groups of people who can develop and present case studies and propose strategies .Vocational Training elements were present in the organisations that are sharing trainers for their own staff of events and offering counselling to artists, providing basic Small Business management skills, lobbying for the arts, arts and dealing with copyright issues etc …<br />YOUTH in ACTION - Training kids to do self-publishing projects. Documentation of brainstorming results from workshops could be expanded and updated as participants gain more experience.<br />RESEARCH - The role of the audience as a part of the artistic work, arts and law, art in public spaces (IGBK), ecology and the arts, artistic impact on developing the local economy, social integration, an evaluation, reflection and feedback processes..<br />· MEDIA – CD, mobile technology, culture mediation tools (motto publishers and distributors),<br />ANIMATED blog TOOLKIT<br />· Content – ANIMATED should focus on EDUCATION WITH CULTURE, detailed introduction by directors/curators of specific organisations, European Added Value or relevance, PRACTICAL INSIGHTS in the midlife of projects; stimulate the exchange of know-how among professionals. Include examples and methods for those who are unfamiliar with evaluation as a practice. Individually contributions to the collectively to the development of the toolkit! E.g. what is appropriate for evaluating the widest types of cultural projects.<br />· An easily accessible toolkit is very desirable. Practice and experience can be shared through an online forum or blog.<br />· Learning exchange - ANIMATED should secure CULTURE and CITIZEN STRATEGIES, Actual project structures, SHARING IMPRESSIONS, It could serve as a starting point after interlink Policy making organisations at local level. which a customised, case studies that focus on problems and difficulties and their solutions. Evaluation from an ‘outsider’- someone who is familiar with the basic characteristics of the cultural sector and has experience in the field, documentation of brainstorming results from workshops could be expanded and updated as participants gain more experience, Choose participants wisely, based on language capabilities, social skills and networking talent.<br />· Dissemination - ANIMATED should be promoted via MINISTRSY-AUDIENCE-PARTNERS-PARTICIPANTS, in printed publications reflecting the results, during seminars and conferences, greater focus on practical ideas and evaluation, Workshops, blog and toolkit should be more interactive - Discussions could be factual as opposed to hypothetical, More free time to visit local organisations, Include case studies<br />· Material from the workshop (powerpoints etc) could be available on the blog or a password protected surface. This way discussions and input can be continued online after the workshop is finished.<br />· ANIMATED could lead to … INVOVEMENT OF POICY MAKERS, focus on IN-BETWEEN STAGE of PROJECTS, address Public authority REPRESENTATIVES, focus on SOCIALISATION AND CUTLTURE ACCESS,Inclusion of more opinions, findings and advice from people developing arts policy - Be succinct and user friendly. Don’t ‘overload’ - commonalities need to be highlighted.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6666;">ANIMATED PARTNERS<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;">VIVO Watershed Visual Education</span> Foundation is an organization founded in September, 2001. It concerns itself with museum education. The members of the foundation are students specialized in art history, aesthetics, literature, media as well as a number of foreign languages. The foundation organizes guided exhibition tours in a number of Budapest’s museums on a regular basis. These guided tours aim to awaken interest in the visual arts among children and adults. Along with expanding a child’s factual knowledge, special emphasis is put on improving their creative thinking. Programs are geared for small groups so that each participant can receive proper attention. This also allows every child to participate in numerous, playful exercises according to his or her own needs. Consequently, everyone takes an active role in the program’s activities.<br /><br />The association <span style="color:#ffcccc;">uqbar - Gesellschaft für Repräsentationsforschung e.V.</span> (en.: Society for Representation Research) was registered on 20 January 2004 as a non-profit and for public benefit. The name “uqbar” was taken from a novel by the writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). In Borges’ novel this word is a construct, a letter combination without meaning. The problem of the constitution of meaning, signification and interpretation is central to the discussion around the term of the representation. The association uqbar – Gesellschaft für Repräsentationsforschung e.V. aims at promoting contemporary art and culture, above all implementing, supporting and hosting projects, which dedicate themselves to the research and promotion of experimental, interdisciplinary artistic and cultural practices in the international context.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Intercultura Consult, Sofia, Bulgaria</span> (2004) is a specialised inter-cultural consultancy and it is a private initiative based on team work, supported by international expertise. Its projects favour the exchange and creation of inter-cultural platforms sustaining partnerships in competence-building for artists, cultural managers, private and public institutions, organisations and civil initiatives. Strategies for the development of the cultural sector, the arts education sector and the creative/cultural industries are prime topics developed by ICC. </span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-45362929253685978972010-08-14T21:14:00.032+02:002010-08-14T22:31:40.629+02:00CULTUREVALUATION – FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH?<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHJAmiDHrbEhgCTSFw7JfvPUSz1KY_l3WJzSynMe66T_X4RxHyznDSZKOb-pUvjohCqTSHPzqIaZIRK4ZNP1-0437iaDGa2WZ9Zk7pcK01Ga5O3KXU0cc84cWefKeEDkNmOa4vMR26g/s1600/24Picture+079.jpg"></a></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;">On 12 -13 of June <strong>uqbar in co-operation with NGBK - New Society for Visual Arts</strong> hosted a workshop for international participants focusing on '<strong>Evaluation’ - the magic word in the cultural policy and practice field</strong>. Leonie Baumann’ (NGBK) analysed the difference between assessing creativity and success in cultural projects. Artistic activities that build up cultural assets have a delayed effect on audience’ attitudes, interest and skills. <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHJAmiDHrbEhgCTSFw7JfvPUSz1KY_l3WJzSynMe66T_X4RxHyznDSZKOb-pUvjohCqTSHPzqIaZIRK4ZNP1-0437iaDGa2WZ9Zk7pcK01Ga5O3KXU0cc84cWefKeEDkNmOa4vMR26g/s1600/24Picture+079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363366737246914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHJAmiDHrbEhgCTSFw7JfvPUSz1KY_l3WJzSynMe66T_X4RxHyznDSZKOb-pUvjohCqTSHPzqIaZIRK4ZNP1-0437iaDGa2WZ9Zk7pcK01Ga5O3KXU0cc84cWefKeEDkNmOa4vMR26g/s320/24Picture+079.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWvWS2crUSMnpeh9_qqIFlwvmRrwVkDMCflERpZw7jln6F4VwvqrPVyiMoyrUY6wUGVQ75y71-GLkUuj-0HNjBeS2cFqVgkhGOYbNhj5Ts7LUXb_XNPXODb4oeaGmdlOaQs_nHpMXrw/s1600/16BP1080325.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505362061802744786" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWvWS2crUSMnpeh9_qqIFlwvmRrwVkDMCflERpZw7jln6F4VwvqrPVyiMoyrUY6wUGVQ75y71-GLkUuj-0HNjBeS2cFqVgkhGOYbNhj5Ts7LUXb_XNPXODb4oeaGmdlOaQs_nHpMXrw/s320/16BP1080325.