Metamorphosis
17-19 JUNE
Malmö, Sweden
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Creative Hubs Meet up 2024
Metamorphosis
17-19 June 2024
Malmö, Sweden
This year’s Hubs Meetup is organised by the European Creative Hubs Network with the support of STPLN, our hosting hub in Malmö.
The second biggest gathering of the year is exclusive for ECHN members and during the two day event we will be focusing on creative hubs and their current topics of interest and challenges. This year, we will be delving into the transformations of our communities, the built environment around us and the impact of creators on designing how we live where we live. We will be exploring new transformative practices towards a Metamorphosis we all aspire to.
“Our contemporary society faces great challenges: green transition, dialogue between groups and peoples, revitalization of democracy, social justice. And many problems are urgent and require the involvement of all sectors of society – the cultural and creative industries are not exempt.
But what is expected of us? And how do we best participate?
Just as we humans are eager to embrace knowledge that aligns with our beliefs, values, and privileges, we are equally obstinate when this knowledge challenges our religious and cultural identities, moral concepts, and habits. New ideas and ways of living struggle to take hold when they do not “feel right.”
Presenting new discoveries and ideas in an artistically designed form helps us to understand with all our senses – it provides a deeper and more complete experience and opens highways between intellect and emotion. Artistic expressions touch other senses; they reach us both emotionally and intellectually, communicating with the recipient’s own memories, experiences, expectations, and dreams. They touch and reach deep layers within us and connect conscious logical and rational thoughts with fundamental human drives and desires.
Art and culture are important tools for transformation.” (Bertil Björk – STPLN)
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Agenda
HUBS MEET UP DAY 1
Monday, 17 June 2024
MORNING
AFTERNOON
| Location: STPLN Malmöhusvägen 5, 211 18, Malmö | |
| 16:30 | ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS |
| 17:00-17:30 |
Official Opening STPLN
Sanna Lilie, STPLN
Carina Nilsson, President of Malmö City Council
Esra Gönen, ECHN
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| 17:30-18:00 |
Music Performanceby Malmö Choir |
| 18:00-20:00 |
Networking ActivityModeration: África Rodrigues (Espacio Arroelo), Ignácio Marquez (Rural Hackers), Nana Radenkovic (Nova Iskra) |
| 21:00 | Drinks |
HUBS MEET UP DAY 2
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Location: STPLN
Malmöhusvägen 5, 211 18,
Malmö
MORNING
| 09:30-10:30 | WELCOME COFFEETour of STPLN, celebrating 10 years! Join the STPLN team for a guided tour of the hub and discover the highlights of their journey over the past 10 years! |
| 10:30-11:00 | INSPIRATIONAL KEYNOTECross Innovation – Cultural and creative industries as drivers for the green, digital and social transitionThere is no doubt that the cultural and creative industries have the potential and ability to play a key role in transforming our society. But what kind of framework is needed to empower the cultural and creative stakeholders in this context? Jenny Kornmacher |
| 11:00-11:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30-13:30 | BREAK-OUT ACTIVITIES1- Reshaping the creative industries: A power shift back to the artists How new technological trends can usher in a RenAIssance age 3.0? A legal, technical and philosophical perspective on how new technologies can be utilised to give ownership & control back to the artists while also introduce new business models for the creative institutions. In other words, technology that can protect copyrights & revenue streams through transparent frameworks which will be absolutely necessary in an age when digitalisation & AI is challenging the creative markets. 2- Night School: sustainability & night culture (presentation + open talk) Five of Europe’s leading nightlife specialists team up to present NightSchool: An EU wide training programme designed to support night culture producers early in their career. This transnational education programme will focus on environmental, social, and economic sustainability. 3- Social Impact Canvas for creative change makers (workshop) With a research-based intuitive tool, The Social Impact Canvas, you can improve value statements to financiers, create incentives for public funding, attract an audience, and spread awareness on important topics. With The Social Impact Canvas, you’ll define the specific social impact of your work, not only the commonly pressing injustices, such as climate change, human rights, or the education gap but rather social impact as you define it. The Impact Canvas also helps you to consider how to measure and understand the impact, how to find adequate measurement instruments, and how to consider different kinds of data as part of cultural work. 4- Communitive: Play the Rethink card game! (workshop) Get to know a playful project that explores 35 initiatives and communities of Malmö and explore the concept of “Communitives”. In this playful breakout session we will introduce you to a special c ollaboration in cities: a network of communitives. Following a brief introduction to the concept; you will get the chance to play the Rethink card game in smaller groups and come up with creative solutions to challenging problems. Expect interactive games, non-formal learning and inspiring conversations. With Sára Bányai and Alanna Piquet |
| 13:30-15:00 | Lunch & Networking |
AFTERNOON
| 15:00-17:00 | FERAL WALK, walking workshopWhat can nonhuman species and elements tell us about the development and future of Malmö? How can we take stories of ecology to help us realize better futures of coexistence in cities? The feral walk will bring participants through three showcase districts of Malmö to look at how different influences and ecologies there have shaped the past, present, and future of city living. Participants will be invited to draw comparisons between Malmö urban ecological connections in their own city and how creativity can bring social-ecological relationships more broadly. Inna Zrajaeva and John Kazior, designers and founders of FERAL – a design agency focusing on Ecology and art | ||
