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CITIES AND TERRITORIAL CHALLENGES: THE ROLE OF CULTURAL CENTERS IN RESILIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS CONNECTING STAKEHOLDERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE CITIES ENCC SHORTCUT CONFERENCE BURY17-19 FEB 2016 1. Table Of Content Welcome 2 1. Programme 4 2. Detailed Programme 8 Day 1 – Wednesday 17th 9 Day 2 – Thursday 18th 11 Day 3 – Friday 19th 15 3. Speakers & Workshop Leaders 18 4. Organisers & Partners 24 5. About Bury 30 6. Practical information 32 Contact information 33 Meeting point after conference 33 Transport 33 Airport Information 34 Taxi Cab 34 Need help? 34 Your Hotel in Bury 35 Venues 36 p. 1 Welcome to the ENCC Shortcut Conference Bury 2016 p. 2 Cities and territorial challenges: the role of cultural centers in resilience and development dynamics: connecting stakeholders to contribute to sustainable, inclusive and innovative cities. Representatives of ongoing social, political and economic transformations, European cities have to re-invent their mode of development and sustainability, taking into account democratic, social, economic and environmental challenges ; they need to connect to local issues as well as to globalized dynamics. What role do artistic and creative stakeholders, and specifically cultural centre, play in this landscape of development and change? How do they offer spaces for experimentation to engage citizens in new forms of participation, of economic, social or environmental resilience? How may they contribute to the interconnection of their local territories at a European and international level? What are the benefits and challenges of developing new relationships with local and international cultural centre and stakeholders? These are some of the issues that will be explored during the forthcoming ENCC conference in Bury – UK, February 2016. Bury – UK is an interesting example of such challenges and dynamics. The city has focused on its cultural sector as one of the main assets in its development strategy, with Bury Arts Museum playing a key role in this process. In recent years Bury Arts Museum has prioritised building strong and productive partnerships with international culturalcentres, including those in China, Japan and Taiwan. Bury is therefore a fascinating example of a cultural centreworking internationally whilst also negotiating a myriad of local issues – while developing their model of international working Bury Art Museum have had to engage local authorities, partner organisations and local audiences, clearly informing them of the benefits of this model and how it contributes to the town’s territorial development. The conference is co-organised by Bury Arts Museum and ENCC. It will provide participants an opportunity to meet people from across the cultural sector around the main topic, including local and international cultural stakeholders, policy makers, activists, academics. The event will also follow previous ENCC meetings by providing a forum for networking, capacity building and engaging in analysis and debate. p. 3 1. Programme p. 4 Day 1 – Wednesday 17th Venues Bury Art Museum Fusilier Museum The Met Moss St, Bury BL9 Moss St, Bury BL9 Market St, Bury, 0DR 0DF BL9 0BW Bury Town Hall Bury transport Museum Knowsley St, Bury, BL9 Castlecroft Goods Warehouse, 0SW Bolton St, Bury BL9 0EY 12.00PM REGISTRATION 01.00PM INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE 02.00PM CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS AND GREATER MANCHESTER CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS CULTURAL VISITS IN BURY & MANCHESTER GROUP 1 - BURY: GROUP 2 - MANCHESTER: THE MET FUSILLIER CHETHAM PARK PROJECT MUSEUM TRANSPORT MUSEUM / ELR TRAIN RIDE 5.30PM DINNER 7.00PM - SOCIAL EVENING Meeting point: The Clarence - Bar & Restaurant: 2 Silver St, Bury BL9 0EX p. 5 Day 2 – Thursday 18th 09.30AM REGISTRATION 10.00AM OPENING SPEECHES (room: GALLERY D) 10.30AM CITIES CHALLENGES, FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL (PLENARY) INVERTING THE HIERARCHY OF MEDIATIONS Tony Trehy 11.00AM COFFEE BREAK 11.30PM CITIES CHALLENGES, FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL (PLENARY) HOW CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL NETWORKS AND PERSPECTIVE? Rachel Marsden WHAT ARE THE MAIN SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES OF THE CITIES FOR THE NEXT DECADES? Raül Abeledo Sanchis 12.30PM EXPLANATION OF THE AFTERNOON WORKING GROUPS 12.45PM LUNCH BREAK 02.00PM SUSTAINING ARTISTS EMERGENCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVE DYNAMICS (WORKSHOPS) ARTISTIC EMERGENCE AND LOCAL CREATIVITY Kwong Lee Small Theatre LUTON PROJECT Matthew Shawl Minden Room CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN URBAN SPACE Camilla Møhring Reestorff, Birgit Eriksson, Carsten Stage Normandy Room 03.30PM COFFEE BREAK 03.50PM TACKLING CITIES CHALLENGES, NEW PATH FOR COLLABORATIONS (WORKSHOPS) ALL TOGETHER NOW: CREATIVE EUROPE DESK FLANDERS: THE ART OF WORKING IN European examples of urban resilience PARTNERSHIP and presentation of European Catharine Braithwaite strategies and funding frames Normandy Room, Gudrun Heymans Nx reception Minden Room, top floor 05.15PM GETTING TOGETHER AND FEEDBACKS FROM THE WORKSHOPS (PLENARY) 07.00PM DINNER AND SOCIAL EVENING p. 6 Day 3 – Friday 19th 09.15AM REGISTRAION 09.30AM