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><span style="font-size:85%;">Methods to measuring this <strong>long-term impact</strong> exist both for the artists and for the funding institution. The formula is based on clear intentions for their short-term goals and long-term ambition that frame project objectives. Dorothea Kolland (Kulturamt Neukoelln) set apart a project in public space and a project engaging the public. She drew attention to the fact that the <em>pleasure in the process is a criterion of cultural value</em>. <strong>Audience development</strong> is a special task for the cultural entrepreneurs. A challenge for public projects is the communication with their intended users and target audiences that rarely gets acknowledged as a financial need in the project plan. </span><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHcSaGGUKBTsaYHPpoeg4f-7D1Jg4eUVxXHD7OeED9QpK72kgIQ9VdlRe_WImYE6x6MYocWi1njugiCe7SINT6HSTHliMkIW1gyOQ3uVaRwDa2Y6QHIfj4B9ZP8EkjQPvx8b4u54eEA/s1600/15_2BPicture+003.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505353839890409954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHcSaGGUKBTsaYHPpoeg4f-7D1Jg4eUVxXHD7OeED9QpK72kgIQ9VdlRe_WImYE6x6MYocWi1njugiCe7SINT6HSTHliMkIW1gyOQ3uVaRwDa2Y6QHIfj4B9ZP8EkjQPvx8b4u54eEA/s320/15_2BPicture+003.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></p><span style="font-size:85%;">Irina Cios (CIAC/ICCA Bucharest) analysed the success and challenge of the Rahova-Uranus Community Centre cultural project. As the urban regeneration plan turned into success, it caused the initiative to reconsider its <strong>indicators of achievement</strong>. Artistic regeneration in this project had led to <strong>an upgrading in the economic value of property that may jeopardize the upgrade in the social context</strong>. Was this an intended result and was it the inevitable output of cultural production? Petya Koleva (Intercultura Consult, Sofia) furthered the discussion with a presentation of selected charts from the <strong>‘Culture Projects: a guide to European Cooperation’.</strong> </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">She analysed with feedback from the partners the use of the quality and quantitative tools to monitor a project’s development. Some artistic as well as some culture funding priorities can be traced if they are clearly analysed with proper tools. Sustainability for instance is embedded in the methods structuring the <strong>project committee and stakeholders involvement</strong>. A participatory method could be used to share monitoring and foresee some risks at the inception of project. Self-evaluations and study-circle methods are appropriate to the development of projects that foresee sustainable results and co-operation. The ‘community’ concept was centre-stage in the presentation of ICC expert, Dr. Ruth Cherrington. She outlined contexts of ‘Implicit Cultural Policy’ in the organisational structure, the informal learning and volunteer-based methods of operation of Working Men’s Clubs in the UK reflected on </span><a href="http://www.clubhistorians.co.uk/"><span style="font-size:85%;">www.clubhistorians.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> . </div></span><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNacc4-ninJOYVoaWxin6ohx9zmvUn39Iz3qotlFi4vj2tqJlX5udW7xARyD0y4PMw982TR3YXKH8AWwNi-zxPGxbX8-DSpbjJD9W43VXSEsPLn1TYVl_EroxK3u93KT1pSOw4Bepmw/s1600/Picture+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505351138072844226" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNacc4-ninJOYVoaWxin6ohx9zmvUn39Iz3qotlFi4vj2tqJlX5udW7xARyD0y4PMw982TR3YXKH8AWwNi-zxPGxbX8-DSpbjJD9W43VXSEsPLn1TYVl_EroxK3u93KT1pSOw4Bepmw/s320/Picture+054.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A broader inter-cultural analysis presented parallels with the ‘chitalishte’ network in Bulgaria and ‘casas de la cultura’ in Latin America. It proved that the<strong> social space rising out of a civil initiative can institute an organisation actively shaping local cultural policy</strong> today, a point that captured the attention of arts and culture managers. This was not incidental – in the autumn of 2010, Catherine Schoss will develop for a ‘club’ for NGBK association. The Ludwig museum’s new project space in Budapest has also been experimenting with a ‘club’ model by promoting inclusive policies via free internet and yoga courses on its location. Both of these examples form part of an implicit strategy to include the residents or accidental, ‘organic’ public in the exchange of an arts space. The workshop continued with an Exchange and Review exercise and a visit to the new location of ‘New Bethanien’ arts residence space that is now a public-private partnership. The outcome of the workshop shaped the prototype of a resource tool that will contribute to the analysis of CultureValuation and volunteer, community activities, clubs and hubs.<br /></span></span><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4o70NtYWIGgMyw1YQgb0_MPMuCucoF6sn25Aqb6SRtTTUfBdMpI5uRZEBFbJ2WzlAqKl9deOXhAQ-60S5D9-tT1VbQ7A2taD9e6cA0_3uZbu6UxCzqwQ38e1NTYTHhwTvPe5v3I7EA/s1600/P1080364.JPG"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505349746016808578" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4o70NtYWIGgMyw1YQgb0_MPMuCucoF6sn25Aqb6SRtTTUfBdMpI5uRZEBFbJ2WzlAqKl9deOXhAQ-60S5D9-tT1VbQ7A2taD9e6cA0_3uZbu6UxCzqwQ38e1NTYTHhwTvPe5v3I7EA/s320/P1080364.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></p><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYCEndWd_B_idVKVuAwHEQZ8oYotiw6Ly1adIiTKlQEzfywLAmWh4I9TZwwMqkF3k7gMU11O094JpQOcw9nm9yPu6piVGTeoMylhbPYbPx1l0_H3Fg-5PPk7J3aEl6h7SEF3hVt6FiQ/s1600/16NewPrinciples.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505359967442616898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYCEndWd_B_idVKVuAwHEQZ8oYotiw6Ly1adIiTKlQEzfywLAmWh4I9TZwwMqkF3k7gMU11O094JpQOcw9nm9yPu6piVGTeoMylhbPYbPx1l0_H3Fg-5PPk7J3aEl6h7SEF3hVt6FiQ/s320/16NewPrinciples.JPG" border="0" /></a></strong></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The outcome of the workshop shaped the prototype of a resource tool that will contribute to the analysis of <span style="color:#000000;"><strong>CultureValuation and volunteer, community </strong></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">activities, clubs and hubs.</span> </strong></span></span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-11329256057202138302010-06-26T15:34:00.002+02:002010-06-26T16:05:26.727+02:00Self evaluation summary of 'For what it's worth - Culture valuation workshop'<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">1</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Keywords linked to Culture Valuation and its methods</span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />> Self reflection: 8 <br />> Sustainability: 5<br />> Self evaluation: 5 <br />> Evaluation (usability, definition): 5<br />> Reflection: 3 <br />> Definitions: 3<br />> Partnerships: 3 <br />> Short/ mid/ long term evaluation: 3<br />> Cultural policy: 2 <br />> Measurability: 2<br />> Project planning: 1 <br />> Ratio: 1<br />> Qualitative methods:1 <br />> Monitoring: 1<br />> Cooperation: 1 <br />> Community: 1<br />> Communication: 1 <br />> Institutional valuation: 1<br />> Recognition: 1 <br />> Interdisciplinary work: 1<br />> Multiplication: 1 <br />> Quality: 1<br />> Emotion : 1 <br />> Economics: 1<br />> Impacts: 1 <br />> Common indicators: 1<br />> Surveys and interviews: 1 <br />> Characterisation of cultural sectors: 1<br />> Common approval: 1 <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">2. Useful approaches encountered during the workshop:</span><br />> Developing and realising culture projects: 12<br />> Culture and regional development in the EU: 9<br />> Cultural policy: 8<br />> Audience development: 6<br />> Curatorial and residence programmes: 4<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Impressions of know-how/ methods of work. and experiences learnt from the workshop proposed by uqbar and NGBK on Culture Evaluation:</span><br />> Long term results/ effects/ impact should be considered and followed up immediately.