11-13.12.2020
>> Open call for participation in the “Co-Creation” Workshop by Philip Parr <<
The programme of the “Oracle – International Congress of Cultural Managers and Cultural Operators” comprises a tree-days’ online workshop led by Philip Parr on the subject “Co-creation”.
The workshop will be implemented in a format of three working sessions (each 1,5 hours long), scheduled for:
December, 11 (11:45-13:15)
December, 12 (10:00-11:30)
December, 13 (11:45-13:15)
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Co-Creation Workshop Abstract
“The rising trend of co-creation reflects the evolving role of the audience in the creative process and at first sight represents a movement towards democratizing the arts…
…messy, raw, incomplete, contingent and context-dependent. Successful co-creation involves trust, respect, collaboration, playfulness and exchange; it takes participants on an adventurous journey…”
(Ben Walmsley 2013)
In a series of talks, provocations and some practical explorations, we will look at the process of co-creation, and the reasons behind opening up our institutions to our audiences as creators and curators. It requires bravery and commitment on both sides. It brings up questions around ethics and ownership. Who is this for? Artists and organisations must give up some ground. We’ll look at how building elements of co-creation into your activity might be of benefit, and we’ll see how this has been done in some UK projects, and how it has transferred to some other international work.
Philip Parr is Artistic Director of Parrabbola and has directed all their work. As a director of opera and theatre, his productions have been seen around the world. Philip has been a staff director at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Bayerisches Staatsoper and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. He was director of the 2006 Bath International Shakespeare Festival and from 2000 – 2006 director of the Swaledale Music Festival in Yorkshire, England. In 2008 he was Artistic Director for the Holocaust Memorial Day National Event, which was part of the European City of Culture celebrations in Liverpool.
Philip was founder and Artistic Director of Spitalfields Market Opera, a purpose built chamber opera house in London – and the first opera house built in London for over 100 years. He is a founding council member of the European Shakespeare Festivals network. In August 2010 he directed a pan-European site-specific community play production of Pericles for the International Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk, Poland.
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To apply to “Co-Creation” Workshop by Philip Parr please send your name and short descriptive biography in English on the following e-mail at contact@lokomotiva.org.mk until Wednesday, December 10 (13:00 CET).