Archive for January, 2008
Swapping professional identities
For 6 months Igor Dobricic, the arts programme officer of the ECF, and Jeanne van Heeswijk, an artist who initiated the Blue House, are exchanging their work locations. The shift of working contexts aims to challenge existing notions of hospitality both within the arts and arts funding realm and in the wider Dutch and European […]
Alkantara - future scenarios
A future study on the possible scenarios for alkantara, the organisation that recently acquired a space for its venue in Lisbon.
Many institutional parameters may change when alkantara, after 14 years of inhabiting numerous sites in the city with its bi-annual festival and various other programmes and projects, moves into a building. Will the profile or […]
Futures for Alkantara discussion
On November 22, It Will Be What We Make It team, organised a informal conversation on the futures of Alkantara with guests, all professionals from the performing arts field and cultural filed in Lisbon (Maria Assis, Miguel Lobo Antunes, Miguel Honrado, Filipe Viegas, Maria Jose Fazenda, André e. Teodosio et al.). Invited guests and projects […]
A space for Alkantara
Spring 2007, Alkantara (the former Danças na cidade) for the first time got a space of its own, given by the city of Lisbon for a period of 12 years.
In the building, Alkantara will be creating a new cultural space over the next few years. A meeting place for artists from Portugal and abroad […]
Ljubljana Getogether
The 5th getogether was held in the City Museum, Ljubljana, from 6-8 May 2007. This getogether was a moment to reflect upon the activities that have been supported by ALMOSTREAL so far, as well as the activities that are due to unfold in the next months. It has shaped the ideas towards the 5th stage […]
Animations of Confrontation
SCCA/pro.Ba commissioned local Bosnian students and emerging artists to make short video films dealing with the theme of confrontation. The results were broadcast as part of SCCA/pro.ba’s TV show ‘Kitchen’ on BHTV 1 ( Nationwide Public Broadcasting television channel).
It Could be Cinema
During the first week of It Will Be What We Make It participants of the project came up with a number of ideas how to engage with local audiences in Lisbon and neighbourhood Santos where the project took place. The first idea, that was then implemented, was to start up a serie of film evenings […]