SEAS
SEAS je panevropski interdisciplinarni umetniški projekt, ki
združuje ustvarjalce z območij ob Baltskem in Jadranskem
morju. V njem se prepletajo izkušnje in izrazi z
različnih obal.
SEAS je bil od konca leta 2002 divja in zahtevna
pustolovščina. Prerasel je v platformo za izmenjavo,
vključujoč seminarje, raziskovalna potovanja,
koprodukcije in dogodke v že desetih evropskih
državah.
SEAS je je tudi možnost, ki mora biti še
uresničena.
Predstavljamo si, lahko umetnost spremeni mesto. Predstavljamo si,
da so lahko umetniki pomembni partnerji pri ponovni iznajdbi
urbanega, še posebej v post-industrijskih,
pristaniških mestih. Predstavljamo si, da imajo urbanisti in
kulturni aktivisti veliko skupnega. Predstavljamo si, da je javni
prostor bistven pogoj za demokratično sodelovanje in da morajo
umetniki in arhitekti odpreti pot.
Seveda je naše razmišljanje naivno. Dostop do
prostorov, izmenjave idej in poustvarjanja obvladujejo drugi
dejavniki. Privatizacija mestja je ena največjih groženj.
Umetnost lahko vzpodbudi pogum - meščanov, politikov in
javnih uslužbencev - upreti se skušnjavi, da bi
naša mesta žrtvovali kratkovidnim dobičkom.
SEAS - Drugi val je posledica brbotajoče ustvarjalne energije,
sproščene med leti 2003-2004, ko so bile grajene in
predstavljane koprodukcije v mestih ob Baltiku in Jadranu. V letu
2005 obiskujemo nova mesta z nekaj novimi umetninami v naši
prtljagi. Nekateri se ponovno srečujemo in porajajo se novi
odnosi.
V prihodnjih letih se bomo osredotočili na druge obale
(področji Črnega in severnega morja) v trmastem poskusu
obdržati našo domišljijo živo. Močne
spremembe na zunanjih morjih Evrope zahtevajo primeren
umetniški odgovor.
Srečno pot!
Chris Torch
Umetniški direktor projekta SEAS
Intercult, Stockholm
SEAS
SEAS is a pan-European project uniting artists around the Baltic
and Adriatic Seas. We weave together experiences and expressions
from different coasts.
SEAS has since the end of 2002 been a wild and demanding adventure.
It has grown into a platform for exchange, including seminars,
research travels, co-productions and events in already 10 European
countries until now.
SEAS is also a possibility, still to be realized.
We imagine that Art can change a City. We imagine that artists can
be essential partners in urban re-invention, especially necessary
in post-industrial harbor cities. We imagine that city planners and
cultural activists have a lot in common. We imagine that Public
Space is an essential condition for democratic participation. And
that artists and architects must open the way. Of course, our
imagination is naive. Other factors dominate access to space for
arts, exchange, ideas and recreation. The privatization of our
cityscape is one of the greatest threats. The Arts might inspire
courage - in citizens, politicians and civil servants - to resist
the temptation to sacrifice our cities for shortsighted economic
gains.
SEAS - Second Wave is the aftermath of a bubbling creative energy
released during 2003-2004, when co-productions were built and
presented in cities around the Adriatic and Baltic Seas. In 2005,
we visit new cities, with a few new artworks in our baggage. Some
of us meet again and new relations are developed.
In the coming years, we will turn our sights towards other shores
(the Black Sea and North Sea regions), in a stubborn attempt to
keep our imagination alive. The powerful changes taking place in
the Outer Seas of Europe demand an appropiate artistic
response.
Bon Voyage!
Chris Torch
SEAS Artistic Director
Intercult, Stockholm