FESTIVAL TECHNIQUES

WHAT TYPE OF

ACTIVITY DO YOU

WANT TO ORGANISE?

Lecture

Paris:Cocktail and presentation ofthe festival in the presence oftransnational teams with anaddress by a deputy mayor,psychoanalyst and writer onquestions of identity, allowingthe transgression of the usualforms recognition of theother

Discussion

London: The Forum wasstructured by a series ofworkshops on proposals forcampaigns and practicalaction, involving ‘expert’speakers elaboratingpotential campaigns, whichwill then be discussed by thecitizens in the workshopsetting.

Workshop

Bologna: The square is theexchange of knowledge, withthree workshops on the topicof waste, which put indifferent contact points ofview, such as the many facesof recovery, urban ecology,sustainability laboratory tonew models of society.

Installation

Prague: This installationsymbolically links the citiesamong them through a seriesof architectural elements andconceptual references. Itintroduces open-endedsituations as a way of handingover responsibilities to theaudience.

Storytelling

Cluj: The stories of Francis andRaniero, two Italian Sinti, Readand Interpreted by twoactors. These tales of two uniquepeople, at the sametime, recount the lives of all ofus.

Vernissage

Cluj: The exhibition proposes afocus on the perception ofintimacy in relation to identity. Asa space of powerful emotionalcharge, it can be considered anattempt to breaking taboos bycreating a genuine closeness andstate of reflection.

Performance

Lublin: Side theatre spectaclebased on a drama through anexistential poetic performanceabout finding their space.

Theatre

Bratislava: The spectacle will befollowed by discussion with theactors and creators of the theatreabout life without home and howthey work with homeless peopleor disadvantaged groups in orderto facilitate their integration.

OPERA

Cardiff: A short mini-operaexploring the environmentaleffects of a consumer society,the role of democracy ineffecting change, and theimportance of individualaction.

MUSIC

Prague: Concert by a Romaband to be followed by DJdance party, showcasingRoma music.

VISUALS

Cluj: This collective looks toreach the equilibriumbetween music and visuals soas to convey the image ofnew urban realities, subject totransnational change.

BALL/PARTY

Prague: Kick off party to Learnmore about festival eventswhile dancing to music by thebest trans-european DJs.

FACILITATOR

Sofia: Involving poets todesign a city junkie scavengerhunt so people could use apoetic map to look for thenarratives which old Sofiaweaved in its urban fabric.

ACADEMIC

Sofia: Involving academicsfrom different countries todiscuss the feminisation ofpoverty.

CAMPAIGNER

Prague: Inviting a range ofcampaigners to speak at a adebate on whether enactingEuropean citizenship is a wayto guarantee Roma rights inthe EU.

ARTIST

Paris: Inviting a collective ofcomic animators to presenttheir graphic novel on thenew sustainable graphic

WHAT TYPE OF

SPEAKER DO YOU

WANT TO INVITE?

POLITICIAN

Prague: Inviting the primeminister’s advisor to speak ina panel discussion willaddress how the post-modernlightening of the essentialvalues that are ascribed tocitizenship today are beingreconsidered.

ENTREPRENEUR

London: Invitingentrepreneurs to take part insocial forum to shapeproposals for campaigns

LOCAL GROUPS

Bologna: Presentation andscreening of a selection offilms from movies for kids inconjunction with a youthfestival

RESEARCHERS

Cluj: The young researchermakes use of photographyand graphics in herexploration of two cases ofurban architecture.

ACTIVISTS

Bologna: A theatrical show onexperiences and encounterswith Roma cultures againststereotypes.

STUDENTS

Cluj: A project coordinatedby a professor and put intoplace by a group of 9 studentsfrom a university in Berlin willtravel to Cluj for theTranseuropa Festival willpresent their perspectives

CREATIVES

Bologna: Cooks helping youtravel through the cuisines ofEurope to discover theidentities of Various Europeandiets through wine tastings,food tastings andgastronomy.

ONLINE GROUPS

Sofia: Inviting social mediaactivists to discuss thedimensions of National and /or civic: the old and newMedia, and the possibility of atransnational public sphere in

Europe.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO

INVOLVE PEOPLE

TAKING PART?

HAVE YOUR SAY

Cluj: Workshop participantswill have the opportunity tocreate and transform largestructures, and experiencehow these changes affecttheir perception of and theuse and aesthetics and publicspace.