<br />> The importance of planning and attention to detail as well as maintaining contacts/ networks/ partners.<br />> Extension/ generational aspects/ EU cooperation need to be a main focus.<br />> Idea of long term evaluation. How Berlin city’s ‘kunst am bau’ develops and how to measure evaluation.<br />> Thorough preparation before submitting proposals paying special attention to what is happening where within the EU.<br />> Focus on international partnerships.<br />> The importance of self reflection/ evaluation and communication.<br />> The importance and value of evaluation in cultural processes. Paying attention to the emotional aspect of evaluation and bearing in mind (not only during the evaluation process but during the whole project) that factors such as ‘success’ can have a different meaning for different people involved in a certain project.<br />> Useful strategies for applications/tenders for example the importance of including the motivation for the collaboration between two partners.<br />> The different types/stages/levels of evaluation.<br />> Useful strategies/factors while working on a cultural project.<br />> The importantance of evaluating the long lasting effects of a cultural project.<br />> When planning an EU project it is crucial to have an European Added Value.<br />> The difficulty of finding a common method adequate to valuate all kinds of cultural projects.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">3. Recommendations for ANIMATED partners in the planning of the Evaluation Toolkit.</span><br />> Common questions on monitoring programmes and questionnaires about working together/sharing ideas/ pitfalls etc.<br />> Methods for identification of different qualities and process for creative practices and political views to be made public.<br />> People should work individually to contribute collectively to the development of the toolkit.<br />> Include examples and methods for those who are unfamiliar with evaluation as a practice.<br />> Develop an evaluation, reflection and feedback processes.<br />> More workshops to develop networks and groups of people who can develop and present case studies and propose strategies.<br />> Documentation of brainstorming results from workshops could be expanded and updated as participants gain more experience.<br />> An easily accessible toolkit is very desirable. Practice and experience can be shared through an online forum or blog.<br />> Critical self reflection on failure or unsuccessful projects. How to turn negative into positive, and learn from mistakes and miscalculations.<br />> The toolkit needs to be appropriate for evaluating the widest types of cultural projects. It could serve as a starting point after which a customised, and more focused evaluation can be developed.<br />> Case studies that focus on problems and difficulties and their solutions.<br />> Evaluation from an ‘outsider’- someone who is familiar with the basic characteristics of the cultural sector and has experience in the field (perhaps participants from the workshop?). Fresh eyes can potentially notice the weaker points of a project and objectively point out aspects that can be improved.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Expression of interest to contribute:</span><br />> Ruth Cherrington would like to contribute by adding her own experiences/ skills. She is also able to edit materials and texts produced.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">4. Recommendations for ANIMATED partners in the planning of learners’ workshops and to include in the ANIMATED blog and toolkit:</span><br /><br />> Practical workshops with a greater focus on practical ideas, and evaluation.<br />> Choose participants wisely. Based on language capabilities, social skills and networking talent.<br />> Workshops, blog and toolkit should be more interactive. Discussions could be factual as opposed to hypothetical.<br />> Is one and a half days enough? More meetings and extended workshops where people can talk and exchange ideas more.<br />> Inclusion of more opinions, findings and advice from people developing arts policy.<br />> Be succinct and user friendly. Don’t ‘overload’ the toolkit, examples are good but commonalities need to be highlighted. <br />> A greater volume of shorter presentations.<br />> More free time to visit local organisations.<br />> Include case studies.<br />> Material from the workshop (powerpoints etc) could be available on the blog or a password protected surface. This way discussions and input can be continued online after the workshop is finished.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">5. ANIMATED could also </span><br />> Become ‘evaluation developers’.<br />> Offer some brief profiles of people/ places/ projects.<br />> Reach out to other fields/ areas.<br />> Consider ways of monitoring/ valuing long term methods–‘longitude measures’.<br />> Apply new approaches to group work.<br />> Share more case studies/ examples/ thoughts.<br />> Offer external evaluation sessions.<br />> After developing the toolkit ANIMATED should hold workshops for cultural institutions so that they can learn how to use it.<br />> It is important that the toolkit is shared and used in practice widely not just made in theory.<br />> After a given period ANIMATED should evaluate the toolkit. How useful was it? Did it actually work in practice?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Berlin Workshop “For what it is worth!” NGBK, 12-13 June 2010<br />Compiled by Frances Dixon<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-89002596079619687732010-06-18T13:18:00.007+02:002010-11-08T11:37:59.137+01:00INFORMAL MEETING LEARNERS ANIMATED SOFIA<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIV7v9T09s_2viT8kmRnjWjibhqGOzCelIJ3hseLdW_KC8bGTLEg0am59cOkIv4qNyIVLrR7BlInvpr1vzY8QDbKRjozqYXZ4oonPzRnlf4fJjWUVRspT3oiL5_c87SliopJgzhAGEcw/s1600/21SAM_0362.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505367968993426834" style="WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIV7v9T09s_2viT8kmRnjWjibhqGOzCelIJ3hseLdW_KC8bGTLEg0am59cOkIv4qNyIVLrR7BlInvpr1vzY8QDbKRjozqYXZ4oonPzRnlf4fJjWUVRspT3oiL5_c87SliopJgzhAGEcw/s320/21SAM_0362.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">4 regular </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">informal meetings were organised by ICC and parners from the project -notably Vaska Emanuilova Gallery - initiator of ‘Meeting point’ project in Bulgaria.<br />The idea was to allow Bulgarian participants to reflect on the methods of cultural cooperation already discussed and to share their experiences with a broader group of colleagues. The upcoming meeting is Nov. 9. at 18.00s at cafe ONDA, Angel Kunchev. Str.<br />In the next 12 months ahead of the project partner meetings will focus primarily on assessment of methodology and product development based on the knowledge gained and shared with the 3 partners – VIVO, uqbar and ICC.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-27235764375741319752010-06-01T11:37:00.012+02:002010-06-10T15:22:12.394+02:0012.6.- 13.6.2010: For what it’s worth (CULTURE VALUATION WORKSHOP) @ NGBK Berlin<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Workshop venue</span><br /><br />Hosted by uqbar partner of ANIMATED and NGBK, New Society for Visual Arts<br />Oranienstr. 25, 10999 Berlin, 1st Floor<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Background</span><br /><br />In the past years, evaluation has become a sort of magic word in the cultural field. Companies offering evaluation services mushroomed, as well as schools, classes and universities forming evaluators. Measurable criteria have become the key to give value to cultural projects. Cultural institutions such as Pro Helvetia, for example, have engaged professional evaluation companies to rethink and rationalize their structure, cutting off the branches not considered effective enough or not having enough impact on the territory.