Shifting Perspectives: Merging approaches to art and activism. Experimental Exchange of Experiences
Photos by Eva
Shifting Perspectives: Merging approaches to art and activism. Experimental Exchange of Experiences workshop was led by Seila Fernández Arconada and produced by Logos and Active YOUKraine.
During two encounters a number of experiential/experimental process-based activities following multidisciplinary approaches offered a ground for experimental collaborations to reexamine practices focusing on civil society. For the 1st meeting (6–14 September 2018) in Ukraine, participants were invited to bring themselves into an embodied experience in the Carpathian mountains. The group was led to a permeable “in between” ground where they explored methods of critical thinking merged with creative perceptions learning from their shared experiences. This process-based encounter travelled from practice to theory and vice versa, aiming to expand frames of reference in the field of socially engaged practices. The gained experience and knowledge was applied in the second project meeting in Germany (6–14 October 2018) |
The 2nd meeting in Germany aims to enable participants to apply learning gained during the initial encounter in which participants analised and discussed the role(s) and methods of social activism and artistic practices. This part took place in the region of Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern where the group explored and exchanged together with local initiatives and cooperations through excursions and study visits. Thus, participants were invited to collaborate with the local partners, creating a socially engaged intervention presented during the Grashalm Fest on October 13, 2018 in Fahren (OT Zurow), Germany."
The following images are visual glimpses of the workshop from the process in both Ukraine and Germany as well as the documentation of the final event at Grashalm Fest.
The following images are visual glimpses of the workshop from the process in both Ukraine and Germany as well as the documentation of the final event at Grashalm Fest.
Photos by Yuri Atamanchuk, Eva Famulla, Seila Fernández Arconada and Olga Petrushko
Thanks so much to all participants and Grüner Grashalm e.V., Logos and Active YOUKraine in special to Julia, Eva and Marko as project team. Workshop led by Seila Fernández Arconada.