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Europe Grand Central

Europe Grand Central was the origin of Global Grand Central (the platform you are now visiting). The project started in September 2015 as the “refugee crisis” dominated European news and politics and the role of arts and culture for social inclusion was a core topic of exploration. Focus was on co-creating a mutual and lasting space for learning and exchange between peers and local action.

Hub location

Europe: Fengersfors, Sweden, Bremen, Germany, Paris, France, Lublin, Poland, Athens, Greece, Bologna, Italy, Lund, Sweden

About this hub

Europe Grand Central gathered experiences and lessons from inclusive artistic projects. Audiences were  involved, and lessons collected and shared with peers on the co-designed platform www.GlobalGrandCentral.net. Images above from activities in Bologna, Lublin, Athens, Bremen, Vienna, Åmål and Casablanca, and from “legacy partner” activities in New York, Tunis, and London.

The EU co-funded project “Europe Grand Central” project is now finished and its partnership lives on with the Global Grand Central platform

– Scroll below for all 36 Activity reports shared within the project

– Official EU page with materials here

– Executive Summary (PDF) here

 

Activities included

  • Organized more than 276 audience inclusive workshops, events and shows covering more than 20 artistic disciplines – e.g. film, craft, storytelling, performance, music, and photography – across 34 local projects in 12 countries.

  • Co-designed the reporting platform www.GlobalGrandCentral.net as an open, user-friendly, and structured way to share, discuss and archive experiences and lessons between peers.

  • Co-founded legacy organisation Global Grand Central non-profit to run platform into the future.

The partnership was coordinated by the Not Quite Art Center in Fengersfors, Sweden, and co-funded by the EU

 

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    Activities organized by this hub

    Interzona – Outerzona

    Europe Grand Central platform training to explore the coming changes at Interzona culture center

    film
    interviews
    mapping
    photos
    sound
    writing
    other
    Bordr stories

    Activities involving this hub

    Don´t stop motion

    A series of workshops providing tools for telling stories that are rarely heard in the Swedish society.

    film
    sound
    workshops

    Across boarders with borderline children

    Creating art with children with special skills.

    film
    interviews
    music
    performance
    photos
    sound
    theatre
    workshops
    writing

    Louisette: The Backstage of Revolution, performance by Elli…

    Performance with the students of the Special vocational high School of Eleusis

    film
    interviews
    making
    music
    performance
    photos
    public art
    sound
    theatre

    A short film about borders with borderline children

    A short film from documentations of workshops with borderline children

    drawing
    film
    interviews
    music
    photos
    workshops
    writing

    Cento di questi giorni! And many more!

    Birthday party of the neighbourhood Pilastro in Bologna with a monumental videoprojection on the Towers's facade

    archiving
    film
    mapping
    photos
    public art

    Community Digital Archive

    Community Digital Archive tells the history of Pilastro and its citizens by pictures, videos, interviews and documents.

    archiving
    interviews
    mapping
    photos
    writing
    photo by Marcin Pietrusza

    ‘FOLLOW ME’

    How real are the stories we use to explain our “world” to others?

    making
    workshops
    writing

    Undocumented Migrant & His Stateless Family

    Photo documenting the living conditions of a stateless family in Morocco. It's about an undocumented migrant from Ghana.

    lectures
    photos

    HECUBA – Ports and suburb of the Mediterranean…

    Theatre research for the production of a new play devellopped through steps in the suburbs of the Mediterranean Sea

    performance
    workshops

    HECUBA – Ports and suburb of the Mediterranean…

    Theatre research for the production of a new play devellopped through steps in the suburbs of the Mediterranean Sea

    performance
    theatre
    workshops

    HECUBA – Ports and suburb of the Mediterranean…

    Theatre research for the production of a new play devellopped through steps in the suburbs of the Mediterranean Sea

    performance
    theatre
    workshops

    Exhibition 100 Faces – 100 Stories

    We asked people about their borders and how they overcame them.