<br />As a matter of fact, be it the public, the private or even the non-for-profit sector, we all have to come to term with evaluation tools and criteria in our practice. The question for the cultural practitioners is how to make the best use these tools and criteria, to get and make the best out of their projects and programmes.<br />The workshop For what it’s worth (CULTURE VALUATION WORKSHOP), organized jointly by Wibke Behrens (NGBK) and Marina Sorbello (uqbar), offers a series of inputs and insights on evaluation practices today, with the aim of producing a “collective evaluation toolkit”.<br />Both the experts invited for the inputs and to moderate the workshops, and the selected participants are asked to contribute to the workshop with information, experiences, advices, resources, texts and whatever can increase the expertise on evaluation issues. At the end of the workshop the resources (evaluation toolkit) will be distributed among the participants and online.<br /><br />For question and registration please contact:<br />Wibke Behrens koordination@ngbk.de<br />Marina Sorbello msorbello@uqbar-ev.de<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About ANIMATED Learning Partnership (2009-2011)</span><br /><br />The ANIMATED Learning Partnership is a capacity building and creativity project resulting from the cooperation between Intercultura Consult (Sofia), uqbar e.V. (Berlin), VIVO Foundation (Budapest). The goal of ANIMATED is sharing best practices and encouraging cultural participation, through a series of self-organized, interdisciplinary workshops taking place in Berlin, Budapest and Sofia in 2009/2011. ANIMATED is funded by the European Commission, Education and Culture DG (Grundtvig Programme).<br />http://animatedlearningpartnership.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Schedule of the workshop For what it’s worth CULTURE VALUATION WORKSHOP</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12.6.2010</span><br /><br />11.00 h Coffee+Tea<br />11.15 h Warming-Up with Mona Jas (1)<br />11.30 h Welcome and Introduction by Wibke Behrens (NGBK) and Marina Sorbello (uqbar)<br /><br />12.00 h Input I: Screening of “Roland Berger Strategy Consultant”, a film by Antje Schiffers (2)<br />12.30 h Input II: Leonie Baumann, NGBK, Berlin (3)<br />13.00 h Input III: Dorothea Kolland, Kulturamt Neukoelln, Berlin (4)<br />13.30 h Input IV: Irina Cios, CIAC/ICCA Bucharest (5)<br /><br />15.00 h Workshop moderated by Petya Koleva with Ruth Carrington, Intercultura Consult, Sofia (6)<br />- 19.00 h HOW TOs and tools of evaluation<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13.6.2010</span><br /><br />11.00 h Coffee+Tea<br />11.15 h Exchange and Review<br />12.00 h Visit: the new Bethanien (meeting with Christoph Tannert/Nora Mayr)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biographies</span><br /><br />(1)<br />Mona Jas (artist): At the centre of her work as an artist is the theme of individual identity within the political battleground of society. Memory, perception and language shape, consolidate and alter man’s inner identity, which shows itself to the outside world in lifestyles and rituals. She deals in her work from a variety of angles with the internal and external processes of this creation of identity. Her primary focus here is on critical observation of global practices and social mechanisms, especially the opportunity and freedom of individuals to take their own position towards the status quo.<br /><br />(2)<br />Antje Schiffers (artist) often collaborates with businesses. Among her collaborations, she has made paintings for the consulting firm Bilfinger and Berger. In return, the Bilfinger and Berger advisers have produced a "business analysis" about Antje Schiffers. That was the deal. In this way, it was possible for Antje Schiffers to learn something about the consultant's own methods of work. The various artistic activities have been assessed as part of an investment portfolio and the artist was provided with strategic advice on how the artistic activities could "be better". The measure of success here were the economic indicators. It was of course immediately the question of what constitutes the success of an artist. The answer was obviously difficult and complex. Ultimately, it was noted that gaining attention is from the perspective of the artist is an important indicator of success.<br /><br />(3)<br />Leonie Baumann, NGBK, is managing director at New Society for Visual Arts Berlin.<br />The New Society for Visual Arts (NGBK) – an art society with 850 members, people with different professions and ambitions: cultural workers, scientists, political activists, architects, artists, art theoreticians, sociologists, media studies experts, students… Through their work as volunteers they all go to make up the organisation's distinctive structure, in which all project-related decisions are taken at grass-roots and realized jointly.<br /><br />(4)<br />Dorothea Kolland, Dr. phil.. Born 1947 in Bavaria, married, two children.<br />Studies in musicology, Italian language and sociology in Munich. Florence and Berlin.<br />Since 1981 director of cultural affairs in Berlin-Neukölln (called „the Bronx of Berlin“). Member of the German board of „Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft“ (NGO for cultural politics), for a long time member of the board of “Rat für die Künste” in Berlin (Assembly of the Berlin Culture), expert of the Council of Europe.<br />Political activities and publications on youth culture, community based arts, culture and migration, culture of ethnic communities, diversity, social exclusion and culture, social impact of the arts, art and education. Essays, reports, lectures.<br />www.kultur-neukoelln.de<br /><br />(5)<br />Irina Cios (b. in București, RO) is art critic and curator, director of the International Center for Contemporary Art, Bucharest and guest lecturer at the National Art University. Initiator and curator of the SPACE CIAC Gallery (2000 – 2003) which was aimed at the promotion of experimental and media art. Since 2007, she started the ICCA’s artist in residency project “Under Construction”. She coordinates the MINUS UNU Gallery @ The Ark. Editor of contemporary art catalogues; Co-author of the volume Photography in contemporary Art. Trends in Romania, after 1989 (2006). Contributes with articles and interviews in catalogues, journals and magazines like: Observator Cultural, Artelier, Balkon, Secolul 21, Praesens, Idea etc. Since 2006 president of the Romanian section of the AICA - International Association of Art Critics.<br /><br />(6)<br />Petya Koleva is a researcher in the arts since 1999 and an active expert on EU policies in the field of culture since 2004. Having studied Russian and English languages and Russian, British and American Culture Studies, specialising in Social and Political Science and Arts Theory Research she focuses in particular on multi-cultural, international cooperation projects. She has experience in implementing regional projects involving EU networks and EU neighbouring countries. Together with experts of ICC she offers trainings on European cultural funding instruments. As an evaluator she is experienced in EC Marie Curie Actions of the 7Framework programme and Culture 2007-2013 programme as well as the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument - EuropeAid. She is managing director of Inter Cultura Ltd – consultancy for arts and culture organisations or activities.<br />www.inter-cultura.eu</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-75059124794075155262010-05-21T12:39:00.002+02:002011-07-19T12:59:49.560+02:00ANIMATED Museum – Culture Access – March 2010, Workshop 3, Budapest<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>The 3rd training of ANIMATED took place in Budapest in cooperation with VIVO Foundation and Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art from 4 to 7 March 2010 with the aim of introducing contemporary art to PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.