Extract of the Scrapbook realised and published for the project by Sage Canellis

Unlock the City

Funded by EU Creative Europe

(HIØ partnership)

2023-2026

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UNLOCK THE CITY! is a project supported by Creative Europe Program and developed by an international network of theatres, academies and universities, to reflect on how performing arts, combined with scientific research, can become a tool for rethinking the landscape of the post-pandemic city. 

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Four cities Antwerp (BE), Barcelona (ES), Milan (IT) and Piatra Neamt (RO) have been involved in an extensive program of research activities and didactic courses, as well as the creation of 12 theatrical productions assigned to 10 European artists called on to examine the concept of “limit” (social, physical, cultural, etc.) in the urban context.

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The aim of UNLOCK THE CITY! was to generate qualitative and perceptive growth - in terms of habitability, accessibility and sustainability - of urban spaces, as well as to contribute to active awareness-raising within and the empowerment and involvement of territorial communities, organisations and public administration.

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One of the "deliverables" (as they are called by EU) was aiming at reporting back the project and the material in a new form. I was asked putting into motion the archives and traces put into the project by the partners. The result is a long collage of more than 6 meters long. Here above on of the sketches which is actually not in the scrapbook.

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Find more on the website of the project: unlockthecity.eu