(HE)ART BEATS! 2024
(HE) ART BEATS! 2024
International networking conference
on participation in art and culture
FOR WHOM
For artists, art students, lecturers, researchers, representatives of cultural organizations and institutions, teachers of different school levels including art schools, students of pedagogy, students of arts management and all others interested in arts, culture and our common future.
OUR AIMS
The contemporary world is struggling with radicalization, intolerance of all kinds, opinions and attitudes are constantly sharpening. We face natural disasters and armed conflicts. Culture and art have a huge potential to help understand, reflect, and advance the dialogue on these topics with the broader society. Participation, i.e. our active participation in culture and art in the places where we live, shapes our personality, society, and the environment around us. How to support this unique role of culture? How to inspire each other - at home and abroad? We invite you to a three-day dialogue between Czech and international professionals from the cultural and creative sector with experts and people from the "field" who are mainly engaged in social and environmental issues. We expect interactions, discussions, workshops, inspiring performances. We look forward to seeing you!
Practical information
Venue: Prague, Vzlet, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague City Gallery, National Gallery in Prague
Date: 13-15 November 2024
Organized by: NIPOS
Main Partner: Amateo
Planned capacity: max. 120 people
Conference languages: Czech, English
Registration form: REGISTER
Registration closes on November 4/11!
Conference fee: 500 CZK / 30 EUR
The conference fee includes admission to the entire conference programme on 13-15 November. It does not include accommodation.
Contact (enquiries): konference@nipos.cz
Programme
DAY 1 / 13:00–21:00 / VZLET
Amateo Members Meeting
(closed meeting for Amateo members)
Arrivals, registration
- Arrivals, registration
- Welcome coffee
PART I / Vzlet, Great Hall
Moderation: Roman Černík / CZ / Johan, z. ú.
INTRODUCTION: Vision of the conference and its course
WHY ART AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION? KEYNOTE SPEECHES
- Kateřina Klementová / CZ / NIPOS
- Vzlet about Vzletu / CZ
- Ondřej Chrást / CZ / Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
- Michal Broža / CZ / Head of the United Nations Information Centre Prague (UNIC)
- Lenka Lázňovská / CZ / Director of NIPOS
- Cornelia Groot / NL / President of Amateo
- David Tišer / CZ / Director of Ara Art, z.s.
- Vendula Glancová / CZ / Evangelical pastor, prison chaplain, psychotherapist
Coffee break
CULTURAL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
PechaKucha is a free global storytelling platform that celebrates people, passion, and creative thought. „PechaKucha“ gives each of the performers a space to talk about what they are doing, what they are planning and what they have already realized, what they are thinking about or what they are dreaming about. This is all in a 20×20 format, where they prepare 20 images for their performance and can comment on each of them for 20 seconds; a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Our (HE)ART will BEAT for inspiring cultural projects from the Czech Republic and abroad!
- Tatiana Šišková, Alexandra Štefková / SK / Národné osvetové centrum
- Tamara Moyzes / CZ / Artivist_Lab, z. s
- Martina Erbsová / CZ / Centre of artistic activities Hradec Králové
- Dagmar Bednáriková / CZ / Association of Cultural Centres of the Czech Republic
- Matthias Balzer / DE / Bundesmusikverband Chor & Orchester
- Veronika Knytlová / CZ / VerTe Dance
- Piet Roorda / NL / LKCA – National Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts in the Netherlands
Coffee break
DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS
Introductions of the participants: your experiences you bring to the conference, your wishes and expectations. What interested and inspired you?
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION OUTCOMES, NETWORKING: ALL TOGETHER
Dinner
AMATEO AWARD CEREMONY
An evening dedicated to the "Amateo Award” - award announced by Amateo for inspiring cultural participation projects. The AMATEO Award aim to highlight and make visible the potential and impact of participatory arts and cultural engagement for a democratic, diverse and inclusive Europe. As of 2018, a total of 230 projects from 25 countries across Europe have competed for this award. More information can be found at Amateo Award.
