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Events

The Utopian City

Thijs van Velzen, Wouter van den Bos
May 22, Saturday
International workshop12:00

Garage Auditorium
12.00
Free
Limited Places, drop in early to avoid disappointment

In cooperation with the Garage Center of Contemporary Culture and the European Cultural Foundation, the Danube Foundation is holding a workshop on The Utopian City during the exhibition Futurologia/ Russian Utopias at the Garage in Moscow on 22 May 2010.

During the workshop, participants will design their own Utopian City, inspired by their experiences, ideals and futuristic or nostalgic visions. The introduction by the Danube team will explore the history and current ideas on the quest for the ideal city. Themes in architecture and aesthetics will be linked with social and political aspects of city planning. Ideas may be drawn from the past, present or future to create the ideal city. With the help of an extensive collection of images and drawing materials, small break-out groups will shape their own concept of an ideal city in the form of a collage, which will then be presented to all participants at the end of the workshop. This will be followed by discussion between participants and a selected jury which, after careful deliberation, will announce the winning concept. Lastly, a local artist will create a piece of art inspired by the winning concept.

This workshop is part of a larger project to reflect the variety of European narratives. Danube will be holding and has already held a series of workshops in a number of European capitals, being amongst others London, Berlin, Belgrade, Zagreb and Sarajevo.

An exposition based on the gathered art-pieces will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2011. In addition, Danube will publish a book based on all the different concepts explored during the workshop series.
Check the website for further information, www.danube-foundation.eu
Participants can register at rsvp@garageccc.com

Workshop will be organised by:

Thijs van Velzen, journalist, sociologist, founder of the Danube Foundation (Amsterdam).
Wouter van den Bos, researcher coginitive neuroscience, founder of the Danube Foundation (Amsterdam).

Links:
The Danube Foundation
Utopian City project photogallery
Utopian City project blog


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