Grundtvig ends, CAfE continues For the last official Grundtvig meeting a small village in northern Bohemia of Czech Republic has been chosen. The region, formerly part of the so-called Sudetenland, is a beautiful low mountain range; by car only 45 minutes away from either Prague or Dresden. We are talking of course, about our partners’ … Continue reading
Mediation instruments for contemporary art in public space: a debate-workshop with Allan Siegel at Aquamediale IX. “I do not get it!” sure you have heard it while in front of a contemporary art piece. Indeed contemporary art can be sometimes a bit “cryptic” as its message is mostly contained within a plastic materialisation of complex … Continue reading
A Tour in Berlin, Neukölln and some thoughts on gentrification and art mediation by Eva Liedtjens Berlin – Neukölln is famous – infamous, in fact. It is a changing, fascinating district full of diverse people, problems and potential – potential for possible conflict, but also for learning from each other. During our last meeting in … Continue reading
More than 18 moths after the beginning of CAfE partnership it is time to reflect and dialogue around what we have learned while sharing experiences and cooperating within the filed of contemporary art practices on the public space, art mediation and non-formal art education. Our CAfE partnership has grown and structured along the last year … Continue reading
In October 2013 the 1. International Symposium “About Mediation of Art” took place within the MitOst-Festival in Leipzig. Hosts of the symposium were GfZK (Museum of Contemporary Art) and HALLE 14. Actors in the field of art and culture from Egypt, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain and Germany came together to discuss several basic aspects of … Continue reading
CAfE partners attended the opening of 2013 art symposium Proudění-Strömungen last July 2013 At the beginning of the summer holidays, the 15th German-Czech Arts Symposium Proudění-Strömungen (meaning Flow – or maybe better Currents) was held at the Cultural Centre Řehlovice from 12th to 21st July 2013. Twenty-one artists from the Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia and Austria … Continue reading
In the end of June 2013 all the partners of CAfE project visited SURVIVAL Art Review organised in Wrocław (Poland) by the ART TRANSPARENT Foundation. During the visit not only they had i chance to see the exhibition of SURVIVAL Art Review, but also to participate in meetings, debates and lectures dedicated to contemporary art … Continue reading
Kulturni Centrum Rehlovice lies in a small village in northern Bohemia of Czech Republic, a region, formerly part of the now-vanished Sudetenland, approximately 8 kilometres south-west of Ústí nad Labem and 68 km north-west of Prague. Founded in 1999 Kulturni Centrum Rehlovice, was born with the aim to organize mainly German-Czech cultural events such as art symposia, study tours, … Continue reading
elmur.net is a non-profit audiovisual project which proposes the construction of a global visual dialogue. Creative videos of ingenious citizens from around the globe are collected by means of a website: www.elmur.net After selection procedures, best proposals are screened in public spaces or within the context of art festivals and cultural events. Aims of this project are … Continue reading
Have you never heard about Lleida before? Lucky you! you have the chance to discover it and what is more, there’s no better feeling than to enjoy something for the first time ; ) Next March 2013 our group of cultural managers and learners will be travelling to one of the oldest towns in Spain … Continue reading
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