LDN/BRU: BRXLBRAVO Art Festival & Nuit Blanche
Urban Creative Exchange
When? 2–4 October 2009
Where? Gare du Congrès & 105 Besme
PROJECT & EVENT
LDN/BRU aims to open a creative exchange between London and Brussels. Initiated at Goldsmiths, University of London, the project intends to strenghten cultural and artistic relations between these two capital cities. The first event will be followed by a second in London later this year.
PROGRAMME
Friday 02/10
18.00 – 21.00: Opening of ‘Vaudeville’ at 105 Besme
Saturday 03/10
14.00 – 19.00: Exhibition at Gare du Congrès + ‘Vaudeville’ at 105 Besme
16.00 – 17.15: Seminar ‘Breakthrough Cities : How cities can mobilise creativity and knowledge to tackle compelling social challenges’ (RSVP) – Congrès
17.30 (’20): ‘Rusalka’, a new performance by Jean-Baptiste Biche – Congrès
19.00 – 02.00: Nuit Blanche – Night with Dj sets and performance – Congrès
Sunday 04/10
14.00 – 19.00: Exhibition at Gare du Congrès + ‘Vaudeville’ at 105 Besme
Gare du Congrès – Blvd Pacheco 1000 Brussels (Metro Botanique)
105 Besme – 105 Av Besme 1190 (Forest) Brussels (Metro Albert)
BrxlBravo Pass : 6 Euros /// Night (Nuit Blanche) : Free
CONTACT
General inquiries, Press and Reservation (seminar): ldnbru@gmail.com
Organizer-Curator:
Benoit Loiseau
ben.ldnbru@gmail.com
+44/(0)7506773357
+32/(0)499318611
105 Besme:
Tania Nasielski
Tania.nasielski@scarlet.be
+32 (0)475299873
Coordinator:
Martin Collet
optere@hotmail.com
+32/(0)478618124
Online & Website:
Martin Macharis
m.macharis@gmail.com
http://ldnbru.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ldnbru
Electric December annual online advent calendar calling for entries
Online 1st - 24th December Shoot, Share, Show
Deadline for entry: Monday 12 October 2009
Young People Across Europe
Get ready – Electric December, Watershed’s original end of year online showcase of creative talent, is back, led this year by an international team of young people from across Europe.
We’re calling for all filmmakers under 21 from Europe that have made a short film or are thinking about picking up a camera for the first time to join us, get involved, and help us create the content behind our webby windows to wonderland.
Your films will be in good hands: Watershed has electrified the world’s imagination for over a decade producing Electric December. Every year, electricdecember.org receives thousands of hits from over 90 countries worldwide. In 2008, thanks to the support of the European Commission, Electric December showcased shorts by young people from across Europe for the first time in its 10-year history as part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Work is already going on behind the scenes to make 2009 the best year ever, within the wider context of European Year of Creativity and Innovation. Young people from eShed.net, Bristol, UK and Skalvijos, Vilnius, Lithuania are working collaboratively to set the agenda for the project, thanks to the European Commission for their support through the Youth In Action programme.
The Bristol and Vilnius groups recently spent three days at Watershed working hard and playing hard producing trailers and posters for Electric December 2009 and soaking in the sights of the city. Later on this year this international steering group will regroup online to hand pick the 24 mini masterpieces that will be the content for this year’s calendar and to decide who the lucky winners are. They’re looking forward to receiving snappy shorts from other like-minded folk across the continent! Follow their diary online at: electricdecember.org/09/diary.
Adibah Iqbal, a member of eShed, said:
Working on electric December has been a wonderful experience, which has opened many doors for me. Having worked with young filmmakers from Lithuania, I have gained a very good friendship, and a deeper understanding of organising a film festival. Working with e shed was very fun and I hope to take part in other advents they will be holding in the future.
This is a unique opportunity for young people to get their work out there, viewed by their peers and some of the most influential people in filmmaking – not only online, but through the official Electric December DVD, the UK’s BBC Big Screens and at venues and festivals in the UK and beyond.
Last year’s winners received a travel bursary to attend BUFF Young People’s Film Festival in Malmo, Sweden and took part in workshops, met key people in the industry, screened their films in a cinema and generally had a fantastic film-filled weekend. We have similar treats in store for the eventual winners of Electric December 2009. For further information on how to submit film(s), log on to electricdecember.org.
