Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki (GR)
Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach, promoting cultural and educational policy abroad, in partnership with other German institutions as well as with public and private cultural bodies around the world. Among their activities, Goethe Institutes worldwide organize residency programs, aiming to provide a space for new perspectives for artists, curators, scholars etc. Established 60 years ago, Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki is one of the most active cultural organizations of the city. Its activities include educational programs, training courses, exhibitions, concerts, workshops & master classes, conferences etc. Goethe-Institut has long experience in activities covering the entire spectrum of contemporary creativity, in forging partnerships & bridging cultures around the world. The momentum for Artecitya in Thessaloniki is ideal since 2015 marks the 60 years’ anniversary of Goethe Institute’s Thessaloniki branch and the city ranked 1st in the Top 10 Mid-Sized European Cities, category Human Capital & Lifestyle in the 2014/2015 European Cities of the Future study of the Financial Times.
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TIF - Helexpo (Thessaloniki, GR)
Thessaloniki International Fair – Helexpo SA, established in 1925, is one of the most prestigious and active institutions in Greece, organizing international exhibitions and events of cultural or commercial scope, often providing a bridge between different sectors - culture, economy, production, innovation, policy-making, science, technology, urban planning and art. Located in the heart of Thessaloniki, the Fairgrounds of Helexpo cover a total area of 180.000 square meters, out of which 60.000 square meters of indoor exhibition space. Not densely built, with a variety of outdoor and indoor spaces that can be used throughout the year, Helexpo offers an ideal space in the centre of the city for spatial and urban experimentations.
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ArtBOX.gr | Creative Arts Management (Thessaloniki, GR) (Associate Partner)
ArtBOX, is a creative arts management office, that undertakes the planning, coordination and artistic direction of large-scale contemporary arts projects. ArtBOX has organized and coordinated more than 185 projects in 15 years, among which: Art Athina - Athens international art fair (artistic direction, 2006-2008); Action Field Kodra visual arts festival (artistic direction and coordination, 2004-2008); Forum European Cultural Exchanges (founding member and coordinator, 2000-2009); Greek Pavilion in the Venice Biennale (coordination, 2001 and 2006); exhibition "Europe Exists" curated by Harald Szeemann and Rosa Martinez (2003). "Moscow Poetry Club / Making Words", within the framework of the international art exhibition of the 53rd Venice Biennale "Making Worlds" (co-curator and co-organizer, 2009). ArtBOX.gr was founded in 1999 by its director, Christos Savvidis. Lydia Chatziiakovou collaborates as co-director on a permanent basis since 2004. Dr. Sotirios Bahtsetzis, writer, curator and educator based in Athens and Berlin has been offering his scientific advise for the past few years.
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Apollonia (Strasbourg, FR) (programme leader)
Apollonia is an association based on local law created in 1998, on the basis of work conducted since 1994 by the Council of Europe within the framework of the Program of European Artistic Exchanges. It is an autonomous structure functioning on the foundation of close cooperation with other European partners, both inside and outside the European Union. A large majority of them are traveling presentations and thereby reach a wide European public.
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Bellastock (Paris, FR)
Bellastock in a non-for-profit organization serving public interest. The organization encourages collective work and projects linking architectures, urbanism and land settlement. The method: A work that combines research and concrete actions in order to promote experimentation in architecture as a vector for innovation and learning process. This research/actions method are meant to be shared (through conferences, debates, meetings, videos, reports, publications) and can be understood by everyone as the organization can provide studios, material and general information. A work tool: Bellastock is a platform for sharing ideas, tools, methods, media and knwoledge. It is cross-disciplinary and provides diversity in people as well as in styles so that each project becomes an opportunity for new exchanges and partnerships. Bellastock keeps growing more and more, everyday.
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KUNSTrePUBLIK (Berlin, DE)
KUNSTrePUBLIK is a registered non-profit oganization and artist collective founded by 5 individual artists, Matthias Einhoff, Philip Horst, Markus Lohmann, Harry Sachs and Daniel Seiple. The group’s formation was precipitated by their initial project, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, a non-traditional exhibition venue on 62 vacant lots of downtown real estate, on what was formerly the “death strip” within the Berlin Wall. Since 2006, the group has conceived and realized many site-specific exhibitions, which have pulled from their extensive research of the site’s history and its present in-between status. Through their activities in the park, the group’s members have gone on to engage in other constellations and community-based activities, including education, urban planning, art making and curation.
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ARTos Foundation (Nicosia, CY)
The ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation was founded in 2000 by artists Achilleas Kentonis and Maria Papacharalambous. It is a contemporary arts and science center dedicated to research and creativity. Its premises, both transcendental and material, inspire the contemporary artist/creator and the scientist/creator alike, offering to both a platform, promoting them at a local as well as at an international level, with quality being the main criterion. ARTos creates and triggers initiatives with social impact in the field of innovation, social artistic practices and stimulate the creative mindset of the citizen, the researcher and the artists.
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CCEA (Prague, CZ)
Centre for Central European Architecture – CCEA focuses on experts and professional architects, as well as the wider public interested in following current developments in architecture and looking for possible ways of perceiving and understanding it. Research based, both theoretically and practically, projects connect architecture with other humanities and arts. CCEA does not perceive its mission as mere popularization of architecture but mainly as searching, reading and redefining the architecture identity of Central Europe. The region remains neglected by the theory of contemporary architecture, even though between the present states exists a strong historical, social and trading association.
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Laznia CCA (Gdansk, PL)
Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art was one of the first public cultural institutions established in Poland after the transformations of 1989. It began as an initiative by local independent artists opposed to traditional models of art. Their only chance to realize their projects was to create their own art space – one free from censorship, prejudices, stereotypes and inhibitions. An old and dilapidated former public bathhouse, first opened in 1908, turned out to be an ideal space for showing art. In response to a grassroots initiative by artists, in 1998 the Gdańsk City Council designated it a municipal cultural institution: the Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art.
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MoTA (Ljubljana, SL)
MoTA - Museum of Transitory Art is a multidisciplinary platform dedicated to the research, production and presentation of Transitory, Experimental and Live Art forms. As its name indicates, MoTA examines the ideas of museum - what is the role of the museum today and in the future, transitoriness- in either space or time- and art- what is art in relation to life.
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