DEN 2 / 9:30–21:00 / VZLET + GHMP, Kunsthalle, NG
PART II / Vzlet, Great Hall
SOCIAL INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION KEYNOTE SPEECHES
- Sara Barriga Brighenti / PT / Deputy commissioner – National Plan for the Arts
- Katarína Kalivodová / CZ / CEO of the Association for Creativity in Education
- Aleksi Valta / FI / Director of the Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centers, Board member of directors of the European Network of Cultural Centers (ENCC)
Coffee break
INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
- Barbara Flynn / GB / Making Music
- Nastassia Anishchanka / CZ / InBáze Berkat
- Giorgio Bacchiega / IT/ Consulta Periferie Milano
- Ostružina, z. s. / CZ / Interdisciplinarity, openness to innovative approaches, new formats of presentation and an interest in presenting work in non-traditional theatre spaces
- Almuth Fricke / DE / Kubia
- Hana Strejčková / CZ / FysioArt
DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS
Small groups: what do you expect from art and culture in the process of social integration? What do you expect from art and culture? How to do it in education in and out of school? Then all together: summarizing and presenting the outcomes of the discussions to each other.
Lunch + transfer to workshops
WORKSHOPS I
Unique lecturer workshops and programs in leading cultural institutions in Prague on the topic of cultural participation:
- Kunsthalle Praha
- Prague City Gallery
- National Gallery in Prague
WORKSHOP 1
Location: Education Center of Prague City Gallery, Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace, Karlova 189/2, Praha 1
Eva Pejchalová / Watercolour as a Dialogue
Eva Pejchalová completed her studies in 2021 in the doctoral programme in Visual Communication at the Faculty of Art and Design of the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. The topic of her dissertation was "Socially Engaged Projects in Collaborative Art". She graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague - studio of Painting under Stanislav Diviš and later Jiří Černický. She completed an internship at the Universidad de Politecnica in Valencia and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in the studio of Graphics II under Vladimír Kokolia. In the educational department of the Prague City Gallery she is an external lecturer actively involved in the mediation of visual arts (art workshops for adults and seniors / integration and intergenerational programs) and also focuses on her own lecturing activities.
The workshop will focus on the importance of collaboration in the space of artistic and educational practice and on the themes (communication, mutual recognition, inclusion, inner experience). It will be introduced by a visual presentation of the educational programme (Art workshops for adults and seniors / integration and intergenerational programmes). Afterwards, creative work will take place, which will be divided into two parts - individual and collective practice. Watercolour painting will be the mean of communication.
Length: 120 min
WORKSHOP 2
Location: Kunsthalle Praha, Klárov 132/5, Praha 1
Stanislav Abrahám / Path of Soundscapes / held in EN
Stanislav Abrahám – audiovisual performer and sound artist. He works on projects in the field of theatre and dance, realizes installations in galleries, radio art compositions for Czech Radio and conceptual work with sound in public space.
In the form of a so-called "sound-walk" around Kunsthalle Prague, we will try to deepen our auditory attention. We will explore the difference between listening with the ears and listening with the body. We will try out the possibilities of experiencing sound in its basic principle, i.e. resonance. Kunsthalle Prague has long been dedicated to conveying the current tendencies of sound art and raising the topic in the context of our mental health.
Length: 120 min
WORKSHOP 3
Location: Kunsthalle Praha, Klárov 132/5, Praha 1
Martina Freitagová and Barbora Škaloudová / Debating in the Gallery
The workshop will introduce Kunsthalle Prague's project aimed at cultivating the debating of art, which provides an open platform for students to gain experience in debating, but also to orient themselves in various topics more or less related to art. It will also share examples of projects such as "student-to-teacher" tours. The workshop will be led by Martina Freitagová and Barbora Škaloudová together with the collaborating participants.
Length: 120 min
WORKSHOP 4
Location: National Gallery in Prague, Trade Fair Palace / Dukelských hrdinů 47, Praha 7
Martina Pešková / With a Sketchbook in the Gallery / own selection of the exhibition/ held in EN
Martina Pešková graduated from Palacký University in Olomouc, majoring in Art Education for Basic Art Schools and Secondary Art Schools, and then from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, majoring in Drawing and Graphics. Since 2004 she has been working at the National Gallery in Prague as a lecturer and curator of educational programs for children, kindergartens, schools and broader audiences.
