{"id":99,"date":"2015-08-28T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T11:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/?p=99"},"modified":"2015-09-18T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T09:48:03","slug":"art-in-eu-middle-east-cultural-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/2015\/08\/28\/art-in-eu-middle-east-cultural-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Art in EU-Middle East cultural relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_100\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"150828 MN workshop 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1-1024x817.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1-600x478.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1-376x300.jpg 376w, http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/ccr\/files\/2015\/08\/150828-MN-workshop-1.jpg 1609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury presenting her work Gardens Speak.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, the Centre for Cultural Relations (CCR) took part in a workshop to explore a new approach to how EU countries can collaborate with each other to develop a channel of artistic exchange with countries in the Middle East. The approach was developed by Arts Cabinet, a small, independent arts organisation from Edinburgh, whose Artistic Director, Svetlana Sequeira Costa, has built what all present saw as a completely new form of partnership, involving artists, art organisations, higher education institutions and EU National Institutes of Culture.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The workshop involved Edinburgh College of Art, Goldsmiths College and Kings College, London (UK); the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Danish Cultural Institute (Denmark); the University of Agder (Norway); Res Artis (Netherlands); the Scottish Government; artists and curators from Iraq, Tunisia and Lebanon, and academic colleagues from across the University of Edinburgh.<br \/>\nThe collaboration will act as a pilot to develop evidence for what works in cultural relations activities, from how to establish an exchange based on genuine parity and mutual benefit, to how to develop a new digital platform with new tools for knowledge exchange across the vast geography of the project.<br \/>\nFrom the point of view of the CCR, this workshop addressed the intersection of theory and practice in a way which involved both state and non-state actors. This offer the potential to reach people and establish connections, dialogue and relationships where the strength of each partner contributes in a different way.<br \/>\nThe CCR looks forward with huge interest to the future development of this collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the Centre for Cultural Relations (CCR) took part in a workshop to explore a new approach to how EU countries can collaborate with each other to develop a channel of artistic exchange with countries in the Middle East. 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