Lublin 2016 – Appendix - Kultura Enter

Open Lviv 2016
Despite the fact the Open Lviv 2016 project is considered to be only a sort of a “facultative
rehearsal” to try the readiness of the city’s participation in the European Capital of Culture 2020
contest, the organizers apprehended it seriously and tried to develop an accomplished program of
events that could cover not only one month but the whole year.
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The Open Lviv 2016 program was elaborated in accordance with the basic slogan “Lviv - The City of
Dialogue”. Our goal is to create an integrated program of events to reflect the ideas and goals identified
in the Chapter 1 and to interrelate all events according to the determined slogan.
A Dialog shall be a fundamental concept of the project Open Lviv 2016.
On the assumption of our main aims, ie., to initiate, to develop and to create conditions for an advanced
European dialogue in art, education and society at local, regional and international levels – the program
highlights the events and actions promoting debates and discussions, exchange of opinions and experiences.
The city of Lviv is a perfect place for such discourses.
The Open Lviv 2016 is a topical moment to launch the initiation of new models, processes and solutions
in the field of culture. We consider the notion of a Dialogue as:
• search for new social innovations;
• implementation of projects related to the encouragement of social dialogue as an effective means
for the successful development of Ukrainian civil society able to participate in discussions;
• -creation of friendly medium for communication and socio-cultural platform to exchange views
and ideas.
Dialogue: Art
Lviv is a city that always has been promoting avant-garde, experimental and innovative directions of
visual, theatrical, literature and musical arts. Our city is recognized as a cradle of an unique schools of
abstract painting, performances, installations, contemporary drama and contemporary classical music.
It is the place where first jazz and rock bands evolved. Lviv citizens are open to accept new trends and
experiments in art. The Dialogue in arts is based on the projects that represent new model of participation
in culture concentrated on active participation in cultural consumption. And in the same time it
is based on projects that present new communication model and actively involve consumers/recipients
of cultural product.
Dialogue: Society
On the assumption of the statement that culture is a component and a means of identification, our
program is going to include local socio-cultural events focused on the presentation of succession of
traditions inherent in multicultural community. Some projects are aimed at building confidence and
constructive cooperation between both traditional and new ethnic, religious communities, as far as they
are modeling an image of a modern multicultural city in the context of the unique established traditions
of tolerant coexistence of different peoples and cultures in our city and the region.
Dialogue: Education
We do realize that art has considerable potency to develop the ability of critical and analytical thinking,
therefore we emphasize the importance of educational projects. The important aspect in the implementation
of these projects is the conduction of master classes, workshops, thematic conferences, lectures
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