Creative Waves Slavic webinar – May 7th 2022
Creative Waves Slavic webinar – May 7th 2022 On May 7th 2022 the project partners within the project Creative Waves: Baltic Sisterhood for Change invited artists and experts involved in the project to the first joint meeting at Zoom. Until now, creative women, during the workshops, have met with a local partner. In May, we wanted to see them all and, in an informal atmosphere, share our experiences, impressions and conclusions from the project activities so far. We encouraged our [...]
Nordic Talks – Session 1 on May 27th
Photo: Unsplash Act to inspire - Inspire to act We are very excited to host three Nordic Talks events the following months! On the occasion of the visit of many international researchers and experts in Stockholm for the workshop of our project “SOS Climate Waterfronts”, Intercult is organising three “Nordic Talk” events with title “The future of our cities - Challenges and solutions in the Nordic region and internationally”. Session 1 - "Climate change on urban waterfronts- [...]
Bridging Digital Workshop – Create Performing Arts with Digital Tools
In April 2022 the team at Intercult held the workshop "Create Performing Arts with Digital Tools". The purpose of the workshop was to inspire the creation of productions with elements of digital tools, both in terms of the artistic and for broadcast and marketing. Being able to create an atmosphere and interaction from a traditional analog stage space - to also becoming a digital experience - is today a new forum for the performing arts in Sweden. How do you [...]
Bridging Digital Workshop in Greece
Two years of distance and experimentation. We learned to train, to be educated, to have fun, to go to the cinema, theatre, travel, to hang out and to live with the help of technology. We discovered that many of the things we thought were not happening are finally happening! Now is the time, not just to go back to before, but to see what lessons we learned from this experience and how we will use it in the future. [...]
Europe Direct Stockholm and Intercult LIVE on #AmplifyinAction
On Europe Day, 9 May 2022, the "Amplify Swedish Hub" coordinated by Trans Europe Halles, of which Europa Direkt Stockholm and Intercult are a part of, we presented our key messages for the #AmplifyinAction event: Lower the thresholds for participation More transparency and openness to new cultural actors to avoid monopoly More competence on all levels (cultural leadership, grant givers, decision makers, policy makers etc.) to assess professional quality in multicultural arts Create a funding scheme for cultural infrastructure, for [...]
SOS Climate Waterfronts – Site visits
On the 23rd May, researchers, climate change experts, architects and urban planners from 7 cities will meet in Stockholm for a 4-week workshop on the Marie Curie Horizon 2020 exchange “SOS Climate Waterfront” project. SOS Climate Waterfront is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore waterfronts in Europe that are facing climate change. The project collects different disciplines to create new strategies for sustainable solutions for infrastructure and urban planning in Europe. During this period, lectures, workshops, group works [...]
Bridging Digital in Dunure!
StudioFV's video is a case study for our Erasmus+ project Bridging Digital , with Intercult as project leader, which explores how artists and communities can use digital technology. The video in question features University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Trent Kim and the work of his students on the New Media Art course with members of the Dunure Community Council, South Ayrshire. Disclaimer "The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement [...]
Creative Waves – Workshop Wieslawa Tokarska 23 april 2022
As part of the international project Creative Waves – Baltic Sisterhood of Change, Intercult, which represents Sweden and is the leading partner in the project, held a workshop on April 23 with our artistic director Wieslawa Tokarska. Participants physically came to Intercult’s office at Södermalm in Stockholm to learn more about how to make jewelry made of felt, wool and amber (stone). Wieslawa Tokarska is a trained seamstress and for 20 years she has had her own sewing studio [...]
SOS WATERFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE project in Stockholm – May 21 – June 19, 2022
Urban waterfronts are facing new challenges when dealing with climate change. The problem affects the citizens, the environment and the local economy. Municipalities, stakeholders, Port Authorities and local communities often disagree upon their own needs. S.O.S. – Sustainable Open Solutions for European urban waterfronts aims to develop new solutions that emerge from the present necessities. S.O.S. waterfront aims to enhance the research carried on in the field of urban waterfronts to face the future challenges in managing, adapting and mitigating [...]