| 18:00-19:30 | Drinks at the City Council |
HUBS MEET UP DAY 3
Wendesday, 19 June 2024
Location: STPLN
Malmöhusvägen 5, 211 18, Malmö
MORNING
| 09:30-10:00 | WELCOME COFFEE |
| 10:00-11:30 | Plenary Session: NEW KINDS OF SPACE MAKINGModerator: Vassilis Charalampidis, ECHN Intro Performance: Duncan Geere, Loud Numbers Sonification Studio CCI4Change With: Bertil Björk, STPLN & Duncan Geere, Loud Numbers Sonification Studio Noise zones/Cultural Sound Zones Gentrification and commercialization threaten cultural centers and creative centers across Europe. When the grassroots culture has done its job and an area becomes attractive, people are thrown out when prices and rents skyrocket and “finer” businesses move in. How can a city ensure that grassroots culture can survive in the city centres? In Malmö, the city has marked an area as a “noise zone”. Anyone who moves their business there must accept loud noises from rehearsal rooms, music clubs, outdoor activities and nighttime events. With: Nicklas Johansson from the City of Malmö Future DiverCities Future DiverCities is a project that focuses on culture-led regeneration of urban empty spaces in an ecological way. In this 4-year experimentation, 8 city pilots are test grounds for new kinds of cultural, civic engagement and creative actions that will enhance the ecological aspect of the sites. 2 years after the launch of the project, we want to share methods, tools and knowledge on urban regeneration of empty/unused sites, challenges encountered and ways of overcoming them through cooperation. With: Elisabeth Bechara, Friche La Belle de Mai RTL- Rebuilding to Last With: Tiffany Fukuma from Trans Europe Halles |
| 11:30-11:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:45-13:00 | ECHN PROGRAMSExperience stories by hub members Activities of ECHN – Tessa Moroder FLIP4 – Dubravka Jurisic & Charlotte Jerie Future DiverCities – Vassilis Charalampidis & Elisabeth Bechara ECHN Workshops |
| 13:00-13:15 | OFFICIAL CLOSING |
| 13:15-15:00 | Lunch & Networking |
AFTERNOON
The program is in local Sweden time zone (GMT+2)
Keynote speaker: Jenny Kornmacher
Jenny Kornmacher works for the Swedish region Skåne with the development of cultural and creative industries. Her task is to develop alternative innovation structures with focus on the cultural and creative industries. Her area of expertise is to support innovation both within the creative sector but also to work with the sector’s innovation potential through collaboration with other industries or areas of society: cross innovation. During the last ten year’s Jenny Kornmacher has worked in different EU countries continuously developing new frameworks, methods and processes in order to promote sustainability and innovation through cross-sector collaboration.
Cross Innovation Southern Sweden
Walking workshop by Feral Malmö
About Feral Malmö:
“What can nonhuman species and elements tell us about the development and future of Malmö? How can we take stories of ecology to help us realize better futures of coexistence in cities? The feral walk will bring participants through three showcase districts of Malmö to look at how different influences and ecologies there have shaped the past, present, and future of city living. Participants will be invited to draw comparisons between Malmö urban ecological connections in their own city and how creativity can bring social-ecological relationships more broadly.
Feral Malmö is a design studio and research platform. For the past two and a half years, Feral Malmö has organized creative workshops focused on social-ecological relationships in urban Malmö. Working with nonhuman species as our guides, we use design communication, participatory learning, and creative activities, to better understand the roots of ecological crisis and to promote alternative ways of coexisting in the urban environment. “
Artistic performace by Nya Rörelsen
About Nya Rörelsen:
Nya Rörelsen (The New Movement) is a Malmö based collective and consists of Majula Drammeh, Khamlane Halsackda, Nidia Martinéz Barbieri, Daniel Jeremiah Persson and Rumiko Otsuka. They are all contemporary dancers/choreographers who annually carry out independent and joint artistic projects both nationally and internationally. Their works are a collection of perspectives questioning identity and what it can mean in an ever changing world.
‘Statues or To-Stand?’
Nationalistic statues around us give the appearance of collective memory and continuity, originally intended to create an imagined community – narratives to unite around. But which bodies deserve to be included? Where do these monuments begin and where do they end?
The three-hour performance (reduced to 1.5 hours for European Creative Hub Network’s event) challenges different aspects of a monument’s creation and effect. Around a table, a meeting takes place, an open discussion that twists and turns notions of memory, identity and representation. This is an intervention in the existence of the traditional monument, an interrogation that through human bodies seeks to expose the inherent fragility of collective memory
‘Statues or To-Stand?’ is a work that enters the Culture of Memory to renegotiate the ways in which a monument can represent human life. The work is performed as an open installation that can be viewed from any position in the space, and the audience is invited to come and go at their own pace.
‘Statues or To-Stand?’ is a work that enters the Culture of Memory to renegotiate the ways in which a monument can represent human life. The work is performed as an open installation that can be viewed from any position in the space, and the audience is invited to come and go at their own pace.