KISS

Amsterdam: A flashmob ofexchange of kisses : the" Transnational Kissing "willtake place simultaneouslyin Paris and Amsterdam toembrace those who still cannot live openly theirorientation and genderidentity

TEXT EACH OTHER Cardiff:

Harness your creativity viatext messaging. Projected inreal-time, an evolving textnarrative emerges andunfolds. This process andopen source software will beused to celebrate language

FLASHMOB

Lublin: Flashmob outsidechurch to protest againstdiscrimination of LGBT

TOUR THE CITY

Bologna: Migrants andrefugees bring us on a cycletrip to discover the city. Eachstep will be shortperformances, the rapidunfolding of a point of viewthrough the story of his ownvision

DANCE AND PARTY

Bratislava: Opening of artexhibition on a bargetogether with an openingparty of the festival openingof the exhibition associatedwith the official opening ofthe festival.

LEARN NEW SKILLS

Bologna: A workshop tocreate an element of urbanfurniture with recycledobjects. The workshop willteach the public to createcomfortable and functionalurban furniture.

TEACH NEW SKILLS

Cluj: The social market thatwill be organised in both Clujand London during the timeof the Festival will consist ofthe free sharing of objectsand skills among theparticipants and all those whowant to enter the game.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO

DEVELOP THE

ACTIVITY?

PRESENT THEIR WORK

Cluj: The project iscoordinated by a professorand put into place by a groupof 9 students. Theseethnographic collaborationswill question whether thepublic can be considered acapital space for suchimaginary.

WRITE A LETTER

Amsterdam: An artist willpresent the transnationallibrary of objects, thatrepresents a personalnarrative on the city.

DRAW A MAP

London: People will be able tohelp develop skills intransnational mapping,collective production and newmedia activism to rethink theuniversity as a commons.

PRODUCE A MAGAZINE

Amsterdam: People were ableto produce magazine usingdifferent collages andartefacts

SUBMIT AN IDEA

London: Have you ever seen anobject or a building that’s disusedthat you thought could be greatto change into something better.Take an “I wish this was” stickerand stick it on something youwant changed and write downwhy.

FIND A RECIPE

London: Have you ever wonderedwhere restaurants get their foodfrom? Could you guess whatingredients are in their recipes?Track down where to buy theingredients in the market andfind what the hidden recipes are.

WIN A PRIZE

London: Learn how you cancreate musical instruments out ofscrap materials – from pipes totrumpets and even soundboxes!The most creative instrumentwins a prize!

DEVELOP A WEBSITE

Amsterdam: A website wasdeveloped to collect the lettersto the European President fromactivists across Europe

PRODUCE A DOCUMENTARY

People were trained atmaking videos to produce adocumentary on the situationof Roma in eight differentEuropean countries.

DEVELOP A FILMPROGRAMME

The invitation to the co-curators was meant to let thecritical interests ofTranseuropa inform work andresearch already in progress.It was an attempt to blendcurating with curiosity.

PREPARE FOOD

Paris: Food from differentcultures was prepared andgiven out to the public as partof the anti-discrimination daywith activities for all ages,projections of videos andmore. .

SET UP A STALL

Paris: A festival stand in theEuropean Village in front ofthe City Hall.

DEVELOP A GARDEN

Bologna: An urban,hydroponic garden will be setup entirely from wastematerials, involving the publicin the process of itsconstruction.

DEVELOP WORKSHOPTECHNIQUES

Cluj: The workshop, entitledSpace, Motion, Emotion dealswith the division of publicspace and its impact onresidents. Workshopparticipants will have theopportunity to create andtransform large solutions

SET UP AN EXHIBITION Prague:

Come see the exhibition which will introduce works inspired by the most known transport vehicle powered by human force: the bicycle. The exhibition is an appeal to the Prague city to find solutions for cyclists.

CREATE MATERIALS FOR ANACTIVITY

Sofia: Exhibition that presents avisual and graphic works madethrough a process of group workon the theme of "borders". Is itpossible to strip one nationality,and put another, at least in theexperiment in group work andstorytelling?

HOW DO YOU WANT TO

INVOLVE PARTNERS?

DEVELOP A CAMPAIGNACTIVITY

London: The Forum will bestructured by a series ofworkshops on proposals forcampaigns and practicalaction. The workshops willinvolve a few ‘expert’speakers and citizenselaborating campaigns.

