Artist: Candy Chang (New Orleans, USA) Location of art work: New York Project: Post-it Notes for Neighbors “Post-it Notes for Neighbours” is an interactive installation (inspired by Illegal Art’s To Do project) that asks neighbours to share details about their lives in the city. Questions & answers that create a participative work of art and unveils personal stories. Might the … Continue reading
Sometimes is easier to experience things than to describe or define them, such is the case of Art. Even given the case of being an art lover, sometimes it is difficult to explain why we “love what we love”. Such questions as “What is Art? What is it for? Should it have a specific function … Continue reading
Application deadline for the second edition of TANDEM Community & Participation is on Wednesday 15 October, 2014. This exchange programme supports cultural organisations to set up long-term partnerships with peers across the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK. Applicants actively promote citizen participation and community engagement through arts and culture. TANDEM Community & Participation started … Continue reading
12. Internationalen MitOst-Festival The time has come. We are glad to invite you to the 12th International MitOst-Festival happening from 1st to 5th of October 2014 in Novi Sad, Serbia. From now on you can enrol via the online form. Please read the details of participation and registration carefully before you send in the form. You will find all important … 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
An inspiring TEDxTalk by Yazmany Arboleda about the power of art in public spaces to engage, drive people to reflect and lead them to believe in themselves and in their communities. Yazmany Arboleda a multimedia artists a based in New York City, his practice merges painting, photography, film, sculpture, installation, and participatory actions in order to highlight phenomena … 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
MitOst is a mediator and promoter of cultural exchange in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. A non-profit organisation founded in 1996 which has been growing up to 1200 members in 40 countries so far. MitOst carries out activities focusing on citizenship education, volunteering and cultural exchange in Europe. In its department for cultural exchange MitOst … Continue reading
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