Summarising experiences and learning processes in Stockholm
We organised a meeting in Stockholm to summarise our learning, teaching and training activities within the framework of I_Improve. The meeting took place at our host Intercult's offices in Stockholm on August 18th to August August 22nd. The aim with our meeting was to gather input from each other, discuss our learning activities and plan for future activities within the project. All partners had previously attended bilateral meetings during 2019. One of our main aims of our project is to [...]
Artistic residency in Gdansk – what happened?
During 14-19 October the artistic residency in Gdansk took place - a part of the project Memory of Water, which is developed by members of the River Cities Network. The residency was hosted by the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, and at Intercult we are happy to be the lead partner of the Memory of Water-project. The events were all centred around the former Gdansk Shipyard, the subject and location of the artistic work and activities. Six artists from different countries [...]
Take part of the short documentary film “Nature of Shipyard”
Take part of the short documentary film about Gdansk Shipyard to the right. Description of the film: Gdansk Shipyard. The world-famous place of birth and victory of Solidarity. Place of construction of modern ships and a source of prosperity of Gdańsk for almost 150 years. For large machines and small people, always full, consciously planted trees, bushes and flowers. After the fall in 1996, the Cradle of Solidarity was bought by two American investment funds. The process of its [...]
Anna and Mohammeds month in Stockholm: S.O.S. Climate Waterfront
S.O.S. Climate Waterfront is an interdisciplinary project consisting of 10 parts, from Portugal, Turkey, the Netherlands, Greece, Poland and Sweden. The project aims at finding strategies and methods to create sustainable infrastructure and urban planning in urban waterfronts in Europe. Intercult is representing the cultural perspective of the project. During September, Intercult had a month’s visit from Anna Ragasová and Mohammed Boubezari, who have been working with the communication of the project, which included a webpage and a communication [...]
Juvenes Translatores 2019
Now it is time to register your school to the Juventus Translatores (young translators) 2019! Juvenes Translatores is a translation contest being held for high school students born in 2002 to designate the best young translators in the European Union. The aim of the contest is to promote language skills, and the profession of translation. The contest wants to show the importance of language-learning and translation within the EU. The contestants will translate text from one official EU-language into another. [...]
Take part of the film from Levadia!
Take part of the film from Levadia! The residency in Levadia in Greece is a part of the project Memory of Water. It is 13 minutes long and shows artists and participants of the project, and shows the importance of the Erkyna river, for the city and for the people there. Watch the film to the right. The film is made by Jonas Myrstrand and Mary Michou.
Developing solutions for Lisbon
Take part of our first, investigatory month in Lisbon in March 2019 via the video to the right. The visit in Lisbon was a part of the project S.O.S. Climate Waterfront, an interdisciplinary research project that investigates areas close to water in Europe that are threatened by climate changes. The project collects different disciplines in order to shape strategies for sustainable infrastructure and urban planning in the future Europe. During our first month, we explored the areas Alcochete Marshland, [...]
Artistic duo SIMKA took part in the Urban Cultural Planning residency in Riga
UrbCultural Planning (UCP) is funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region-program which runs from Januari 2019- June 2021, and it’s a project that aims to strengthen the innovation capacity of public sector authorities, knowledge intermediaries and communities in the Baltic Sea Region to deal with pressing urban societal problems and challenges. The project’s main goal is to use culture and creativity to improve life in the areas around the Baltic Sea region. They want to work with cultural planning through [...]
Workshop with Prof. Shirley Basfield Dunlap at STOFF-X
Shirley Basfield Dunlap PH.D Associate Professor & Theatre Arts Coordinator Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD Director Shirley Basfield Dunlap and actors of New Nordic voices and their production “For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf” had a workshop about different theatre- and storytelling techniques st Folkets hus in Bagarmossen in Stockholm on September 5th. The aim was for the attendants to practice in sharing their own stories. The cast organised the workshop as [...]