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6a. Does the city intend to setup a special monitoring andevaluation system for the impactof the programme and its knockoneffects?Putting culture into playEvaluation is important.It is a central issue. Especially when we see <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> as a developmentproject.Review and evaluation will not be carried out in a statistical post mortem. It willhappen throughout the project – before, during and after the year <strong>2014</strong>. Theevaluation should be seen as a continuous process, in which each new findingleads to new knowledge that can be directly implemented, leading in turn tonew discoveries.transparenCY<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is to be a transparent project.The language used in all communication should be simple, straightforward andhonest.Anyone at all should be able to use original sources and other official materials.This also gives everybody the opportunity to be informed of the organisation’songoing activities. But not all the material will be available all the time. Forexample, the researchers that start various review projects will have theopportunity to ”close” their material during the research phase. However, oncetheir results are made public, the source material will also become available.about the evaluation programmeWe based the work of setting up the evaluation programme on the experiencesof the Palmer report and on the evaluation of other capitals of culture. We havehad many fruitful discussions with <strong>Lund</strong> University and other operators withinthe municipality and the region.Review and evaluation work will be carried out mainly by institutions within<strong>Lund</strong> University but also by Malmö University, both for qualitative andquantitative assessments. In some cases the whole organisation, institution ordepartment will be involved and in other cases the cooperation will be limited toindividual researchers. <strong>Lund</strong> University will be the driving force and will appointa coordinator from January 2010. This person will cooperate with the headof development within the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>-company’s Evaluation & Developmentdepartment.The evaluation and review programme is made up of three parts:• Quantitative analysis• Critical observation• Special evaluation projects156

Quantitative analysisSome effects of a cultural capital year can be measured and presented. Thisquantitative evaluation will be carried out by <strong>Lund</strong> University in cooperationwith, among others:• Other parts of the municipality of <strong>Lund</strong>, for example the Tourist Office• The Region of Skåne / Tourism in Skåne• The Council for Municipal Economic Research and Education (KEFU)• The institute for economic research, University of <strong>Lund</strong>.We will also cooperate with relevant national organisations for statistics in thefield of cultural habits, economics and cultural economics.The starting point for the method of evaluation will be the experiences whichwere presented in the Palmer report. In order to create a good basis forcomparison, reports from other cultural capitals as well as evaluations of otherbig events held in Skåne will be taken into consideration.Active cooperation will be set up with other European capitals of culture, inparticular with those interested in contributing to unified models for evaluationand comparison. One of our cooperation projects with the <strong>2014</strong> Europeancapital of culture in Latvia will focus on finding agreement on a commonevaluation method with regard to a number of quantitative parameters.Preliminarily, the quantitative evaluation will consider three aspects:• The overall economic picture• Compliance with objectives• Cultural habits and cultural consumptionthe overall economic picture<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will not just have an effect on people and interpersonal relations,but it will also affect the economic development of <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne. Touristswho visit <strong>Lund</strong>/Skåne during <strong>2014</strong> will have to stay somewhere, eat, do theirshopping etc. New companies will establish themselves in the region. These arejust some of the ways it will impact the overall economic picture.compliance with objectivesThe quantitative analysis will also measure the degree of compliance withobjectives to some extent. Each and every one of our goals is constructed insuch a way that some part of it can be quantitatively evaluated:• Goals 1 and 4: By how much have visits to <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne increased.157

