Project

My Center of the World /

//creating the network of artists and art organisations which live and work in small places

Europe as canvas of concentric circles painted
by connecting and networking artists who live and create in small places

Collaborative Artistic Project Proposal
By
CSDVA – Croatia
Artenativa - Croatia
Kanonmedia - Austria
Line – Initiative and Movement – FYR Macedonia

Project is supported by ECF

The inspiration for this project, the place Ludbreg is small, in wider public not so well known place in Croatia, and yet it is one of the oldest settlements in Croatia. According to ancient legend from the Roman times, it was in Ludbreg that the circles of the Earth were thought up and drawn. All the larger metropolises are found on the circumferences of the circles, and it is in Ludbreg that the four elements - earth, water, fire and air - meet. In Croatia it is known as The Centre of the World.

In this project, the involved organizations from Croatia, Macedonia and Austria will be setting in motion coextensively the real space travels and online connections from the “Center of Europe – Centrum Mundi – Ludbreg’’ to the different places all across the Europe. Those movements will be recorded and then transformed into custom-made application for online viewing. The project has an aim to form new connections between artists and cultural organizations from participating European places and document new urban diversity.

Project objectives:
o to organize, with partners from Croatia, Macedonia and Austria, an artistic media project to develop an online portal to different places across Europe through the eyes of an artist living there;
o to offer an relevant answer to the question how new global movements affect artists' approach to creativity;
o to establish a plarform of artists that will critically approach a subject of increased use of digital tools in creation;
o to enable a constructive network for all possible collaborations and the future cooperation which will consequently stem out of it.

Project outcomes will be shared in English, French and German language:
o Website containing all related documentary material collected during travels and survey: movie clips, texts, pictures;
o DVD + booklet – published via lulu.com;
o Custom software (working title 'Ludbreg application'') – presented at project's website and downloadable as desktop application;
o Exhibition – at the NANO Gallery, Zagreb (with few more stops to go).

even more info :) here:

www.rhiz.eu/artefact-48203-en.html

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