De partners, uit Hongarije, Italië, Portugal, Roemenië, Slovenië en Nederland, hebben op basis van hun kennis en ervaringen met jongeren met verschillende culturele achtergronden een projectplan opgezet om in de nabije toekomst Europese jongeren-uitwisselingen te organiseren. Tijdens deze uitwisselingen zullen de jongeren zich verdiepen in de problematiek van minderheden in multiculturele samenenlevingen, waarbij ze de overeenkomsten en verschillen tussen de deelnemende landen onderzoeken en de resultaten zullen presenteren door gebruik te maken van kunstdisciplines, zoals: theater, dans, muziek, video en fotografie.

Tijdens dit haalbaarheidsbezoek, dat plaatsvond in de multiculturele wijk Escamp, hebben de partners gebruik gemaakt van Theater Dakota als werklocatie. Vanuit het theater hebben zij de directe omgeving bezocht, zoals de winkelcentra Leyweg en De Stede en zijn ze in gesprek gegaan met buurtbewoners.

Ook de laatste interculturele avond was een groot succes! Bij OntmoetingsCentrum Morgenstond, hebben de deelnemende jongerenwerkers veel inzicht hebben gekregen in de culturele diversiteit in de wijk en lokale voorzieningen voor buurtbewoners.

Tijdens het haalbaarheidsbezoek hebben de Europese jongerenwerkers het volgende projectplan ontwikkeld:

Summary of the project
In August/September 2012 a youth exchange on the theme Minorities in Multicultural Societies will be organised in the Netherlands. Youth from all over Europe participate in this project: they will come from Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the Netherlands. Groups from each country will include four participants (18 to 25 years old) and one youth group leader.

The main goal of this ten-day-project is to enhance the participant’s knowledge on minorities and majorities in multicultural societies. Through an informal approach, like practical arts and sports activities, the youth will gain experience with people with different cultural backgrounds and improve their mutual understandings. The activities will be linked to statements and views on the theme, which will result in discussions amongst participants.

A final show, which includes dancing, music, films and documentaries made by the participants, will take place at the end of the project. The aim of this show is to present the results and the progress made during the youth exchange, not only to participants, but also to local people they met and who were involved during the project.

Data oktober 2011

Zaterdag 08 oktober     12.00 – 18.00 uur          Atelierroute Delft, werk in ontwikkeling.

Zondag 09 oktober       12.00 – 18.00 uur          Atelierroute Delft, werk in ontwikkeling toegankelijk

Zondag 09 oktober       16.00 – 18.00 uur          bij wijze van SPREKEN

Zondag 16 oktober       16.00 – 18.00 uur          bij wijze van SPREKEN

Zondag 23 oktober       16.00 – 18.00 uur          bij wijze van SPREKEN

Vrijdag 28 oktober        20.00 – 01.00 uur          Museumnacht Delft

Zondag 30 oktober       16.00 – 18.00 uur          Afsluiting

Data november 2011

Zondag 06 november    16.00 – 18.00 uur          bijwijze van SPREKEN

Zondag 13 november    16.00 – 18.00 uur          bijwijze van SPREKEN

Zondag 20 november    16.00 – 18.00 uur          bijwijze van SPREKEN

Vrijdag 27 november     16.00 – 18.00 uur          Opening

Zondag 30 oktober       16.00 – 18.00 uur          Afsluiting

Deelnemende kunstenaars: Petra van Noort, Hester Plomp, Guda Koster, Egied Simons, Ieke Trinks, Stefan Hoffman, Mark Swysen, Serena Lee, Rosa Everts en Marianne Hamersma.

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Van 1 t/m 10 oktober fietsen de jonge Europeanen op tandems door de wijken van Delft. Gedurende de uitwisseling NAKED WINDOWS werken zij samen aan een Audio en Video performance. Hierin presenteren zij culturele verschillen en overeenkomsten die zij hebben ervaren.

De performance vindt plaats op zaterdag 9 oktober om 21:00 uur in de Koornbeurs, Voldersgracht 1 in Delft. De toegang is gratis. We hopen je daar te zien.

Saturday the 28th of August the exchange started with performances from Alienation (FR), Fucking in Champagne (DE), Mitss & Kapthijn (NL), Of Monsters & Men (IS) at the Westerpop festival in Delft. The Polish band Shiny Beats put an end to the day with their gig, even though it rained their performance kept the audience dancing.

The next day the Shiny Beats, Of Monsters & Men and Mitss & Kapthijn performed at the Stadspodium in Rotterdam.

After an intense jamsession new bands were made, consisting of members of different nationalities. The mixed bands wrote a new song, afterwards the songs were recorded in the studio of the Zadkine Popacademie. Making new songs was a big success, you can also listen to the new songs on this website under: media.

Thursday the 2nd of September they played a gig in Exit in Rotterdam. All the bands gave away an excellent performance.

Friday the 3rd of September Stage Europe Network was in the Koornbeurs in Delft. The diverse line up was very much appreciated by the audience.

Saturday was the last day of this week full of creativity. To end this week in a special way the bands did a Drive-By Concert in an old schoolbus. It took place nearby the ‘Along the Trax’ festival at the Beuk in Barendrecht. World service from Norway also did an exciting performance on the roof of the venue. Soon you can check the video’s of the concerts in the schoolbus on this website under: media.

This great week gave the young musicians an international experience and a great opportunity to perform abroad.

You can follow the project on the Stage Europe Network website

Stage Europe Network is an initiative from the foundation Link in cooperation with the Popunie.

When I’m walking through a street filled with traffic, or when I’m sitting in the subway or maybe even when I’m just drinking a cup of coffee in a little café somewhere in a little street, I observe everything around me. Especially people. Where are they going? Where do they come from? I like to ask myself those kind of questions. Then, I went to CitySound. A project that took place in Berlin, a city that was unfamiliar to me. Trough this program, I’ve really learned to think with my ears. They taught us how to see which sounds are important to describe a place. To do that you have to live the place. You have to pretend you are one of those people I’ve watched. If they go shopping, you go shopping. If they eat, you eat. And then you start to ask yourself questions again. What do you hear when you are drinking a cup of coffee in a little café somewhere in a little street? And which of these sounds are typical for the place, which are not that important and can easily be left out? And can you hear the sounds through other perspectives? These ten days, I’ve thought more about sounds then I ever did. Apart from that, we’ve learned how to work with those sounds on the computer, and got to know Berlin in a way that you wouldn’t ever had the chance to get to know as a tourist.
It was a great experience.

by:Linda.