10th-19th October 2008, Graz

H.E.I.M.A.T.
EU cultural project for intercultural dialogue in Graz in October 2008

As_Tide Networks was created by Fondazione Pistoletto – Biella in cooperation with Next – fine arts club, managed by Luise Kloos, and the partners DeBuren – Brussels, Hangar – Barcelona and St. James Cavalier – Malta, with the vision of establishing a European network for intercultural dialogue. Artists and Scientists are invited to participate in shaping the social transformation of society. Their creative qualifications enable them to function as catalysts and mediators for new ways in the intercultural dialogue.
We are confronted with a new type of migration: parallel to the internal European migration runs the migration from poor to rich. Mobility characterizes our age, as a privilege and as a compulsion. What happens when mobility in all its aspects, from exile and economic migration to flexibility in work, takes control of entire societies? What is the meaning of “home” of the individual in a globalized world?

From 10th – 19th October, artists from various disciplines from the five partner-organizations will come to Graz to participate in an “artists in residence” project, to work with the topic “heimat”. READ MORE

Along with the artist workshops there will be several interesting public events, organized by next – fine arts club in cooperation with Dr. Astrid Kury of the Akademie Graz. The highlight will be a discussion about “portable cultures” between artist Michelangelo Pistoletto and philosopher Wolfgang Welsch. This event is part of the “Grenzgänge” - discussions at the Schauspielhaus, Graz, on 13th October 2008. READ MORE

In this context, and in a vision enlarged also out of Europe borders, art, and its universality, becomes the tool, the language, the mediator, the source of highly innovative approaches and processes to the social transformation. ?Art can be viewed not only as self-expression of the artist as an absolute but in a plurality of pronunciations about imposed visions of the world, the society and the history. In fact, a certain degree of freedom and an innovative creative approach “by profession” allow the artists to play a new kind of role in the social fabric and in the society they live in, the one of catalysers and facilitators of social transformation with an etherodox approach to art.

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workshop
H. E. I. M. A. T.
The communication of „Heimat“ in the public space

During the “artists in residence” program, the participating artist will get in contact with local institutions, which have been dealing with different aspects of the question of integration professionally over the past several years: ISOP, St. Andrä School, Megaphon and the Pfarre St. Andrä, whose Reverend Hermann Gletter has made available the artists’ workspace. New ideas and concepts to open questions about integration in Graz will be developed. The area around Annenstraße will play a central role for these efforts.

As part of the encounter with the students and teachers of the St. Andrä School under the administration of Principal Irmi Otto, the artists will get a guided tour of the city of Graz, to give them an insight into the students’ environment.

List of participating artists:
:: From Austria: Lore Heuermann, Aurelia Meinhart, Christina Medina, Anselm Schaufler, Manfred Stern, Marcel Fotter, Susanne Schweiger, Tina Lamm, Christoph Schwarz.
:: From Italy: Alessandra Nicolini and Davide Skerlj
:: From Croatia: Josip Zanki and Fedor Vucemilovic
:: From Spain: Yolanda de Los Bueis
:: From Belgium: Sarah Vanhee
:: From Holland: Elisa Marchesini
:: From Sweden: Max Valentin
:: From Finland: Reino Koivula
:: From Malta: Katya Borg

There are several distinguished guests with lots of experience in intercultural dialogue:
:: Liz King: Initiated and choreographed important projects with Roma in Oberwart
:: Branco Franceschi: Curator and director of the Croatian artists association
:: Raymond Saner: Professor for communication psychology in Geneva; he will moderate the “open space” with the topic “Heimat” at the Literaturhaus on 12th October 2008.

The artists will approach the topic backed up with their background in art, their personal experiences, perceptions and desires. Lore Heuermann for example writes:
“Home is the place, where I’m understood without language. Home are the people, whom I don’t have to explain who I am. I don’t have to offer any explanation to justify my existence. Home is to be able to listen and see, aimless and undisturbed. Home is the feeling of a big silence and stillness, which allows me to me myself.”

