September 2009
Hania Web pages updated
In the section on Process (in the main menu bar), you will now find a detailed description of the residency in Hania, and the Creative Laboratory with young people there. It also features an extract from Kalos Orisate, a popular afternoon TV show, with Alexander Phoundoulakis and Brendan Jackson talking to host Padelis Spyridakis about the project. It included a short film with interviews from the young participants. Thanks to Kalos Orisate for sending a copy.
Kalos Orisate (Welcome) from Laundry Line on Vimeo.
Skopje Creative Laboratory
In September 2009, a group of artists from mixed disciplines and different countries undertook a residency in Skopje, Macedonia, based at Cultural Centre CK. This creative laboratory was co-ordinated by Paulina Paga with support from staff at the centre.
Together, with the help of local city guides, they were able to explore the city and engage in dialogue with local people – a form of action research – considering questions of identity and cultural heritage. Working together for a focused week, they were invited to make a creative response to the environment of Skopje, and share this with a wider audience with a weekend event at the centre.
Portrait of Skopje (work in progress) from Geoff Broadway on Vimeo.
They had the opportunity to visit different parts of the city, hosted by local guides, and see examples of activities of different cultural organisations, as well as see work from the 15th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean. There were two presentation evenings, one for members of CDAT showing examples of individual projects and one open for the general public to participate in. Here’s a gallery of photographs from activities…
Big thank you to all the folks at CDAT: Ruse Arsov, Programme Manager; Emilija Cockova, Executive Manager; Filip Nikolvski, Organisation; Ivan Ristovski-Bala, Organisation; and our chief tour guide and philosophy ninja, Vladamir Krstevski-Hari. Thanks also to Dame Dimitrovski for live music at the event. There is a gallery of images below, but you will also find some photo-documentation of the web site of Raycho Stanev at http://e-rayo.net/gallery/skopje/
Previous creative laboratories – with a range of different participants - have been held in Birmingham (UK), Sejny (Poland), Bela Rechka (Bulgaria), and Hania (Crete).
