Barra divisoria
In seguito alla pubblicazione del bando "Cultura 2000", vi si segnalano
alcune "ricerca partners".
Cultural Heritage - Mail Art + Theatre festival

The aim of the project will be to inform young people about their cultural
heritage and about the culture of other European regions/communities, using
the tools of art and theatre. The project will examine the history of areas
of industrial decline and the effect that this has had communities across
Europe. It will encourage the sharing of experiences and cultural heritage.
The project will involve the development of a mail art project. Students
will be encouraged to explore their own culture and the effects of declining
industries on their communities. They will then produce postcard-sized
pieces
of art illustrating their local history and culture.

Students from participating organisations will post/email their mail art
projects to students in other partner organisations to inform them about
their cultural heritage and the issues related to areas of industrial decline
in their region/town. These projects will form an exhibition in each country.


Throughout the duration of the project, students in each partner country
will develop a combined arts piece based on their local culture and issues
affecting their communities.

The performances will initially take place in partners' own countries to
raise awareness of local cultural heritage within their community. The
partners
will then come together in one of the partner countries (or Brussels) for
a one-week theatre festival focusing on the shared cultural heritage of
in
Europe and sharing best practice. The festival will also include an exhibition
of all of the mail art projects produced by all participants.

The organisation is looking to work with culture and arts organisations,
further education institutions and other organisations with relevant experiences
in these fields, particularly those from regions/towns that have experienced
industrial decline.

Contact: Corrina Perks
European Relations Co-ordinator
Stourbridge College
T +44 1384343182
F + 44 1384 343172
M +44 7971422539
E Corrina.Perks@stourbridge.ac.uk <mailto:Corrina.Perks@stourbridge.ac.uk


European Authors
The project intends to bring together European-based writers.

Contact: Trevor Lockwood
author.co.uk
T +44 1394 273388
E trevor@author.co.uk <mailto:trevor@author.co.uk
W www.author.co.uk <http://www.author.co.uk



European Jazz
Objective of this project is to establish a solid and long-lasting network
of musicians and jazz organisers from the European jazz community, enabling
information and resources sharing, linking musicians and jazz organisers,
and providing a wide range of creative opportunities. The network would
cover
the whole process from education to production and dissemination and involve
jazz organisers, musicians and young people from 15 European countries
(Finland,
the UK, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania,
Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia).

Although different forms of trans-national collaboration have already been
developed by jazz organisers, those links are still sporadic and limit
the
possibilities to induce a significant impulse. Jazz music needs a more
rational
but still flexible structure at a European scale, creating an umbrella
for
existing organisations and providing them an exhaustive database.

This umbrella will be created through a network set up by the use of the
new technologies & precise actions to develop existing local infrastructures
by providing them sufficient technical and human resources, to encourage
artistic collaborations and produce new challenging works, to introduce
jazz
music to young musicians, to support life in jazz clubs.

Duration of the project will be 3 years operation (& network to be carried
forward in subsequent years)
Project leader will be 33 Records, independent jazz label, UK

Partners searched are jazz labels, jazz club/venue programmers, concert
promoters,
festival organisers, musicians, jazz educators/music schools, jazz magazines,
jazz broadcasters (radio/TV) from each country listed above.

Contact: Olivia Rivet
E oliviarivet@hotmail.com
W www.33jazz.com



EURUPA
EURUPA is a European cultural heritage project, which aims to collect,
collate
and archive images of Europe's Radical Urban Political Art. The organiser
is specifically interested in photographs of Europe's wall-murals. These
depict many aspects of Europe's countries, communities and cultures, especially
within the context of the new 'one' European identity.
Contact: David Magee
E davidmagee9@hotmail.com



Festivals of Music - "linking the EU together"
At these festivals would be performed both by well-established performers
and young people, who are beginning to make their way in the musical world
- plus amateurs of course (of which we have such a wealth of choice, both
in the U.K. and in other EU countries). Each Festival could concentrate
on: - choral music, opera and other group singing, single performers (or
duets etc), music of a particular time or place, music for a particular
ceremony,
orchestra, smaller groups (brass, woodwind ensembles), "folk" music, particular
composers and how they have influenced each other and their times and country
(e.g. Handel, Bach, Montiverdi, Gabrieli etc)
There would be "master classes" to enable knowledge, experience and skills
to be shared - everyone learning from each other. Music would be chosen
from
all over the EU - or just concentrating on music from a few EU countries
at one time (after all we have so much music to choose from). It may also
be possible to choose music from a few countries, but whilst encompassing
a wide time frame - just to show how music has changed and how it often
reflects
the history and cultural aspects of the country and the time. Each Festival
would require performers to learn music of their own country and music
from
each other country involved in the Festival.
There would be expert information exchanged during the rehearsal period
-
about each composer, how the music is approached in each country, methods
of rehearsal and performance relevant to each country etc.
The actual performances would require people from each country to perform
music together - learning from each other - exchanging techniques - learning
new music - opening new "doors" - singing in each other's language (and
Latin)
- learning more about and appreciating each other's cultural heritage.
Performances, in the UK, would be in local Churches and large Houses in
the
area.

Contact: Brian Wilson
Europa Associates/Chandos Singers
T +44 1225 708540
M +44 7970 922867
E brian@europaassociates.co.uk <mailto:brian@europaassociates.co.uk



Happiness at Work
At Happiness At Work freelancers who usually work from home can work together
under the same roof, creating a new and diverse community. The emphasis
is on creating community. They recently had an exhibition in the local
community
and are now looking for partners in Europe to implement cultural events,
exhibitions, group
projects and to ensure the studios continue to breed new talent.

Contact: Simone Lia
E s.lia@virgin.net
W www.happinessatwork.org <http://www.happinessatwork.org.



MAPP Europe - Models for the assembly of performance practice in Europe

MAPP Europe is a developmental project that encourages artists, performance
makers and teachers to collaborate with young children in non-verbal communication
contexts. The project is designed to encourage and establish models of
performance
practice through the practice and documentation of improvisation and non-verbal
communication workshops within the visual and performing arts. Collaborations
between professional artists, performing arts students and young people
with
speech and hearing difficulties, will form the basis of the first phase
of
this project, which will take place over a 3-year period.
The workshops will take place in Sibiu Romania with a showing of work at
the Radu Stanca Theatre, Transylvania in 2007, with a view promoting sustainable
arts ventures in the area.

The aim of MAPP Europe is to
* develop artistic models of non-verbal communication activities for children
with hearing and speech difficulties
* encourage the use of artistic practices within communities and enrich
approaches
to learning and teaching
* Introduce artistic models to teachers, care workers, local actors, performers
* strengthen the necessity of arts practice within communities
* provide opportunities which encourage sustainable relationships across
cultures
* introduce young people to professional artistic forms through workshops
and performances
* disseminate artistic non-verbal communication models to a wider community


Contact: Claire Hind, Lecturer in Theatre Studies
University of Hull
T +44 1723 357316
E C.Hind@hull.ac.uk <mailto:C.Hind@hull.ac.uk



Matrix

The development of a structured, multi-annual programme of work with archaeological
collections. The objectives of the project are to establish a network which
will:
* increase community involvement with archaeology
* increase scientific knowledge of archaeology, with particular reference
to its European context
* diffuse knowledge of the past, using innovative and stimulating means,
among the local and scientific communities.

