project outline / theme / activities and process
The entire programme takes place over a period of nearly 15 months. It started in July 2009 in Luxembourg, the smallest country in the middle of Europe, which has become a melting pot of immigrants from different European countries. The international post master will continue at the end of August 2010 in Shanghai, the Chinese megalopolis, which gathers very different people from all over China and plays host to the World Expo 2010. ASEF and Casino Luxembourg will be working together with the Chinese art centre DDM warehouse in Shanghai.
The project aims to encourage artistic exchanges between Asian and European visual arts professionals at theoretical, artistic and personal levels. Conceived as a programme for Master’s degree graduates in visual arts from Asia and Europe, the art camp offers an environment where different cultures blend to add further maturity to the thoughts and experiences of the participants.
In Shanghai, the 10 participants selected out of the former 18 will be followed by workshop leaders Paul di Felice (Luxembourg) and Sylvie Blocher (France) throughout the programme.