About ANIMATED Learning Partnership

ANIMATED is a project resulting from the cooperation between Intercultura Consult (Sofia), uqbar e.V. (Berlin) and Vivo Foundation (Budapest). The ANIMATED partnership shares best practice encouraging communities to participate in innovation through culture.

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.

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.

The ANIMATED Learning Partnership is a 2 years project (2009–11) funded by the European Commission, Education and Culture DG, within the framework of the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme.

ANIMATED Berlin Meeting

The first ANIMATED Meeting took place in Berlin from 4 to 5 November 2009.

On 4 November (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.

The partner organization uqbar e.V., VIVO/Ludwig Museum, Intercultura Consult presented their activities.

On 5 November (11:00–19:00) uqbar organized the workshop Berlin Independents, a guided tour through Berlin independent project spaces and artists' initiatives, with several encounters and short interviews.

The tour started from uqbar, hosting the exhibition "One Time One Million (Migratory Birds / Romantic Capitalism)" by Susanne Kriemann, and continued through other indipendent institutions in Wedding such as Art Laboratory Berlin and Artransponder.

Then the group visited organizations such as IGBK (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 Raum fuer Zweckfreiheit and Kwadrat, and the institutions Neue Gesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst (NGBK) and Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien. The tour ended at the bookshop Motto Berlin, an independent distribution company and publishing house.

Participants to the ANIMATED Berlin Meeting:

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); Iliana Dimitrova (National Academy for Theater and film arts, Sofia)