The programme of work includes collections management, study of collections
and diffusion.

Contact: Pat Reynolds
Surrey Museums Consultative Committee
T +44 1483 594624
F +44 1483 594595
E museums@surreycc.gov.uk <mailto:museums@surreycc.gov.uk
W www.surreymuseums.org.uk <http://www.surreymuseums.org.uk



Public Access for Public Art (PAPA)

The purpose of the project for Public Access for Public Art (PAPA) is to
explore the interface between public art and the web, by creating a virtual
web-based gallery - or series of galleries - to display public monuments,
sculpture and other art works, from different countries in Europe. It
is
the intention to create a new cultural and educational resource in the
public
domain, within the general area of cultural heritage.

The project will develop a visual and descriptive census of monuments,
architectural
sculpture, freestanding sculpture and other works of art within the public
domain, in selected areas in the UK and other European countries, by means
of photography of the works, which will represent different aspects such
as views of their spatial context and significant details, and the provision
of well-researched descriptions of the works using a standard format.
It will seek to deliver this census as a public resource by means of the
use of new web-based imaging techniques, including interactive maps; and
the development of a multi-lingual web site which will use a database to
display images and descriptions in different combinations, in a well-designed
and user-friendly format.
This web-based presentation will then form the basis for the development
of an in-depth educational resource, within the general field of cultural
heritage, through the inclusion of commentaries by acknowledged experts
on
aspects of works in various areas or of different types. These will utilise
to the full the ability of the web to include interactive links to images
and descriptions.

This project is seen as a new initiative for public art on the web. It
is
a development of the National Recording Project of the Public Monuments
and
Sculpture Association (PMSA) in the UK. It is conceived within a wide European
context, to create a cultural and educational resource in the public domain,
which will enable the viewer to explore connections, differences and contrasts
within the broader framework of European cultural heritage. It sets out
to implement a workable model for the presentation of this resource, which
can be hopefully refined and extended in later years.

The Public Access for Public Art project will be implemented in association
with the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) in the UK.
Partnership
with organisations in other European countries is currently being sought.
A preliminary choice of areas to be covered (at the moment somewhat fluid)
is:
UK - Liverpool ((European Culture Capital of 2008); London Docklands (area
of former London Docklands Development Corporation); Swindon; Bristol;
Cardiff
Bay, Wales; Milton Keynes.
Other European countries - Barcelona - Spain; Bologna, Italy; Amsterdam
and The Hague, Netherlands; Cork (European Culture Capital of 2005), Ireland;
Luxembourg (European Culture Capital of 2007).

Other organisations in other areas of Europe are invited to this project
as partners. Organisations should
* be representative of a town or area where there is a significant concentration
of public art, of any period, which can show in microcosm a particular
aspect
of the cultural heritage of Europe;
* be prepared to support the cataloguing and documentation of works to
be
included; and
* be prepared to act as host for a project to record the works photographically.

Further information, including a Project Design, is available from the
Project
Coordinator named below. This is also available at the web page www.artisan-design.co.uk/papa
< http://www.artisan-design.co.uk/papa

Contact: Jeremy Haslam
T+44 1635 44800
E mail@avonnova.co.uk <mailto:mail@avonnova.co.uk
Contact: Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA)
E pmsa@pmsa.org.uk <mailto:pmsa@pmsa.org.uk
W www.pmsa.org.uk <http://www.pmsa.org.uk



Performance technology cultural exchange

The organisation is seeking theatre practitioners from any European background
who are willing to exchange performance technologies with other groups.
Contact: Esko Reinikainen
Northern Laboratory Theatre
M +44 7801 933068
E admin@northern-lab.freeserve.co.uk <http://admin@northern-lab.freeserve.co.uk




The Vitruvian Project

The organisation is planning to set up The Vitruvian Project. This is an
archaeological project, which will undertake research into Roman towns,
their
hinterland, architecture and urban development in the classical Roman era,
over two to three years. The aim is to achieve cultural and scientific
results
that are as innovative as possible and will have positive impact on the
protection
and exploitation of the heritage. At present this is in the formation stage
and we are looking for potential partners, we already have one from Fano,
Italy. The project will aim to excavate sites in all the partner countries
using appropriate technologies such as GIS, Satellite location, for accurate
surveying, with Online Web access and have on-going Videocam, etc.

Contact: Simon West
St Albans Museums Service
T + 44 1727 819338
F + 44 1727 836282
E s.west@stalbans.gov.uk <mailto:s.west@stalbans.gov.uk
W www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk <http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk



Along the Hillfort Route: from the Elbe River to the Finnish Gulf (Lithuania)

Hillforts of the Southern and Eastern Baltic area represent a specific
phenomenon
of the natural-cultural landscape, which is exclusively characteristic
to
this part of Europe. Regretfully, quite a lot of sites of this unique cultural
heritage, especially those located in the periphery, are presently neglected
and unknown to the general public. Hillforts are subject to permanent destruction
due to negative natural phenomena and economic activities of people, the
wild-running plants damage hillforts and obscure their original shape,
the
public lack information about hillforts, they are seldom visited.

The purpose of the project is three-fold:
* to establish an international network of cultural heritage institutions
engaged in management of hillforts,
* to rehabilitate decaying and neglected hillforts, to create an infrastructure
of hillfort tourism,
* to propagate hillforts in the society, to stimulate their integration
into
the cultural life of local communities.

The project will consists of the methodical, practical and propagation
parts.
1. The methodical part comprises application of new methods and technologies
aimed at eliminating the consequences of hillfort erosion and management
of the vegetation. The agenda includes organisation of a seminar during
which
professionals in various fields dealing with rehabilitation of hillforts
would have an opportunity to get acquainted with the latest achievements
and share experience. The material of the seminar will be issued in publications
on preservation of ancient monuments and a purpose-built website.
2. The practical part comprises work related to management of hillforts.
Each country participating in the project will select a certain number
of
hillforts which are in the state of emergency and which need urgent rehabilitation.
A tourism infrastructure will be created at hillforts, namely, the approaches
to hillforts will be upgraded, paths, stairs and information stands will
be put up for visitors. The intention is to attract additional resources
for hillfort management from local authorities and cultural funds. A seminar
will be organised to discuss the above-mentioned practical issues.
3. The propagation part includes popularization of hillforts of the region
as sites of the common heritage of European culture. At the same time,
an
effort will be made to integrate hillforts into the cultural life of local
communities, to encourage the residents to preserve and foster their cultural
heritage and to take interest in the local history. A seminar will be organised
to discuss the relevant issues. Each country participating in the project
will work out one itinerary for hillfort tourism. The itineraries will
be
joined into a common interregional cultural tourism itinerary which can
be
tentatively called "Along the Hillfort Route: from the Elbe River to the
Finnish Gulf". The above-mentioned itinerary will be presented in a tourism
publication/album and a website propagating hillfort tourism.

