Creative Europe
Desk UK
for Culture

The concept ‘art-based research’ as a main content of the program concentrates on the exploration of art as a research technique on cultural issues. The involved partners want to gain experiences with the approach ‘art-based research’ with a focus on art in public sphere and art for social transformation. During the program young artists will address topics relevant in both regions such as cultural heritage, queer issues, the position of women in different societies and questions of identity, coexistence and democracy. In this context the project aims for the establishment of a sustainable partnership of art academies and art institutions in the euro-med region and the establishment of a European cooperation between artists, cultural operators and institutions. It addresses the need for the exchange of artistic research by young artists as a group which reflects social realities within the euro-med region and the globalized world. A long term cooperation of the participants in the field of ‘art for social transformation’, ‘art in public sphere’ and ‘culture and development’ is aimed for. Cultural production is in focus of ten ‘research-residencies’ which will be reflected by the presentations of artistic works at two symposia in Beirut and Belfast as well as in public presentations, exhibitions and a documentation. Another goal of the program is to develop a road-map for the implementation of artistic research into a post-graduate program for artists, supporting mobility. The program shall meet the demand for further education in the artistic field and actively investigate the impact of artistic research for cultural conceptions.

Photography: Muthesius Hochschule & Boell Foundation headquarter