Intercult <3 Livet Bitch!
For the I_Improve project, each partner organisation (of which Intercult is one) must choose a change maker. The change maker can be an organisation or a person with whom the partner organisation will work to ensure the success of the project. We had a long process in choosing our changemaker, as we long deliberated what it was exactly that we wanted to improve. Initially, we were working with three wonderful organisations that all touched our hearts with their commitment to [...]
Artists to Connecting Georgia
One of 2020’s projects for us at Intercult is Connecting Georgia. Due to the current situation with COVID-19 pandemic, all abroad travel has been put on hold until things have calmed down. But we love the project so much we thought we’d share the talented artist’s who are participating! These artist’s are partnering with Intercult and they are going on a residency to our partners in Batumi, Georgia. There, the Swedish artists and a Ukrainian artist will work together [...]
Webinar: State of Culture in Europe in the times of COVID
Date: Friday May 15th 2020, 12.30-13.30 Organizers: Intercult / Europe Direct Intercult / Culture Action Europe The Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) all over Europe are hit severely by the COVID-19 pandemic. Live events and performances had to be cancelled, while most cultural venues were forced to close their doors. Cultural creators are severely affected by the discontinuation of their exhibition and performance opportunities. In sectors characterised by self-employment, freelancing and job flexibility, combined with little or no access to social [...]
Intercult digital
In spring 2020, Intercult arranges a number of webinars with different themes live streamed on our Facebook page. The seminars focus on current themes such as the cultural sector's contribution to climate challenges, cultural heritage, European cultural policy in the Covid-19 pandemic. Themes are introduced and discussed by the invited lecturers and the hope is that these webinars will open up a dialogue about culture's relationship to sustainability, social cohesion and urban development. In each passport, we also address a [...]
Apply for Culture of Solidarity Fund
European cultural foundation launches a solidarity fund! The Fund – setup in partnership with other foundations – is looking to support imaginative cultural initiatives – big or small – that reinforce solidarity and the notion of Europe as a shared public space in response to the current crisis and its aftershocks. It is open to individuals, collectives and organisations from all sectors and civil society at large with initiatives and ideas that: expand the notion of Europe as an open [...]
Read the report – In search for True Inclusion and Practice
Intercult is a part of Nordic Forum for Intercultural (NFI), that this December organizes a conference in Oslo about tools and strategies that can be used for a more inclusive cultural sector. The conference marks the end of the project An Inclusive cultural life in the Nordics. As a result of the project, the report is now finished and published; "In search for True Inclusion and Practice - An Overview of texts, projects and practice on cultural diversity in the [...]
1,000 days of culture: cultural organisations call for government inquiry
"Stronger legal protection is needed to ensure that the publicly funded culture is free from direct political influence and does not become an ideological tool for current power. In the past, we have not seen the need for a cultural law to establish the public's responsibility for the whole of culture to exist throughout the country and for the principle of arm's length to be respected. However, when the principle is eliminated, we believe that the issue of further legislating [...]
Preserving the cultural heritage of the old city and seaside in Batumi
Connecting Georgia (2019-2020) is an artistic project that aims at developing and discussing tools that can be helpful to tackle the challenges for sites with post-industrial cultural heritage. The project connects the city of Batumi with other european cities engaged in the Memory of Water Creative Europe EU project. From the last decade some major challenges can be highlighted faced by the city regarding cultural heritage preservation. Unfortunately, urban heritage management system of Batumi clearly falls short of international [...]
OPEN CALL: CONNECTING GEORIGA
23 - 29 March 2020 Batumi, Georgia Connecting Georgia is an artist-led project exploring post-industrial waterfront heritage in the context of urban planning and community development. The project is connected to the Creative Europe funded project Memory of Water that gathers six partners in Europe and funded by the Swedish Institute, Third Country Participation in the Baltic Sea region. Connecting Georgia (MCON) offers artistic research and creative residency of 2 Swedish artists, curated by artistic duo SIMKA in Batumi, Georgia. The project aims to explore [...]