Anticipated results of the project are:
* hillforts of the Southern and Eastern Baltic area will be presented for
the public as part of the common heritage of European culture;
* local communities will be encouraged to get to know and foster their
cultural
heritage;
* international and interdisciplinary cooperation and exchange of experience
between hillfort professionals will be advanced;
* new methods and technologies for preservation and maintenance of hillforts
will be promoted;
* a network uniting cultural heritage professionals of various countries
engaged in hillfort management will be established;
* three working seminars will be organized on the following subjects: "Methods
and Technologies in Maintenance of Hillforts", "Hillforts - an Object of
Cultural Tourism" and "Integration of Hillforts into the Cultural Life
of
Local Communities";
* 5 hillforts in participating countries will be rehabilitated, tourism
infrastructure
will be created at 15 hillforts, jobless people from the country-side will
be employed in this connection;
* regional itineraries for hillfort tourism will be worked out in 5 countries,
5 information/tourist brochures will be published;
* an interregional itinerary "Along the Hillfort Route: from the Elbe River
to the Finnish Gulf" will be designed for cultural hillfort tourism;
* an album/catalogue/tourist guide featuring the hillforts of the southern
and eastern Baltic area will be published;
* a website propagating hillfort tourism will be set up;
* cultural/rural tourism will be stimulated, new jobs will be created in
the periphery.

The leading Partner will be the Public Institution "Cultural Heritage Salvage
Group", Vilnius, Lithuania. The Project partnership is expected to include
organisations working with archaeological heritage issues in five European
countries - Germany, Poland, Latvia and, Estonia, as well as northwest
Russia.

The project will run for one year.

Contact: Agne Vaitkuviene, Coordinator
E kpip@email.lt <mailto:kpip@email.lt
Contact: Romas Jarockis, Project Manager
E jaro@takas.lt <mailto:jaro@takas.lt
W www.heritage.lt/kpip/ <http://www.heritage.lt/kpip/


ALL'OPERA! (Italy)

This project includes a series of experiences aimed at improving the techniques
of education in drama and acting for "Italian opera" singers. Subject will
be the birth of the European "homo novus" in 18th century liberal-democratic
revolutions and acting and drama in Mozart, Paisiello, Rossini "barbieri".
Seminars and laboratories will be given by an Italian stage director in
the
Institutions and associated partners in their countries. A residential
stage
will be held by the Italian teachers and by professors selected by the
partners.
The stage will be held in Italy. The experience will be concluded with
public
performances.
Students will be granted a scholarship.

Co-organisers and partners should come from musical and cultural associations,
radio-television networks, opera festivals, academies and conservatories
of music.

Contact: Erminio Biandolino
Istituto musicale "G. Paisiello"
E ebiandolino@libero.it <mailto:ebiandolino@libero.it
W www.eventidarte.net
W www.artepass.org/biandolino.htm



Archaeological Map of Middle and Lower Danube Basins (Romania)

Objectives of the project:
* on-line database for archaeological sites
* regional teams for GPS survey
* national center for GIS mapping
* cooperation in Euro-regions
* fulfilling educational, scientific, economic and public interests
Aim is a multi-language environment for databases (sites database, connected
bibliographical database), regarding descriptive or search-key fields (like
cultural terms, sites taxa, fields of research), switching between English
and national languages

International cooperation
* the organisers are inviting West-European colleagues to take part to
the
introducing training
* Central-European partners are invited to join the international training,
as part of the training or as observers
* Central-European partners are invited to plan joint activities with regional
centers, as soon that they begun operational
* all partners are invited to make projections for further cooperation,
in
the course of Europe integration process
* the organisers are looking for Western partners that could have scientific
interests connected to particular areas of research (for example Neolithic
tells, Prehistoric Tumulus, Roman Limes, Sites for Migrations Age, and
so
on)
* neighbouring countries are invited to involve themselves in regional
projects;
the location of most of Romanian regional centers is suited for projects
like:
* upper and middle Tisza river bazin (involving North-Eastern Hungaria
and
Eastern Slovakia) - for Satu Mare
* lower Tisza bazin and Banat (South-eastern Hungaria and Northern Serbia)
- for Timisoara
* Danube Iron Gates and Timok Valley (North-Eastern Serbia) - for Craiova
* Lower Danube Cultures (Prehistoric, Thracian, Roman, Proto-Bulgarian)
-
for Calarasi
* lower Nistru bazin and Danube Delta - for Braila (and Tulcea)
* Bucovina - for Suceava

Contact: Eugen S. Teodor
National Museum of History, Bucharest
E teo@mnir.ro



Body Culture: The Body as Bearer of Initiation in Tragedy (Greece)

This project aims to be a presentation of the body's alternates in tragedy
via various techniques that touch on theatrical studies and analysis, alternative
methods of interpretation. These are presented with different forms of
art,
such as theatre, dance, multimedia, music, all through the play "Bacches"
of Euripides, with Dionysus, Penthea and the contribution of chorus.
The project will try to answer the questions: What is God? What is good
and
bad? What is faith? What is the brain? through body performances/interpretations.
It will consist of one performance with directors, actors, dancers, lighting
designers and musicians from Greece and other participating countries.
This
performance will be presented in all countries participating in the project.
Seminars and workshops will take place, as well as lectures with the participation
of theatre departments of European Universities. The performance will be
framed by a costume exhibition covering in chronological order examples
up
to the present.
Invited as partners are directors, choreographers, dancers, lighting firms,
musicians, multimedia experts, physical theatre artists, who have something
different to suggest or who are familiar with the topic of the body as
an
initial bearer in to the Tragedy.

Contact: Voula
ALTER-ART Cultural and Educational Centre of Alternative Methods
E alterart@hol.gr

Bridging Cities in Europe (Greece)

This project aims to connect multiple disciplines such as Performance,
Dance,
Painting, Photography, Music and Architecture. Through the use of these
cities
should take part in the project and be connected with each other in order
to bridge between unfamiliar attitudes and different lifestyles. This will
happen through
* colours and materials reflecting the terrain and the encounters
* modern techniques of construction
* sounds

The organisers are planning to implement road works on the net, videos
and
events. Part of the project will also be the production of a CD-Rom.
The schedule will contain
a) The real shape of the city running under the motto "We are the people,
this is our city".
This will offer to the citizens of the participating European Cities, the
chance to present their city to all four corners of the world through texts,
drawings or photos.
b) Blending of the real & the imagined shape of the city.
In each participating country will be searched for a novel that covers
a
city from another European countries. In Greece for example the book "
A
letter to Dublin" by author Vicky Theodoropoulou has been identified. Based
on these books a team of directors and cultural professionals will travel
to the country presented and produce a documentary of 15 minutes including
extracts from the original novel.
All European cities are welcome to be part of this project as are authors,
artists for events, directors, film producers etc.

