Photography Workshops Block I
copyright: Moshtaq Khani
Photography Workshops – Living Realities. Changing Perceptions
After the impactful time in Prague and Athens, LIVING REALITIES is getting really to travel to Vienna. ArtSocialSpace Brunnenpassage is getting ready for the intensive photography workshop series, starting next Friday, 22.6.2018. We are looking forward to working together closely with the group for three weeks and changing perceptions through photography, in order to develop work that will expand the travelling exhibition, opening in October in Vienna.
Photography is a tool for documentation as well as artistic expression. In the framework of LIVING REALITIES. CHANGING PERCEPTIONS people with refugee experience are invited to portray their contemporary realities and perspectives of the city through the medium of photography.
In three intensive workshop modules that build upon one another, various work methods and techniques will be investigated, ranging from experimental studio work, through street photography, to performative photography. The workshop series will be lead by the photographer Simon van Hal. Monica Hunken of the legendary Living Theatre/NYC will be joining the group on July 7th to lead an impuls workshop with a focus on performative methods in public space. The results will be presented in the framework of the exhibition LIVING REALITIES. CHANGING PERCEPTIONS at Brunnenpassage starting in October.
No previous experience necessary. Since the workshop sessions are building up upon one another, regular attendance is required.
Information & registration: info@brunnenpassage.at
Workshop schedule:
Fr 22.6., Sa 23.6., So 24.6.
Fr 29.6., Sa 30.6., So 1.7.
Fr 6.7., Sa 7.7., So 8.7.
always 16-20 Uhr
Fotografieworkshops
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Die Fotografie ist ein Tool für Dokumentation und künstlerischen Ausdruck zugleich. Im Rahmen von LIVING REALITIES. CHANGING PERCEPTIONS sind Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung herzlich eingeladen anhand von Fotografie als Medium ihre Perspektive auf die Stadt und ihre aktuellen Realitäten zu porträtieren. In drei aufeinander aufbauenden Workshop-Modulen werden unterschiedliche Arbeitsmethoden erprobt, von experimenteller Studioarbeit, über street photography, bis hin zur performativen Fotografie. Die Workshopreihe wird von dem Fotografen Simon van Hal geleitet. Am 7.7. gibt Monica Hunken vom legendären Living Theater/NYC einen Impuls Workshop mit Fokus auf performativen Methoden im öffentlichen Raum. Die Resultate werden im Rahmen der Ausstellung Living Realities. Changing Perceptions ab Oktober in der Brunnenpassage präsentiert.
Vorkenntnisse sind nicht notwendig. Die einzelnen Workshoptermine sind aufeinander aufbauend, regelmäßige Teilnahme ist daher Voraussetzung.
Info & Anmeldung: info@brunnenpassage.at
Picnic at House Liebhartstal
For our upcoming production „In my dreams I feel free “ we visited House Liebhartstal, a new home for around 200 children from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia… and had a wonderful time getting to know each other, eating, playing, dancing, making video interviews.
Thanks to all our young performers and all the Liebhartstal families for sharing this great day and also their (day)dreams with us!
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In my dreams I feel free – Research Workshops with fixed Cast
Now that the cast for the Performance ‘In my dreams I feel free’ is finally fixed, the two Choreographers, Sanja Tropp-Frühwald and Corinne Eckenstein invited the participants to a four days research workshop in the Brunnenpassage.The workshop gave an opportunity to the five adult dancers, the six kids and the artistic team to get to know each other and to develop ideas, stories and movements for the play together. It was
fantastic to see how concentrated and intense the performers of different age (kids and adults), speaking diverse languages and out of multiple backgrounds worked together, on the same ideas and artistic approaches.The ‘In my dreams I feel free’ intense rehearsals will start in the summer of 2018 in DSCHUNGEL WIEN Theatre for young audience.Let´s live 
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EL SISTEMA GREECE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS THROUGH MUSIC
The Story So Far
El Sistema Greece was founded in October 2016 in Attica as an initiative of Impact Hub Athens, promoting integration through music education. The ultimate goal of El Sistema in Greece is to promote the social inclusion of underprivileged children in Greek /European society. By teaching them music, they are not only inspired to strive for a better future, but music provides the platform for dialogue and togetherness across diverse communities.
Carrying on the legacy of the global El Sistema community, which was founded in Venezuela in 1975 and has so far educated nearly 800,000 children, El Sistema Greece is a community music project that is both philosophically and methodologically inspired by its native town. Up to this date, El Sistema Greece’s music instructors and paedagogists have been offering music classes to children, teenagers and young adults in refugee camps, hospitality units and community centers in Athens.
Public performances and concerts are an integral part of the El Sistema methodology. Thus, the El Sistema Greece students have participated in several performances in different locations and venues in Athens – from concert halls, to public spaces and open theatres. The most distinguished of them all, is perhaps a performance held literally under the majestic Acropolis in August, 2017.
During summer 2017, El Sistema Greece hosted the Sistema Europe summer residency uniting more than 300 young musicians from the whole continent in Athens. The residency culminated with a performance held literally under the Acropolis, at the Herodes Atticus theatre. The most breathtaking part of this night, was seeing students from refugee camps share the stage with young musicians from all over Europe, and the world renowned opera singer Joyce DiDonato. Hearing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” performed by this group and in this specific setting, was a moment in time.
A new chapter in Kypseli
In November 2017, a new chapter in the history of El Sistema Greece was born. A new cycle of music classes was launched in the recently renovated historical building of the Municipal Market of Kypseli, offering weekly choir and string-instruments lessons for children and teenagers. What makes this specific endeavor really important, is that it does not only invite children from the neighbourhood of Kypseli to attend music lessons along with children from vulnerable groups in joint classes, but also provides masterclasses from renowned musicians, choir and orchestras directors from other countries. Moreover, a big Christmas concert by the newly established El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra was held at the Municipal Market of Kypseli drawing a huge crowd and media buzz. This specific concert could be considered a milestone for the Municipal Market of Kypseli as it launched a series of several other public events and activities within the premises of the establishment.
El Sistema Greece at the Opening of Living Realities-Changing Perceptions
Right now, El Sistema Greece has 400 young students in the wider Athens region, many of whom are the ones attending the weekly classes at the Municipal Market of Kypseli. This specific group of young El Sistema musicians will showcase their musical skills during a much anticipated performance at the opening of the Living Realities-Changing Perceptions in Athens,
A second performance by the El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra will also take place, conducted by Phaedra Giannelou, while the music teachers and instructrors of El Sistema Greece will invite children and adults to an innovative participatory music workshop that will take place the same evening. http://elsistemagreece.com/