Brüssel
14.03.2012
jazzplayseurope is a crazy experiment: a bunch of Jazz musicians who don’t know each other at all go on a tour including several European countries. You wonder how that will sound? Well, who wouldn’t… The idea is that wild – who would have thought that it would make it to
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05.06.2011
The European Union stands at the crossroads of one of its most prestigious politico-cultural instruments. It has trouble giving a statement whether the format "capital of culture" will have a future. What is missing are clear terms and the courage to reflect on the experiences that were
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29.05.2011
Culture manager Julien Sigard, co-director of the Service de la culture in Brussels and Esra Nilgün Mirze, director of International affairs of the Capital of Culture Istanbul 2010 demand a radical new way of thinking from the culture bureaucracy: the adjustment of public funding structures to
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09.03.2011
In Brussels, developing a strategy for cultural policy of the EU has been an ongoing process for years now – which is just as well because artists and creative minds in the member states will benefit from a stronger cultural awareness in Brussels. The German culture council has often analysed this
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05.11.2010
Sandy ClaesSandy Claes is a media-designer, lecturer, researcher, independent filmmaker and artist from Belgium. She won several awards with her experimental films like "Bruised" or "On a lead". Since the discovery of the “Creative City” (Charles Landry, 1995) and the “Creative Class” (Richard
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22.10.2010
Bruised (original title: Blauwblauw) is an animated short based on a poem by Miguel Declercq. This film of 2006 is part of DichtVorm, an educational packet that wants to make a link between two neglected artforms; poetry and animated films. This project resulted in a DVD of 15 animated shorts
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07.10.2010
'Out of Curiosity' is a visual presentation of a road trip by art student Joël Rabijns. During his trip, he explored the educational field of e-culture in the different participating art educational institutes. In Flanders, The Netherlands and Northrhine Westphalia, he collected e-culture
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23.06.2010
The congress, hosted by the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 and Civic Agenda, was part of the „year of creativity and innovation“ and brought together more than 300 main stake holders.
They discussed about the policies, strategies and future collaborations the EU and the
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23.06.2010
In just a few weeks, the annual conference of the cultural and creative industry (European Cultural & Creative Industries Summit) will take place in Brussels. The main topic: how to combine – in a mutually beneficial way - the often conflicting demands of creativity, industry and
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22.06.2010
Under its 2010 title "Living the Creative Economy in Europe", the annual European Cultural and Creative Industries Summit enters its third round in Brussels on June 22, 2010.
More than 400 policy makers, intellectuals and entrepreneurs from all over Europe will meet in the Albert Hall to
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