As_Tide, final event

April 29th 2009, 5.30 pm - European Parliament, Brussels

The project finally reaches Europe political core.
With 5 construction sites of art for social transformation, the ASTIDE network expands the new geography of change through culture in Europe.

Conference programme

• 5.30 pm: Jas Gawronski (I), MEP and Gianluca Susta (I), MEP: opening
• 5.40 pm: Cecilie Cave (F), Programme Manager European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture
• 5.55 pm: Michelangelo Pistoletto (I), artist, founder of Cittadellarte: introductory lectio (Art and Societal Change)
• 6.15 pm: Paolo Naldini (I), AsTide Head of Project: overview
• 6.30 pm: Concert: "Bauernhimmel IV", composed by Anselm Schaufler (A), performed by the 14 musicians Ensemble Zeitfluss, conducted by Edo Micic (HR)
• 6.55 pm: Luise Kloos (A), next – Verein fuer bildende Kunst, presentation: "HEIMAT" Workshop held in Graz, and its printed publication
• 7.05 pm: Christoph Schwarz (A), Yolanda de los Bueis (E), Elisa Marchesini (NL), Sarah Vanhee (B): "Untranslatables": performance and preview of the book "Untranslatables - a guide to translingual dialogue", created within the frame of the AsTide project
• 7.20 pm: Chris Gatt (M): presentation "A Shared Portrait", Workhop held in Malta
• 7.30 pm: Pedro Soler (E): presentation Hangar WebTv Laboratory, outcome of Barcelona workshop
• 7.40 pm: Dorian van der Brempt (B): presentation of workshop held in Brussels
• 7.50 pm: Jas Gawronski (I), MEP and Gianluca Susta (I), MEP: conclusions

Participants to the meeting will be Members of European Parliament, representatives of the European Commission, personalities and professionals of culture and civil society; the event will include a key note speech by internationally recognized artist Michelangelo Pistoletto (2003 Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion for Lifelong Achievement), the concert Bauernhimmel IV by composer Anselm Schaufler, performed by the 14 musicians Ensemble Zeitfluss, conducted by Edo Micic, the performance "Untranslatables" by Christoph Schwarz, Yolanda de los Bueis, Elisa Marchesini, Sarah Vanhee and the preview of the book, "Untranslatables - a guide to translingual dialogue", created within the frame of the AsTide project.

We think the whole initiative that takes us to this meeting is of greatest importance as the 5 participating countries represent the pillars of an experimental cultural platform that is willing to be extended to the entire European region joined with the Mediterranean countries.
We are convinced that it is from now on necessary to pay more and more attention to the interrelation between the different cultures of these countries and on this cultural basis make the international policies advance.
We believe that only with a solid and rich cultural layer there can there be a real political progress in the future.

On behalf of the Organisers:

Jas Gawronski and Gianluca Susta (MEP)
Michelangelo Pistoletto (Artist)

Dorian Van der Brempt (deBuren, Director, www.deburen.eu)
Pedro Soler (Hangar, Director, www.hangar.org)
Luise Kloos (Next Kunst, Founder, www.nextkunst.at)
Chris Gatt (St. James Cavalier, Director, www.sjcav.org)
Paolo Naldini (AsTide Project Leader, Director, www.cittadellarte.it)

The 5 construction sites

• UNIDEE University of Ideas (Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy)
  “What role does art play in society?" further information
  
• deBuren (Brussels, Belgium)
  “In what ways do creative processes influence the socio-cultural and economic relations?" further information
  
• Next - Artists in Residence (next – Verein fuer bildende Kunst, Graz, Austria)
  “What is HEIMAT in an intercultural world?" further information
  
• Minipimer.notv (Hangar, Barcelona, Spain)
  “What relation is there between esthetics and ethics?" further information
  
• Shared Portrait for Marsa Open Center (St. James Cavalier, La Valletta, Malta)
  “What contribution can art bring to an organization that accommodates successful refuge claimants and people under humanitarian protection?" further information