Hurry, the deadline for entry is Monday 12 October 2009.
Developing Birmingham’s Digital District: What can we learn from the experiences of other European cities?
When?
9:15 – 13:00 on Wednesday 14 October
Where?
Fazeley Studios,
91 Fazeley Street,
Digbeth, Birmingham,
B5 5SE
What’s happening?
Announced in June this year, Birmingham’s Digital District will bring together the innovative, learning and creative sectors in the Eastside area of the city through the development of a next generation high-speed broadband infrastructure.
This seminar will provide an early opportunity for policy makers and stakeholders from Birmingham and the West Midlands to quiz other major European cities that are further along the journey in developing their own digital district. This dialogue will inform Birmingham’s policy thinking and ideas as the city embarks upon developing its own digital district.
Why attend?
The seminar will consider questions such as:
- What are the critical success factors of a digital district?
- What does a digital district look and feel like elsewhere?
- How have digital districts been used to complement the success of established creative quarters?
- What has been the experience of digital districts in the recession and what role do they play in boosting economic growth?
- How have local authorities in Europe worked with stakeholders such as service providers, SMEs, universities and the local community?
- How can Birmingham learn from, and use, the experiences of other European cities?
This is your opportunity to find out about digital districts elsewhere in Europe, to put your questions to our speakers and to contribute to the debate.
Who will be there?
There will be speakers from:
- Berlin
- Barcelona
- Birmingham City Council
- Digital Birmingham
- Birmingham City University
- University of Birmingham
- Fazeley Studios
The principal audiences are digital and economic development policy makers from public authorities in Birmingham as well as the wider West Midlands region. Other stakeholders (from SMEs, universities, the local community etc) with an interest in the development of the Birmingham Digital District will also find this event particularly relevant.
Register now at
The seminar is free to attend but places are limited and attendance is by advance online registration only. To register please visit:
http://digitaldistrictsineurope.eventbrite.com
Artists303 – Festival of Art 2009
When? 19 September – 4 October 2009
Where? The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
What’s happening? A two week Festival of Art during Somerset Art Weeks, central to which is an Open Exhibition with two sections – one for practising artists and one for graduate/young artists. Over £2000 worth of prizes will be presented at the Opening Event on 19 September between 12 noon and 2 p.m. followed by an arty-party with live music, barbecue and family events. This is the largest and most ambitious project taking place in Somerset during Somerset Art Weeks, 2009. Over 300 pieces of contemporary art will be on display.
Why attend?
Family events every weekend include:
- Demonstrations of art materials
- Demonstrations of Eastern and Japanese Techniques of bookbinding and gold inlay
- Mini and taster activities suitable for all the family
- Aboriginal Raintube and Dream Workshop
- Demonstration of stone carving
3rd and 4th October Grand Finale Big Draw Event – the Big Somerset Draw featuring:
- The Big Somerset Draw – over 50 Somerset artists will help visitors create a visual map of Somerset.
- Balloon Drawing
- Life drawing for all the family
- Art from Trash
- A book signing and drawing demonstration by BABETTE COLE, internationally famous children’s author and illustrator.
By arrangement:
- Artist led tours
- Group visits
- School group visits
- Art Appreciation talks
Who will be there?
19th September – Festival opened by the Marquess of Bath. Live music by Tom Toomey and his wife pianist/singer Milly Riquelme
3rd October – Babette Cole
Representatives from:
- Education institutions (schools, colleges and universities)
- Arts and youth organizations
- Members of Artists303 group
- Practising artists
- Members of the public
- Family groups
- School groups
- Somerset Art Week representatives
- Supporters of the arts in the West Country
- Graduates and emerging artists
- Friends and supporters of Artists303
ARTISTS303 WILL USE THE FESTIVAL OF ART TO LAUNCH THEIR MENTORING AND SUPPORT SCHEME FOR GRADUATE/YOUNG ARTISTS AND WILL APPOINT 6 GRADUATE MEMBERS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCE, SUPPORT AND MENTORING RELATIVE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
Register now at www.argists303.co.uk
Somerset Art Weeks Signpost Show at the Yeovil Innovation Centre
When? 19th September till 4th October
Where? Yeovil Innovation Centre, Barracks Close, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 8RN
www.yeovilinnovationcentre.co.uk
01935 385900
What’s happening?
