Based on Umberto Eco’s text, We Are European (2019), questions of Europe as a peace project, European identity, and resistance against fascism past and present will be discussed and then co-creatively transformed into works of art. On the intersection of international youth work, current artistic research, and political education, TAoR has set itself the goal of questioning artworks and cultural assets based on local examples as a possible means of resistance. To build a pan-European understanding of fascisms and arts-based ways to counter such tendencies, and supported by internationally acclaimed artists, young people (18-25 years) will research and co-create artworks as an expression of resistance against fascisms. Critically examining
historical works and comparing their context, meaning and agency to the present is at its core. The tested learning processes are based on the thesis that learning from history for the present is only possible through curiosity, research, critical analysis, and creative application. The power of imagination inherent to works of art makes it possible to encounter the future imaginatively and with an inquiring mind. The participants’ awareness and creative agency for resistance against fascisms can become fruitful. To initiate such a process is the responsibility of political, artistic, and cultural education.
25.08.- 02.09.2024: International Exchange and Workshops, Zentrum Fokus Forschung, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Spring 2025: Art in Public Space Braunschweig
May-June 2025: Exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Autumn 2025: Publication
Contact: HASENHERZ or the Pleasures of the Moving Image and Word
Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond
contact@anderwald-grond.at, www.hasenherz.at
+43 699 10984551
Photo: The Art of Being Governed © Anderwald + Grond, 2019
Funded by Creative Europe | Culture and Creativity - European Union
Lead Partner: HASENHERZ
Project Partners: University of Applied Arts Vienna, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Braunschweig University of Art
