Description
Social and cultural spaces are shrinking, becoming overly controlled by the state, budget cuts, neglected professionalism, inactive civil cultural scene. The objective is to provide cultural and social agents w/ space and visibility, to raise issues marginalized by the government, a new network through collaboration, to foster self-governance, cultural and social understanding, and dialogue btw for- /non-profit sectors and with the international scene. The project will achieve capacity building of the contemporary art scene, extending networks and collaborations, learning from good practices, new financial structures, improving the visibility of the scene, thematizing social issues and loosen state-dependency. The project will addresse these challenges through: fosters collaborations, alternative economy, opens up space for capacity sharing, activates self-help and improves the diversification of the cultural and social scene. These will benefit from the project: artists, cultural workers, the civil sector, supporters and the wider public. It will be exchanging of good practices with partnership with Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen.
Summary of project results
The centralisation,state-dominance,budget cuts within the cultural sector led to disintegration and apathy in the contemporary art scene.The project’s aim was to mobilize the art workers,to strengthen their networks and collaborations through learning from good practices,new financial structures,improving the visibility of the scene, and loosening state-dependency.The project achieved these goals through a grassroots-biennale format that also strengthens sustainability with its two-yearly editions.Within the framework of this project more than 160 cultural events/projects were realized in different locations, that had altogether more than 35.000 visitors and generated huge media attention, thus creating a model for civil organisations well beyond the cultural sphere.The project also put an emphasis on getting to know “good practices” and their dissemination (workshops,lectures, and an international symposium),as well as on educational programs involving a wide range of audience groups.
Summary of bilateral results