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Experimentation and prototyping revolving around mediation
In 2021 we continue to advance the 20192023 Programme Project, attending to cultural mediation as a transversal practice in programming and also as a process of shared reflection. The purpose is for people to establish an active relationship with the space and what happens in it, approaching it through reflection, conversation, debate, action... It aims to go beyond the merely artistic or cultural, and foster new experiences around art. For this reason, mediation is integrated into the very idea of programming, in dialogue between agents, artists and groups involved with all public communities and in all activities, and always from a local and international perspective. To this end, a process of experimentation and prototyping has been initiated in collaboration with two multidisciplinary cooperatives focused on artistic education and cultural mediation, Artaziak and Tipi Gara, dedicated to social transformation in the field of cultural mediation.
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Artaziak
Artaziak will undertake an investigation into the possibilities, potentialities and opportunities which exist for Azkuna Zentroa to continue developing its mediation work in a more conscious, positioned, transformative manner, and in accordance with its projectprogramme. This process is divided into several phases. On the one hand, a comprehensive diagnosis will be carried out which, based on a specific theoretical framework, will examine both Azkuna Zentroa as well as other inspiring agents of the environment. And on the other hand, a series of conclusions, core ideas and objectives will be drawn up, to specify key lines of action. Finally, a selection of these actions chosen in collaboration with the centre will be compiled in a report. This will be a tool shared between Artaziak and Azkuna Zentroa to be used with the purpose of extending the work that is already being carried out.
ARTAZIAK is a social project. They work on cultural diversity and difference, and contribute to the fostering of critical sense in people in order to create cultural, political and social changes.
Tipi Gara
Inventario del rellano
Inventario del rellano is the mediation project developed by the Tipi Gara cooperative. It starts from a participatory exploration to activate other forms of listening and approaching the context, through the collective creation of a multisensory inventory; an invitation to build other stories based on taking inventory of the apparently insignificant, the inadvertent, and the unseen.
In this framework, Tipi Gara is launching various workshops that will take place throughout this quarter with the aim of working on the Inventario del rellano through the expedition. Using the logic of walking, drifting, traveling and relating to space, and placing the body and attention on other things and ways as a starting point, the intention is to focus on the invisible through the senses: hearing, smell and touch. Participants will use other tools and strategies to identify objects, people, plants, sounds or materials that have so far gone unnoticed. «We will walk slowly. We will ask ourselves: What is happening around us? From what trees are the leaves that we find on the ground? Since when have they been here? Where does the stone that lifts this building come from? And the smell of coffee? What is its story? What conversations do we catch in passing?» as explained by Tipi Gara. Thus, the activity will begin with a multisensory data capturing tour, followed by a meeting for sharing and reflection. The inventory will be shaped and formed by all the participants, which will then become an exhibition and an open story. In this way, the exhibition will be the device that makes the inventory physical, which will be put on the table and articulate another story of the quotidian.
PROGRAMME:
April 13, Tuesday 6:00 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Inventario del rellano. Hear
May 6, Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Inventario del rellano. Smell
Lantegia 1 Free entry with online registration June 10, Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Inventario del rellano. Touch
June 24, Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Collective creation session
TIPI GARA promotes transformation by creating more autonomous communities, capable of shaping their own future. That is why it works collectively –with a bottom-up logic– using new ideas, methodologies and ways of doing things. They investigate, mix with others and experiment to generate solutions that transform our daily lives and improve the present we inhabit.
