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ACTIVATOR – the culture for space, space for the culture
Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project “ACTIVATOR – the culture for space, space for the culture”- was a network of mobile cultural centres - an interdisciplinary, transnational project, was created for the intensification of social participation in culture and art, with educational activities and integration over generational and social divisions with an emphasis on actions in the space (local, urban space).The idea behind the project was to inspire creative behaviours, animation and social integration, developing creative artistic expression and broaden the educational offer directed at children and the elderly. Building a transnational network of activators as a place of experience and implementation of the activities in space.The project was also the answer to the needs of key cultural players – what is the best way to organize cultural events, how to encourage local communities to take action, how to support young debuting artists, how to establish contacts that may contribute to organization of even better cultural events.ACTIVATOR was a network of 3 national Activators in Poland, Germany and Slovakia at temporary premises with an area of about 450 m2 each, which addressed the needs of organizations and people involved in the area of culture, and all people interested in changing their reality. National Activators were incubators of creativity and at the same time place of more than 150 cultural events with more then 600 000 participants and audience, they have become an example and guide for other organizations and communities who want to work for local and urban space.The project was a series of cultural activities (108 days of workshops conducted by cultural animators, 69 concerts by debuting artists) but also activities in support of cultural organizations (8 study visits).
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