Cultruralis
Interdisciplinary Music summer Academy for children
Zvuv String trio
28/07 - 02/08, 2015
Jirlau village, Braila county, Romania
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Carnavale di Venezia
Creating our own carnival An interactive, interdisciplinary concert and workshop, for children. Combining Paganini’s famous Theme and Variations for Violin, with theater, movement, dance and masks making |
Tebara Creative CultuRalis
Final performance video piece The music for the video was made during 'Text pieces' workshop in the summer camp, on texts by the children |
Workshops
Graphic scores
Music games
Corporal expression
Sight-specific performance and installations workshop
Ensemble techniques & improvisation
Text in electro-acoustic music
Concerts
Carnival Masks | interactive concert on own arrangement of Paganini variations.
Rhapsodies | imaginary journey on musics by Enescu, Handel, Mozart
Table of silence | interactive concert with free improvisation
Graphic scores
Music games
Corporal expression
Sight-specific performance and installations workshop
Ensemble techniques & improvisation
Text in electro-acoustic music
Concerts
Carnival Masks | interactive concert on own arrangement of Paganini variations.
Rhapsodies | imaginary journey on musics by Enescu, Handel, Mozart
Table of silence | interactive concert with free improvisation
This project is meant as a prototype for artistic intervention in villages with great creative potential in Romania. The project follows a path of giving more and more artistic responsibility from the resident artists to the children so that they learn how to take their own artistic decisions and create their own performances. The project is designed for children with no or little creative experience who would otherwise never have the chance to be given power of decision in an artistic context on a public level.
Even though the village of Jirlau is formed of 80% young population, the typologies of human relationships in such contexts in Romania do not stimulate a process of personal development and self-esteem. This social situation is heavily affecting the way in which the mentality develops especially for the children. Children and parents already have a separate life, which resembles more the urban one – although without the advantages of a life in the city. Society is hierarchically constructed, from the head of the family towards the least responsibilized member – the child. The generations which are less socially active (children and elderly people) are given little to contribute and feel they have few things to say or do in order to create a change in their society.
One of the main reasons why the situation is blocked in this stage is a total unpreparedness of the educational system that the children have access to in applying alternative educational methods that could correct it: methods which teach the values of active participation, in solving problems and increasing self-esteem through being given responsibilities and practicing creativity.
CultRuralis is designed as a social intervention based on the practice of divergent thinking problem solving and expression of self through artistic creative collaboration. By involving a team of international artists for workshops and cultural events dedicated to the community the children will go through a process of gradual responsibilization: during one intensive week, the children will take over the stage from the artists – so that they can finally learn how to organize their own performances which express a part of their universe. Zvuv String Trio will share their experience with the children, guiding them towards finding their own way to deal with the changes in today's society and fructify the talent and creativity for becoming aware of these.
Even though the village of Jirlau is formed of 80% young population, the typologies of human relationships in such contexts in Romania do not stimulate a process of personal development and self-esteem. This social situation is heavily affecting the way in which the mentality develops especially for the children. Children and parents already have a separate life, which resembles more the urban one – although without the advantages of a life in the city. Society is hierarchically constructed, from the head of the family towards the least responsibilized member – the child. The generations which are less socially active (children and elderly people) are given little to contribute and feel they have few things to say or do in order to create a change in their society.
One of the main reasons why the situation is blocked in this stage is a total unpreparedness of the educational system that the children have access to in applying alternative educational methods that could correct it: methods which teach the values of active participation, in solving problems and increasing self-esteem through being given responsibilities and practicing creativity.
CultRuralis is designed as a social intervention based on the practice of divergent thinking problem solving and expression of self through artistic creative collaboration. By involving a team of international artists for workshops and cultural events dedicated to the community the children will go through a process of gradual responsibilization: during one intensive week, the children will take over the stage from the artists – so that they can finally learn how to organize their own performances which express a part of their universe. Zvuv String Trio will share their experience with the children, guiding them towards finding their own way to deal with the changes in today's society and fructify the talent and creativity for becoming aware of these.
