SEASa European platform

Arts, Urban Re-Invention

& Public Space

the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland - 2004

• Coastal Regions are the target of EU investment

•Cultural exchange is central to the creation of a constructive political and economic spirit

•The Arts as a motor for sustainable relations

•Connecting to regional, multi-lateral structures

• Connecting Arts and Environmental issues

Cultural/Political Targets

Klaipeda, Lithuania in the harbour

BARI - Flota/Ljubljanajuly 2004

WHY ART?

WHY CITY?

Gdansk, Poland in the shipyardsOdys-Seas - Leszek Bzdyl & Robert Rumas/Gdanskaugust 2004

WHY PORT?

WHY SEA?

Research & Development

DATES• 2003, 30 artists from 11 European countries joined in travels

to unfamiliar harbour cities around the Baltic and Adriatic Seas …

• In 2006/2007, 11 DATES realized with artists from/to different Black and North Sea harbour cities …

Funding from ECF, EU/Culture 2000, The Swedish Institute, Nordic Council25++ Program (initiated by CulturesFrance) and culturebase.net

made these research travels possible …

Events[Already realized]

2004Klaipeda, Lithuania (july)

Kaliningrad/Svetlogorsk, Russia (july)Liepaja, Latvia (august)Gdansk, Poland (september)

Ljubljana, Slovenia (december)

2005Rijeka, Croatia (june)Koper, Slovenia (june)

Stockholm, Sweden (august)Podgorica, Montenegro (september)

Udine, Italy (october)Helsinki, Finland (november)

PRODUCTION

• In 2003-2005: 10 co-productions - dance, theatre and visual artworks - were created …

• For 2007-2008: 15 projects are produced …

Multi-annual Funding from EU/Cultureprovides production incentives for some SEAS projects

supplemented by local/regional/national support …

Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in KarostaEscape from Troy - Banuta Rubess/Rigaaugust 2004

The chosen event sites are primarilypost-industrial or open air public spaces,located in/near harbour/shipyard areas.

These areas are - or will soon be - objects of investmentby EU structural funds and local/national governments

… what is the “cultural factor” ??

Distribution

Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in KarostaEscape from Troy - Banuta Rubess & NTI/Riga

august 2004

Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in KarostaEscape from Troy - Banuta Rubess & NTI/Riga

august 2004

Liepaja, Latvia on the beach in KarostaEscape from Troy - Banuta Rubess/Rigaaugust 2004

Black SEAS 2008/2009Odessa, Ukraine (23 may-1 june)

Varna & Balchik, Bulgaria (3-11 june)Mangalia, Romania (9-15 june)

Istanbul, Turkey (21-29 march 2009)

North SEAS 2009Skegness/Lincolnshire, UKRotterdam, Netherlands

Göteborg, SwedenHelsingør, Danmark/Helsingborg, Sweden

Tromsø, Norway

… and SEAS 2010back to the Black Sea region

and focused action in chosen North Sea cities

Skegness/Lincolnshire UK

North SEAS Example:

Skegness/Lincolnshire UK23 september – 3 october 2009

funded by Arts Council England, East Midlands, which is also a Coorganiser in SEAS/EU multi-annual grant

coordinated by East Lindsey District Council Arts Services

East Midlands based artists (Metro-Boulot-Dodot) as participants, proposed by ACE/EM

Skegness as place for a DATE (2007)

Skegness International and other community based arts organisations as co-Hosts of SEAS/Skegness 2009

Odessa Film Studios 2006

Constanta, Romania - september 2006 – SEAS GATHERING

Gathering

Partners in: Sweden, Croatia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, The Netherlands, Denmark, UK, Norway, Turkey, Slovenia, Belgium.

Artists from: Stockholm, Zagreb, Kyiv, Plovdiv, Sofia, Istanbul, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Leicester, London, Tromsø, Oslo.

structure 2006-2010

Anne-Lise Stenseth (N) – ”The Kiss and Waste Project”Odessa (UA) 27-31 may 2008Balchik (BG) 6-9 june & Mangalia (RO) 12-15 juneIstanbul (TR) march 2009

WunderbaumThe NetherlandsBEER TOURIST

Odessa 27-30 mayVarna 6-8 juneMangalia 12-15 juneIstanbul narch 2009

Odessa 28-30 may, Varna 6-8 june, Mangalia 12-15 june, Istanbul march 2009

with generous support from and good partnerships with:

The Ministry of Culture - RomaniaThe Ministry of Culture – Bulgaria

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and The Arts - TurkeyThe Region of Odessa - Ukraine

National Arts Councils in some Partner countriesMunicipal Arts Councils in some Host cities

City of Odessa

FANTOMATVenelin Shurelov (Bulgaria)Dritero Kasapi(Sweden)

Odessa 24-31 mayBalchik 4-8 juneMangalia 12-15 juneIstanbul march 2009