Contact: Evi
E evisfik@hol.gr <mailto:evisfik@hol.gr



City of Time (Czech Republic)

The Northern Moravia city Sternberk was very famous for its traditional
clock
production (manufacture) in the 20th.century, which has now almost completely
disappeared. The municipality wants to renew the old tradition of
clock making by an expressive "EXPOSITION OF TIME". The collection of clocks
is unique in Europe, consisting of the exhibits from all over the world
(from
the Chinese empire to the present day).
The exposition will be placed in the historical building (3 floors), serving
for all age groups (mainly schoolchildren, families, pensioners) including
multi-media.
The organisers are seeking partners from the following fields: museums,
exhibition
halls, clock companies who would like to take part in preparing the exhibition,
organising a meeting of curators etc. Any ideas are welcome!

Contact: EUROVISION
T +420 5 4323 7286
E kultura@eurovision-eu.com
W www.eurovision-eu.com



Cloudberry Dreams (Sweden)

The project will be focused on multidisciplinary interpretation of wetlands,
and more specifically on natural peat lands (mires). Peat lands provide
a
wide range of biodiversity and natural habitats all over the world. For
hundreds
of years, peat lands have been used for agriculture, forestry and source
of energy. In the case of Hällefors, this use has been for example berry
picking, peat cutting and haymaking.
This project will put this cultural heritage in the centre of attention.
In Hällefors, the focal point will be the local product Hjortron (cloudberries).
This delicious orange berry is handpicked by local people in the many marshland
areas that are found in the region. A local winery produces Hjortron vin,
a orange coloured wine for which the cloudberries are the raw material.
This
project will engage local artists and students at the Preparatory School
for Design Education (FIDU), the Hällefors Folk High School and the Culture
School in Hällefors, in project activities.
Project stages will be:
* Research
o Enquiry into the cultural heritage of the wetlands in the Bergslagen
region: oral histories, local lore, musical expressions, traditional use
and culinary use of marsh berries.
o Research into the biological aspects and properties of wetlands flora
and fauna.
* Processing
o Survey of how the data can be applied in the context of a cultural
heritage
interpretation and treatment programme.
o Invitation to artists and design students to present proposals for
projects
to be implemented as part of 'Cloudberry Dreams'.

Project implementation
* Project execution at wetlands nature reserves in participating countries.
Creation of a visitors' route with art objects and interactive audiovisual
interpretation devices. As much as possible, the multidisciplinary project
approach will encompass the implementation of ecological design concepts
('designing with nature', implementing solutions that grow from the local
conditions).
* Production of CD-Rom on project's research findings with non-linear storytelling
(hypertext) segments on cultural heritage of wetlands and slide show of
nature
images and art works.
* Profiling of the common biodiversity, aesthetic and cultural value of
marshlands
in Europe.
* Launch of a publicity campaign aimed at the public at large to make the
results of project available and widely accessible.

International Cooperation
* Kick-off meeting with other project partners;
* Ongoing and regular exchange of research findings between partners;
* Visits to wetland areas in region of project partners;
* Developing of common outreach strategy and publicity campaign;
* Engaging at least one artist from a project partner country in creating
own visitor's route;
* Launch of a website on cultural heritage of wetlands, online publication
of research findings and elements of the CD-Roms that are produced;
* Launch of cultural heritage inspired promotion campaign of wetlands products
in partner countries, e.g. Swedish hjortron wine promotion in Scotland,
and
promotion of Scottish peat whiskey in Sweden.

Partner profile
Institutions, NGO's, public and non-public organizations that are engaged
in nature conservation and the protection of wetland areas; (environmental)
art producers with an affiliation to wetlands protection; actors in the
sphere
of experience industry development, with a focus on nature areas.

Partners thus far:
* Foundation ReRun Productions, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Contact: Tomas Carlsson, Designverkstan Polstjärnan (Polar Star Centre
for
Competence)
T+46 (0)591 64136
E tomas.carlsson@hellefors.se <mailto:tomas.carlsson@hellefors.se
W www.hellefors.se/kommun/kkau/english/designworkshop.htm <http://www.hellefors.se/kommun/kkau/english/designworkshop.htm



Creative Workhouse (Poland)

The main objective is promoting culture and art as well as a cultural exchange
between the countries participating in the project. In order to realize
these
aims the organisers are going to convert a postmining building in Chorzów,
Piotra Skargi street 34c, the Silesian Province, Poland, into the first
in
a series of Creative Work House that will be created in several partner
countries.
The history of Silesian cities is a history of mines and steelworks around
which the cities were founded. Today these objects are situated in city
centres,
because such landscape has been shaped by the industry and such landscape
should be, at least partially, maintained. The above-mentioned building
forms
a part of this industrial landscape. The Creative Work House will become
a promotion centre of all young talented creators of the Silesian Province
and the countries participating in the project.

Contact: Patrycja Domagata
Fundacja Proventus - The Proventus Foundation
T +48 32 246 0403
F +48 32 246 0357
E proventus@proventus.org.pl <mailto:proventus@proventus.org.pl
W www.proventus.org.pl <http://www.proventus.org.pl



EMILE Leaving Europe for America - early EMIgrants LEtter stories (Sweden)

EMILE is a pilot project that will promote a cultural dialogue and mutual
knowledge and awareness of the culture and history of the European people.
The main aim, is to study and compare a part of our common history as told
in letters from America written by European emigrants during the 19th and
20th century. The project will be a joint transnational study on emigration
history from individual points of view as it can be found in letters and
other personal documents.

An exhibition will be produced, built on collections of letters, songs
etc.
from the partner countries and made available for visitors both as a physical
and a virtual exhibition.Linking existing databases and make them easily
accessible on websites will be another essential task.
The EMILE project shall also encourage discussions and cooperation between
cultural and sociocultural operators working in the field of social integration,
especially integration of young people.

Objectives and activities
1) Develop a platform for network collaboration with local museums, archives,
local folklore societies and other cultural institutions. The main purposes
are to develop and expand the digitalisation of the cultural heritage as
collections, archives and cultural settings and make them easily accessible
on the web.
2) Give a broad access to the material by producing:
* Physical exhibitions with letters, photographs, immigrant songs, poems
and other documents from all participating countries. Parts of the material
shall be translated to English (to facilitate common understanding) and
displayed
in museums, libraries, galleries and schools
* Virtual exhibitions that can be visited on and also downloaded from
Internet
3) Make the America letters and connected material accessible through Internet
by starting the digitalisation of collections and archives.

