CAPP Venice meeting

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Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP) held their fourth partner meeting in Venice in early November. The participating organisations brought artists who specialise in participatory projects in their countries. Against the back-drop of the Venice Biennale the artists and partner organisations had the opportunity to engage with Artway of Thinking, develop professional partnerships and seed further arts initiatives in the collaborative sphere in venues across Europe

Artway of Thinking is a multidisciplinary art collective known for their arts and research work with diverse groups, activating collaborations with administrative authorities, companies and professionals in Italy and abroad. They are the recipients of the 2015 Evens Foundation Art Prize. For more information, please, click HERE.

The Collaborative Arts Partnership Programme (CAPP) is an ambitious transnational cultural programme focusing on the dynamic area of collaborative arts. The overall goal of CAPP is to improve and open up opportunities for artists who are working collaboratively across Europe, by enhancing mobility and exchange whilst at the same time engaging new publics and audiences for collaborative practices.

The following artists represented Ludwig Museum in Venice:

Szilárd CSEKE

Painter, mobile sculptor. Studied at Pécs University’s Faculty of Painting where, with the lead of his Master teacher, Gyula Konkoly, he completed his MA studies in 1995 as well. His interactive art project ’Sustainable Identities’ represents Hungary at the 56th Venice Biennale. Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary, his works have been exhibited since 1993. He won the Art Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy in Rome and the Derkovits Gyula State Fine Art Scholarship in 1997. His group exhibitions include the Kunsthalle in Budapest in 1995, the Ernst Museum in 1997 and the Hungarian Academy in Rome in 1998. Szilárd Cseke is involved in the CAPP programme through the Age of participation! workshop.

Anita PATONAY

Actor, drama teacher. Being a key member of  Káva Drama/Theatre in Education Association (creating participative theatre plays for children, teenagers and adults), she takes an active role in forming today’s society, building audiences and providing a platform for community dialogue with the toolkit of drama and theatre. In Káva’s theatre, the spectators are active participants, act and think collaboratively – the participative theatre’s focal point is the audience. Anita Patonay and actor-drama teacher András Sereglei from Káva – The Participant’s Theatre lead the first workshop of CAPP at the Ludwig Museum.

Lilla SZÁSZ

Photographer. Her photo series examine different social topics, including people stuck on the edge of society. She photographed homeless mothers, young girls with criminal records and World War II Russian veterans.
Her most known work is ’Mother Michael Goes to Heaven’ – a photo series of three prostitutes living together in the Józsefváros district of Budapest. Lilla Szász is also working as a teacher and photo journalist, her works are exhibited in several Hungarian and international collections. She was an active participant of the CAPP workshop.