MAKING WAVES

3.1.4 COMMON ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN
CULTURES, INTEGRATION AND THEMES
We understand the phrase ‘common
aspects of European cultures, heritage and
history’ to mean our shared experiences,
feelings, traditions or beliefs – that you don’t
feel like a stranger in another place.
MONUMENT p47 connects stone monuments
on European small islands from Aran to
Orkney, Gavrinis, Pantellaria and Malta for a
new international exhibition. The elements
of the exhibition will be co-created through
archaeology, architecture, craft and
design, construction and sustainability.
THEN AND NOW p33 examines the history of
Imperialism and how colonialism continues
to shape our current condition using the
symbol of English rule, the Big House.
Leading national and international artists
challenge our vision of our collective histories,
its contradictions and complexities.
SEA TAMAGOTCHI p52 collects the words of
coastal communities in Connemara, Galicia and
the Sami Territories. Words in minority languages
which describe similar ways of life, shared
common challenges, climatic events, isolation
and perseverance, show us that European life
close to the power of the sea is all too familiar.
We understand ‘European Integration’ as
the development of a European identity, the
acknowledgement of a shared value system
based on democracy, human rights and law.
NORTHERN PERIPHERY – TALENT CAMPUS p56
sees young European documentary makers
examine and create short documentaries
on regional communities across Europe,
exploring themes of rural isolation, language,
ageing populations and integration of new
communities. The workshop and mentoring
programme will see leading European
documentary makers work alongside trainers,
academics and community leaders.
3.1.5 EUROPEAN ARTISTS, OPERATORS, CITIES
AND TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
ECOC is the catalyst to ensure Galway’s cultural
producers look beyond their own boundaries
to learn, co-create and co-operate with
European artists and cultural operations.
A key component of our programme was
the inclusion of European partnerships from
the very outset. The specific partnership
details are found within the individual project
information of the cultural programme. (4.2)
SMALL TOWNS, BIG IDEAS p36 involves the
European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC),
Europa Nostra and the eNtopia programme to
support capacity building within rural communities,
connecting them trans-locally within their networks.
WINDOW ON THE WORLD p38 programme is
supported through partnership, co-creation
and co-operation with world technology
leaders such as Ars Electronica (Austria), MIT
Media Lab (USA), Sundance Institute (USA),
UNESCO Cities of Media Arts in York (UK),
Lyon (FR) and Linz (AT) with UNESCO Cities
of Film in Bradford (UK) and Rome (IT).
AN ARTIST IN EVERY PLACE p32 will benefit from
membership of European networks such as InSitu,
Europe’s largest network of publicly engaged art.
International conferences which will be
hosted as part of Galway 2020 include the
International Federation for Theatre Research
(IFTR) and Annual International Conference of
Business and Professional Women in 2019.
Fresh Street #3, the Circostrada European
Network congress of Street Arts, will be
hosted in Galway in June 2019.
ENCORE, the environmental conference of the
Regions of Europe, will be held in Galway in 2020.
CROSSING THE LINES p55 places main-stream
training opportunities for actors currently
working in special training progammes for artists
with intellectual disability. This pan European
programme will heighten awareness of professional
theatre by people with intellectual disability.
ECOC is the catalyst to ensure Galway’s
cultural producers look beyond their
own boundaries to learn, co-create
and co-operate with European
artists and cultural operations.
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