We did not, at the start of the project, realise how much re-designing of the project would be required as we went along. We expected some but from Intercult’s perspective, holding the responsibility for the project schedule, there was a time for research, a time for concept creation and planning and a time for implementation: [Read more...]
At the outset of SEAS we spoke a lot about the commissioning, coproducing and the events themselves seeing the presentation of the artworks as the “outcome” of the project. SEAS was obsessed with schedules and deadlines (amusingly satirised by Cristina David’s video piece NON-Linear Time.) This detail-obsession dominated Intercult’s thinking since we were responsible for [Read more...]
The coorganiser group contained hosting and producing organisations (eg Intercult itself, KIT, Tromso Kunstforening etc) and arts companies (BADco and Hotel Proforma). In retrospect, this was an uneasy fit. The hosting/producing organisations had responsibility either for activities scheduled throughout the project (for example Intercult and Sfumato) or for events that were sometimes two and a [Read more...]
It was a major gamble and proved to be a huge challenge to begin the project presentations in Ukraine. Not only did we have 14 new shows but most of the shows we had not seen, our technical team had no experience of presenting the productions, and some of them had not even been in [Read more...]
These are the main areas and examples of what the interviewees answered: People The main positive surprise was the people: there were extraordinary people involved in the project: professionals and artists: inspired, motivated, enthusiastic and engaged. Setting up new friendship and changing personal lives as a result of established contacts during the project. Project’s concept, [Read more...]
Quite a few. For the participants who fulfill different roles (artist, expert, producer, presenter, funder, trainer, technician, communication person…) it is not always easy to grasp the entire complicated project, especially as it is a dynamic undertaking, so that components, arrangements, locations, programs, budgets and even intentions change in the course of time, evolve from [Read more...]
Not yet. Here management means shouldering the leading role in planning and implementation of a complex project, taking decisions and overseeing realization. Taking risk and assigning responsibilities. Supervising simultaneous processes that are evolving at different places. Troubleshooting, finding alternative solutions quickly. Motivation of partners and harmonization of roles and tasks. Budget controls and cash flow [Read more...]