Applicant:
Lead Partner will be Östergötlands länsmuseum, (The Östergötland Regional
Museum), Linköping, Sweden

Partners
The EMILE partnership should include organisations working with cultural
heritage issues in four European countries and with access to collections
of emigrant letters.

Duration of the project:
1 year

Budget and funding:
The preliminary project budget will amount to 300 000 EUR. The Culture
2000
grant requested will be 150 000 EUR which is the maximum grant. Each participant
has to guarantee financial participation of at least 5% of the total budget.

Contact: Barbro Mellquist, Coordinator
Söderköpings kommun (The Söderköping Municipality)
T +45 121 181 61
E barbro.mellquist@soderkoping.se

Dan Malmsten, Project Manager
Ö stergötlands länsmuseum /The Östergötland Regional Museum)
T +45 13 23 03 91
F +45 13 14 05 62
E dan.malmsten@lansmus.linkoping.se



EuRoLiterature - interactive and multimedia exhibition (Romania)

The project intends to present literary manuscripts (originals/facsimiles),
old and rarely books, periodicals, photos, other literary-historical documents,
art works (graphic, painting, sculpture), memorial and personal objects,
furniture, audio and video recordings (pictures, interviews, music and
poetry
recitals, theatre performance etc.), literary-historical dates. The unfolding
of this project implies a stage designing vision of the exhibitions expose
and multilingual approach, using digital multimedia technology. Intended
to show short syntheses of European literature, chronological organized,
including principal stages of evolution, representative authors and basic
moments of European literature, including the following segments: The Antiquity;
The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The Classicism; The Enlightenment; The
Romanticism; The Realism; The Naturalism; The Parnassians; The Symbolism;
The Praeraphaelism; The contemporary literature (XX century).

THE TECHNICAL PROJECT (the IT infrastructure) has two principal components:
1) A computer network with free access for the visitors, incorporated in
the structure and the theme of exhibition: 12 info touch systems (computers
and monitors 17', with "touch-screen" system), 1 server (where will be
stocked
the electronic exhibition); 12 video projectors (which will show all the
time images from the electronic exhibition).
2) Virtual exhibition in the digital space will have two variants: A.
Interface
graphics for info touch systems; B. Web site internet and will include
about
10 000 web pages: 1000 photocopies of manuscripts, pictures, literary documents,
1000 pages of historical and literary dates, 100 audio and video recordings.


The exhibition will be realized exclusively electronic (in digital system).
Also, the exposing of this will be achieved just electronic (through video
projectors or plasma displays) and will be itinerate in 12 European Union
capitals.

Contact: Sande Vârjoghe - Project Manager
Romanian Literature Museum.
T/F +4021-2129651, +4021-212 58 46
E sande@mlr.ro <mailto:sande@mlr.ro; muzeulliteraturii@xnet.ro <mailto:muzeulliteraturii@xnet.ro

W www.mlr.ro <http://www.mlr.ro/;



European Emigration to the USA (Sweden)

The organisation is looking for partners interested in the historic emigration
to the United States of America. There is a common conception today that
there were only poor farmers that left their homes to try their luck on
the
other side of the Atlantic. However, focus of this project will be those,
who left Europe for other reasons - for example because they were culturally
interested in their destination or were inclined to be entrepreneurs. People
that would nowadays be classed as members of what is usually referred to
as the adventure- and experience industry.

The project is conceived as being semi-professional and will incorporate
research, studies of history and literature, the composing of music as
well
as entrepreneurial aspects.
One of the objects is to create a musical that can be staged in different
forms depending on the targeted audience. Opportunities to develop tourism,
to lay a foundation for new pedagogic thinking and to achieve a positive
integration effort will be given.

Old will become new without however damaging the historic perspective.
The
project wants to point out the positive values of the opened borders of
today
and the resulting benefits this brings, but also wants to illuminate the
challenges individuals meet in a new country even in our day and age.

The project is planned to last over three years. English will be used as
the common language. Another Swedish participant is the municipality of
Ronneby,
Sweden.

Contact: Lisa Lundqvist, OnStage Gruppen
E lisa.lundqvist@euroconnect.se



European Storytelling Traditions (Denmark)

Storytelling is one of cultures' oldest traditions, and storytelling is
an
innovation on many levels in modern European society. Storytelling has
always
been a part of human life - as a useful form of retelling life. But the
oral
tradition has hard times in our modern society, and the old techniques
of
telling a story to an audience have nearly disappeared.

The European countries have common stories; stories that have passed from
storyteller to storyteller during many centuries, and areas have their
very
special stories. The techniques are the same, but in some areas very special
techniques have arisen and developed. A meeting and an exchange between
the upcoming storytellers in Europe and the old storytelling traditions
contain
innovative power.

Project objectives:
* Research: sources that shows differences and similarities
* Exchange: conferences, events, laboratories
* Report and publication / release

Contact: Ingrid Hvass
VestjyskFortælleTeater
T +45 97446996 / + 45 22172617
E ingridhvass@hotmail.com
W www.frejasfjerham.dk (ready in August 2003)



Fantasy through Comedy (Greece)

The Greek company "AIORIA" will present a project based on a multi-performance
that will emerge through seminars and research of new techniques. Focus
will
be on Aristophanes play: "Vatrahee"(Frogs), re-discovering the essentials
of comedy and mask: the body and its connection with the past and the future.
Workshops and symposia will focus on the themes of comedy and the human
body,
mask, mask techniques, clowning techniques, comedy and text, comedy without
text, the actor and the creator, the body and the gesture.

Invited as project partners are actors/comedians, clowns, musk technicians,
lighting specialists etc.,

Contact: Natassa
E worldcef@hol.gr

Gastronomy through Theatre (Greece)

The theatrical Company "XYTIRIO THEATRE" is planning a project that is
dealing
with the cultural inheritance of Europe, mainly with gastronomy in theatre
through the ages until today.
Starting point will be a modern theatrical play (from the modern Greek
author
Andreas Staikos' play "Dangerous cooking") with two dominant elements

a) cooking as taste, aesthetics, philosophy and art and
b) cooking and love, the love of the flesh.

The lead partner would prefer participants from countries with a long and
well-know gastronomic tradition (like Italy and France). The project will
include not only performances but also symposia, cooking events and other
events to cover the theme.

Invited to participate are not only other European theatre companies but
also colleges of gastronomy.

Contact: Alexandra
E worldcef@hol.gr <mailto:worldcef@hol.gr



Initial research on restauration of Vila Tugendhat (Czech Republic)

Vila Tugendhat belongs to one of the world nicest architectonical pieces
from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the European famous architect from the first
half of last century. Mies' European period was highlighted by his authorial
contribution to the construction of the Weissenhof suburbs in Stuttgart,
famous glass residences (1927), and primarily the German pavilion at the
International Exposition in Barcelona (1928-1929) and the villa in Brno,
Czech Republic.