    exhibitions
    film
    interviews
    photos

    Exhibition on tour in Sylt / Germany

    Exhibition on tour in Sylt

    exhibitions

    Bord(h)ers

    The project is about women and their borders. Both mental and physical.

    drawing
    exhibitions
    interviews
    sound
    writing

    Body of the country.Poland

    Art project The Body of the country" includs research during residency and interactive exhibiton.

    exhibitions
    performance

    Home is Where Mom is-Gozo/Malta

    "Home is Where Mom is" tries to explore mothers' dreams in Gozo. Mothers don't necessarily need to be females. Love.

    film
    interviews
    photos
    writing
    Bordr stories

    Midollo/Marrow

    Itinerant performance in the symbol building of Pilastro neighborhood, created with the participation of its inhabitants

    music
    performance
    theatre
    workshops
    other

    Visual workshop on bordeline

    The Visual artist Malvina Pountzikoglou makes a 15th day workshop with borderline adolescents (aged 12-21).

    drawing
    film
    making
    workshops

    A workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at Vocational…

    A workshop by director Elli Papakonstantinou at Vocational School of Eleusina working with borderline children

    archiving
    film
    interviews
    making
    music
    sound
    workshops
    writing

    “Workshop Green Planet”: a visual arts workshop

    “Workshop Green Planet”: a visual arts workshop

    drawing
    music
    public art
    workshops

    Thanks to the artistic program by ODC Ensemble,…

    Awarded cultural program for musician Tilemachos Moussas Musical Workshop with children with special skills .

    film
    interviews
    making
    music
    sound
    workshops

    Pareidolia

    talking road signs, delivering experiences of women living in the same geography from different cultural backgrounds

    public art
    sound

    Dreams in Bengtsfors

    Textile craft workshops articulating dreams of inhabitants of Bengtsfors county, Sweden

    exhibitions
    mapping
    making
    public art
    textile
    workshops
    Bordr stories

    Building Ourselves!

    Artistic workshops aimed to strengthen the spirit of collaboration and pride.

    food
    interviews
    making
    music
    performance
    photos
    public art
    sound
    travel
    workshops
    other

    From Under the City

    Exploring Lublin's borders through an interactive archive

    exhibitions
    making
    photos
    public art
    workshops
    writing

    Creative Theater Atelier – Living Dolls

    Theater and Puppetry workshops for different and diverse groups in Lublin

    drawing
    making
    music
    performance
    public art
    sound
    theatre
    workshops

    The Mental Health Noise Orchestra

    A noise orchestra for people with mental disabilities and health issues.

    music
    public art
    workshops
    Bordr stories

    Bordr Stories tool

    Web-form for telling and connecting Bordr-Stories

    Bordr stories

    Not Quite Station

    Interactive border exhibition - part of the summer exhibition "Anatomy of Conflict" at Not Quite Art Centre

    exhibitions
    Bordr stories

    Urban Residencies

    residency programme focusing on using public spaces as sites of participation and cooperation.

    archiving
    drawing
    exhibitions
    film
    food
    graffiti
    interviews
    lectures
    mapping
    making
    music
    performance
    photos
    public art
    sound
    theatre
    workshops
    writing
    Bordr stories

    100 Stories – 100 Faces

    100 people tell their stories about crossing borders for exhibitions in Bremen and other places.

    exhibitions
    film
    photos
    public art
    workshops
    writing
    Bordr stories

    Lagalabbet

    Lagalabbet Not Quite goes to Åmål to create a creative - chaos meetingplace for the future

    film
    food
    making
    photos
    writing

    Expanding City Borders in Civilization 4

    Artistic workshops at a school for troubled children in a suburb of Athens

    music
    theatre
    workshops

    Borders of Franserud Middle School

    Creative story workshops with a hundred kids age 9 and 10 on the theme of borders

    exhibitions
    lectures
    photos
    workshops
    writing
    Bordr stories

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