<br />The workshop offered a variety of programmes and a whole day conference, which attracted over 70 participants from different Hungarian cultural organisations, public and private institutions, along with the press. ANIMATED partnership guests were also Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel, Dorothee Bienert, Mona Jas, Ulrike Solbrig from Berlin and Aleksandra Nalbantova, Zhivka Janakieva-Nacheva, Diana Andreeva, Iveta Koleva, Ivan Dobrev and Georgi Iliev from Sofia and Stara Zagora.<br />The Ludwig Musem – Museum of Contemporary Art decided on the topic of CULTURE ACCESS as it not only coincides with the core principle of the museum to provide physical and intellectual access to the widest audiences but also fits in with the framework of the Grundtvig programme as part of the Lifelong Learning Programme.<br />The training has shown us that ‚CULTURE ACCESS‘ is a field of exploration to further explore and with a lot of potential. The topic is related to the broader field of audience development. It is associated with the broader theme of the 2010 theme of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Although operating in different organisational forms and with different focus the exchange between Uqbar, Intercultural Consult and Vivo Foundation proved to be relevant and aroused interest. We have found that all three partners have benefited from this direct learnign experience and there is need to follow up on its success.<br />The programme of the workshop:<br />On 4th March the group visited two private initiatives, the </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475202557894561330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4hf6Aogw8fzM_6YOxnVsylg1ddw-frIPUa02LSQZ23XAlDZPCNsgwa5zdyTPDkRRAiXMcP3aU5VFPUASjtnTuASFwkAXOxLVQOcbNCplqW8Gd26KRZBfQVshXSmJzho25C9AeAo4Wtzv/s320/P1060246_1.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><br /><br /><p>„ABILITY PARK“ <a href="http://www.abilitypark.hu/home/english/">http://www.abilitypark.hu/home/english/</a> and the „INVISIBLE EXHIBITION“ <a href="http://www.lathatatlan.hu/en">http://www.lathatatlan.hu/en</a>, which were examples of cultural entrepreneurship targeted at building on new ideas and trends in modern society. The Invisible Exhibition Budapest is a unique interactive journey to an invisible world, which allows participants to experience how to find their way through touch, sound and smells. The Ability Park - a thematic amusement park – helped the learners to get acquainted with the life of people with disabilities in an interactive and entertaining fashion. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475204068635705186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNceYzaNmhTXpo4aZJcOdw91KgB4wppN1SwwsFRRRETVO2-v5E9GjMFOmXJ7k2cgVQR5U5nvnX92ue7P49fwFa-A7aTNqhqaZuNk2atVPFdIXB-ZWZzjrJZdHpCQGMFvzlCwbLunyQ2DX/s320/P1060332_1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><br />On 5th March there was a whole day conference at Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art. First Ranise Cécile PhD presented on the MEANING OF ACCESSIBILITY for people with special needs in the context of museums along with the current situation of Hungarian and European museums. Her presentation was followed by BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES shared by: Skanzen Museum (Hungarian Open-air Ethnic Museum) on postgraduate courses offered by the Skanzen (Éva Csesznák); the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest (Edina Deme)<br />From the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art Rita Farkas and Henrietta Szira from the Education Department introduced how the museum can solve the question of accessibility. New initiatives from the context of Budapest Museum of Contemporary Art were discussed: the Guided tour for deaf and hard of hearing or blind and visually impaired in cooperation with the Hungarian Federation of the Deaf (Sarolta Dobránovics) and with the Hungarian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (Márta Dr Tolnayné Csattos); the guided tour for mentally disabled audiences was presented as a partnership of the contemporary arts museum with a day-boarder home for mentally disabled adults ( Ágnes Onódi). A concert by “Nem adom fel” (rock-group founded by people with special needs) was also part of the programme as well as a guided tour in the exhibition “Transitland” - Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989 – 2009 <a href="http://transitland.eu/">http://transitland.eu/</a> </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475205498872084754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbR-UJyUz3gH4iVbK_h0I6_BAr_DRbZM6EY0uNtZZEmUhmdacL44nf-4VnC9NlHNZxE6j4hPCkDVr19uy0MMHv2ciuskteYZpPYV6kCFoPIeMQH9Clfdpt4MYzsMn15APoDDIQ87xWxff/s320/P1060636_1.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div></div><br /><div>On 6th March there was an informal meeting at Gödör Klub. The learners exchanged thoughts on their experience and discussed their impressions about the previous two days by doing an interactive word game. Hungarian and international contemporary artists whose artwork deals with the problems of people with special needs also joined the meeting. Later a partner meeting took place between Diana Andreeva /Sofia Observatory of Culture Economics/ and Peter Inkei, /Regional Observatory on Financing Culture in Central-Eastern Europe, www.budobs.org. The exchange of professional ideas between learners continues in June 2010 in Berlin and Sofia.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475204698169891826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggqtz_o5RdT5Q5W4makqXvFx4QuZ0eY_GrQjYt4DiGC9yuL-taZLwpYNapMUZNs6qYoUz-_GLPEHzYUx32YMPnfJSXpfZtthNS6ZPf_eR6Lh5s-iGeljrNPMYttqbHDLzDoDXEYpFy4hq7/s320/P1060841_1.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div>Orsolya Barabassy / Ludwig Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05997579483650060277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-31490956700880951102010-05-17T12:13:00.003+02:002011-07-19T13:00:45.190+02:00VIVO foundation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm9GcA3WJwuMsPJ3vQYe2PCvcKOj1ywZTcFRYnzbXBzmovkL8dpgJcftKponwM80lgCNEVwnWvtZ1IJsdOYLm34Mro7OAcecfI1xoaIA2MHx8TAEMZ88zVorOdi6eGdwsFg_2irDeeXOo/s1600/vivo_logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473670520528513874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFm9GcA3WJwuMsPJ3vQYe2PCvcKOj1ywZTcFRYnzbXBzmovkL8dpgJcftKponwM80lgCNEVwnWvtZ1IJsdOYLm34Mro7OAcecfI1xoaIA2MHx8TAEMZ88zVorOdi6eGdwsFg_2irDeeXOo/s320/vivo_logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>VIVO Watershed Visual Education Foundation is an organization founded in September, 2001. It concerns itself with museum education. The members of the foundation are students specialized in art history, aesthetics, literature, media as well as a number of foreign languages.<br /><br />The foundation organizes guided exhibition tours in a number of Budapest’s museums on a regular basis. These guided tours aim to awaken interest in the visual arts among children and adults. Along with expanding a child’s factual knowledge, special emphasis is put on improving their creative thinking. Programs are geared for small groups so that each participant can receive proper attention. This also allows every child to participate in numerous, playful exercises according to his or her own needs. Consequently, everyone takes an active role in the program’s activities.