SEAS X - expedition to the Black Sea coast in September
For the past two years SEAS has produced over 15 artworks and presented them in unconventional places in 13 harbor towns from Istanbul to the North of Norway. 2010 will be a challenging year for SEAS, the framework of the project is being developed, into a more action-based platform. We return to the Black Sea region, starting in Turkey and travelling to Georgia.
SEAS X begins with a laboratory on the road. An expedition of over 30 people, SEAS artists and a small technical and management team from all over Europe, will travel by road from Istanbul to Batumi. Along the way shorter stops are planned in a spontaneous attempt to interchange with local people and community groups. Animations - films, workshops, short presentations - will be the tools of encounter.
SEAS X Batumi
21-26 September 2010
The first ever International Arts Festival in Batumi and the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between SEAS/Intercult and with Batumi State Drama Theatre, Caucasus Foundation and other local host organisations.
The program in Batumi presents contemporary art from the Black Sea region and the North Sea region, developed within the SEAS framework. Dance/performance, installations of video and sculpture, theatre, electro-acoustical opera performance, street performance and more will be presented in urban spaces. From the local scene there will be a performance by Batumi Drama Theatre.
SEAS OPEN - a series of workshops, master classes and seminars will be held for local professionals and students.
WITHOUT BORDERS Photo Installation curated by Kateryna Radchenko, Ukraine
WAITING...
A theatre performance by Tiyatro Oyunevi - Turkey, directed by Mahir Gunsiray A performance questioning the parallel life of the non-European/becoming European identity situation
SUITCASES Historical memory installation by Nedyalko Delchev, Bulgaria
LEAGUE OF TIME by BADco, Croatia
A dance/performance, based on the pop cultures of the West and political contexts of the socialist East.
PUBLIC ACTION Vilna Scena/Kyiv and Dmytro Bogomazov - Ukraine
PERFORMANCE BY BATUMI DRAMA THEATRE Place: Batumi Drama Theatre main stage
SEAS OPEN - Workshops, Master Classes and Seminars
Intercult organizes in collaboration with Batumi Art Academy and International ArtFilm Festival a series of lectures and workshops conducted by experienced international artists working in the field of performing and visual arts. Themes such as culture management, video, performance and public art will be explored.
Dance4 and SEAS/Intercult open call for UK based artists
Dance4 and SEAS/Intercult are pleased to announce an international research and development opportunity for UK-based artists from across disciplines to participate in SEAS X, an artistic expedition taking place along the Black Sea Coast in September.
We are particularly keen to receive applications from artists that explore choreographic practice or are interested in exploring collaboration with dance artists. The project is supported by Arts Council England.
The deadline for expressions of interest is Wednesday 14 July 2010 and interviews will take in Nottingham on Monday 26 July 2010.
SEAS Aberdeen is what we are calling a “mini-SEAS” or “other SEAS” – but it is not a “SEAS-lite”. The programme is slim but strong.
Glorious Death by Dritero Kasapi and Mia Tornqvist will be fittingly presented in the oldest pub in Aberdeen, the Old Kings Highway on 29 and 30 April (20.30) and Anne Lise Stenseth Kiss and Waste Project will be projected into windows of an empty shop in the shopping precinct.
CityScape - a conference on Arts and Urban Re-Invention The University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Council, The Aberdeen Cultural Forum, the Scottish Arts Council and many others have joined with Intercult to present CityScape Aberdeen, a conference on Arts and Urban Re-Invention, all day on the 30 April with many local, national and international guests. The present situation of Aberdeen is secure but oil is a finite resource: what will happen in 15 or 20 years time when the North Sea deposits begin to dry up? Culture has helped a number of former industrial cities in Britain address (some of) their identity issues and maintain their international profile: could Aberdeen start the cultural processes early, before the decay begins?
For more information on our Scottish adventure, performance times, conference information and the Vibrant Aberdeen Cultural Strategy, which has inspired our work with this energetic North Sea harbour city, see here on the Scottish Arts Council web siteor on the Aberdeen City web site
What is SEAS? According to Dragan Klaic
Dragan Klaic on SEAS "I am a veteran of SEAS events, but even for me it is not so easy to say what SEAS actually is. It is not a travelling circus, although at some moments it might look like one. And it is not really a festival, although it might be perceived as such. It is actually a prolonged, very strategic cultural action, connecting a number of European coastal cities and resorts.
SEAS descends with a large number of experts, producers and artists who connect with the local artistic scene, decision-makers, urban planners, architects and civic leaders, and create an informal network across Europe of cities that face the same or similar challenges of de-industrialisation, the exit from the industrial epoch, that seek to find in culture the inspiration, the energy, the binding force to identify some plausible alternatives for the future.
Since 2003, this is what SEAS has been doing in the Baltic Sea, in the area of the Adriatic Sea, along the Black Sea shore, and in the Northern European space. It is a unique action that has created a nomadic tribe of associated artists, experts, critics, producers and a growing number of local urban partners who see SEAS as a way to bring new energy, new ideas, new inspiration to the debates in their own cities about the future."
Dragan Klaic on SEAS "I am a veteran of SEAS events, but even for me it is not so easy to say what SEAS actually is. It is not a travelling circus, although at some moments it might look like one. And it is not really a festival, although it might be perceived as such. It is actually a prolonged, very strategic cultural action, connecting a number of European coastal cities and resorts.