Educational programme in the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery in Prague from the "Talking about art" series, offered to primary and secondary school pupils: guests of the conference can now experience it for themselves.
Come and see the rich variety of artistic approaches to modern and contemporary art. Immerse yourself and your group in a world where there is space and time to look and create! Discover. Sketch.
We are now offering a unique triptych of 19th-21st century exhibitions at the Trade Fair Palace. We are following up the trio of exhibitions by offering educational programmes In the Gallery with a Sketchbook. This is a programme based primarily on the pupil's perception of a work of art and their own creative work. It is up to you whether you want to visit a particular exhibition or whether you want to return and explore other exhibitions from the nineteenth century to the present day. The programme uses a similar scenario of working on completing an extensive sketchbook mapping the entire long period. More about this program for elementary schools.
Length: 120 min
WORKSHOP 5
Location: National Gallery in Prague, Trade Fair Palace / Dukelských hrdinů 47, Praha 7
Jana Machalíková / Poem in a Loop and Sound the Statue
Jana Machalíková – improviser, reciter, lecturer, drama teacher, actress and clown of the Health Clown o.p.s. She graduated from KVD DAMU and improvisation and drama in education have accompanied her throughout her life. Her love for literature and poetry led her to recitation and workshops that develop creative writing, literacy, the ability to communicate with the audience, improvise and most importantly, to think.
Educational program in the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery in Prague for 2nd grade of elementary school. Guests of the conference can now experience it for themselves. How to write a poem without words? And how to read it? We are inspired by the life and work of poet, artist and author of many original art techniques – Jiří Kolář. Together we will try to read, unravel and knot our own poem in a loop. In the surroundings of the exhibition "The End of the Black and White Age" we will create a visual poem and try to compose poems according to the instructions. Together we will search for what lies behind the subject (or obvious) poetry of Jiří Kolář.
Length: 120 min
INSPIRATIONAL PERFORMANCE: SPATIAL COLLECTIVE: MY SIBERIA
My Siberia is a graduation composition by Roman Zabelov, in which he works with his newly built electromagnetic accordion. It is a spatial composition using seven instrumentalists, eight singers and an acousmonium. The subject of the piece is the relationship to important places in our lives.
Roman Zabelov (*1989) is an accordionist and composer. This year he graduated from the doctoral program for composers at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In addition to classical composition, he is also a performing musician, but primarily works as an accordionist and singer in the Zabelov Group.
Teaser: https://youtu.be/VbJEs899ws0
SOCIAL EVENING AND NETWORKING
DAY 3 / 9:30–17:00 / VZLET
PART III / Vzlet, Great Hall
INTRODUCTION
- Martin Rudovský, Robert Ferenc / CZ / Sharing through music in children's homes
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CULTURE, ARTS AND EDUCATION: KEYNOTE SPEECHES
- Jana Dlouhá / CZ / Researcher, Department of Environmental Education / Charles University Environment centre
- Jan-Willem Kruyssen / NL / Strategic Advisor & Creative Producer
Coffee break
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE: PECHA KUCHA + Q&A
- Klára Trávníčková / CZ / Družstvo Racek
- Honza Malík / CZ / PULSAR, z. s.
- Michal Bartoš / CZ / Sluňákov – Centre of ecological activities of the city of Olomouc
- Tomáš Mrkvica / CZ / RECYUPCY – cirkulární centrum
- Veronika Švábová / CZ / Handa Gote research & development České Budějovice - EHMP 2028
- Tomáš Novotný, Lucie Boušková / CZ / České Budějovice – Evropské hlavní město kultury 2028
DISCUSSION + NETWORKING: SMALL TEAMS WITH FACILITATORS
Lunch
WORKSHOPS II
Workshops led by leading Czech lecturers focused on the conference themes: community building, social issues, environmental issues.
