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Description
The ambition of the project, which is based on Polish and Norwegian experience, is: • Using the influence of arts on community life and individual development; • Reaching new audiences, with particular emphasis on people at risk of exclusion • Setting strategic priorities for recognized music institutions actively collaborating on a local and international level; Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival (K & MFEST) and Sinfonia Varsovia, implementing the above goals, have prepared a project that will enable them to: - using the partner''s experience in working with various social groups in Poland and Norway, - implementation of an interdisciplinary program of events arising from the idea of a symbiosis of arts, expression and development through art, cooperation of Polish and Norwegian artists; - creative reflection on the role of classical music institutions and musicians themselves in supporting the processes of social integration; - preparation of a musician profile / model solutions for a socially responsible institution; - creating a self-aware, educating and self-learning institution which, based on international recognition and partner experiences, consciously shapes its image and scope of activities; Activities planned in the project include: - training a group of 25 musicians / managers from Poland and Norway to work independently in the field of artistic social projects and to implement their original ideas; - a series of initiatives organized in cooperation / for local education, social and culture centers in Poland and Norway; - a series of interdisciplinary music, literary, dance and art events, showing the contextual and global / repetitive nature of phenomena related to human life, with the participation of outstanding Polish and Norwegian artists; - wide dissemination of the project results, including through the "library of experiences", presenting recordings and educational summaries of individual parts of the project implementation.
Summary of project results
The project was an attempt to break a stereotype of classical musicians and institutions: commonly considered as an elite, exclusive society for high-profile listeners and limited to elegance and sophisticated interiors. Unfortunately, very often the understanding of the role of musicians by themselves does not go beyond this picture. Trained to be perfect on stage, raised in bubbles with similar ones, aspiring to reach the same goal, musicians have never developed competences to interact with others and take into account “for whom they are really playing for”. Therefore, there was a need to thoroughly think over and (hypothetically) revise a function of classical musicians, orchestras and other institutions with reference to the urgent and necessary societal changes.
The project builded also on the idea of arts as a very successful tool for processes of social inclusion and art therapies which were widely utilized at work with vulnerable groups. Respectively, interdisciplinary projects, which connect miscellaneous art forms magnify their impact on recipient, as they combine an audio and visual inputs, words with pictures, symbols with movements.
Within the project, the partner fron the Donor - State and Beneficiary (Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival - K & MFEST and Sinfonia Varsovia):
- used the partner''s experience in working with various social groups in Poland and Norway,
- implemented of an interdisciplinary program of events arising from the idea of a symbiosis of arts, expression;
- developed through art, cooperation of Polish and Norwegian artists;
- created reflection on the role of classical music institutions and musicians themselves in supporting the processes of social integration;
- prepared of a musician profile / model solutions for a socially responsible institution;
- created a self-aware, educating and self-learning institution which, based on international recognition and partner experiences.
Activities realised in the project included:
- training a group of 25 musicians / managers from Poland and Norway to work independently in the field of artistic social projects and to implement their original ideas;
- a series of initiatives organized in cooperation / for local education, social and culture centers in Poland and Norway;
- a series of interdisciplinary music, literary, dance and art events, showing the contextual and global / repetitive nature of phenomena related to human life, with the participation of outstanding Polish and Norwegian artists;
- wide dissemination of the project results, including through the "library of experiences", presenting recordings and educational summaries of individual parts of the project implementation.
Within the project:
- 74 artistic events were carried out as a result of cooperation with partner institution under the project (14 music and performing arts events, 4 fine arts and visual arts events, 7 events dedicated to cultural heritage, 23 cultural and artistic education events, 9 events aimed at the inclusion of ethnic and national minorities, 22 events improving the cultural competences of audiences);
- 8553 people attended the cultural and artistic events organized by the project
- 39 professional staff were trained
- 5 3760 promotional materials were prepared
The place of the implementation location: Stavanger, Bru, Suldal, Warsaw.
Summary of bilateral results
Cooperation during the project implementation involved the management, promotion, production and evaluation of artistic events of a social nature, based on cooperation with the participation of Polish and Norwegian artists. The partnership was based on the principles of equality, participation and sharing of experiences (programming, evaluation) and prioritizes the wide distribution of project results. KMFEST actively participated in the tasks carried out by Sinfonia Varsovia (project leader) and co-determined their shape, and in addition:- was solely responsible for the implementation and promotion of events in Norway,- ensured the presence of Norwegian artists and experts in Poland,- ensured the correctness of procedures and expenses in accordance with the Program regulations.