ORGANISE A CONSULTATION

Bologna: A consultation onthe condition of interns inEurope. The structure of themeeting will follow thispattern: platforms to reachconsensus on specific issues,there will be several workinggroups

ORGANISE A SOCIAL FORUM

Bologna: A EuropeanForum on pluralismand freedom ofinformation with theparticipation of organizationsfrom more than ten Europeancountries.

WORKING WITH A PARTNERTO FACILITATE AN ACTIVITY

Amsterdam: The localcitygroup worked with afoundation who helpedfacilitate a workshop todevelop a magazine toimagine new forms of positivepopulism.

ORGANISE ALL DAY THEMEDACTIVITIES

Paris: Anti-discrimination daywith workshops, screeningsand talks on forms ofdiscrimination.

PARTNERING WITHANOTHER CITY

Cardiff: Digital artaccompanies performance ofespecially commissionedworks by poets composed asthey made exchange journeysbetween each others cities.

USING GROUP PROCESSES TODEVELOP AN EXHIBITION

Sofia: Exhibition that presentsa visual and graphic worksmade through a process ofgroup work on the theme of"borders". Is it possible tostrip one nationality, and putanother

WORKING WITH A PARTNERTO CURATE A PROJECT

Lublin: Working with partnerto curate screenings ofcollaborative film projectionexamines the body as allegoryof real or imaginary structuresto approach the concept oftransnationalism.

GETTING PEOPLE TOPRODUCE A DOCUMENTARY

Sofia: A documentary filmabout the rights of the LGBTpeople in Europe, producedfor the festival byTranseuropa Members ofTranseuropa Network.

HIDE OBJECTS AROUND AVENUE

London: Books are likemarkets, you’ll alwaysdiscover something new nomatter how many times yougo. Find the hidden verses ofa story and guess what thepoem’s called

MAP THE ACTIVITIES

Cluj: The map was aimed atproducing a tactical andfeminist counter-cartographyof the city that reflects on theconnections between genderand territory

USE THE ACTIVITY TOPRODUCE RESEARCH

London: How do weexperience the market? Themarket is part of our everydayreality, but how often do wereflect on what we think, feel,do, say, see, hear, eat, drinkor buy here? Join us and mapyour emotions.

SHOWCASE THEIR WORK

Bratislava: Screening of thefilm by an associationfollowed by discussion aboutSlovak reality 20 years aftereconomic transition andsocial policy

USE THEIR SPECIALIST SKILLS

Bologna: The citygroupworked with a biodiversitygroup to use their skills tocreate an urban, hydroponicgarden set up entirely fromwaste materials.

GET A SELECTION OF SIMILARPEOPLE TO PERFORM

Lublin: Developing a show ondarkness and loneliness,struggling with himselfbringing together dance,music and video partners.

TAKE PART IN THEIRFESTIVAL

Berlin: Taking part in a streetfestival offering a day oftheatre, performance art,music, food and workshops.

WHERE DO YOU

WANT TO ORGANISE

THE ACTIVITY?

BRING DIFFERENT TYPES OFPARTNER TOGETHER

Prague: Bringing differentpartners to introduce a newmodel for sustainablecommunities called the‘Polyteknik Village’, whichincorporates unprecedentedlevel of cooperation.

GET PEOPLE TO TELL THEIRSTORY

Prague: Asking participants togive their ideas and create aUtopian City in this workshopfor a foundation thatorganises workshops in citiesall over Europe to capture thedreams of young Europeans.

GET PEOPLE TO TAKEPHOTOS FOR ADOCUMENTARY Lublin:Involving people to produceposters for an exhibition onthe issues of discriminationon grounds of disability, age,sexual orientation, religionand ethnicity or nationality.

GARDEN

Bologna: An urban,hydroponic garden will be setup Entirely from wastematerials

FOREST

No matter who (they say) we are, the forest is ours to be enjoyed. Let’s clean it all together then: Roma, Romanian and international

BY BIKE

Prague: Bike ride through the city to promote alternative transportation and enjoy the day.

BY BUS

London: Presenting an interactive and exciting storytelling experience within the unique venue of a London Double Decker bus; a journey within a journey.

BY FOOT

Paris: Walk in Paris guided by a urban geographer in the multicultural quarters.

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