- Jana Machalíková, Gabriela zelená Sittová / CZ / theatre, literature
- Lenka Jíšová / CZ / dance, motion
- Tomáš Žižka / CZ / divadlo, Vzlet site-specific
- Laura Henderson / CZ-GB / sculpture, self-discovery
WORKSHOP 1
Location: VZLET
Jana Machalíková, Gabriela Zelená Sittová / In the Park
Jana Machalíková – improviser, reciter, lecturer, drama teacher, actress and clown of the Health Clown o.p.s. She graduated from KVD DAMU and improvisation and drama in education have accompanied her throughout her life. Her love for literature and poetry led her to recitation and workshops that develop creative writing, literacy, the ability to communicate with the audience, improvise and most importantly, to think. Working with a poem by the world-famous author Ernst Jandl , In the Park, will give us a glimpse into the world of metaphors. We will explore where the story would take place if the park were not a park, who the protagonist is, who we are and where we belong. The primary language of exploration will be the language of drama in education.
Gabriela Zelená Sittová – reciter, lecturer and teacher of drama in education, public speaking, speaking skills and literature for children and young people. She graduated in educational drama at DAMU and Bohemian studies at FFUK. At DAMU, as part of her doctoral programme, she focused on the culture of the spoken word, which has been her main interest so far. Currently, she heads the Department of Educational Drama at DAMU, is a member of the editorial board of the professional journal Tvořivá dramatika (Creative Drama) at NIPOS, and in cooperation with the Association for Creative Drama she provides further education for teachers focused on drama in education.
Working with a poem by the world-famous author Ernst Jandl , In the Park, will give us a glimpse into the world of metaphors. We will explore where the story would take place if the park were not a park, who the protagonist is, who we are and where we belong. The primary language of exploration will be the language of drama in education.
Length: 90 min
WORKSHOP 2
Location: VZLET
Lenka Jíšová / Here and now
Lenka Jíšová is a dance teacher at B. Smetana Basic Art School in Pilsen and head of the NoTa Plzeň dance group. She teaches at dance workshops and creative drama courses. She is influenced by BMC (body mind centering), yoga, poetry and contemporary dance trends. She is a recipient of the Ministry of Culture Award in the field of leisure art activities for dance and for her creative and pedagogical contribution in the field of contemporary dance and dance education.
The workshop will be conducted through contact and structured improvisation based on conscious movement, creativity and the joy of movement. We will focus on exploration through the body, mutual perception in a group in a given space, the connection between the inner and outer worlds; working with imagination, visualization, whether musical, concrete or abstract, the "here and now".
WORKSHOP 3
Location: VZLET
Tomáš Žižka / Vzlet: the memory of a place
Tomáš Žižka – stage designer, teacher at KALD DAMU in Prague, director, initiator and implementer of site specific projects, lecturer of seminars for professional and amateur theatre students, member of juries of amateur and professional theatre. After graduating in carving at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and graduating from the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at the DAMU in Prague, he has been mostly involved in team theatre production (TUJU Theatre Ensemble, Theatre fairs, etc.) or teaching (amateur ensembles, KALD DAMU). He has been a guest teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade and lecturer at the HKU in Utrecht. He has participated in a number of workshops and symposia in non-traditional spaces and contexts (Prague Quadrienale 03, Kladno-Záporno, Vojtěšské hutě 2005, Exotic Prague and Tropical Prague - Colombia 06, Recycling – Brazil 06, Chemical Safari in Hradec Králové 07, multisite specific project in the Balkans Prophets of writing 07, Open-Here. EU, Labyrinth of the World at Drak Theatre, Stal-in Stal-out etc.). Alongside his work in unconventional environments and situations, he is involved in film, documentary, audiovisual and installation mediation work for museums and galleries.
Length: 90 min
WORKSHOP 4
Location: VZLET
Laura Henderson / Metamorphoses
Laura Henderson – s a researcher, Laura has been exploring the intersection between creative learning, youth participation, wellbeing and future thinking. She is a qualified art therapist and co-founder of Queer & Trans Youth CZ. In her work with SPKV, she draws on her academic, activist and therapeutic background to explore creativity and the arts for personal and social transformation.
Educational programme in the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery in Prague from the "Talking about art" series, offered to primary and secondary school pupils: guests of the conference can now experience it for themselves.
Metamorphoses of organic forms: thematizing processes of growth, unfolding, evolution and disintegration, this workshop encourages participants to engage their imagination, and to think of how organic forms (realistic or imaginary) might transform in the course of passing time. We will use clay to create sequences of forms, taking time to become absorbed by the sensorial qualities of clay and its capacity for endless reinvention.
Length: 90 min