Premiere of the Performance “Kobro. Spaces”

The performance "Kobro. spaces" directly refers to avant-garde artists from V4 countries to whom the art was a tool of resistance and improvement of new forms of expression. It is a unique opportunity to bring together new choreography, contemporary dance, physical theatre and avant-garde conduct to develop create artistic team of V4 artists. "Kobro. spaces" is the title of a new production, carried out by an international group of artists who will continue their cooperation started in "Change / project" supported by IVF and awarded as one of the best projects in 2019 also by the IVF. The main point of reference of the performance “Kobro. Spaces” is joining avant-garde representatives: leading person is Polish sculpturer Katarzyna Kobro but presents also Czech, Slovak and Hungarian artists. The team invited to the creation of the performance reflected on the heritage of avant-garde artists and transfered their concept to the performative, choreographic and social ground. Work on the performance will be divided into a series of researches to analyze artist's work in relation to avant-garde and social movements that took place in Central Europe, in particular in the Visegrad countries after World War I, in the interwar years. Both the project and the subject itself was a continuation of the substantive and choreographic search of an international team of artists from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, who in 2019 jointly produced two productions referring to avant-garde phenomena of revolutions. Sztuka Nowa performance titled "Black SQR" was referring to the famous painting by avat-garde artist Malevich "Black Square on a White Background", the compositional center was closed in a square. In performanve "LAST: Nijinsky's Last Dance" the compositional center was multiplied and parallel. In "Kobro" the question will be how parallel unfold and multiply to open in the composition center. Important partner of the project will be Art Museum in Łódź (the collection of which was initiated and created by Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemiński) with the participation of curators from that institution. International team will have direct access to creation and archival documents related to the artists’ works. On the other hand, the artists involved in the performance of the performance, during their artistic rehearsals in Warsaw looked for points of contact and differences in other avant-garde concepts of artists from Visegrad countries. We want to run a lively dialogue between the ideas of avant-garde artists from four partner countries during the creative process. Outstanding choreographers Kat Rampackova (SK), Agnieszka Kryst (PL) and Martina Talaga (CZ) and Jana Ryslava (CZ), visual artists Kristof Szabo (HU) will create together the performance. The performance/immersive installation "KOBRO. Spaces" consists of many layers, including 4 choreographic paths, worked out in 4 segments by choreographers from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia, the visual layer be prepared by Hungarian video artist. The director Dawid Żakowski (PL) will be responsible for carrying out the research and creative process, preparing the script together with playwrights and completing the final editing of all the components. To ensure the ease of exploitation of the performance 3 Polish performers will perform in it. http://sztukanowa.pl/embodied-ideas/

YOUng Power Vol. 1—Training Course

The aim of this training course aims to connect less-skilled representatives of NGOs, Young Leaders and representatives of the government institutions with an interest in social entrepreneurship with high-skilled professionals and facilitators from the field. - This training seminar is dedicated to 20 people from 6 countries, aged 18-30 (4 from the Czech Republic and Hungary, 3 from Slovakia, Poland, Georgia and Armenia). Out of 3/4 people from each country, 1/2 will be a representative of the Youth-Focused Non-Governmental Organisation / Young Leader, 1 will be an Entrepreneur (below the age of 30), who can implement the output of the seminar into their work and 1 will be a representative of a public institution, which is concerned with young people (Ministries, Government Institutions or Youth Institutes). We aim to create a diverse environment, with people coming from different backgrounds. This will allow better peer-learning and exchange of experiences and good practices. Moreover, it improves the dissemination, since the skills can be utilised in different spheres (Local Authorities, NGOs and Young Leaders can establish their own projects and representatives of public institutions can implement it when preparing policies improving the conditions of young entrepreneurs). - Candidates will be able to apply using an online form. The consortium strictly observes non-disrimination policies. - The training seminar will consist of 2 study visits, 11 workshops and 1 capstone project. - The training seminar will focus on developing the key elements of social entrepreneurship from scratch. This means that we will define and discuss the meaning of social entrepreneurship, its key aspect and ways of identifying opportunities and developing an idea. We will dive into the management methodology, talk about the preparation of the business plan and phases of project management and useful documents, which increase the organisation of the work (project charter, scope statement, work breakdown schedule). For every social enterprise, it is important to know how to analyse the performance and increase their quality, to benefit their communities as much as possible, therefore, we will conduct workshops about data analytics and risk assessment. https://www.youngpower.site/

Exhibition in Budapest

Re-installation of the exhibition in Budapest (from November 16th installlation of the artworks and vernissage on November 23 rd), during which a workshop with a selected Hungarian artist will be held to increase interest in the exhibition and greater interaction between artists, which will be recommended by a Hungarian partner. The workshop will contribute to raising awareness of the exhibition at the local level. www.textileartoftoday.sk