Artland
Strömshall
37191 Karlskrona
Sweden
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
Think Tank Transbaltic (TTT) will establish an interdisciplinary collaboration to generate urban and regional development approaches by combining hard and soft professions, disciplines and cultural methods. The project will develop new methods for community development with artistic practices as a base through creative Think Tanks in cities e.g. joint international public productions of various sorts, experimental workshops and research. TTT will be focused on the inclusion of migrants’ experience and knowledge to a process of development of public space. It will be a research-driven project where participatory and interdisciplinary methods are used. Its driving force will be ideas of diversity as a resource. We prepare a new multiannual research project with interaction projects in public space.
TTT will compare experiences of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) with those from other coastal regions, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic coast.
Our joint project is under preparation.
Our process-blog http://thinktanktransbalticpilot.blogspot.se
The project will be based on an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, artists, architects, spatial planners, integration workers, educators etc. This is why it will assume research through practice. Its driving force will be ideas of diversity as a resource and non-normative/norm creative thinking. There will be various forms of practices used, e.g. site specific games, performance and theatre in the city space, exhibitions, creating films, interventions and installations in public space, workshops, working with non-human beings in public space, creating new experimental public space, group residencies etc. The research’s results will lead to creating new knowledge on the public space and the consequences of the re-creation – to redefining it.
Our earlier project: www.artline-southbaltic.eu
Catalogue www.artlinecatalogue.eu
All partners have their specific networks in different public spheres where their voices are heard and seen through lectures, public art projects, research, workshops etc. Our joint collaboration will reach out with visible projects in public space, museums, art institutions and academies.
Our last project reached 200 000 people in various art projects in untraditional public space and had more than 250 ´online visitors.
We are part of the Priority Area Culture group in the Baltic Sea Region Strategy and take part in their networking and information meetings where we also give presentations. Our project received a Flagship-status in the BSR by the European Commission. All Baltic partners benefit from this network.
We would like to find partners interested to work on European issues regarding city planning, participation and migration to share experience and expertise.