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SYMBOLS - Culture of Death & Cultural Life: New audiences and creations around European Cemeteries!
Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

SYMBOLS is an innovative interdisciplinary cooperation project that pretends to create and test new approaches to discover European Cemeteries, in order reinforce the knowledge and public awareness on its hidden heritage.Among its key objectives, we can highlight:1) The exchange of cultural and creative works, reinforcing the cultural and creative sector’s capacity to operate transationally, through the mobility of artists (printmakers, dancers and musicians) and their work, as well as of cultural and creative players (cultural managers/decision-makers)2) Audience development, by using the cemeteries as interactive “open-air museums” that can be visited, focusing on young people and on people with disabilities (blind and deaf people), to stimulate interest and improve access to such tangible heritage, as well as improve the skills and competences of key players in working with such audiences.3) Promote the use of digital technologies (Augmented Reality Browsers) to create new routes of “symbols” to discover this hidden heritage, as well as to work and test them with the new audiences (young people and people with disabilities)As far as its results are concerned, we can mention:- Participation and test with at least 120 young people from 6 countries- Creation of 6 “routes of symbols” by the young people on ARTOUR mobile application.- Adaptation of ARTOUR to the needs of blind people (3 pilot tests in Maribor, Avilés & CC Nebbiu)- Joint artistic residences for 15 printmakers (etching, lithography, silkscreen, relief, monoprint, etc.) from 7 countries- Joint artistic residences for 5 dancers and 10 musicians from 6 countries- Coproduction of 1 multidisciplinary exhibition open in 2016 in 7 countries, 9 places: objective 27.000 visitors (3000/place)- 3 Manuals of Good Practices to be transferred to +-1000 stakeholders through Workshops and networking activities - Particip. of +- 100 blind people and +- 100 deaf people - Strong ICT & Media communication
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