Time of the Clock, Time of Encounter

The aim of the project is to change the way people think about temporality. The group believes that arts and humanities have particular forms of knowledge around temporality that are of potential use to communities. This project investigates the difference between the time of the clock and the lived time of experience. We live in… Continue reading Time of the Clock, Time of Encounter

Sonidos de la Tierra – Community and social development through music

Sonidos de la Tierra (Sounds from the Earth) is a project for children and young, created by Luis Szarán,through the formation of music schools, musical groupings and cultural associations, it facilitates the shortcut to the musical education to more than 3.000 participants of scarce resources, in communities of the Paraguayan countryside. Sonidos de la Tierra,… Continue reading Sonidos de la Tierra – Community and social development through music

2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

July 13-15, 2012 Spend time and explore the natural and man-made landscapes that lead from the top of the watershed to the Bronx River. You will play games, dance, draw, write, envision and interact with the communities that call East Tremont home. There will be walking, building, gardening, story-gathering and dancing! The plan is to… Continue reading 2012 iLAB Resident – Follow the Water Walks

2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference

Berlin, Germany – and online, Febr. 8-9 The Radius of Art international conference, at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin on February 8th and 9th 2012, is covering 4 thematic windows: “Art for Social Transformation”, “Public Art”, “Art toward Cultures of Sustainability” and “Cultural Policy Strategies and Funding Structures”. Further information (and the conference program)… Continue reading 2 Live video streams from the Radius of Art Conference

Kumasi Biennial Symposium: Community Arts in Focus

July 16th until August 6th 2011 in Ghana The Curio Kiosks project of the first Kumasi Symposium was a successful attempt to bring international contemporary art to the general public in Sub-Sahara Africa, who might not normally come to art galleries and museums. How can the scope of this project be broadened? How can the rural… Continue reading Kumasi Biennial Symposium: Community Arts in Focus

Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation

9th and 10th May 2011, SocArts, University of Exeter, UK Call for contributions In the past decade there has been a growing interest in music and social conflict both inside and outside academia. Interdisciplinary research from music sociologists, ethnomusicologists, music psychologists and musicologists has focused on music’s dual use, both as a resource for conflict… Continue reading Symposium on Music – Conflict – Transformation

2011 OPEN CALL FOR EMERGING ARTISTS

RESIDENCY AT THE BAMBOO CURTAIN STUDIO, TAIPEI, TAIWAN The Bamboo Curtain Studio has been actively supporting creative talents for the past 15 years. Within our four reused spaces, we have been celebrating the arts and empowering the lives of over 200 local and 30 international artists, with much sharing across communities, collaborating regional and exchanging… Continue reading 2011 OPEN CALL FOR EMERGING ARTISTS