Spin offs

The project had several “spin off” effects, as reported to the external evaluators. The list is not extensive but gives an idea of what the ripples on the water are like. Ranging from extended touring and networks for the artists, to a new NGO, an increase of tourism, issues brought up on the political agenda and new collaborations.

• The SEAS commissioned project Fantomat won the Mtel Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art in 2009.

• BADCo team developed relationship with UK universities.

• BADCo also reported increased international attention and invitations to perform in Tromso, Bucharest, Ukraine, Istanbul

• A number of SEAS commissioned works have been programmed by other festival and events – including Night Scene at the Stockton Festival UK, Wunderbaum in Austria and in Holland, BADco in Croatia and Germany, and Monday in the Sun in Cairo, Egypt.

• Anne Lise Stenseth (Kiss and Waste) had a number of follow up invitations in Poland, Norway, Georgia -Tbilisi and Batumi.

• Via Pontica (Fantomat) applied for a newly open EU fund to build up a Black Sea cultural platform and although their application was unsucessful they were able to make networking relationships with a number of Romanian, Georgian and Ukrainian artists, consilidated through SEAS X Batumi

• Sfumato’s profile in the region was significantly enhanced as a result of acting as the Black Sea Headquarters of the project.

• SEAS has developed a number of working relationships with Cultural Capitals of European cities and candidate cities including Marseille 2013, Kosice 2013, Umea 2014 and candidates Gdansk 2016 and Arhus 2017.

• Registration of a new NGO in Odessa by the SEAS local coordination team after the end of the project in order to pursue new cultural events – members of that team Katya Radchenko and Marina Goncharenko attended a capacity building workshop in Stockholm sponsored by the Swedish Institute and Intercult.

• BADCo employed a company manager whose main task is to deal with fundraising, and who also provides consultation to other Croatian artists and managers on EU funding.

• Local authorities in Skegness and the region started active interational collaboration with Tromso, Helsingborg and Gothenburg, especially in the area of youth music and a new international festival called SO.

• Palpable increase of tourism – tourists’ participation and spending in Skegness increased during the festival according to measurements and anecdotes quoted to to us by East Lindsey District Council.

• In Helsingor: a process of rethinking what theatre actually means in a public space and the whole cultural policy of the town – with the participation of Chris Torch in a political seminar following SEAS Helsingor (Helsingor/Passage 09).