LabforCulture - Case studies

Communication

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:14:26 GMT

A creative educational programme for young people in unstable regions of former Yugoslavia with unsolved ethnic problems, conceived to help in establishing a dialogue between the citizens of different national groups.

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:44:39 GMT

A project dealing with the status quo of human rights in Europe, seen from the perspective of visual art.

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:01:02 GMT

A participatory and multi-format archive that examines cultural memory in the process of EU integration in the Western Balkans. This project documents what citizens think will change or disappear when their territory joins the EU, and marks the geographical location of each example with GPS technology.

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:40:34 GMT

Based on a simple and unique idea: a moving short film festival that travels throughout Europe. It promotes young European film and stimulates the exchange between film-makers and the audience. Moviemiento defines itself as a forum, connecting people and cultures by way of film.

Odysseus – A Quest for Europe

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:21:57 GMT

The Goethe-Institut takes the visitor on a virtual journey through the idea of Europe, inspired by the legend of Odysseus. Media artists, photographers, philosophers and modern-day nomads reveal an aspect of European identity, based on an – entirely subjective – view of their chosen location.

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:49:39 GMT

A project focused on two starting points: the lack of information about Libyan museums available on the website of the International Council of African Museums, and the apparent lack of museum websites in this country.

Trans_European Picnic

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:50:35 GMT

In a two-day electronic media arts and culture gathering in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia, a few kilometres beyond the EU's new transnational border, the Picnic brought together artists, theoreticians and media practitioners from across Europe to explore the changing cultural and artistic landscape within and beyond this new conglomerate of competing cultures, economies and identities.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:40:30 GMT

A collaborative theatre project including Italian, Macedonian and Croatian artists. The performance deals with the theme of power, and the idea has been to see how artists from different cultures, societies and political surroundings work together when dealing with these topics.

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:31:55 GMT

Locals produces newsreels and comedies in one of the biggest slums of Africa. These are projected in public spaces within the slum and later the content is uploaded and archived on the SLUM-TV website.

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:13:13 GMT

Stimulates exchange between different musical traditions in today’s Europe. The main focus is on the integration of musical traditions of immigrants and cultural minorities in Europe.

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:46:36 GMT

A theatre performance that's a truck ride through the city. The audience is driven and guided by two Bulgarian truck drivers. They drive to cargo points throughout the city, e.g. shipping companies, container harbours, markets, parking places. Specialists in the cargo business and a Bulgarian singer from each city participate in the show.

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:00:55 GMT

Using digital photography and new media, Signs of the City – Metropolis Speaking is a 15-month project that explores the sign systems of the European city by drawing up a visual inventory of four selected metropolises. Young people in Berlin, London, Sofia and Barcelona work with professional artists to generate an inventive online image database: a contemporary archive providing free access, interaction and use.

Clubture's Regional Initiative

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:14:36 GMT

The PHASE 1: reLOAD project was a pilot phase of the programme exchange and collaboration project between independent cultural and civil society organisations in the former Yugoslavia.

Operation:City

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:49:28 GMT

Operation:city is a ten-day event in Zagreb, Croatia, featuring a variety of cultural activities that took place in an abandoned industrial complex in the city.

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:55:12 GMT

Border Dialogues – The Barents Art Triennial, is an international art project, which aims to mediate and explore questions and responses, experiences and feelings related to the concept of borders. The project is organised in different phases with activities such as exhibitions, community projects, texts, talks, travels, workshops and events or festivals, held in different places throughout the period of mid 2005 to mid 2006.

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:50:22 GMT

International media arts project, exploring the notion of being "At Home in Europe" through the production and dissemination of digital art. Realised in the form of production residencies for artists and mobile exhibition of video works, the project connected four partner organisations ISIS (UK), RIXC (Latvia), InterSpace (Bulgaria) and BEK (Norway), as well as a number of international artists and researchers.

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:35:34 GMT

The focus of this study is an internet video streaming initiative, which explores the issues surrounding emerging technologies, arts and culture, social cohesion and education with the context focusing on community events. The aim is to provoke debate about emerging technologies and how this may be a catalyst to reinventing community events, helping us to contrast and compare our cultures and focus on tomorrow’s educational needs.

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:36:14 GMT

Puzzle Project was launched in 2006 as an event focusing on "urban" concepts. It was a meeting point for artists from different countries. In 2007, the festival will involve different arts, including theatre, film, music and visual arts. Puzzle Project 2007 will continue as an urban workshop for artists from different fields and regions of the world.

Thu, 17 May 2007 18:45:25 GMT

A cultural information network that connects 12 radio stations and independent organisations, mostly from cities in former Yugoslavia: Ljubljana, Maribor, Sarajevo, Mostar, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Sombor, Skopje, with an extension to Zurich and Basel in Switzerland. The network provides a platform for crossborder exchange of information related to art and culture, and enhances cultural dialogue in the region.

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:50:27 GMT

An opera project created around the traditional Bosnian musical tradition of Sevdah, which brings together singers and musicians of many different cultures and religions to spread a message of cultural collaboration and communication through music and the human voice.