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[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1522670361722{padding-bottom: 10vh !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12917″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Green Streets of Europe<\/strong> is a transformative residency project addressing environmental challenges within the performing arts sector.<\/p>\n

In 2023- 2025, four European festivals for performing arts in public spaces will collaborate with artists to explore and co-develop more sustainable formats for international touring and festival programming. The festivals are Imaginarius<\/strong><\/a>, located in\u00a0Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, KoresponDance<\/strong><\/a>, located in \u017d\u010f\u00e1r nad S\u00e1zavou, Czech Republic, \u0160pancirfest<\/strong><\/a>, located in Vara\u017edin, Croatia and PASSAGE Festival<\/strong><\/a>, located in Helsing\u00f8r, Denmark.<\/p>\n

Each partner is situated “off-center” from the larger cities in their countries, have local anchoring as a key element in their festival DNA, and all focus on public space performances.<\/p>\n

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WHY<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

International exchange (touring) of artistic formats is crucial for creating accessibility to vibrant artistic experiences, not just in the metropoles of Europe, but also in the more rural areas.<\/p>\n

However, conventional touring practices contribute to environmental burdens.<\/p>\n

Green Streets of Europe<\/strong> seeks to reevaluate these practices, shifting the focus from the artistic product<\/strong> to the artistic process <\/strong>for both the festivals, the artists and the local communities and audiences, that anchors us.<\/p>\n

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HOW<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The key driver<\/strong> in the project will be artistic residencies<\/strong> that will emphasize local relevance, opening artistic processes, longer relations, and deeper connections between festivals, local communities, and artists. The residencies will also promote trans-sectorial collaboration with sustainability-related local sectors.<\/p>\n

Shifting the focus from the artistic product<\/strong> to the artistic process<\/strong> is a central theme in Green Streets of Europe<\/strong>. This shift not only challenges conventional structures of production and presentation of performances, and a shift in the relationships between artists, audience and festivals but also necessitates a change in communication strategies.<\/p>\n

Green Streets of Europe asks both festival partners and artists to equally embrace the role of communicators, fostering transparency and (local) engagement throughout the project, as we collectively explore and test future formats of sustainable touring and festivals in the performing arts sector.<\/p>\n

The residencies<\/strong> are designed in a home-out-home model, and each artist\/company will be connected to two festivals.<\/p>\n