{"id":3534,"date":"2021-10-28T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T08:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bienale.lt\/2023\/?page_id=3534"},"modified":"2023-12-22T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:01:23","slug":"magic-carpets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/archive2023\/en\/magic-carpets\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Carpets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CREATIVE EUROPE PLATFORM
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From August, 2017, Kaunas Biennial is leading Creative Europe platform \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d <\/strong>which involves 21 cultural organisations from EU and candidate countries.<\/p>\n

The first stage of the four year project (2017\u20132021) finished with the international contemporary art exhibition, dedicated to Kaunas \u2013 European Capital of Kaunas 2022 MagiC Carpets Landed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2022 we’re continuing with the next stage \u2013 three years project \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d.<\/p>\n

Follow the residencies, emerging artists, emerging curators and their work with the communities across Europe www.magiccarpets.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

CONCEPT<\/h4>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe title and concept <\/a>conceived by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini (Latitudo Srl \/ Rome):\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Travel is one of the ways that humans have established over time to relate to different civilisations. Journey belongs to our traditions, it depicts an open and fascinating concept that is linked to our
\n\t\t\t\t\tpopular traditions, to the paths of fairy tales, to the archetypes that bring us to a constant longing for the unknown.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The title Magic Carpets refers to 1001 Arabian Nights fairy-tale story about the magic, or flying, carpet \u2013 a \u2018fantastic device\u2019 for travelling across the world in the twinkling of an eye. The creativity
\n\t\t\t\t\tand imagination of Scheherazade\u2019s used in story-telling to intrigue and to involve her husband becomes here a convincing metaphor of the power of culture to change the mistrust and confrontation into intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding, respect and even love.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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CHALLENGE<\/h4>\n

At this specific moment in the world when histories are being rewritten to serve new ideologies and interests and nationalism is on the rise again, we want to strengthen our sense of belonging to an open-eyed and multicultural Europe by:<\/p>\n

\u2013 making personal stories visible and audible through visual and interdisciplinary art practices;<\/p>\n

\u2013 broadening worldviews of emerging artists through cultural nomadism and socially responsible approach, fostering their skills to work internationally and developing new audiences through inclusive methods and co-creation and communication as well as digital technologies.<\/p>\n

Nomadism is not something we can only relate to longing for unknown or to a conscious choice anymore. The past few years have confirmed that nomadism has become a state of mind for those who are looking for economical and even physical shelter when leaving their home and country. Now, it refers more to the concept of displacement rather than to the adventure of travel. The tension is growing around this topic day by day. The explosion of the \u2018outside world\u2019 refugees\u2019 numbers in Europe sadly correlates with an internal European displacement, which, in turn, causes a growing oppression. For example, 25% of Lithuanians have left the country in the past 20 years because of socio-economic reasons and even recently placed refugees flee from Lithuania to Germany or Sweden in hired buses after they receive their EU resident documents. All of us in Europe face our own challenges. We, Europeans, need to build an emotional attachment to our own place, which only comes through openness to the stories of others. We are still longing for the \u2018happy end\u2019 encoded in fairy tales and story-telling traditions.<\/p>\n

More than 50 artistic and cultural interventions in different European and neighbouring cities will become those \u2018magic carpets\u2019, guaranteeing us shared memories and thus the sense of belonging to a unified story of renewed ability to listen to each other, which we desperately lack today.<\/p>\n

PLATFORM MEMBERS 2022-2025 <\/h4>\n
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    • Kaunas Biennial (Kaunas \/ Lithuania) \u2013 Coordinating Entity<\/li>\n
    • IDEIAS EMERGENTES – Produ\u00e7\u00e3o Cultural, CRL (Porto (Guimar\u00e3es) \/ Portugal)<\/li>\n
    • Jam Factory Art Centre (Lviv \/ Ukraine)<\/li>\n
    • Lab852 d.o.o. za promid\u017ebu (Zagreb \/ Croatia)<\/li>\n
    • Latitudo Srl (Rome \/ Italy)<\/li>\n
    • META Cultural Foundation (Bucharest (Slon) \/ Romania)<\/li>\n
    • New Theatre Institute of Latvia (Riga \/ Latvia),<\/li>\n
    • Novo Kulturno Naselje (Novi Sad \/ Serbia)<\/li>\n
    • OPENART, \u00d6rebro Kommun (\u00d6rebro \/ Sweden)<\/li>\n
    • Openspace.Innsbruck (Innsbruck \/ Austria)<\/li>\n
    • Sihtasutus Tartu 2024 (Tartu \/ Estonia)<\/li>\n
    • Tbilisi International Photo Festival (Tbilisi \/ Georgia)<\/li>\n
    • Trempo (Nantes \/ France)<\/li>\n
    • Unfinished Art Space (Gzira \/ Malta)<\/li>\n
    • Wroc\u0142awski Instytut Kultury (Wroclaw \/ Poland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      PLATFORM PARTNERS 2022-2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Diyalog Derne\u011fi (Istanbul \/ Turkey) <\/li>\n
      • Folkestone Fringe (Folkestone \/ UK) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        FORMER PLATFORM MEMBERS <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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        • EVA International \u2013 Ireland\u2019s Biennial (Limerick \/ Ireland) (2018-2021) <\/li>\n
        • ZK\/U \u2013 Centre for Art and Urbanistics (Berlin \/ Germany) (2018-2021) <\/li>\n
        • Prague Biennale (Prague \/ Czech Republic) (2018-2021) <\/li>\n
        • Centre of Contemporary Art \u2013 Tbilisi (Tbilisi \/ Georgia) (2018-2020) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              \n\t\t\t\t\tOBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES
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              Magic Carpets is a platform actively uniting 21 European partners and intended for traveling emerging artists to work in socially engaged and responsible art field (visual art, public art, community art, exhibitions, performances, documentary theater, online art, etc) to research and to implement new productions together with local artists and local communities with aims:<\/p>\n

              \u2013 to enlarge a mutual understanding between local population and \u2018strangers\u2019 (\u2018others\u2019) through innovative ways of story-telling and co-creation;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to boost the skills of emerging artists to work \u2018outside the institution\u2019 and research deeper into the sociocultural context of the host city or \u2018unknown land\u2019;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to increase the visibility of emerging talents through transnational mobility of artists and artworks and through the broad visibility of partners\u2019 international profile;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to trigger intercultural and interfaith dialogue, and facilitate the integration of displaced people and refugees;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to develop new and deepen existing contacts with various audiences and target groups in many European cities and countries through inclusive cultural programme and extensive use of information, communication, digital technologies, and innovative approaches;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to ensure the visibility of European values and different cultures;
              \n\t\t\t\t\t\u2013 to guarantee the European quality of the project and the legacy of the partnership as well as the branding strategy beyond the project period.<\/p>\n

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              “Magic Carpets\u201d is co-funded by the European Union and Lithuanian Council for Culture.<\/p>\n<\/h4><\/div>\n
              Management Board Committee <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

              Virginija Vitkien\u0117 (CEO, Kaunas \u2013 European Capital of Culture 2022), Lewis Biggs (Curator, Writer, Cultural Consultant), Diane Dever (Co-founder & Director, Folkestone Fringe), Claudia Melo (Curator, Artistic director of Contextile 2022), Karmen Krasi\u0107 Ko\u017eul (Managing Director, Lab852).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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