Razmjena mladih u Berlinu
U okviru projekta „PIROUETTE Phase 2“, međunarodna razmjena mladih održana je u Berlinu od 18. do 22. maja 2026. godine. Ova razmjena okupila je 30 mladih učesnika iz sedam zemalja – Bosne i Hercegovine, Irske, Njemačke, Kosova, Crne Gore, Srbije i Ukrajine – koji su zajedno učestvovali u transformativnom umjetničkom i obrazovnom iskustvu. Jedna od ključnih aktivnosti razmjene bila je radionica „Global Home“, troipodnevno iskustvo društvene umjetnosti koje je vodila organizacija Masterpiece for Good. Tokom rada u prostoru YAAM-a, učesnici su koristili stare kofere ispunjene predmetima pronađenim na ulicama Berlina. Posmatrajući te predmete kao tragove identiteta i migracija, mladi su razvijali izmišljene likove i sarađivali u novim interkulturalnim grupama kako bi kreirali šest „društvenih skulptura“. Ove umjetničke instalacije, koje su apstraktna pitanja raseljavanja i pripadnosti pretvorile u opipljiva umjetnička djela, predstavljene su kroz performativnu izložbu u cirkuskom šatoru CABUWAZI na Tempelhofer Feldu – simboličnoj lokaciji koja odražava historiju dolazaka i odlazaka. Centralni događaj ove razmjene bila je „Noć performansa“, održana 21. maja, posvećena predstavljanju umjetničkih radova nastalih kroz seriju radionica „Global Art Fusion“ realizovanih u partnerskim zemljama. Program je obuhvatio šest performansa koji su se bavili različitim globalnim i lokalnim društvenim izazovima. Ovi radovi rezultat su višemjesečnog strukturiranog procesa tokom kojeg su učesnici prošli intenzivne faze učenja, istraživanja i osnaživanja kroz perspektivu globalnog obrazovanja i savremenih globalnih pitanja. Cjelokupan proces razvijen je prema metodologiji zasnovanoj na priručniku „Performing Change“, koji na inovativan način povezuje neformalno obrazovanje i izvedbene umjetnosti. Predstavljeni su sljedeći performansi: Ćelija – Lokalna demokratijska agencija Mostar, Bosna i HercegovinaOvaj performans nastao je direktno iz ličnih iskustava izvođača. Riječ je o produkciji koja koristi dokumentarne elemente utkane u dramsku strukturu kako bi otvorila pitanje nasilja u porodici i femicida. Cilj predstave je prekinuti šutnju o ovim problemima, koji su i dalje duboko prisutni u bosanskohercegovačkom društvu. U krugu se okupljamo (In Circle We Gather) – MAGNET, SrbijaPerformans preispituje koncept zabava i društvenih okupljanja. Iako se na prvi pogled doživljavaju kao mjesta razonode, autori istražuju kako takvi prostori mogu postati mjesta kolektivne kreativnosti, izražavanja i povezivanja različitih zajednica. Veo (Veil) – Anibar, KosovoAudiovizuelna izložba koja istražuje zagađenje kroz njegovu povezanost sa siromaštvom i društvenom nejednakošću. Koristeći dotrajale zavjese kao platno za vizuelne projekcije, umjetnici stvaraju nestabilan prostor koji odražava činjenicu da posljedice zagađenja često nisu jednako raspoređene i da, uprkos stalnoj prisutnosti, ostaju nevidljive. Treća generacija (Third Generation) – Optimisti, Crna GoraInspirisan motivima tkanja i pletenja, ovaj koreo-performans istražuje nametnute rodne uloge u patrijarhalnom društvu. Izvođači simbolično nose teret svojih baka, propitujući naslijeđene obrasce ponašanja i pokušavajući kroz pokret pronaći put ka oslobađanju od tih ograničenja. Osuđeni na otpor (Sentenced To Resistance) – NGO NEST Berlin, NjemačkaOvaj rad bavi se složenim pojmom otpora, koji autori povezuju s arapskim izrazom qahr – posebnim oblikom potisnutog bijesa nastalog kao posljedica dugotrajne nepravde i ugnjetavanja. Performans koristi slikanje uživo i muziku kako bi kod publike izazvao osjećaj nelagode te razotkrio „dobrovoljno sljepilo“ i privilegije u odnosu na borbu drugih ljudi za slobodu. Djeca Lira (Children of Lir) – Redial Partnership, IrskaZasnovan na tragičnom irskom mitu o djeci koju je ljubomorna maćeha pretvorila u labudove, ovaj performans koristi bogatu simboliku prirode i transformacije. Fokusira se na njihovo devetstogodišnje putovanje ispunjeno usamljenošću i patnjom, koje se na kraju pretvara u put iskupljenja i unutrašnjeg mira. Ovi performansi jasno pokazuju kako je svaka partnerska organizacija kroz radionice „Global Art Fusion“ istraživala specifične lokalne izazove i procese obnove zajednice iz perspektive globalnog građanstva, koristeći umjetnost kao alat za društvenu promjenu, dijalog i aktivno učešće mladih.
