CUT THE BORDER PROJECT - LEIPZIG | 2016

''Cultural clashes is a conflict caused by "differences in culture values and beliefs that place people at odds with one another" ~ Jonathan H Turner.

This project it will be a manual woodcut print performance, inviting community participants to use their imagination to visualize their real world from their own life experiences. The participants will draw and cut together on one big piece of wood or linoleum, arranged in a circle. They will then manually print the woodcut on fabric or paper, “dancing” together on the woodcut to imitate a modern print-machine.

By this project I believe that creative process involved in expressing one’s self artistically can help people to resolve issues as well as develop and manage their behaviors and feelings, reduce stress, and improve self-esteem and awareness.

Dialectical relationship between the participants and evolving artwork, in which aspects of the participant’s subjectivity are externalized as artistic form. Is that the participants engages in a process in which internal and externalized aspects of self-experience enter into a dialectical relationship that transform both. Succesfull creation is determined by the symbolic of feeling of the vital experience of living made manifest throught the completed artwork. Once finished, they will be able to display the print in their community as an invitation to continue the discussion of their shared humanity. 

As defined by The Ontario Art Council (2002); “Community Arts is an  art process that involves professional artists and community members in a collaborative creative process resulting in collective experience and public expression.  It provides a way for communities to express themselves; enables artists, through financial or other supports, to engage in creative activity with communities; and is collaborative – the creative process is equally important as the artistic outcome.” 

The project is specifically accomplished by:

• Creating venue that draws people together as participants with different backgrounds, profession, ages, gender, economic – social status, nationality, skin colors.
• Fostering trust between participants and thereby increasing their generalized trust of others.
• Providing an experience of collective efficacy and civic engagement, which spurs participant for future collective action.
• Arts event may could increasing their sense of connection to that community.
• Providing an experience for participants to learn a skill for collective organizing. And also for the organizations involved to enhance their capacities. Much of this comes when organizations’ establish ties and learn how to work, consult and coordinate with other organizations and government bodies in order to accomplish their goals.
• Increasing the individual’s social networks.

The arts projects are increasingly required to demonstrate their influence and impact on society, not only within the arts and among their actively participating members but within communities and society at large.

When talking about art projects with societal impact, naturally, possible impacts the project should have need to be taken into account and analysed in advance.

The  project  will give the city a more positive image after the art project managers created a dialogue between the arts and communities.

And most of all, making art is always FUN to celebrate the diversity!

You can support this project crowdfunding in our Indiegogo campaign:
 CUT THE BORDER CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN