Climate change presents a long-term and formidable challenge to modern society. As the need for mitigation and adaptation becomes increasingly urgent, the role of culture and art in driving comprehensive societal transformation cannot be overstated. The RE-IMAGINE project seeks to redefine the social role of performing arts organizations as agents of environmental change. The RE-IMAGINE project aims to build capacities within organizations and professionals in the performing arts, to achieve goals related to reducing CO2 emissions and achieving zero-waste production, among others. By fostering internal changes in working practices, the project also aspires to bring about a significant shift in the external actions of the performing arts sector, contributing to global efforts to combat climate change.

Project consortium gathers organizations that are among the pioneers in their countries regarding the promotion and implementation of green policies in culture and creative sectors and have now taken the leading role of advocates for environment-friendly and sustainable artistic production.

RE-IMAGINE is co-funded by the Creative Europe program and National Culture Fund in Bulgaria. The project is implemented by Green Art Incubator (Serbia), Lokomotiva (North Macedonia), Pro Progressione (Hungary) and Arte Urbana Collectif (Bulgaria).

 

RE-IMAGINE Green Residencies

 

Sofia // April 8-12, 2024

 

The first residency of the RE-IMAGINE Green programme took place in April in Sofia, organised by Arte Urbana Collectif. Within five days (8-12.04.2024), in Toplocentrala, together with 30 independent artists, climate experts, speakers and cultural managers from 8 countries, we tried to find working green solutions to integrate in our work and exchanged valuable practices. Along with the valuable talks and lectures, we had a lot of fun during the inspiring workshops, which inflamed our creativity!

See the best moment of the residency through the camera of Dessislava Todorova from Kadar Media.

 

 

 

 

Kapolcs & Veszprem // July 24-28, 2024

 

The second residency was organized by our Hungarian partners Pro Progressione. It took place in July in the beautiful Hungarian towns of Kapolcs and Veszprem close to the beautiful Lake Balaton. We spent five wonderful days together with our Re-Imagine project partners and artists at this year’s Valley of Arts, in our Sustainable Preproduction residency.

Through an intense program our participants continued to develop their project ideas and deepened their knowledge about the green transformation processes in the performing arts sector.

In addition, our team had the opportunity to meet and exchange experiences with the partners and invited guests of our large-scale project, The Big Green, thus strengthening the international knowledge transfer and cooperation of professional players.


 

 

Skopje // September 9 – October 4, 2024

 

The third residency of the RE-IMAGINE Green Program took place in Skopje. It was organized by our wonderful Macedonian partners from Lokomotiva. Residency’s focus was on Green Artistic Approach and Production.

From interactive workshops and mentoring sessions to in-depth discussions on green policies, 25 artists and producers explored sustainable artistic practices and how art can drive environmental change. Watch the highlights of this transformative week focused on rethinking creativity for a greener future!

 

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