Events
Events, festivals and projects on performing arts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, Germany, Albania BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Street Art Festival Mostar Where: Mostar When: 26 August – 3 September Info: https://safmo.org/ Street Arts Festival brings new dynamics to the streets of the city, refines the public space, and networking artists from all over the world to create the biggest open-air gallery in this region. Street Arts Festival Mostar brings new talent and art to the streets of the post-war city, redefines public space, and network artist from all over the world. The festival exist since 2012. Everything starts trough the activism of youth from Mostar who wants to bring more positivity to the divided city. Street Arts Festival revitalize abandoned spaces and ruins into art and gives a universal visual identity to the city. Also, the festival affirms artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and connects them with famous street artist from all over the world. ITALY Lunathica Where: Eight small towns around Turin: Mathi, Fiano, San Francesco al Campo, Lanzo, San Maurizio Canavese, Balangero, Nole e Ciriè When: 7-10 July 2023 Info: www.lunathica.it In addition to all the shows that are offered, free of charge, to the community each year, Mobile Theatres are in action, reaching even the most isolated villages in the valley with performances. The theatre courses, which do not overlap with the festival, are designed for adults and children. The course for children and young people focuses on relationships and confrontation with others, with the group, with objects, with one's own imagination, with other children ‘actors’ and in the creative phase with one's own body and voice. For children who want to have fun with the ‘game’ of theatre and try to step into a character, into another self. Theatre is an important collective experience, a stimulating group game with a common goal: the performance. The course for adults is aimed at acquiring confidence and ‘credibility’; through natural and fluid acting it is important to be able to combine speech and movement. The workshop focuses on movement and vocal techniques, character study and text analysis. The expressive potential of the voice and body and theatrical techniques will be analysed, and concentration and relaxation exercises will be tried out. Educativa di strada Where: Turin When: 9 – 10 – 11 June 2023 Info: www.unitipercrescereinsieme.it Circus-art-education activities designed for young people cannot do without the continuous presence of the operator-educator on the street. This presence is essential to establish relationships, detect changes, register new needs and decide on suitable intervention strategies accordingly, especially in the areas of prevention and social inclusion. Meeting young people in the spaces where they meet means to create with them a relationship based on relationship, trust, dialogue and constant presence in contexts where they are protagonists. Street education with the social circus particularly involves young people, in fact, circus disciplines foster social relations and the street thus becomes a protected place in which to find answers to that search for positive and purposeful stimuli that young people more or less explicitly seek. The social worker will learn the approach methods and techniques of social circus in the street. GERMANY Cabuwazi – Circus Where: Berlin When: 17-18 June 2023 Info: https://cabuwazi.de/ They see it as their task to recognize the individual potential of the children entrusted to their care and to support them in their personal development and expressiveness with the help of our circus pedagogical offers. They see themselves as a place of learning for all, where every child finds a place regardless of origin, financial and physical possibilities or sexual orientation.
24-months project between Albania, Bosnia & Erzegovina, Germany and Italy
24-months project between Albania, Bosnia & Erzegovina, Germany and Italy Pirouette is a Capacity Building project aimed at promoting the use of performative street arts. A 24-months project aimed at promoting the use of performative street arts such as circus, street dance and street painting as an innovative NFE methodology to foster social and civic engagement of youth and promote a community-led regeneration of urban/disadvantaged areas in Germany, Albania, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina. And in this months we created opportunities in all of this countries with some important common moments. The training course in Berlin We were in Berlin for our training course to learn how to use performative street arts to foster social and civic engagement of youth with twenty youth workers from Italy, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany . The training course was about the use of non-formal education methods for the design and implementation of bottom-up cultural and creative initiatives, with specific reference to the street performing arts with and for young people: a week in which we explored the theoretical background of NFE methodology, took a deep tour into three specific performative street arts sectors – circus, graffiti and dance – shared experiences and good-practices with other participants and enjoy site visits in the cultural hub of Berlin. During the training course, has also started the process of co-creation of the project’s toolkit, aimed at demonstrating the potential of deploying performative arts as a tool to engage young people in the social and civic life of their communities. The youth exchange in Mostar We also were in Bosnia and Herzegovina for our youth exchange, with 20 young people from Albania, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy. An exchange between young people from four different countries to discuss the design, implementation and management of cultural and creative initiatives, including activities that provide on-the-job and experience-based skills, harnessing the potential of the performing arts to boost young people's confidence, facilitate personal development and improve interpersonal and communication skills.
