The main aim of the project is to realize a set of activities leading to strengthening capacities of cultural players involved and improving access to contemporary art to new audiences.
The partial goals of the project are:
-To develop an innovative, high-quality contemporary art event, that will put the local inhabitants into the center of attention and launch it in Slovakia
-To foster the capacity of leader and partner organizations
-To support the artists, organizations, and their networking from Slovakia and partner countries
-To develop a strategy for sustainable cooperation with local communities from the disadvantaged geographical area
-To develop new (local, interregional, and international) audiences for the leader and partner organizations
-To use the artistic expressions to reflect on important social and environmental topics in a positive way of approach
-To use beauty as a tool against negative features in society - extremism, racism, suppression of freedom, xenophobia, hate speech, and discrimination
-To promote positive values in society - freedom of expression, openness, equality
-To follow the idea of minimizing the anti-environmental effect of the project
-To develop cooperation with pupils and students
Activities planned in this project should lead to a successful implementation of the festival in Slovakia. They also allow partners from Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway to benefit from the partnership in the project in different respective ways. Each partner involved in the project has its special role and tasks according to their experience and expertise. Aside from respective tasks, all partners share several partial tasks in the project. Partnership with all three partners was built after bilateral initiatives realized in August 2019. The purpose is to build a strong team of professionals who will contribute to successful project implementation and fulfillment of the aims and goals of the proposed application.