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Since 2015, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia has
organized four seminars for young artists from Serbia and Kosovo on
the topic of interculturalism and socially engaged art practices.
Encouraged by the success of these seminars, we are now preparing
another seminar from April 19 to April 28, 2016, for 16 young people
(8 from Kosovo and 8 from Serbia).
As in the past, we are targeting young people from
Serbia and Kosovo who are active and/or interested in the fields of
arts, culture and media to participate in this project. The seminar
will start in Belgrade featuring lectures, visits to cultural
institutions and public sites. On the 4th day of seminar,
participants will visit Novi Sad and its cultural and public
institutions. After returning to Belgrade, all participants will
travel together to Pristina, and continue the seminar in Kosovo.
There, participants will be exposed to lectures and workshops
provided by experts from Kosovo, and will visit prominent
educational and cultural institutions in Pristina. On the 8th day
participants will visit Prizren, a historical town in southern
Kosovo and meet representatives of local media and culture
organizations.
The main goal of the seminar is to give the
opportunity to participants to be hosts and visitors in the same
time, and to have the possibility to present their culture and to
learn more about the culture of their peers. Also, the seminar will
benefit each participant by giving them the opportunity to visit
major cultural institutions both in Serbia and Kosovo, to meet
lecturers, artists and human rights activists from both countries,
and to spend an exciting period of time together visiting
institutions of mutual interest and participating in workshops and
lectures, which will provide them enough time to get to know each
other and provide the platform for their joint projects in the
future.
During the seminar, participants will work on
creation of a plan for joint cross boarder action/campaign, which
will be implemented by the participants after the seminar with our
financial support.
The organizers will cover all costs of
accommodation, food, travel, working material, and visits to
cultural events for all participants of the seminar. The sessions
will be held in Serbian, Albanian and English language while
translation to Albanian/Serbian language will be provided.
Participants are expected to:
Be active and/or interested in art and culture
(students and/or practitioners are welcome to apply),
Be highly motivated to learn more about
interculturalism, socially engaged art, media practices and other
similar topics,
Be highly motivated to learn more about art and
culture of Serbia/Kosovo,
Be highly motivated to create a plan for joint
cross boarder campaign, and to implement it after the seminar with
our financial support,
Be available to participate in the seminar for
the full period: April 19 – April 28, 2016,
And to be between 18 and 30 years old.
Applicants will be selected upon the following
criteria:
CV
A motivation letter (max. one page)
including:
* your working/educational experience in the
field of art, media and/or culture;
* the main topics you are currently working on or
interested in;
* your personal, specific interest in
participating in this seminar;
* answers to three questions (see below).
Please submit all documents to Jelena Dzombic at
dzombic.jelena@helsinki.org.rs, by April 3, 2016.
Please provide short answers to the following
three questions (please do not exceed one page for all three
questions):
1. Have you ever cooperated with
artists/colleagues from Serbia/Kosovo? If yes, in which way? (max.
500 characters)
2. Why do you think art and culture are important
for improvement of relations between two societies? (max. 500
characters)
3. What are your expectations regarding the
seminar? (max. 500 characters)
Project is financed by the Robert Bosch Stiftung
GmbH,
and implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in
Serbia.
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