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OPEN UP FESTIVAL - SUMMER 2023

Saturday 17 June 13:00-16:00  Exhibition Opens HDK-Valand. Open to the public, all welcome, entrance at Vasagatan 50.

Monday 19 June 18:00-20:00 Film and video screenings for the public Bio Valand. Open p the Public. Attendance is free but spaces are limited, recommended to book a place at eventbrite Links to an external site..

Wednesday 21 June 18:00-21:00 Evening of music and performance for the public in Glashuset. Open to the public. Attendance is free but spaces are limited,  so recommended to book a place at eventbrite. Links to an external site.

ABOUT OPEN UP

OPEN UP is a project to build visibility and experience for artists, designers, craftspeople and performers. We work to support creative makers and performers who face different kinds of obstacles in building the visibility of their arts practice or who are seeking access to further education or support networks.

OPEN UP is a four-year long cultural project (2019-2023) hosted by HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg and co-funded by the Creative Europe

HDK-Valand is working with six other partner organizations across Europe to realise OPEN UP.

• Pierides Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus http://nimac.org.cy/
• PUBLICS, Helsinki, Finland https://www.publics.fi/
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Amiens, France https://www.u-picardie.fr/university-of-picardy-jules-verne-110990.kjsp
• University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece http://old.uth.gr/en/
• New Hand Lab (Enterprise for Traditional Techniques), Covilhã, Portugal https://www.newhandlab.com/
• Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain https://www.uab.cat/en/

The International OPEN UP project website is accessible here.

We are interested to meet all kinds of artist, makers, performers who want to build visibility and awareness of their work, and to develop their work for a local and an international audience. Here is an example of one of our workshops: on art publishing (October 2022). Here is a meeting where we are planning an exhibition together (July 2022).

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OPEN UP FESTIVAL GOTHENBURG

The OPEN UP Gothenburg Festival, marking the last year of the EU Project, opened on Saturday 10 June and rans until Wednesday  21 June. It included:

• Exhibition in the Project Rooms and in Galleries ROTOR and MONITOR at HDK-Valand
• Performance Event – an evening of dance, art performance, music in the Glasshouse at HDK-Valand
• Film Screenings – a programme of new film works by OPEN UP participants Bio Valand (Cinema) at HDK-Valand
• Workshops

There will also be a new programme announced - "THE OPEN UP ACADEMY 2024-2027" - continuing activities to promote access to higher arts education.

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PROJECT MEETINGS 2023

The OPEN UP group will meet in HDK-Valand Academy, at The Glasshouse on the following dates.

By coming to these project meetings you can join  OPEN UP:

• Saturday 28 January  11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Festival -planning
• Saturday 25 February 11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Festival -planning
• Saturday 11 March 11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Festival -planning
• Saturday 25 March 11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Festival - Show and tell
• Saturday 22 April 11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Festival - Show and tell
• Saturday 29 April 11:00-14:00 OPEN UP Documentary interviews
• Saturday 27 May 10:00-13:00 Drop-off work for exhibition
• Saturday 27 May 14:00-17:00 Social event for all OPEN UP participants
  

More information here on our workshops in 2023.

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OPEN UP INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL NICOSIA

In October 2023 artists from all over Europe will gather together in Nicosia, Cyprus to profile the work that has been produced during the four years of OPEN UP (2019-2023).

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Disclaimer. This project has been funded with support from the Culture Programme of the European Union.  This online resource reflects the views only of the authors, and the institution, Gothenburg University, our civil society partners and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which maybe made of the information contained herein.