We
Are Europe is the association of 8 major European events joining forces in
order to promote, create and produce innovative cultural practices, defined by
creative diversity and exchanges.
Our
common project aims to develop a prospective vision of electronic culture,
technology and entrepreneurship, contributing to new social and political
developments with an interdisciplinary approach.
The
first round of the We are Europe events just ended after an intense 12-month
period.
Our
common project travelled through 8 European countries and has been presented in
some of the most inspiring and innovative festivals and forums, hosting an
audience of more than 300,000 festival-goers and professionals.
90
artists, from Europe, but also from North Africa, the Middle-East and the rest
of the world - USA, Japan, Ghana, South Africa...- have been involved as part
of our co-curation process.
From
electronic to piano music and arabic sounds through to digital art
performances, they depicted what is Europe today: a dynamic cultural scene
enriched by encounters and bright ideas that cross borders and disciplines.
75 speakers including entrepreneurs, artists,
journalists, thinkers and scientists discussed Europe’s future with
enlightening today’s initiatives and ideas, seen through the focus of cultural
entrepreneurship—our annual topic—but also through the lens of internet
decentralization and privacy, the potential impact of the blockchain in the
creative and cultural fields, innovation in both technology and sciences, and
bridges between Europe and Mediterranean countries. A big part of the future of
culture in Europe lies in these topics.
Over
the course of the year, each We Are Europe member has presented its own
artistic and cultural vision in the countries of two or three different
partners. From Serbia’s Resonate in April to Norway’s Insomnia festival in late
October.
The
project does not shape Europe’s identity, it has underlined was already there.
More than ever, we are deeply convinced that, beyond the fact that we share the
same artistic values and high level of presentation, we belong to the same
culture.
From the continent’s northen tip to the
Balkans via central Europe, we carry shared values and are all concerned about
the future of the European project and the implementation of culture within.
Our
project will be on the road again from March to October, 2017. Each partner
festival and forum will invite a new set of partners and we will all be focused
on the topic “the role of culture in the city of tomorrow”
