On March 13 and 14, we invite you to participate in the seminar and workshops within the international inauguration of the project River of Opportunities // Rzeki Możliwości with the partcipation of 10 European cities on rivers banks.

The public space is the common good shared by the citizen and the way this public spaces are governed and used says a lot about the social trends, social engagement and the identity of the citizens.

This Learning Partnership by bringing together 10 European organisations aims at sharing knowledge on practising culture in public places as a way of engaging audiences (also current non-audiences) in new environments, specifically on urban waterfronts/ river banks across Europe. The underlying issue is to how to use audience development strategies for this purpose. By means of this project good practices will be identified, possibilities explored and eventually, new models of non-formal education art projects drafted and disseminated.

The meeting in Gdańsk will be partially open to the public including presentations, debates and workshops. One of the topics will be the case of Young City Gdańsk, which is being developed in post-shipyard area. We would like to discuss the role of cultural events on waterfronts and their impact on the development of the new district as well as the possibility of implementing there participatory planning facilitated by artists.

This Learning Partnership by bringing together 10 European organisations aims at sharing knowledge on practising culture in public places as a way of engaging audiences (also current non-audiences) in new environments, specifically on urban waterfronts/ river banks across Europe. The underlying issue is to how to use audience development strategies for this purpose. By means of this project good practices will be identified, possibilities explored and eventually, new models of non-formal education art projects drafted and disseminated.

The meeting in Gdańsk will be partially open to the public including presentations, debates and workshops. One of the topics will be the case of Young City Gdańsk, which is being developed in post-shipyard area. We would like to discuss the role of cultural events on waterfronts and their impact on the development of the new district as well as the possibility of implementing there participatory planning facilitated by artists.

Preliminary programme:

13.03.2014 - Thursday

17.00
Keynote speech - "Connecting local audiences/visitors with transnational
art. Why does Europe care about the public?" , Chris Torch, Intercult
(Sweden), member of the board of Culture Action Europe

17.45 – 18.45
Panel: Culture/Art on the waterfront – why? Audience development during
festivals and cultural events on the waterfronts – how to change a
passer-by into a conscious participant in the cultural event?

Moderator: Chris Torch
Panelists Agnieszka Wlazeł (PL), Adrian Evans (UK), Katia Radchenko
(Ukraine), Marcus Schober, Austria

Discussion and lucture will be simultanousely translated into English.

19.00
Culture on waterfronts: presentation of particular events in the
form of Pecha Kuch with participation of River//Cities partners, invited
guests and local activists and organisations from Gdańsk.

Moderator: Iwona Preis (SE)

14.03.2014 - Friday

15.00-16.30
Workshops and ideas fair: Stategic planning for building audiences on waterfronts -Agata Etmanowicz & Agnieszka Wlazel (PL)

16.30-17.00
coffee break

17.00 – 18.30
Panel: New (more) public space? Young City Gdansk

Moderator: Maciej Sandecki (Gazeta Wyborcza) tbc
Pannelists: representant of BPTO investor(tbc), Gary Johnson (garethhoskinsarchitects), Jacek Dominiczak (Academy of Art Gdańsk), Lucyna Nyka (Techical University of Gdańsk), representatives of cultural institutions in Gdańsk

18.30
summing-up - Chris Torch

Discussion and summing-up will be translated into English.

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http://www.river-cities.net/

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Organizer: River//Cities Platform Foudation
Coorganizer: Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdańsk

The project is co-financed by the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme