interARTion

Summary InterARTion is a long term artistic exchange project involving young emerging artists and local communities in the EuroMed region. Through a rotating mobility scheme InterARTion is looking to influence local communities’ perception of their local public spaces. During the project, 8 groups of young artists will explore the meaning of public spaces in their home communities and create an interference in a chosen venue. In addition, each group will send a representative to a neighboring community for a short period, during which they will together investigate, create and perform their interference. These 8 creations will be presented in urban public spaces, viewed by by- passers of different sub-communities.

aim Overcoming Euro-Mediterranean cultural differences and changing perception of public spaces through artistic intervention.

objectives a. Mobilizing young artists and developing their intercultural and professional capacities throughout the Euro-Mediterranean region. b. Giving new meaning or re-interpreting the un-used or artistically neutral public spaces and as a result re-integrating them into the local urban environment and artistic scene. c. Promoting inter-disciplinarity in arts by the means of the events organized on these occasions and within these the specific location. (such as visual arts d. Encouraging local communities in participation in sense of ownership

Target group Young artists Local communities Youth

Expected results Changing the perspective of the public space Changing the perspective of the artist involved Produce two artistic works in every city Impact on publics perception about art and the connection with life and history Publication

Timeline – 18 months Jan –March 2011 preparation April march 2012 Activities April-June 2012 Evaluation- reporting-

Total budget: Requested: Co-funding;