<br /><br />The activities are approximately one and a half hour long. This enables us to discuss 5 to 10 works of art in detail. In other words, the aim is to encourage quality – and not quantity – based reception of pieces. To help process the material exhibited, we utilize playful exercises, task sheets and other aids to promote creative immersion of the participants. We would like to prove that for the interpretation and enjoyment of works of art – that is to say, for a successful conversation with artistic products – preliminary knowledge concerning the objects on display is not necessary. We intend to provide a number of approaches to children so they might select their favourite interpretation or create new renderings afterwards. Along with all of this, our concern is also to develop the participants’ encyclopaedic knowledge and to point out the connection between factual data, which we believe necessary in order to attain a complex understanding of the ontology of artistic objects.</div>Orsolya Barabassy / Ludwig Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05997579483650060277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-83137067383250190602010-02-03T14:47:00.036+01:002010-05-31T13:10:04.477+02:00AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT in CULTURE ACCESSThe Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art and Vivo Foundation decided on the topic of CULTURE ACCESS as it not only coincides with the core principle of the museum to provide physical and intellectual access to the widest audiences but also fits in with the framework of the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme objectives. The training has shown us that‚ CULTURE ACCESS‘ is a field of exploration to be further explored and with a lot of potential. It is associated with the broader theme of the 2010 theme of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1905&format=HTML&aged=0&language"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1905&format=HTML&aged=0&language</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>While operating in different organisational forms Uqbar, Intercultura Consult and Vivo Foundation the learning exchange proved to be relevant for all three partners. <div><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447306901700482738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1aNci73IW8hIMCb_miQOFhn8YimnfnK7WfDJ-AmjlEiX1l6-p5xCaEuOGREJmD98fwiFcyGagpzvdq1HYN6QnJuhoSuDMq2t9-cZl4P2Eh5Dby0NGSCw4M0Zb6k03WKnhS0spkugVw/s320/AbilityPark0.jpg" /><br />In the example of the ABITLITY PARK, the <strong>roles of educators and learners are reversed</strong> so that visitors to the adventure park are trained by qualified people whose ‘disabilities’ are transformed to the positive sign of an ability to share a world of experience otherwise unexplored in public. </span><a href="http://www.abilitypark.hu/home/english/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">www.abilitypark.hu/home/english/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The partners/learners analysed methods and possibilities for improving the <strong>offer to young and mixed audiences </strong>and finding the partners that help expand the portfolio of services in galleries and museums .<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447310596254852082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONQb1PNKgtf-8v80hLdxVqSAu8WqgZqLUqV8486H4uZGCYu9nOz6suKKi1D8CFLn7_rrRwyLQFH6IA6g20xQOWnMPzUcEeEFrg6UI0Pbf6wbOUEY6AIId6PfHlYNDuQkohTz4BaTSKw/s320/workshop.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES WERE SHARED BY:<br />Skanzen Museum (Hungarian Open-air Ethnic Museum) on postgraduate courses offered by the Skanzen (Éva Csesznák); the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest (Zoltán Bartos); Ludwig Museum Budapest (Rita Farkas and Henrietta Szira ). The meeting with the Director of the LUDWIG MUSEUM, Barnabas Bencsik, and with the key experts in the educational department among whom Orsolya Barabassy, Rita Farkas and Eszter Arvai was valuable to understanding their EU/local audience development policy. A partner meeting between a representative of the Observatory of Culture Economics Sofia and the Regional Observatory on Financing Culture in East-Central Europe, The Budapest Observatory expert, started an exchange of professional ideas to be continued in Sofia. A guided tour in the exhibition “Transitland” - Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989 – 2009 </span></span><a href="http://transitland.eu/"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">http://transitland.eu/</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> was part of the programme.</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447315162979015938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6Wjca4RBVURg0NmS08MBUolJjcvBRnZKV33p-KeigKCUHvGrJSGxOBmP3cJEzAIPNf-ck5k-c1dyoS5dE_CQf_mTr-wlIYUnMuop4JxVRQmXyzlG6O4oVlh3KiGP7ZbaqOf0aeZ3Bw/s320/BarnabasBenzik.jpg" /></span></p></div><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">The workshop offered a variety of programmes and a whole day conference, which attracted over 70 participants from different Hungarian cultural organisations, public and private institutions, along with the press. ANIMATED partnership guests were also Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel, Dorothee Bienert, Mona Jas, Ulrike Solbrig from Berlin and Aleksandra Nalbantova, Zhivka Janakieva-Nacheva, Diana Andreeva, Iveta Koleva, Ivan Dobrev and Georgi Iliev from Sofia and Stara Zagora.</span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-81257818313414062812010-01-16T14:34:00.039+01:002010-08-14T22:44:56.081+02:00CULTURE INNOVATION STRATEGIES6<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"> - 9 December 2009 - Workshop 2 <strong>Sofia Culture Innovation Strategies and Sofia Operators</strong>On Dec 7, 2010 an integrated training for culture operators took place in Bulgaria in cooperation of ICC and the Culture Contact Point of Bulgaria. The practice-based exchange involved expert input by ANIMATED on two projects “<span style="color:#ff0000;">Transient Spaces</span>” www.transientspaces.org and “<span style="color:#ff0000;">Le Grand Magasin</span>”, web: ec.europa.eu/culture/journalists/doc/page34_grd_magasin_en.pdf. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Workgroups were formed in which colleagues from Budapest, Berlin, Sofia and Plovdiv could solve problems of project management and co-operation and creating cooperation strategies. </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaSat_sjk-7dUPbqDdnU6ycIbmH9R8Mud9QcNg93jKmWTVOUnTdw0gcV_gFgiLOjTcyo-ud_s0Pl9gA6DMNw6_u3-uDW9ucS_6KgVq5XRac9Gufr5UgFrMIVcvAuUov6-knjF3btJdw/s1600/Picture+033.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474772747356432418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaSat_sjk-7dUPbqDdnU6ycIbmH9R8Mud9QcNg93jKmWTVOUnTdw0gcV_gFgiLOjTcyo-ud_s0Pl9gA6DMNw6_u3-uDW9ucS_6KgVq5XRac9Gufr5UgFrMIVcvAuUov6-knjF3btJdw/s320/Picture+033.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">A <strong>Sofia Culture Operators workshop </strong>with focus on BG contemporary arts culture managers, visual arts museum and galleries, independent spaces, residencies and informal spaces took place on Dec 8 and 9. The Sofia City Art Gallery and Veska Emanuilova project space presented their current methods of work and the role they play in Sofia as a specialised space for contemporary arts in the absence of a museum for contemporary arts.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1yyBngo2Cj2pylCjWp-S_1MO_xLRhuyqUlDko7o8BevGb5toDUcxCFYqdj54tLP6Dir8vgOG9p8wTXB95eRKD4ups34T7jV2dqFpfwnx9d3Fysa-s5_5Ync8OduzFjTLfFtYjmFlSA/s1600/Picture+021.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474769903851252482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1yyBngo2Cj2pylCjWp-S_1MO_xLRhuyqUlDko7o8BevGb5toDUcxCFYqdj54tLP6Dir8vgOG9p8wTXB95eRKD4ups34T7jV2dqFpfwnx9d3Fysa-s5_5Ync8OduzFjTLfFtYjmFlSA/s320/Picture+021.