Mies' work was awarded with the most prestigious British honour, the Gold
Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Medal of Freedom
of the American President and several honorary doctorate degrees.
Villa Tugendhat has been a part of world cultural heritage of UNESCO since
2001.
Nowadays this fabulous building is in a state of emergency. Therefore a
big
reconstruction for the next few years is planned.

Aim of the project: before the own restoration works, we would like to
organise
a research consisting of exterior survey (mainly dash and parget) as well
as the replacement of up-to date parts (furniture, bathroom items
etc) by the originals from 30?s. We will held various Workshops, and at
the
end of the project an exhibition.

Partners: Young and professional researchers, universities, students, museums
of modern art.
We are already in contact with Prof. Ivo Hammer, well-known Austrian restorer,
who will take part in the research with his students.

Contact: EUROVISION
T +420 5 4323 7286
E kultura@eurovision-eu.com
W www.eurovision-eu.com




Interflumina (Italy) - Multiannual project

The International Water Culture Center (Centro International Civiltà dell'Acqua)
is a no profit association founded in 1998. The Center collects, classifies
and processes data of a scientific and cultural nature as well as information
concerning projects relating to civilizations whose existence has been
based
on a close relationship with water. Such information is made readily available
to all interested parties: individuals, communities, administrators and
legislators.
A change in behavior patterns and attitudes towards our heritage of water
is widely promoted, reaching young people through the medium of schools
and
working adults at their various places of employment. This organization
is
also called upon to take an active part in projects and competitive schemes
with prize awarding ceremonies designed to safeguard and make more efficient
use of existing water resources. It participates, within its specific realm
of competence, in initiatives originating both in Italy and abroad.

The aim of this project is to encourage cultural dialogue and mutual knowledge
of the culture and history of certain European countries, using as a common
element the route of some of the oldest rivers that cross through them.
This
should be accomplished through the following actions:
* reconstruction of exemplary historical landscapes in the selected regions;
* documentation of their archaeological sites and their most significant
architectural and artistic monuments;
* collection and conservation of the essential characteristics of their
many
local cultures by making the most of archives and museums;
* identification of suitable projects for actively safeguarding, transforming
and innovating these assets as a whole so that they may be used in particular
by the new generations.

The best method for achieving all this is through the multi-disciplinary
knowledge of the heritage of the regions around these rivers and not only
within the geographical limits of their basins. The common experience suggested
for following this route is the exchange and comparison of acquired documentation
and cultural experiences, as well as the setting up of various specific
" active
protection programmes" for this heritage. The latter should be put to the
reference countries for adoption in order to start the rehabilitation of
some of the historical landscapes and the original sense of the most significant
places with their monumental and artistic heritage, the highlighting of
authentic,
original local cultures and a new reading of the transformations introduced
by modernity in the region in question.

The way to accomplish these aims in suitable forms and contents for contemporary
perception of the place and its history has been identified as a "shared
project" backed up by ecological, anthropological, sociological and economic
research. This work should be accompanied by the cataloguing of the archaeological
and monumental heritage to be found along the course (or part thereof)
of
the identified rivers, which is evidence of the changes that have taken
place
in the modern age due to industrial development, plus the preparation of
regeneration and improvement plans of derelict and marginal areas.
" The shared project" also envisages a plurality of cultural actions for
the
periodic exchange of knowledge and experiences of exploitation that are
proposed
for putting these important river settings in a modern context, as well
as
concrete plans and methods for their active protection and well-balanced
utilisation.

The following organizations have already agreed to take part in the project:
* Municipalité de Villeneuve sur Lot (France)
* IBA Furst-Puckler-Land (Germany)
* Noerhald Kunstforening (Denmark )

Contact: Centro Internazionale Civiltà dell'Acqua Onlus
T +39 41 5906897
F +29 41 4566658
E cica@provincia.venezia.it
W www.provincia.venezia.it/cica <http:// www.provincia.venezia.it/cica




Landscaping project (Ireland)

The initial project idea was to integrate EU influences in the landscaping
of an area (it is currently scrub-land) through collaboration between a
landscape
architect and artists. The extended phase of the programme may also include
a selected team of artists from Ireland and other parts of Europe who will,
over a few years, work with the architect to develop a flexi-space through
the realization of temporary and site specific artworks within the space.
The continuous artistic interventions will transform this (be it green)
blank
canvas into a plain air gallery and a space for performance and community/cross-cultural
forum for engaging with the arts. The Irish area in question has potential
for development as a base for artistic and cultural exchanges, exhibitions,
and explorations. The organiser is currently seeking partner regions in
Europe,
which have similar ideas for a project of this nature.

The organiser is aware that the project might be formed further after input
from potential co-organisers and is open for ideas and initiatives in response
to the initial project idea.

Contact: Rhonda Tidy
E rtidy@cavancoco.ie




Meet Modern Europe (Sweden)

The operator plans to present a touring exhibition (vandringsutställning)
which could be shown in many countries on the historical development of
the
HVAC industry. They intend to show the exhibition also at the Frankfurt
Fair
and believe that this would be an opportunity for many companies to present
themselves and their history and ameliorate their public image. This will
be an historic presentation of the developments in Europe starting maybe
with the ancient Greeks, the Romans and up till today also indicating the
future. Emphasis will be on the industrial heritages that gave Europe the
modern status.

Contact: Arne Ellefors
The Swedish HVAC Museum in Katrineholm Sweden
E Cultural.Tourism.Institute@telia.com <mailto:Cultural.Tourism.Institute@telia.com




Network of Fortifications (Italy)

The project aims to promote the setting up of a network of collaboration
relationship at local, regional and national level, in order to boost an
integrated and sustainable economic and territorial development. Furthermore,
the project operates for the definition of recovery strategies of cultural
assets, of the fortifications in order to safeguard and enhance a reutilization,
achieving relevant spin-off in the economy and employment of the territory
in a point of view of respect and armonization.

Contact: Gilberto Zinzani
Marco Polo System Geie
T +39 041 272 7011
F +39 041 272 7023
E marcopolo@comune.venezia.it
W www.marcopolosystem.it <http://www.marcopolosystem.it




Otherness in the Arts of Dancing (Greece)

The Greek dance company "PROSXIMA" is planning a European project that
focuses
on the theme "Otherness" starting with ancient Greece divine forces such
as Gorgo (Mermaid Medusa), Artemis (Diana) and Dionysus.

Aim of the project is to use dance as means of communications between the
nations of Europe with their different languages, religions and cultures.
The project will include
* Seminars and workshops that will face the otherness in dancing techniques
* Working with European Arts schools to use new technologies for creating
the scenographic background of the performances
* Creating an exhibition
* Co-operation with European universities (departments of Philosophy and
Philology) in order to organise lectures on comparative studies of myths
from different countries
* Producing a trilogy of dance performances created by choreographers and
dancers from different countries
* Producing a CD-ROM aimed at European dancing schools

Welcome are ideas and suggestions from dance companies, lighting firms,
music
groups, schools of Fine Arts and Universities.

