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The Center of the Periphery (Zagreb / Žitnjak, Croatia) ...and its values within the art world as a part of social fabric

Žitnjak (Serbo-Croatian) ― a place to grow wheat, a meadow, a field

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State of the Arts? Working in the cultural sector in Romania

A conversation about the socio-economic conditions of cultural work and the policies and support structures for culture in Romania. We analyse the main challenges that artists and organisations face and explore the models and practices that enable their resilience.

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We Wanna Sleep With Common People

These days are really important days for me. I am selling my home. 30 square meters of size and over 10 year of life in these walls. It hosted my life and my work; what is now called homemade culture. In this little box I called home, I created my own festival, more than one actually. Three. They’ve all left by now, they live across Romania and abroad.

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Marielise Aad - What an Artist House Can Do to a Village

Marielise Aad talks about the creation and work of Hammana Artists House, an arts and residency center in the village outside of Beirut.

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Vesselin Dimov: On Making Space for Independent Art Scene in Sofia

Vesselin Dimov from ACT Association talks about their collaboration with the Municipality of Sofia in order to secure the performing and working space for the independent cultural scene in Sofia.

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Using Tarot to identify collective vision

During the weekend of 11th - 13th June, Reshaper Petr Dlouhy and his colleagues from Prague based Studio Alta went out of the town and settled in a small camp in the countryside to have a plenary meeting whose main aim was to identify the collective vision of the institution’s future.After sunset, Petr gathered the core team of Studio Alta counting 10 culture workers for a tarot session by the fire. He provided the team with a special reading which was focused on embracing the potential of collective imagination to deal with the current issue(s).