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EMPACT – Workshop | Empathic and Resilient Artists by UGM

Maribor Art Gallery have partnered with the two preeminent secondary schools in Maribor, Prva gimnazija Maribor and II. gimnazija Maribor, in the framework of the European project EMPACT in order to introduce the themes of empathy and sustainability...

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EMPACT –  1st Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by UGM

Ana Likar’s art project Marina Češarek Gallery is based on witch trials, the prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft, and their association with natural disasters and medicinal plants, the absurd accusations and torture that accompanied them, and absence of any...

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EMPACT –  2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by UGM

Man Face Down is an artist book by the artist Matjaž Wenzel produced in the framework of EMPACT. The book is based on a series of photographs over a decade in the making. In collaboration with psychiatrist Miran Pustoslemšek the photography project was expanded...

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EMPACT – 2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by CUT

This interdisciplinary project is the result of the collaboration between the artist and academic Panayiotis Michael and the art historian Christina Lambrou. The collaboration is realized through the exhibition of Michael’s artworks and the discussion between the artist and Christina Lambrou about...

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EMPACT – Malleable unity | Socially Engaged Art Intervention by Vorres Museum

The Socially Engaged Art Intervention “Malleable unity” will take place on the 22nd of November at the Vorres Museum, 10:00-18:00, in the framework of the innovative project “EMPACT – Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking like a Mountain”, co-funded by the EU Creative Europe Programme...

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EMPACT – L’Aria Buona | Socially Engaged Art Intervention by FLP

The socially engaged art intervention L’ARIA BUONA brought together a theatre director, a documentary author, and local participants to explore human empathy with nature. Through audiovisual narrative, theatrical improvisation, and collective writing, they examined unique human characteristics to understand the "alien" abilities of non-human life.

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EMPACT – Espacio Rojo presents the EMPACT’s SuCiE platform in Spain

Espacio Rojo presents two activities in collaboration with the EMPACT project and the Yeast International Student Film Festival. Both activities are part of the Cruza Carabanchel program, and will be repeated after two days at the Filmoteca de Andalucía and the Fundación Antonio Gala, in Córdoba.

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EMPACT – Second Exhibition at Maribor, ‘EYES IN THE STONE’ by UGM

EKO 9 Triennial of Art and Environment: Eyes in the Stone Old sanatorium Maribor | 17 May − 28 July 2024

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EMPACT – Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking Like a Mountain

Cyprus University of Technology proudly presents the EMPACT Training Curriculum on Empathy and Sustainability Pathways for Arts edited by Efi Kyprianidou and Yiannis Christidis.

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EMPACT – First Exhibition at Vorres Museum ‘EMBRACE EMPATHY’

We announce the Contemporary Art Exhibition, "Embrace Empathy: Exploring the Spectrum of Understanding" organized within the framework of the innovative project "EMPACT - Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking like a Mountain,"

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EMPACT – 2nd collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by NATFA

On the basis of the collaborative work between an artist and a professional, Jordan Varbanov studies the connectivity between and focus the research on Empathy.

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EMPACT Socially Engaged Short Documentary Film

Socially Engaged Art Intervention Short Documentary Film 7 February 2024

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EMPATHY FOR NATURE: Unveiling inspiring artists’ books

"Empathy for Nature: Exploring Interdisciplinary Collaborations in the Arts" and "Empathy for Nature: Reflections on Socially Engaged Arts” 31 January 2024

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EMPACT – Workshop | Arts, CSR and Entrepreneurship by CUT

“Arts, CSR and Entrepreneurship: Focus on Clay & Pottery” Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) | 17 November, 1 & 2 December 2023 Cyprus

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EMPACT – 1st Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by CUT

“Participatory Community Mural: Migration, Empathy, Nature, Sustainability”. Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) | 22, 23 September 2023 Agia Varvara Kaimakli, Cyprus.

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EMPACT – 1st & 2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Projects by Espacio Rojo

“Weaving links: Days of artistic creation and ecology” Espacio Rojo | 25, 26 September - 2 October 2023. Madrid, Spain.

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EMPACT – Weaving Links | Socially Engaged Art Intervention by Espacio Rojo

“Weaving links: Days of artistic creation and ecology” Espacio Rojo | 25, 26 September - 2 October 2023 Madrid, Spain.

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EMPACT – 1st Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by NATFA

EMPACT – Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project Elaborated by: Aleksandar Mandzhukov, Lecturer at NATFA “MUSEUM OF EMOTIONS” Creative project & performance by Aleksander Mandzhukov’s idea Participating

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EMPACT – 1st & 2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Projects by Vorres Museum

The Vorres Museum organized two out of fourteen Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Projects. The objective was to cultivate intellectual exchange between the arts, sciences, and various fields by linking artistic practice with empathy and environmental sustainability.

