interchat postings
Short video clips from the 2 day event in April 2010 at The Drum arts centre in Birmingham UK, giving a flavour of the event and conversations about Birmingham as a City of Culture.
First, here’s some info on our speakers, Francois and Airan….
Airan Berg was born in Tel Aviv and educated at the American International School in Vienna and at University in Providence, USA. His first professional theatre experience was on Broadway in New York as an assistant to Harold Prince. In Austria worked as an assistant producer for the Burgtheater Vienna and was 1 producer at the Schillertheater in Berlin. He founded Theater ohne Grenzen (Theatre without Boundaries) and the international theatre festival Die Macht des Staunens (The Power of Amazement). Between 2001-2007, he was on the board of directors with artistic direction of the Schauspielhaus Wien GmbH in Vienna. He was the Director of Performing Arts for Linz Capital of Culture 2009.
François Matarasso is a writer, researcher and consultant with 30 years experience in community-based arts practice. He has done groundbreaking work into the impact of participation in the arts and on the evaluation of culture. He is Honorary Professor at Gray’s School of Art, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and an International Fellow of the Centre for Public Culture & Ideas, Griffith University in Brisbane. He has worked with cultural organisations, foundations and public bodies in over 30 countries and his work has been widely published. He has taken part in intergovernmental meetings on behalf of the Council of Europe and advised cultural agencies in France, Belgium, Holland and elsewhere on aspects of cultural policy. His work has included work on the European Commission review of European Capitals of Culture.
Clip 1. A brief introduction from Airan Berg.
Clip 2. Airan Berg -some thoughts on approaches to being City of Culture.
Clip 3. Airan Berg - on projects in school environments.
Clip 4. François Matarasso and Airan Berg - the beginning of a conversation.
Clip 5. Airan Berg, some final comments (within the time constraints of the event:)
Clip 6. François Matarasso, some thoughts from plenary session.
Selection of a participant vox pop…
Thanks to all participants who shared their thoughts and feedback with us, with just a few of them posted below.
http://www.vimeo.com/11266368 http://www.vimeo.com/11266463 http://www.vimeo.com/11266538 http://www.vimeo.com/11266669 http://www.vimeo.com/11266727 http://www.vimeo.com/11266792 http://www.vimeo.com/11266922 http://www.vimeo.com/11266975 http://www.vimeo.com/11267077 http://www.vimeo.com/11267179 http://www.vimeo.com/11267234 http://www.vimeo.com/11267473 http://www.vimeo.com/11267585 http://www.vimeo.com/11267680 http://www.vimeo.com/11267786 http://www.vimeo.com/11267836 http://www.vimeo.com/11267961 http://www.vimeo.com/11268039
