Flanders – Balkan Express Caravan Meeting
Flanders Arts Institute – together with the Balkan Express Network & Bunker Ljubljana – organise this 4-day meeting around artistic production and working conditions in contemporary civil society in a wider Europe.
Artists, producers, curators/programmers and art theorists from Belgium, Slovenia, Kosovo, Serbia, Georgia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Poland and other European countries exchange insights and explore opportunities to collaborate on a sustainable level, starting from shared political and economic challenges.
Artists and organisations from Flanders and Brussels – and from West/North Europe – do not usually work so frequently with players from the Balkans or countries bordering the Union. Our market logic is pushing us towards other regions and continents. And yet, in the changing zeitgeist, it is more than ever imperative to seek to connect with the South and Eastern Europe. Not only to better understand the turbulent social, cultural and political developments within Europe, but also because in the very active socially involved artistic landscape in these regions, over the past 15 years, interesting and innovative answers are being developed in response to questions with which artists and organisations in West/North Europe are increasingly struggling.
Kunstenpunt/Flanders Arts Institute launches an online special on the subject with contributions by international art professionals and artists on the subject of artistic collaboration and reports of previous meetings and round tables.
Have a look at a short aftermovie of this 4-day meeting
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Programme
Intensive 4-day programme including these venues
- Stara meStna elektrarna – elektro ljubljana
- Aksioma Gallery
- Metelkova City
- Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova
A link to the full programme is provided below.
Participants (BE)
Barbara Claes
Artist
Collectief LUCINDA RA
Steven De Jonge
Director Miramiro
Farbod Fathinejadfard
Mediator
Tuur Florizoone
Composer
tuurflorizoone.be
Rudi Genbrugge
Musician
Natalie Gielen
Editor Etcetera
Pascal Gielen
Professor Sociology, Art & Political Science
Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA)
David Helbich
Artist
davidhelbich.be
Geert Opsomer
Dramaturg & docent
RITCS & Transfo Collect
Els Rochette
Director
Globe Aroma
Evi Swinnen
Artistic director
Timelab
Willy Thomas
Artistic director
ARSENAAL/LAZARUS
Danielle van Zuijlen
Curator
nucleo.be
Jorre Vandenbussche
Artist
MAELSTROM
Michiel Vandevelde
Choreographer
extracity.org
kaaitheater.be
Benjamin Vandewalle
Artist
kaaitheater.be
Sarah Vanhee
Artist
sarahvanhee.com
Tile Vos & Wannes Cré
Het Bos