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EMPACT – The Future is already present | Socially Engaged Collective Art Intervention by CUT

The Socially Engaged Art Intervention “The Future is already Present” is an artistic project by the renowned artists, Anna Lytridou and Benjamin Deakin and it will take place in the CUT Fine Arts international Research Center in Agios Ioannis Pitsilias.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Creative Sustainability by UGM

On Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 October, we invite you to a lecture about the history of tattooing and a linocut workshop. The Friday lecture about the histories of “sicing”, “bocing”, tattooing in the Balkans and tattooing in Victorian London will be followed by...

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EMPACT – 1st & 2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Projects by NAHR

NAHR presents the four-handed art projects Lì by artist Francesco Pedrini and philosopher Leonardo Caffo and I Am In Between Forces and I Am Gravity by artist Elena Nemkova and architect and biodesign expert Petra Gruber.

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EMPACT – The Nature outside and inside me | Socially Engaged Art Intervention by NATFA

This action is a performative form of artistic expression that seeks direct impact and provocation by involving directly the audience or random people in what is happening. The artistic action is a short-term behavioral intervention in the public space.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Arts, Sustainability and Circular Economy by CUT

The seminar aims to bring together artists, art and cultural professionals, theorists and key-thinkers in creative sustainability, philosophy and social sciences to discuss and explore ways of intensifying the powers of art in tackling the key pillars of sustainability.

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EMPACT – 2nd Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by FLP

Fondazione Lamberto Puggelli is pleased to announce the second Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Projects that FLP will realize for the EMPACT Project; this interdisciplinary project will involve music and geology.

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EMPACT – Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by CUT

This interdisciplinary project is the result of the collaboration between the architect and Lecturer at the University of Cyprus Konstantinos Avramidis and the street artist Vasilis Vasiliou (aka Twenty-Three) in the production of a socially-engaged mural and an associated workshop.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Empathy for Nature by UGM

You are kindly invited to attend the two-day art embroidery workshop at the Museum of Madness Trate on Monday and Tuesday, 18 and 19 September, under the guidance of Saša Bezjak, painter, pedagogue and all-round artist.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Empathic and Resilient Artists and CSR – Post pandemic insights by Vorres Museum

In the three-day event, both the theoretical and practical aspects of resilience will be examined and the importance of link creation between art institutions, artists and the corporate world will be looked into.

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EMPACT Artistic Residency by Espacio Rojo

These artists will position themselves as key agents in promoting empathy and sustainability within their respective communities. To this end, they will have the opportunity to interact with diverse vulnerable and social collectives in the Carabanchel area of Madrid.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Art & Sustainability by Espacio Rojo

The workshop focuses on learning about innovative models and initiatives that express the combination of artistic and ecological practices.

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EMPACT Artistic Residency by NATFA

We are pleased to announce that the EMPACT 12-day Artistic Residency of the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts “Kr.Sarafov” (NATFA) on the theme of “Water: Memory & Movement”, in cooperation with the Apollonia Festival of the Arts is about to begin!

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EMPACT Artistic Residency by Vorres Museum

We are pleased to announce that the VORRES MUSEUM 12-day artistic residency promoted by the EMPACT project, is about to begin! It will start the 31 July to end on the 12th of August and...

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EMPACT – Workshop | Creative Sustainability in Practice Art, Architecture, Philosophy & Poetry by NAHR

Join these two days to discuss the role of empathy in the performing arts as a means to collectively re-examine the relationship between human and nature and how Art can put its creative capacity into practice towards a more sustainable cohabitation.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Creative Sustainability in Practice: Body Performing Nature by NAHR

For that, NAHR has chosen the topic of Air, inviting visual and performing artists to take inspiration from this natural element and its interconnected role in the natural and cultural ecosystems of Val Taleggio and the world.

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EMPACT – Artistic Residency by NAHR

The EMPACT residencies initiate a dialogue between artists, sustainability experts, philosophers and social scientists, in order to explore the importance of empathy as a key to aid people tackle and act upon climate change.

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EMPACT – 1st Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Project by FLP

Fondazione Lamberto Puggelli is pleased to announce the first of its Collaborative Interdisciplinary Artistic Projects that are part of the EMPACT Project; this interdisciplinary project will involve visual art, dance and botany!

