To
directors of local authority culture offices, community leaders, etc.
Would you like to host the project
IMAGINE
…YOU MAY SAY I' M A DREAMER BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE…
'Imagine…' is an itinerant project that touches upon several aspects
of cultural life, including different artistic expressions, education, tourism,
and community groups It is aimed at suburbs and smaller cities all around
the world.
Around
fifteen artists from the X-PROJECT will be in
residency in the hosting community for four weeks.
The first three weeks will be taken up with preparations of activities in
the fourth and last week. The programme of activities in the final week will
be open for wide and varied participation: schools, local associations, work
places, individuals, etc. Four days of activities will be structured through
group work in different places - music, singing, movement, visual work, objects,
or other kinds of work aiming to contribute to a shared experience. The form
of these activities may vary from a workshop (maybe for teachers or for children
and young people), or an exchange with local artists, etc. These will allow
for the deepening of existing interests, as well as for experiencing new things.
The main aim is to create an overall buzz of creativity around the place,
and that everyone can take part: children, youngsters and adults, all involved
in a shared creative process. All activities should be for free for participants.
On
the last day of week 4 we will invite the whole community to a very special
performance. The performance will be a unique event, created especially for
the location where it takes place (inside or outside), and it will be performed
only once. The event will be based on the encounter between the artists and
the history and present of the chosen location. It may be a forgotten place,
or it may be somewhere that is so well known by everyone in the community
that it is no longer noticed: and all of a sudden this all-too-well known
place is filled with the emotions of an exceptional event, and the community
can "rediscover" it.
Everyone in the community wanting to take part in the concluding event will
create their contribution during the previous four workshop days.
It
is important that the exact project format will be the outcome of an open
planning dialogue between the project members, local responsible officers,
enthusiasts and community stakeholders - thus ensuring that the project will
be tailor-made for local needs and interests.
The main pre-requisite for hosting the project is the availability of some
necessary spaces for the whole duration of the artists' residency (four weeks):
- two empty working rooms of about 70m2 and 30m2 respectively (ideally with
wooden floors)
- accommodation for max. 16 persons and the use of kitchen and dining room
fitted out for autonomous use by the artists.
Should
your town / community be interested to host the project "Imagine...",
and should you be able to provide the necessary spaces we would be very happy
if you contacted us.
We could then talk about how the project could be carried out in your area.
Magdalena
Pietruska and Roger Rolin
project directors
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