Contact: Amalia
E worldcef@hol.gr




PIA - Petroglyphs in Animation (Norway)

This project aims at interesting youngsters in ancient cultural heritage
through means of modern technologies. Petroglyphs are very old graphics
in
relief carved in stone by hand using simple tools.
When the light changes, or water flows over the dry stone, the shape and
form of the reliefs changes. The symbols become alive. Youngsters of today
relate to animation. They relate more to animation than to items of heritage,
like for example petroglyphs. By providing them with the new technology
of
animation as a working tool, the organisers want to enable them to relate
to heritage through the medium of animation.

Five countries will be involved in the project.
* PIA will be organized by Norway and Denmark. Norway will have responsibility
for finance; Denmark will take care of the web-site and all the printed
information.
* Every country has a group of three experts with a network related to
their
profession. These persons are professionals selected from the fields of
culture,
education and animation.
* There will be two meetings each year, alternating between the participating
countries. The development and planning of the project will take place
at
these network meetings.
* There will be a web site providing a window for anyone interested. Here
it will be possible to follow the PIA project at all times, with the opportunity
to get inspiration and also get involved in the project in different ways.
* PIA organises courses in animation techniques, with petroglyphs as theme
and inspiration.
* PIA will tour with a national multi-media show

Contact: Helena von Bergen
T +47 906 758 69
E helenavb@online.no




Provincial Climats (Poland)

The objective of this project is to show how painting can be used as mean
of expression of customs, rites and folk believes which are preserved in
the countries of the organizers of each workshop. Five workshops are supposed
to be planned with 20 artists each.

The project should be an encouragement to cultivate old customs and rites
which are part of cultural heritage of a given region as well as of Europe
in order to contribute to strengthen the consciousness within local communities
which value both local as well as European cultural heritage have. It
project
should help to start a co-operation between professional artists from different
countries and should be a source for them to seek common roots of cultural
heritage of Europe. It also aims at promoting their work and at contributing
to the development of art in Europe. Other events are also planned.

Contact: Jacek Golebiewski
Foundation POMOST
T +48 25 6440175 or +48 602 369 071
E plenery_na_poludniowej@pro.onet.pl



Raffaello seeking participation in Culture 2000 project (Italy)

This Italian cultural association is experienced in implementing European
co-operation projects funded by EU programmes. They are mainly working
on
training projects bringing people in Calabria, Italy into employment. So
far they have been involved in two Leonardo da Vinci projects (1998 and
2001),
3 projects funded under Socrates (1999, 2000, 2001) and 10 Youth projects
(2000-2002). Now Raffaello would like to be part of a Culture 2000 project.

Contact: Magda Agostino, European Coordinator
Associazione Culturale Raffaello
T +39 984 761 79
F +39 984 794 560
E studiogestcs@libero.it <mailto:studiogestcs@libero.it




Rescue of the European Cultural Heritage with the example of Malbork City
Walls and Medieval Church (Poland)

Malbork is the former seat of the Teutonic Knights' Order and Europe's
largest
Gothic. The city's castle and its museum are entered onto the UNESCO list
of World Heritage Sites. It is sometimes referred to as 'the largest heap
of bricks north of the Alps." This 13th-century seat of the Teutonic Knights'
Order was moved here from far-away Venice. But Malbork is not only the
castle.
The areas adjoining the castle - the walls and their surroundings- are
a
tourist attraction per se. However, the present state of the walls means
that they require repairs every year but without permanent results. In
many
places fragments of the walls constitute a real danger to walkers. Near
by
the Castle there is the 13th century St John Baptist's Church, which was
almost totally destroyed and ruined during the Second World War. Although
rebuild after the war, it today requires repair works again.

Aims and objectives of this project are:
* Archaeological reconnaissance showing the condition and localization
of
antique architectural elements of the defence walls
* Securing endangered fragments of the walls and their foundations.
* Improving the maintenance of the monuments.
* Developing enduring solutions for the monuments to serve as possible
tourist
attractions
* Establishing a permanent co-operation network between the institutions
of the partner cities

Proposed methods used:
* Actualization of the archeological, geological engineering and hydro
geological
opinion
* Reparation of the medieval defence City Walls in Malbork, its fundaments
and of St. John Baptist's Church
* Creation of a medieval church by light architecture
* Construction of guided routes on the premises and establishing of a maintenance
system by floodlights

Anticipated results:
* Rescue of European Cultural Heritage
* Improvement of safety for tourists and habitants walking along the walls
* Producing enduring, attractive sites to be visited also during dark seasons.

* Making visitors appreciate the historical value of the site.
* Strengthening the cultural identity through understanding of cultural
diversity.

Contact: Ewelina Bonar
City of Malbork
F +48-55-647-33-24
E bsp@um.malbork.pl <mailto:bsp@um.malbork.pl




Research on the Austin friar period in Europe (Czech Republic)

This project concerns a unique archive belonging to the Austin friar, not
processed yet. It contains the objects from the year 1500 to the present
time (deeds, hymn-books etc.). The aim of the project is to research
the
Austin friar period in Europe (their impact and influence), on the basis
of proceeding the archive, cataloguing and promotion via new technologies.

Activities: research, fieldwork, exhibition, multi-media promotion of the
exhibition, touring exhibition in partner countries.

Benefits of the project: to enlighten the important historical information
of a European friar, make the archive accessible and available for the
wide
public, promotion.

Partners we have contacted: Austin friar in France (Avignon), Poland and
Austria plus the Czech gallery of modern art, where the exhibition would
be held.

Partners we need: Austin friar in foreign countries, who could contribute
to the research and exhibition, museums, galleries, universities etc.

Contact: EUROVISION
T +420 5 4323 7286
E kultura@eurovision-eu.com
W www.eurovision-eu.com




Restoration of the Strahov monastery in Prague (Czech Republic)

The Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov is one of the oldest
monasteries
of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. It has been a working monastery
practically ever since it was founded in 1143. It contains a
unique library of European scale. The interior of the library was installed
in 1794-1797 by its original designer, Jan Lahofer of Tasovice, and modified
to an Early Classicist Style. The amazing size of the hall (length: 32
m,
width: 22 m, height: 14 m) is compounded by the monumental ceiling fresco
by Viennese painter Anton Maulbertsch, painted over six months in 1794.

The library became very famous in European cultural circles - the Austrian
Princess and wife of Napoleon Bonaparte Marie Louise visited Strahov Library,
and afterwards she sent Strahov Library more books, a Viennese set of porcelain,
and, most significantly, a four-volume work on the first Louvre museum.

This famous library is not concurrently in a good state - all wooden bookcases,
the roof of the hall as well as the ceiling fresco needs to be repaired.

Partners: Therefore the organiser would like to invite other libraries,
restorers
from all over Europe, librarians to participate on our project of European
importance (we would like to restore mentioned parts of the library as
well
as hold workshops and arrange an exhibition).

