A Cultural Deal for Europe NORDIC CHAPTER
Culture is the anchor that binds us together. It is the cornerstone of the European project and a driving force for the continent's future. Culture has enormous inherent value and makes a huge contribution to the economy. Culture has always been a vital social glue and resource, capable of healing wounds during difficult times. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic's ongoing crisis, as well as the threats that lie ahead, necessitate unprecedented and concerted action. Culture Action Europe proposes we [...]
Building social capital: a methodology
International cooperations and transnational projects have long since been Intercult’s forté, but times and focus have changed during recent years. We have therefore expanded our focus. For Intercult to remain relevant, on a local, national och international level, we needed to adapt. International projects are no longer the primary interest of our financial beneficiaries and our audience, so we have explored our roots and started honing our local community skills instead. This way, our projects have real communal impact but [...]
I_Improve Conversations
2021 is here and we are preparing for the last year of the I_Improve project! Time has truly flown by and we are very excited for this last run. A lot has happened these past three years, and to learn as much as possible from our experiences all of the partner organisations have participated in the I_Improve Conversations. This is an informal video series, where we reflect about our choices, the differens projects, the Change maker process, and more. The [...]
Memory of Water – a final reflection of project coordinator Iwona Preis
From 2018, Intercult has been a lead partner in Memory of Water project co- funded by Creative Europe - building upon collaboration of 6 partner cities, based on local participation and co-creation. Memory of Water explores post-industrial cultural heritage on waterfronts in the context of urban planning and community development. Over two years, the participating partners : Intercult in Sweden, Stad Ostend in Belgium, the Municipality of Levadia in Greece, BSCC Poland, Fablevision in Scotland, and Ormston House in Ireland collaborated on twenty-three interconnected activities like city labs, international residencies, and a filmed documentary. [...]
Memory of Water – a final reflection of project coordinator Iwona Preis
From 2018, Intercult has been a lead partner in Memory of Water project co- funded by Creative Europe - building upon collaboration of 6 partner cities, based on local participation and co-creation. Memory of Water explores post-industrial cultural heritage on waterfronts in the context of urban planning and community development. Over two years, the participating partners : Intercult in Sweden, Stad Ostend in Belgium, the Municipality of Levadia in Greece, BSCC Poland, Fablevision in Scotland, and Ormston House in Ireland collaborated on twenty-three interconnected activities like city labs, international residencies, and a filmed [...]
MEMORY OF WATER – Series of Webinars
More about Memory of Water: https://memoryofwater.online/ https://www.facebook.com/memoryofwaterEU https://www.instagram.com/memoryofwatereu/ MEMORY OF WATER – Series of Webinars 17 November – 16 December 2020 Introducing a programme of webinars that will profile the achievements of six partner cities striving to impact the future of post industrial cultural heritage on the European waterfronts by looking at those places with the eyes of socially engaged, interventionist artists. During November and December, the six participating river and water cities of Stockholm, Limerick, Levadia, [...]
Woven Network – Exhibition Opening 12-19 December
Woven Network - Opening of the digital art exhibition 12 - 19 December 2020 To exhibition website The international digital art-residency “Woven network” is running to the final stage. We proudly announce the opening of the final exhibition from 12 to 19 of December. During the opening week, we will present the works of 7 artists from 5 European countries across 3 time zones, gradually filling in the virtual exhibition space. The idea of Woven Network was responding to the [...]
Memory of Water Webinar – 16 December (Part 2)
Invitation to webinars on Wednesday 16 December What's the future of waterfront heritage zones in the post industrial cities of Europe? Part 1: 12.13:30 CET Part 2: 14-15:30 CET Part 2 : 14-15.30 CET Impact of Memory of Water - from the artists' perspective, from the partners' perspective In these two webinars we invite you to a conversation with internationally renowned authorities in the field of cultural planning, regeneration and community art, as well as to a reflection from participating [...]
Memory of Water Webinar – 16 December (Part 1)
Invitation to webinars on Wednesday 16 December What's the future of waterfront heritage zones in the post industrial cities of Europe? Part 1: 12.13:30 CET Part 2: 14-15:30 CET Part 1 : 12-13.30 CET Impact of culture and European projects- from cultural planners and expert's perspective In these two webinars we invite you to a conversation with internationally renowned authorities in the field of cultural planning, regeneration and community art, as well as to a reflection from participating artists [...]