PATH FOR RESILIENT CITIES, FROM LOCAL CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES (PLENARY 2) NEW CHALLENGES FOR SOCIETIES, NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE ARTS SECTOR Lucy Neal THE HAPPY MUSEUM PROJECT Tony Butler R-URBAN IN HACKNEY WICK – UK: ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF URBAN RESILIENCE THROUGH A NETWORK OF USER-RUN FACILITIES Andreas Lang 11.30AM COFFEE BREAK 11.45PM PATH FOR RESILIENT CITIES, FROM LOCAL CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES (PLENARY 2) PART 2 AGENDA 21 FOR CULTURE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN A LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES: EXEMPLES IN BELO HORIZONTE Leonidas Oliveira CULTURAL POLICY IN PROCESSES OF TRANSFORMATION: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN AND RURAL AREAS Prof. Wolfgang Schneider 12.45PM LUNCH BREAK 02.00PM ARTS AND LOCAL RESILIENCE (WORKSHOPS) ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND LOCAL ‘SING ME TO SLEEP’ FUTURE EVERYTHING DEVELOPMENT? Arthur+Martha Tom Higham Raul Abeledo Sanchis MET Theatre Minden Room Normandy Room, Nx reception 03.30PM COFFEE BREAK 03.50PM ENCC PLENARY ASSEMBLY 05.15PM CLOSURE p. 7 2. Detailed Programme p. 8 Day 1 – Wednesday 17th 12.00pm – 01.00pm: Registration 01.00pm – 02.00pm: Introduction to the conference 02.00pm – 05.00pm: Cultural stakeholders and greater Manchester cultural transformations The visits will take place in 2 groups: GROUP 1: CULTURAL VISITS IN BURY 2.00pm: The Met 3.00pm: Fusillier Museum 4.00pm: Transport Museum / ELR Train ride GROUP 2: CHETHAM PARK PROJECT – MANCHESTER Cheetham Park, more commonly known as Elizabeth Street Park is a Victorian park, which is situated at the centre of Cheetham Hill, North Manchester. Opened in 1886, the park holds happy memories for many people who grew up in the area. However, over recent years it has been neglected and is currently not well-used. In 2013, arts organisation Buddleia worked with residents of Cheetham Hill, North Manchester, and artist Torange Khonsari, of art and architecture group Public Works, to explore the history of Cheetham Park on Elizabeth street and to think about how it could once again become an important community space. They invited people to take part in a series of activities in the park. These included the DIY Common, developed by Torange Khonsari as a way to use the park as a collective resource for the surrounding community. A new artist residency on the theme of Cheetham Park has started as from February 2015, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and led by Torange Khonsari in partnership with the Manchester Jewish Museum, Dr. Abigail Gilmore from the Institute for Cultural Practices, and two Researchers-in- Residence from the University of Manchester. p. 9 You’ll be invited to meet the diverse stakeholders involved in the project, and to understand better how the local dynamic was initiated and sustained. 2.00pm: Departure from Bury to Manchester and Cheetham Hill neighbourhood 2.30pm: Short introduction to the project 3.00pm: History tour by Manchester Jewish museum 4.00pm: Walk of tailoring industry and the park 5.00pm: Visit to the Welcome Community Center in Cheetham Hill and discovery of their work in the local area p. 10 Day 2 – Thursday 18th 09.30am – 10.00am: Registration 10.00am – 10.30am: Opening speeches Tony Trehy – Director of Bury Art Museum Ivo Peeters – ENCC Chairman Sylvine Bois-Choussy – ENCC Coordinator 10.30am – 11.00am: Cities challenges, from local to global (plenary) INVERTING THE HIERARCHY OF MEDIATIONS – Tony Trehy, Director of Bury Art Museum, UK As its smallest district is to Bury, Bury is to Manchester; as Manchester is to London, and as London competes global prominence with Berlin or New York. Cultural, economic and political influence in the UK is concentrated in the South of England. Metaphorically every nation has its peripheral ‘north’, whether it’s the South of Italy or East of Germany; every town, indeed every cultural venue, is a satellite to somewhere else. This hierarchy of mediations, one level peripheral to another, defines an experience, status, access to resources, even the seriousness with which its cultural actions are received. Director Tony Trehy presents an analysis of this dynamic of power and argues that in the 21st Century a new reality is possible, one were the hierarchy can be challenged and that being peripheral may represent the greatest opportunity for sustainability and creative innovation. 11.00am – 11.30am: Coffee break 11.30am – 12.30pm: Cities challenges, from local to global (plenary) HOW CULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS WORK IN CONNECTION WITH GLOBAL NETWORKS AND PERSPECTIVE? CURATING CHINA’S ARCHITECTURES OF CHANGE: FROM ARTIST TO ART MUSEUM – Rachel Marsden, Independent Curator, UK p. 11 For many, it is a life lived divided between cities, places, and experiences – what can be defined as “in the transculture”, the space across and between different global cultures. The rapid development of the city, urban fabric and land, which we negotiate on a daily basis, raises questions as to how we try and accept its changing presence, how we are placed within it and its future impact. China is growing at an unprecedented speed in line with the president, Xi Jinping’s catchphrase of achieving “The Chinese Dream”.