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Signs of the City

Source : Culture Europe International (http://www.culture-europe-international.org)
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Rubrique : Brèves

du 24/10/2007 00:00 au 30/05/2008 00:00
Paris 75007 France (Ile-de-France)



Texte : In February 2007, the centre for creative communities introduced the metropolitan art organisation urban dialogues of Berlin,currently co-operating with the CUCR & ICA in London and Artibarri & the CCCB in Barcelonato scrutinise the dramatically changing environment of the modern European city through an inventory of the semiotic signs of the city. (For the project description and ongoing developmentsplease see their website at www.urbandialogues.de).

Professional artists, educationalists and urban researchers work together with youth and youngadults to make a comprehensive synopsis and inventory of the urban environment of threeEuropean metropolis, archiving the signs of the city. Based on collaborative insights, all participantsimmerse themselves in the metropolitan microcosm in a playfully designed urban expeditionto discover the immediate world of signs from the new viewpoint of explorers. Through thenetwork of a variety of institutions within the three research fields the project will portray thesimilarities as well as the differences of contemporary cultural signifiers.

The Centre for Urban and Community Research of Goldsmiths College, University of London, ispatron and academic advisor to the entire project. The Institute of Contemporary Arts London,the Queens Park New Media Centre in London, ARTIBARRI of the Nou Barris district inBarcelona, the FEZ-Berlin and the House of World Cultures in Berlin are some of the main collaboratorsto date. The project is scheduled to launch early 2007 with the final presentation totake place in the ICA Fall 2008.

For further information please contact:
Stefan Horn - Project Management & Artistic Direction estefan.horn@urbandialogues.de
Michael Raj Kunsmann - Semiotic and Educational Direction kunsmann@urbandialogues.de

Source : centre for creative communities

Date de publication : 28/10/2007


Inséré le : 24/10/2007 11:37