South Somerset is taking an innovative approach to exhibiting the work of some of our prestigious and highly talented artists in this signpost show for Somerset Art Weeks.
Rather than the traditional gallery exhibitions, the work will be shown in our newly developed business innovation centre. This offers a business platform to arts practitioners and promotes a creative environment to new and developing small businesses.
An exhibition of paintings and craft in the main hall will be complimented by large-scale sculptural works in the central courtyard.
Why attend?
- View and buy a wide selection of international standard, contemporary arts and crafts
- Enjoy the opportunity to find out what the Innovation Centre can offer to new and developing businesses
- Schools and colleges can experience the synergy between innovation and creativity
Who will be there?
Representatives from:
- The Local Authority
- Somerset Art Works
Register now at
No need to register
What does creativity mean to you?
Deadline: 15 October 2009
Let us know how you perceive the role of creativity in education and you could win a trip to the European Union’s Creativity conference in Stockholm.
2009 is the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. A great number of activities have been taking place all year to discuss the role of creativity and innovation in the classroom and encourage teachers to explore new and different approaches to teaching and learning.
To better understand how teachers perceive creativity and innovation in their own teaching practice, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture, in collaboration with the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) and European Schoolnet, has launched a new survey on teaching practices in Europe. We are interested in knowing your opinion and experience as a teacher.
Fill in the online questionnaire teaching practices and, if you so choose, include your name and email address to be included in a draw for 10 persons to attend the European Union’s closing conference for the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, hosted by the Swedish Presidency in Stockholm in December.
Who should fill in the questionnaire?
Teachers working in schools in any of the twenty-seven countries in the European Union, as well as Norway, Iceland, Turkey, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
NB: all answers are anonymous. Should you choose to participate to the raffle, your answers will not be connected to your name.
The deadline to participate: 15 October 2009
FILL IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE
What about the results?
The results of the questionnaire will be presented at the closing conference in Stockholm in December and communicated on the eTwinning Portal.
We thank you in advance for taking part!
Imagine a spectacle
Take part in an interactive evening of performance, debate, reflection and change concerning ourselves and our world.
When: 22 October 2009, 7:30 pm
Where:
Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0AH
United Kingdom
What’s happening?
A varied and versatile group of academics and performers will be gathering for an interactive evening of discussion and performance with the view of helping an audience discover how they impact upon the world and how they can bring about change for a greater good.
Why attend?
The evening will be a unique and memorable experience with a multitude of professional academics and inspirational performers. Be part of the event through the use of spect-acting. You and the rest of the audience are invited to share your views, knowledge and suggestions, helping provoke thoughts in other members of the audience who in turn will think positively about creating a greater future.
Who will be there?
Representatives from:
- Government and local authorities
- Education institutions (schools, colleges, universities)
- Not for profit, adult education, arts and youth organisations
- Emergency services (fire service, police, NHS)
- Businesses
- Trade Unions and Chambers of Commerce
For more information and to book tickets, please visit:
www.imagineaspectacle.net
Financing Recovery
.......funding innovation & investment
When? Thursday 29th October, 2009, 9 am until 5 pm.
Where? Aston Business School
What’s happening?
When, if and how fast, the West Midlands economy emerges from recession will be a period of acute financial stress for local companies, given that during the recession they are likely to have used up all their reserves and working capital, let alone been able to make provision for investment into innovation and expansion. Run jointly by West Midlands Economic Forum, Birmingham Business School and the West Midlands Business Council, the aim is to explore which avenues are available for local companies to realistically consider.
Why attend?
- It’s a talking shop, but you will be able to draw on the lessons and experiences of companies across the EU and learn how they have achieved success in the face of adversity
- Hear from banks, financial institutions, venture capital bodies and public sector agencies of the options, support and funding available for investment and innovation
- Challenge policymakers about the future direction of strategy
Who will be there?
Representatives from:
- Government and local authority development agencies
- Corporate finance banks, specialist financial institutions, venture capital
- Research specialists from colleges and universities
- Voluntary sector and co-operators
- Businesses – multinationals and SMEs
- Trade Unions and Chambers of Commerce
Attendance is free but due to capacity constraints final allocation of invitations is up to the organizers