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><br /><strong>Art residencies</strong> activities of the Art Today Association / Centre for Contemporary Art – Plovdiv were discussed. The initiator of <em>Sofia Water Tower media arts festival</em>, IME NGO, shared this topic in regards to an <em>international debate on arts initiatives in urban space on June 26, 2010</em>. Studio Dauhaus –initiator of the <em>Sofia Underground arts festival</em> introduced the informal cooperation as a next topic of exchange. The Bulgarian Culture Observatory, promoting research and culture <em>valuation in Bulgaria</em> shared their current findings. An interaction with independent <em>curators from Sofia</em> took place towards the end of the Tuesday programme with a discussion on curatorial exchange networks.<br /><br />Sofia <strong>arts spaces and educational activities in the museum</strong> were the key topics in meetings at National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia, the Red House for Culture and Debate - Sofia and the National Museum “Earth and People”. We learned that the Ludwig Museum for Contemporary arts could have been located in Sofia before it settled in Budapest and that two public projects in Sofia (launch 2010) may improve the context of contemporary arts musea in Bulgaria. Several projects were indentified as a connecting point between Workshop 2 and Workshop 3 on Culture Access.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotSZdPdCzN732irk7xqhmBJ2AsLFZDmP4AiGDDZSYb5zI3uyLIlgvEc9oc-sZySKdf_17EGYOU0sWrZlO349UEbwWDd1tG3MJSTi8Ql_oDPxOJRYjR3U_6ANB6dwBizVR9nB3iy2GaQ/s1600/Picture+030.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474772203072873698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotSZdPdCzN732irk7xqhmBJ2AsLFZDmP4AiGDDZSYb5zI3uyLIlgvEc9oc-sZySKdf_17EGYOU0sWrZlO349UEbwWDd1tG3MJSTi8Ql_oDPxOJRYjR3U_6ANB6dwBizVR9nB3iy2GaQ/s320/Picture+030.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><br /><strong>Participants to the ANIMATED Sofia Meeting</strong>: Over 35 participants from Sofia and Bulgaria representing over 25 different arts organisations benefited from this direct exchange. ANIMATED guests were Marina Sorbello (uqbar e.V., Berlin); Antje Weitzel (uqbar e.V., Berlin); Wibke Behrens, Neue Gesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst (NGBK, Berlin); Orsolya Barabassy and Rita Farkas (Education Department, Ludwig Museum, Budapest); Petya Koleva (Intercultura Consult, Sofia); Lora Dimova and Todor Gadjev (Intercultura Consult, Sofia); Yovo Panchev, (Studiodauhaus); Iliana Dimitrova (National Academy for Theater and film arts, Sofia) ; Dr. Maria Vassileva (Chief curator Sofia City Art Gallery); Yana Kostova, (Bulgarian-German Cultural Centre, Plovdiv), Jacob Racek, (Culture manager Robert Bosch Stiftung); Nia Pushkarova, (IME arts initative); Irina Moutafchiеva, (National Gallery for Foreign Art); Diana Andreeva and Prof. Bilyana Tomova (Observatory of Cultural Economics Sofia ); Galya Dimitrova curator and Tzvetelina Josifova (Red House for Culture and Debate); Jivka Janakieva-Nacheva (National Museum “Earth and People”) </span>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-45533932321888356172009-12-28T08:39:00.012+01:002010-05-24T12:04:34.378+02:00Intercultura Consult ICC<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">Intercultura Consult ® is a private initiative active in the field of <strong>arts and culture cooperation</strong>. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 86px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420190884035470258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqyzF0noNLwikfLrbaZRa9p3kPjiAkThfHNbOJmjLWN0KA9E6kLCk6DNW0cnDg_8DjDay5ky8cu8E1giV804PsIrn-mmS_e6pcV-0-621FCCWCYvZTxw34C2X3e5gP36R670QY10k2w/s320/ICC+logo_noltd.jpg" />Since 2004 our partners and clients are public organisations, creative professionals and teams in Bulgaria and in Europe. ICC is a partner in international and intercultural projects. In Bulgaria ICC will offer you a purpose-built intercultural strategy and targeted project development. <span style="font-family:times new roman;">In Europe ICC can develop a project-based international team.</span><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;">ICC offers the <strong>know-how, skills and techniques of experts</strong> in: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">• </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Arts education and training • </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Culture & Cultural policy • Creative industries • Languages, media and design </span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>address&contacts</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Edison 1 A - 6 Str. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">1111 Sofia, Bulgaria </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">E: <a href="mailto:info@inter-cultura.eu">info@inter-cultura.eu</a> W: <a href="http://www.inter-cultura.eu/">inter-cultura.eu</a> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">T: 00359 (0) 884198354 F: 00359 720 620 14 </span></span></p>ICChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07210559767537440799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-26743810353883896812009-12-23T14:33:00.000+01:002009-12-23T16:56:12.051+01:00uqbar e.V.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmXUw9-KvlopiW1Pk0EU5wQc6U15gqO4juzyX5p5Kb5zIbcm3pyZOdGh7ctWSj9J-zkKA7VodadJa1Bn8QVuonqz1A6F-8p2rRPrP8rwIL1I_UWjYTdfSQslIr-vR-Qlg_Gl7MAW6VHAb/s1600-h/UQ_Logo.jpg"></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmXUw9-KvlopiW1Pk0EU5wQc6U15gqO4juzyX5p5Kb5zIbcm3pyZOdGh7ctWSj9J-zkKA7VodadJa1Bn8QVuonqz1A6F-8p2rRPrP8rwIL1I_UWjYTdfSQslIr-vR-Qlg_Gl7MAW6VHAb/s1600-h/UQ_Logo.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmXUw9-KvlopiW1Pk0EU5wQc6U15gqO4juzyX5p5Kb5zIbcm3pyZOdGh7ctWSj9J-zkKA7VodadJa1Bn8QVuonqz1A6F-8p2rRPrP8rwIL1I_UWjYTdfSQslIr-vR-Qlg_Gl7MAW6VHAb/s200/UQ_Logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418424554851034978" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 62px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The association </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">uqbar</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">– Gesellschaft für Repräsentationsforschung e.V. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">aims at promoting contemporary art and culture, above all implementing, supporting and hosting projects, which dedicate themselves to the research and promotion of experimental, interdisciplinary artistic and cultural practices in the international context.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The activities of uqbar are based on project fundraising, networking, and international cooperation. Uqbar has been beneficiary of grants by the European Commission, Culture 2007-2013 and Culture 2000; the Danish Arts Agency; the French Embassy in Berlin; the German–Czech Future Fund; the Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin; the Italian Cultural Institute; the Venetian Region, Italy; the mobility fund Movin’ up, Torino; the European Cultural Foundation. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:13.0cm"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The name “uqbar” was taken from a novel by the writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). In Borges’ novel the word “uqbar” is an entry in a fictitious encyclopaedia. The word is a construct, a letter combination without meaning, used by the author in order to show how knowledge and meaning are constructed. The problem of the constitution of meaning, signification and interpretation is central to the discussion around the term of the representation. Representation in the broadest sense means a switching procedure, which functions through references and replacement, and is an integral component of each art form.