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
“The Big flag of Cultural Diversity” was sewn as a participative artistic intervention, made to celebrate the value of cultural diversity while fostering the community. This activity was undertaken within the frame of the conference day “DAY D: Africa as you never seen it before” promoted by the University of Lleida & Foundation Ferreruela Sanfeliu (Lleida, … Continue reading
Artist: SpY Location: Bilbao (ES) Word “Crisis” created with 1000€ in coins of 2 cents. The installation took place in a centric neighborhood in the city of Bilbao. All the coins disappeared in less than 24 hours. A visual piece that makes a pretty clever use of the raw material. In fact it is this point which pushes the piece … Continue reading
Quoted from the call for ideas and applications: Colleagues and friends, We [, i.e. MitOst and partners,] are pleased to announce the launch of our idea challenge “Advocate Europe”. We invite you to apply with your project idea and secure funding of up to € 50,000. We will fund non-profit projects and initiatives from the fields … 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
New TANDEM programme supports cultural organisations building cross-border partnerships between Ukraine and EU. Deadline for application: 15 September, 2014. Ukraine is a country in turmoil; major social and political changes have a high impact on the understanding and communication between different groups and regions in the country. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent … Continue reading
The European Cultural Foundation is running an online campaign for people to share their vision of what public space is. See more here. To participate: Share (in any language) photos, films, words, drawings and sounds that respond to your own vision of what public space is (or could be). On any social media platform, tag your … 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
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