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EMPACT – Workshop | Creative Sustainability by Vorres Museum

This event addresses both the theoretical and practical aspects of sustainability. Real examples of creative sustainability, social ecology, adaptation to greener production models in arts and ecological approach both in creating...

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EMPACT – Workshop | Circular Economy, Green Technologies and Empathy in Artistic Practices by NATFA

The National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts “Kr. Sarafov”, member of the EMPACT consortium, organise this seminar in collaboration with their colleagues from the WWF Bulgaria and the Institute for Circular Economy.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Creative Sustainability-In-Practice by CUT

The seminar aims to bring together artists, art and cultural professionals, theorists and key-thinkers in creative sustainability, philosophy and social sciences to discuss and explore ways of intensifying the powers of art in tackling the key pillars of sustainability.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Climate Crisis Defense Through Artistic Cooperation & Creation Project by Espacio Rojo

The workshop focuses on introduce, discuss and propose the resilience as a motor of reflection, which has important implications for artistic research, training and practice.

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EMPACT Landmark 2 Part Event in Berlin by UGM

The Monuments by JAŠA is a durational project developed on the premises of Kühlhaus Berlin. It is divided into 17 chapters, with each individual chapter an independent and unique event. EMPACT and UGM are the commissioners of the upcoming...

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EMPACT- Workshop | Art, Concilience and Compassion Project by Vorres Museum

Three-day interactive workshop: When? FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023: 13:00 am – 18:30 pm, SATURDAY, 27 MAY 2023: 13:00 am – 19:00 pm & SUNDAY, 28 MAY 2023: 11:00 am – 18:30 pm (Local time). Where? Athens Greece: The Vorres Museum & Gardens.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Empathy towards being and non-being by Espacio Rojo

The workshop focuses on introduce, discuss and clarify the meaning of “empathy” in arts, which has important implications for artistic research, training and practice and demonstrate how empathy as an abstract concept can be applied in...

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EMPACT – Workshops | Circular Economy and Air Flows by NAHR

The seminar/workshop will discuss the role of Empathy in bringing about the necessary change towards a more sustainable world and the importance of the arts in this effort.

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EMPACT Artistic Residency Announcement!

The international jury has confirmed the names of 14 successful artists that partners are proud to welcome to the EMPACT project by participating in the upcoming Artistic Residencies Programme taking place in Summer – Autumn 2023. The chosen artists will join us for 12 days in one of the various locations.

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EMPACT – Workshop | Empathy, Environment and Sustainable Development by NATFA

The workshop focuses on the use of sustainable practices in the arts that fosters an empathic stance towards human, non-human beings and nature, artists’ resilience and psychological characteristics, and thus effectively incorporating the concept of sustainability into artistic practices and production.

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EMPACT Landmark 1 Part Event in Berlin by UGM

UGM | Maribor Art Gallery presents the next installment of the EMPACT Landmark Event in two parts, taking place at Kühlhaus Berlin in Berlin, Germany. Together we will embark on a journey through two chapters of the monumental work by the internationally renowned artist JAŠA.

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Artistic Residencies Programme Summer – Autumn 2023

There was an overwhelmingly positive response to this call where 14 artists will be granted the opportunity to spend their Summer/Autumn of 2023 at one of our four partner institutions of the Creative Europe project EMPACT for a short-term artist-in-residence programmes in..

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EMPACT Landmark Seminar in Cyprus by CUT

Three days of “Empathy & Sustainability: The art of thinking like a mountain” have been successfully completed within the framework of EMPACT: a European program which will last 24 – months and is co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program.

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The EMPACT consortium is pleased to announce our open call for the upcoming Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking Like a Mountain, Artistic Residencies Programme (2023), is now open for applications!

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EMPACT – Workshop | The Art of Thinking Like a Mountain by CUT

We are pleased to announce the 3-day workshop “The Art of Thinking Like a Mountain”! The Workshop is organized by Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and will be held in the English language. As far back as Aristotle, arts have been...

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EMPACT – Workshop | Artists, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility by NATFA

Artists, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility How businesses and the arts collaborate for an environmentally sustainable future 30 November, Wednesday, 2022: 9.30am-4.30pm (CET) We are pleased to announce this online seminar in the framework...

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Official Launch of EMPACT Project

EMPACT – “Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking like a Mountain” is an exciting 24-month project, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe program, which is expected to be completed in 2024. 

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EMPACT Kick-off Meeting

The Kick-off Meeting of the Creative Europe project “EMPACT — Empathy and Sustainability: The Art of Thinking Like a Mountain” successfully took place physically on October 5-6, 2022 at the Limassol Municipal University Library...

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