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:13.0cm"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The association </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">uqbar - Gesellschaft für Repräsentationsforschung e.V.</span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (en.: Society for Representation Research) was registered on 20 January 2004 into the register of associations in Berlin, Germany (Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, Nr. 23 104 Nz). The association is classified by the German fiscal authorities as non-profit and for public benefit.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">PROJECT SPACE | uqbar </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In spring 2007 cultural producer Dorothee Bienert, Dortje Drechsel, Marina Sorbello and Antje Weitzel have opened to the public a project space in Berlin-Wedding, a multifunctional space for exhibitions, meetings, presentations, seminars, conferences, screenings and workshops, featuring Berlin based and international artists. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Board of management / Curatorium </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dorothee Bienert, Dortje Drechsel, Marina Sorbello, Antje Weitzel</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Address and Contacts</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Schwedenstrasse 16</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">D - 13357 Berlin/Wedding</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">T + 49 (0)30 460 69 107 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">projectspace@uqbar-ev.de</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://projectspace.uqbar-ev.de</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-5674590839503730882009-12-23T14:00:00.000+01:002009-12-23T14:44:56.879+01:00About ANIMATED Learning Partnership<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', serif;">ANIMATED is a project resulting from the cooperation between <b>Intercultura Consult </b>(Sofia), <b>uqbar e.V.</b> (Berlin) and <b>Vivo Foundation</b> (Budapest). The ANIMATED partnership shares best practice encouraging communities to participate in innovation through culture.</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Culture operators from Bulgaria, Germany and Hungary are involved in this capacity building project on programming learning and creativity. The object of exchange are work methods engaging communities to participate in the multicultural, creativity economy of Europe. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ANIMATED intensifies collaboration among EU cultural sector professionals. Dissemination activities involve learners from the local stakeholders. Mobility-related workshops enhance the dialogue between public, non-governmental and citizen level stakeholders of culture. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The ANIMATED Learning Partnership is a 2 years project (2009–11) funded by the <b>European Commission, Education and Culture DG</b>, within the framework of the <b>Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme.</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdHVo0jQ8NVg7oznGpB65KFnSUYi-tO01TWOC5eoSK3p_dZN_XHm5Uao69NVmndgLJPsPEpvUcN-B9YbF-CJUJlMhxsSeckNw3p-GllfEerOF6ZznktxrbKXbmeguJxU32uAH3dQRSDKw/s200/LLP_Logo_JPG.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418423164860143714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 81px; " /></span></span></p><br /><!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2282280001587962741.post-45626706820736673482009-12-23T13:23:00.000+01:002009-12-23T14:40:09.026+01:00ANIMATED Berlin Meeting<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The first </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ANIMATED Meeting</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> took place in Berlin from </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4 to 5 November 2009.</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4 November </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(11:00–19:00) the meeting took place at uqbar projectspace in Schwedenstrasse 16, Berlin. The Steering Group of the project discussed topics such as the structure of the Grundtvig learning partnership ANIMATED, and the further actions.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The partner organization uqbar e.V., VIVO/Ludwig Museum, Intercultura Consult presented their activities.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHL1VO3JX8AtsMU_pFXCF7CPenwkpMlxmOJA5juIIpAVFWfgU59sX6zJN_r0f9tQC6PlnEj4h0N7eVhJTI6SkB3Lxssr7JOvr9Q_OEK2PntuR2_dbraSAUVl-tbsU_uybJigXBdJ-QxOk/s1600-h/PB040375.JPG" style="text-decoration: none; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">On </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5 November</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (11:00–19:00) uqbar organized the <b>workshop Berlin Independents</b>, a guided tour through Berlin independent project spaces and artists' initiatives, with several encounters and short interviews.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The tour started from </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">uqbar</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, hosting the exhibition "One Time One Million (Migratory Birds / Romantic Capitalism)" by Susanne Kriemann, and continued through other indipendent institutions in Wedding such as </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Art Laboratory Berlin</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Artransponder</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Then the group visited organizations such as </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">IGBK</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> (Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildende Kuenste), where the group got an introduction into the scopes and activities of IGBK. After a short lunch break, the tour proceeded to Kreuzberg, in the project spaces </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Raum fuer Zweckfreiheit </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kwadrat</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, and the institutions </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Neue Gesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst (NGBK)</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. The tour ended at the bookshop </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Motto Berlin</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, an independent distribution company and publishing house.</span></span></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivR6MhtLTBuyqkQpBP2fiQX2e_sAG58PuapRONw7fp1HHc6DgGiokTbKbh-2Z9JMdwjyinIAq_ua9GBXZhibGd6W6X7fm9QEMUKDLQiFL3JtyiUSjPWp-OVxyxJKsO4-45YBMNb2sYliw7/s1600-h/PB050424.JPG"></a></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSTJ53sAS1XlTkPzFSZMDVlsdWGBOyZr6YvlCIKJDNgn_7obHPrhFHapsSDdAQSskosIlQrjYIEN6BY06pnrJQen2lYBlvk6eNkqeMtJ4c-qeTE3XoQ_kXFYbgQXHeIXvjCEQUdGasvE/s1600-h/PB050395.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeSTJ53sAS1XlTkPzFSZMDVlsdWGBOyZr6YvlCIKJDNgn_7obHPrhFHapsSDdAQSskosIlQrjYIEN6BY06pnrJQen2lYBlvk6eNkqeMtJ4c-qeTE3XoQ_kXFYbgQXHeIXvjCEQUdGasvE/s320/PB050395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418413129591550226" style="display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Marina Sorbello (uqbar e.V., Berlin); Antje Weitzel (uqbar e.V., Berlin); Jole Wilcke (uqbar e.V., Berlin); Tijana Stepanovic (Vivo Foundation, Budapest); Rita Kalman (Ludwig Museum, Budapest); Petya Koleva (Intercultura Consult, Sofia); Iveta Koleva (Intercultura Consult, Sofia); </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I</span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">liana Dimitrova (National Academy for Theater and film arts, Sofia)</span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0