Program

Arrival day for the partners: 9th October
Arrival day for the artists: 10th October, 5 pm – 7 pm
Departure for the participants: 19th October 2008

10th October
:: 9 am – 7 pm: partner meeting
:: 7 pm – 8:30 pm: Dinner, artist´s arrival
:: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm: Introduction of the artists
Introduction Paolo Naldini „As_Tide“

11th October
:: 9 am – 10 am: Luise Kloos: Introduction of the program, defining the roles
:: 11:30 am – 7 pm: City of Graz - „speed socializing“ - walking conference – city walk
(in cooperation with steirischer herbst and Akademie Graz)
:: Dinner
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-feedback

12th October
:: Morning reflection - Literaturhaus
:: Partner meeting
- Liz King, choreographer: „Offenes Tanzhaus Oberwart – The social dimension of Dance Identity“ Case study
- Anselm Schaufler, composer: „Bauernhimmel“ - Examples and structure of a composition with elements of traditional folkmusic transformed to experimental music
- Presentation of the artists association Zagreb „Back to Heritage“ Josip Zanki and Branko Franceschi
:: Lunch
:: 2 pm – 5 pm: Literaturhaus Graz
„Heimat“ – Open space, public discussion with selected guests
Moderation: Raymond Saner, CH
(in cooperation with Akademie Graz and Literaturhaus)
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-feedback
:: Mingle

13th October
:: 9:30 am – 5 pm: St. Andrae Hauptschule
:: Morning reflection
- Michelangelo Pistoletto: lecture
- Selfpresentation of the artists, building workinggroups
- Experiences and development of intercultural dialog in school Introduction, lecture and discussion: Irmi Otto, Director
:: Lunch
:: Meeting and guided tour through the neighbourhood with students of St. Andrae School
:: 7:30 pm - Schauspielhaus
„portable cultures“ – public discussion in the main theatre hall - Schauspielhaus
with Wolfgang Welsch, Philosopher, BRD and Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cittadellarte
(in cooperation with University of Graz, Akademie Graz and Schauspielhaus)
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-feedback

14th October
:: 9 am – 2 pm: Church of St. Andrae
Experiences and development of intercultural dialog in the neighborhood
Introduction and lecture: Hermann Glettler, priest and artist
Discussion
:: 2 pm – 3 pm: Lunch
:: 3 pm – 9 pm: ISOP
Experiences and development of an intercultural center in Graz - ISOP
Introduction, lecture and discussion: Robert Reithofer, director
:: 7:30 pm: Dinner
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-feedback
:: Mingle

15th October
:: 9 am – 10 pm: Working day
:: Morning reflection
:: Discussion
:: Workshop
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-evening-feedback
:: Mingle

16 th October
:: 9 am – 10 pm: Workshop, development of projects,
:: Afternoon: Time for testing of images, slogans etc. in the public space
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-evening-feedback
:: Mingle

17th October
:: 9 am – 10 pm: Working day
:: „cultural heritage“ - hiking to special places in the mountain (about 3 hours the whole round trip) depending on the weather…
:: Workshop, development of projects,
:: Love Difference Team: ½ h-evening-feedback
:: Mingle

18th October
:: 10 am – 5 pm: Workshop
:: 6 pm: Final discussion and presentation of the results

19th October
:: Breakfast and Departure

Aims and expected results of the Workshop

- Target: City of Graz, visited institutions, own environment
- Communication in terms of H.E.I.M.A.T. in the public space (could be a bag, a logo, a slogan…) – concrete projects will be created by the artists and tested in the public space
- Project ideas – which you are planning to realize after the Workshop
- Presentation of the results
- Creating a network
- Creating new knowledge for and with the participants
- Sharing the new knowledge with other people
- Documentation


download the program of the workshop (PDF format)

Contact
next – Verein fuer bildende Kunst
Luise Kloos
0043 699 114 60 941
luisekloos@yahoo.de
www.nextkunst.at

Cooperations
next – Verein fuer bildende Kunst is cooperating in Graz for the project H.E.I.M.A.T. with:
Akademie Graz, steirischer herbst, Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz, Afro Asiatisches Institut, Megaphon, Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Literaturhaus, Schauspielhaus, ISOP, Hauptschule St. Andrea, Pfarre St. Andrae, AVL, Evolaris, Vexcel, Stadtwerke Graz, Offenes Tanzhaus Oberwart, Stadt Graz und Land Steiermark.

Supported by:
Stadt Graz, Land Steiermark, EU-Commission