The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue
In 2007, students from ELIA member schools in seven countries participated in the film project "The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue". In a variety of styles, from documentary to drama, stop-trick and cartoon animation to wordless art film, each contributed a short film that dealt with the theme of intercultural dialogue from their own artistic and personal standpoint. As a learning process for what the artist is up to facing the challenges of the present, the project included two preparatory and one summing-up seminar, which addressed such issues as modernity in a multicultural world, the art of filmmaking, and the question: what is to be done?
Directed by Danish filmmaker Ove Nyholm, the result of this was the 45-minute film compilation ...I see you, which premiered at the film festival in Torino in November 2007, and was the subject of lively discussion at the The Arts as Dialogue? symposium in Gothenburg (10th ELIA Biennial).
ELIA has now issued a publication which both documents the project and provides further reflection on the topics at hand through interviews with the participants and articles by authors from different fields. It includes a dvd with the full ...I see you film and each individual contribution. Through this combination of art and theory, and its exploration of cultural diversity through the eyes of young filmmakers, it is both a contribution to often heated debates in an artistic voice and a tool for teaching.
...I see you has been presented at the 4th ELIA Teachers' Academy in Sofia, 1-4 July 2009. It is available here both on order and as downloadable pdf.
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On 29 October - 1 November 2008, the 10th ELIA Biennial took place in Gothenburg. Under the title "reminder", ELIA has issued a publication to remind us all of what it was about. It includes the plenary speech of leading theatre director Peter Sellars as well as the keynote from Vladimir Sucha (European Commission). Each of the symposia had an 'observer' whose task was to supply an outside perspective; from ELIA, there are contributions by Chris Wainwright, Carla Delfos, and Sally Mometti.
All results from the inter}artes thematic network 2004 - 2007 in one Handbook + DVD.
All ELIA members and inter}artes partner institutions have received 1 copy of the Handbook for free in 2008. It is available for order online for € 15,- + € 10,- shipping costs.
The Handbook comprises:
- Findings and Results: conclusions and articles on Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Tuning and Qualifications Frameworks; Innovation and Tradition and Professional Practice.
- Reference Documents & Toolkits: four Tuning Documents and a Reading Grid on knowledge, skills and competences for Higher Arts Education; Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Enhancement; Toolkit Student Tracking and the Emappa plan for a European Master’s course/module on Advanced Professional Practice.
- Case Studies and Narratives: seven innovative case studies building on distinct artistic and cultural traditions and personal reports from inter}artes partners.
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Parts of the publication can also be downloaded from the artesnet site.
AEC-ELIA Position Paper: Creativity and Innovation
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ELIA Strategy paper: The Importance of Artistic Research and its Contribution to "New Knowledge" in a Creative Europe
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