A glimpse into the work of N55
N55 suggests that we find a different approach to urban planning and take into consideration what is right and wrong. Intelligent urban design would require the design of systems which adjust themselves to the persons who live in them and to their needs.
N55 proposes a critical approach to city design by daring to give the inhabitants real and meaningful influence on the form and function of their city, and by using friendly technologies, which allows our urban environment to exist in symbiosis with our planet rather than as a parasite.
The N55 SPACEFRAME is a low-cost, movable lightweight construction that can easily be transformed. It is dimensioned as a living unit for 3-4 persons and demands practically no maintenance. The construction can be erected by anybody in a short time. The entire unit is constructed from small lightweight components which all can be handled without the use of cranes or other heavy machinery. The construction is assembled by hand. It can be erected directly onto the ground, since a cast foundation is not necessary. The structure can be dismantled and rebuilt many times over without damaging any of the components. The construction can be moved either fully assembled, or partly dismantled.
N55 propose a critical approach to city design by daring to give the inhabitants real and meaningful influence on the form and function of their city, and by using friendly technologies, which allows our urban environment to exist in symbiosis with our planet rather than as a parasite.The PARKCYCLE SWARM is a modular system that empowers persons to build an instant public park whenever and wherever they want to. The PARKCYCLE SWARM consists of a number of human powered mobile gardens. The individual gardens can be combined to form public parks.
The PARKCYCLE SWARM is a collaboration between N55, Till Wolfer and John Bela from the Rebar group
WALKING HOUSE is a modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, moving slowly through the landscape or cityscape with minimal impact on the environment. N55 was asked by Wysing Arts Centre to collaborate with a group of travellers in the area around Cambridge, where there has traditionally been a large population of travelers living in a symbiotic relationship with the settlers, making a living as seasonal workers on the farms. This is very much a question of the differences in aesthetics between the nomadic culture and the settlers. Our working theory has been that by introducing a design that both are inspired by traditional nomadic culture and contemporary design solutions, some of these differences could easier be overcome.
Timișoara: European Capital of Culture
Timișoara – Creative Hubs in the 2023 European Capital of Culture
Timișoara, as the European capital of culture for the year 2023, places the focus on strengthening the sense of community in the city. Boosting the confidence of its citizens to actively participate in the cultural production of their local communities is among the main objectives of the ECC institution this year. In this regard, Timisoara’s vibrant community of creative hubs leads the way into a common creative future.
Organisers
ECHN
The European Creative Hubs Network is a peer-led network with a mission to enhance the creative, economic and social impact of hubs around Europe and neighbouring countries. As focal points for creative professionals and businesses, hubs offer the most effective way to support the growth and development of cultural and creative industries.
The European Creative Hubs Network Project activated a program coordinated by ECHN for the members of its network. This project has been funded since 2021 by Creative Europe, as one of the European networks supporting the cultural and creative sector.
The program aims at empowering creative hubs as main focal points for creative professionals and businesses. The central fronts of action include mobility opportunities for hub managers and community members, learning exchanges and workshops, advocacy at local and European level and academic research to highlight the role of creative hubs within the cultural and creative industries.
With the support of
STPLN (pronounced “stapeln”) is a co-created creative meeting space and workspace for artists, creative freelancers, and the makers and shakers of the world. An open house for you that wants to produce and experience art and culture, develop an idea or create a prototype. Here you’ll find exhibition spaces, a drop in co-working space, meeting rooms and production spaces. STPLN is located in Kommendanthuset that was built in 1786 as an arsenal. Currently, STPLN uses 800 sqm for coworking, event spaces, and facilities for production and experimentation related to culture and creativity. We work inclusively, experimentally, and sustainably with technology, crafts, art, and culture.
Speakers
Carina Nilsson
President of Malmö City Council
Janne Grönholm
Mayor of Culture, City of Malmö
Bertil Björk
Managing Director STPLN
Sanna Lilie
Project Leader STPLN
Esra Gonen
Co-founder of Originn
Tessa Moroder
Co-founder and CEO of Lottozero textile laboratories
Jenny Kornmacher
Cultural Strategist
África Rodrigues
Collaborative Culture Activist in Espacio Arroelo, Rural Hackers and Anceu coliving
Ignácio Marquez
Co-Founder of Rural Hackers
Nana Radenković
Co-Founder of Nova Iskra
Pille Pruulman Vengerfeldl
Professor in media and communication, Malmö University
Sara Awayez
Lawyer & CEO at WYZ Law Group
Samer Awayez
CFO at WYZ Law Group and Web3 specialist
Tiago Prata
Creative Conspirator
Anna Hilber
Project Curation, BASIS Vinschgau Venosta
Inna Zrajaeva
Co-Founder of
Feral Malmö
John Kazior
Co-Founder of
Feral Malmö
Sára Bányai
Co-Founder of Wou Collective
Alanna Piquet
Co-Founder of Wou Collective
Duncan Geere
Loud Numbers Sonification Studio
Nicklas Johansson
City of Malmö
Tiffany Fukuma
Managing Director of Trans Europe Halles
Elisabeth Bechara
Project Officer Friche La Belle de Mai