Contact: EUROVISION
T +420 5 4323 7286
E kultura@eurovision-eu.com
W www.eurovision-eu.com




Some-in-one® (Poland)

There are 2 ways to realize this project.
1. Wandering Music Festivals.
2. Multi-cultural Centers.

For the Wandering Music Festivals the organisation would like to co-operate
with some of culture & art organisations in other countries. There will
be
some festivals that follow one by one in different localization. For example:
the first one will be in Warsaw, second one in Prague, others in Budapest,
Berlin, Stockholm, Madrid etc. Duration of each festival: up to three days.


During the festivals it will be promote following kinds of music:
* Classical - symphony or opera music
* Ethnic music
* Pop & country music (including rock and roll).

The main idea is to integrate in one Artistic Group any artists and musicians
from different countries that perform different kinds of music. This group
will be a "taproot" of the festival concerts, because during each one will
be a place for young talents.

Contact: Richard Jakubowski
" Radosny usmiech" Foundation
T +48 22 4355018
M +48 501 168051
E Ryszard.Jakubowski@sferia.net




Theatre: A link between the upper and the lower world (Greece)

This project is dealing with Aristophanes' heroes and his dialogues between
the living and the dead.
A new play will be written based on Aristophanes heroes, sewing together
parts of the plays: "Lysistrata", "Aharnes", "Nefeles"(Clouds), "Heppeas"
(Horsemen), "Vatrahee"(Frogs), "Ornithes"(Birds), "Ploutos"(Wealth), "Sfikes"(Wasps),
and "Irene"(Peace), which will be performed in European cities. Seminars/workshops
and a two-day conference will be included in this project.

Invited to participate are theatre, musical and scenographic companies
and
lighting designers that are experienced with the topic.

Contact: Nicolas
E worldcef@hol.gr <mailto:worldcef@hol.gr




The Fair, The Blind, The Sly (Sweden)

The Concept is to create a plat form for Nordic and European co work with
for instance a Norwegian director, Ragna Fagelund, arranger, choreograph,
musicians and actors from all Europe. Décor can be produced in each country
involved in the tour. The Poet and storyteller can be engaged from the
country
of the stage setting.

State of the project
* Script
* Lyrics
* 5 Demo of Music with song 8 demo without song
* 3 Songs demo with Viktoria Krantz and Peter Malmrup

Project vision
* International contacts established 2003
* Financing Culture 2000, Nordic Found, etc.
* Music arranged and set prepared 2003-2004
* Development of project of theater and tour begins in April 2004
* First show 2005

Contact: Börje Peratt, Producer and President CULTNET
T/F +46(0)8-768 41 11
E borje@peratt.com




Veverí State Castle - Creation of a permanent exhibition (Czech Republic)

Veverí State Castle is one of the most extensive but unfortunately also
the
most damaged castle premises in the Czech Republic. The project should
present
international relations and links in the history of Veverí Castle
and its estates. As a coincidence, it is a complex where the influence
of
nations and cultures of almost all Europe intermingled very distinctively
in the past. We believe that the presentation of such phenomenon is precisely
the objective followed by competent EU commissions with similar programmes.

The project will also be supported by the National Institute for the Preservation
of Cultural Heritage of the Czech Republic. The project aims to create
a
display in a pre-selected Baroque building of Veverí State Castle premises
that would present the following five stages in the history of Veverí Castle:
* Veverí as one of the principal residences of the Moravian Luxembourgs
in
the 14th and 15th centuries.
* The Tieffenbach Brothers, Austria - one a rebel and the other an Emperor's
marshal - the Thirty Years' War seen through the destiny of a noble family

* Prince Gustav Vasa, Sweden - the emigrant court of the deposed crown
prince
at Veverí
* The Ypsilanti Princes - a famous Greek family in the Moravian estates
* Winston Churchill, Great Britain, a personal friend of the last private
owner of Veverí, and his two visits to the castle in the early 20th century

Currently, the organisers consider it most natural to address organisations
and institutions from countries directly related to the presented themes,
namely Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden, Greece and Great Britain.

Contact: EUROVISION
T +420 5 4323 7286
E kultura@eurovision-eu.com
W www.eurovision-eu.com




Virtual Interiors (Italy)

The aim of the project consists in valorising the cultural heritage of
the
seats of power during the Middle Ages. In particular 3D techniques will
be
used to reconstruct the interiors of such buildings. Some buildings have
been destroyed while other underwent major structural changes.

In order to better understand the real life-style during the Middle-Ages,
it is important and innovative alike to reconstruct and to go back over
the
physical scenarios of the interiors of the seats of power, including furnishings
and art-objects as well, The project will exploit in-depth studies on the
contextualisation of the
cultural heritage and everyday life in the seats of power, providing significant
insights into important sociological aspects of medieval times. The use
of
advanced visualisation techniques, such as stereoscopic projection, will
allow an immerse and pleasant fruition of such new contents by the general
public as well, in particular by youth, who could appreciate contents and
concepts which are usually benefited by scholars and specialists only.
The results of the project, both from the historical and technical point
of view, will be widely disseminated by means of ad-hoc conferences, a
dedicated
web-site providing integrated contents on the seats of power
addressed by the project, scientific publications and seminars. The project
will address very important seats of power during the Middle Ages.

Virtual Context
One of the main problems of museums is that the objects that are on display
are out of the context for which they were created. This leads to the loss
of the original meaning of the objects and of their use. This problem cannot
be avoided, indeed the need for preserving cultural and art-objects from
deterioration and spoilage, apart from theft, is real and often forces
artworks
to be removed from their original place (e.g. a church) to be stored in
museums.
In some cases (e.g. ancient palaces, archaeological sites etc.), the context
has been destroyed or deeply changed. The creation of a virtual context
can
be a solution. The context of an object can be reconstructed using multimedia
techniques (e.g. virtual reality), giving the public the possibility of
understanding
the meaning, the use and the importance to preserve both cultural heritage
and art objects.

Contact: Eva Baraldi
T +39 10 209 5215
F +39 10 209 9288
E eva.baraldi@unige.it

Visual Arts proposal (Romania)

The Faculty of Fine Arts, Painting Department at the National University
of Arts [NUA], Bucharest is seeking partners to implement the following
project:
* Art image analyzing and creation using 3D and holograms
* Possibility to develop new meanings and techniques of representation
in
art using IT
* Research of art image analyzing using IT
* Cultural heritage signified by grammar of image aesthetic criteria
* Semantic-based knowledge system, tonal relationship in art image with
and
without semantic function
* New ways of visual art techniques using IT
* Art archives and data analyzing of tonal relationship image
* Semantic function of quantitative relationship

Contact: Catalin Balescu, Lecturer
Universitatea de Arte [National University of Arts], Pictura [Painting]
Department
T +40 21 312 7253
F +40 21 312 5429
E catalinbalescu@hotmail.com <mailto:catalinbalescu@hotmail.com
W <http://art.kappa.ro

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