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Townhouse Gallery (Cairo) and the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) organized a three day Residency Symposium in Cairo on the artists mobility residence scheme between Europe and Mediterranean region .
- Tangibility and practicality of presentations, comments, suggestions and conclusions of the participants
- Presentation of concrete experiences from diverse cultural, economic and political realities (from Cameroon and Ethiopia to the Netherlands and Denmark)
- Unique possibilities for encounter and communication between artists-in-residence representatives, curators, artists and cultural professionals from Africa, Middle East and Europe
- Possibilities of informal conversations and exchanges between far, but in same time in many aspects close, cultural traditions and practices.
The Cairo Symposium will certainly be remembered as a successful encounter that produced many positive results that can be followed up in the future. A representative of the Balkankult foundation took active part in the Symposium, which proved to be an invaluable experience. Particularly useful was the potential for cooperation with colleagues from Africa. It is necessary to give credit to the organizers for their efforts to realize this Symposium that was perfectly conceived, realized in a constructive and friendly atmosphere.
Dimitrije Vujadinović, Balkankult foundation's president and the only representative from the Balkan region participating in the Cairo Symposium.
Published: 2009-04-03
Updated: 2010-11-02
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