The evaluation of the programme and its effects can take place on manydifferent levels – in relation to, among other things:• Pictured objectives and aims (see question 1.1)• The expected or desired effects (see question 1.15)• The actual effects (linked to quantitative evaluation)• The individual programmes’ and projects’ different aims, themes andmethods• <strong>Part</strong>icipants and operators• Organisations and citizens• <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne• The surrounding world or EuropeMany other instruments can be used to carry out the evaluations: participants’observations, films, interviews, surveys, sound recordings and culturalanalyses, just to name a few. There are at least as many methods to present theresult: open seminars, workshops, reports, blogs. All are fine, as long as theyare honest, straight, transparent and accessible.Our potential partners have already identified a number of interesting andrelevant themes for themselves as critical observers of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>:• The experienced or projected picture• The meeting with culture• Meaningful meetings• Places as arenasthe experienced or projected pictureGoals 1 and 4 are mostly about the experienced or projected picture of <strong>Lund</strong>and Skåne. To find out about this, one must above all analyse the mediamonitoring in <strong>Lund</strong>, Skåne, Sweden and Europe. In addition, it requires aninvestigation into the way the marketing and communication of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> hasbeen carried out, both from an internal and an external perspective. This is ajob for the media and communication studies unit.the meeting with cultureTo broaden cultural participation is in Goals 2 and 5. But what does broadenedcultural participation imply, and what does this meeting with culture mean forthe individual?Nils Gustafsson, a doctoral student in the political science faculty, suggestsan evaluation project which can be seen as a penetrating description ofhow people are transformed in their meeting with culture, in the crossing of159

oundaries and the way in which different people change. This can be donethrough focus groups, discussions and ”eavesdropping”.It is also highly relevant to gain a deeper understanding of cultural participationas a cognitive process. How do visitors look at a work of art, a building, asquare or a park? What does the way one scans these objects say about theobserver’s knowledge of what is being considered? The Humanist laboratoryof <strong>Lund</strong> University has developed methods based on the measurement of eyemovements to answer these questions and it is now among the world leaders inthis field. During <strong>2014</strong>, the lab will carry out case studies on the visitors to thecapital of culture. How do visitors see things after a guided tour by an expertcompared to before? How are we affected by our contact with art?MEANINGFUL meetingSWe also want to have a review of the concept as a whole, around the ideaof getting people to meet in a meaningful way. This permeates the whole of<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>, but in particular, goals 2 and 5 point out that <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> should160

increase the number of meetings. Therefore one of the questions we raisedin our application becomes even more relevant: what does a meeting mean?What notion do we have of what constitutes a good meeting? Do we all sharethis view? Which kind of meetings are best and what does a bad meeting looklike? What does the handbook for a deep and meaningful meeting look like?Can there even be such a thing? What do social and cultural characteristics likegeneration, gender, class or ethnicity mean for the way in which we define thedepth of a meeting?The political science faculty has formulated these questions and will attemptto answer them. The faculty will also participate as a critical observer undervarious themes such as the reality of freedom, the broad notion of culture,cultural advances and impressions.places as arenasGoal 3 contains the ambition to create more cultural arenas in <strong>Lund</strong>. KarinBook from the Sports Studies department at Malmö University is taking part inthe qualitative evaluation of this. The idea is to work from different polarising161

extremes. For example, the inhabitants’ perspective as opposed to the visitors’perspective, the everyday as opposed to the spectacular, the small scaleversus the large scale, the ideological as opposed to the commercial. The aimis to find the areas of tension (or variables) between these.the significance of networksGoals 6, 7 and 8 are about building, sharing knowledge with and participatingin international networks. We are involved in discussions with the institute forcommunication studies at the Helsingborg Campus (part of <strong>Lund</strong> University) tofind a way of cooperating on critical observation of this aspect.architecture and urban developmentDiscussions have also been held with the architecture faculty at <strong>Lund</strong>’stechnical college, concerning possible participation in the evaluation work.special evaluation projectsBesides the quantitative and qualitative evaluations which are coordinatedwithin the Evaluation & Development department, there are a few frameworkprojects within other departments which contribute to the review, evaluationand measurement of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.subjective experiencesThe Art & Communication department will run its own evaluation of theevents and projects. This will be highly subjective, centering on appraisalsand experiences. Through an online platform linked to <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s homepage, visitors, participants, performers and others will be able to expresstheir thoughts about the programme. Anyone can share their experiences andreflections in relation to the fifth freedom.Measure This!The”Measure This!” project (see appendix) is a <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>-project whichattempts to answer the question of how to measure the effects of culture. Theproject aims to create a set of complementary methods for quantifying thevalue delivered by culture. The question is: how does one put numbers on thevalues that are generated by a cultural production? The result will become atoolbox for practical measurement of culture’s value.162

SUSTAINABLE eventsThe Matchmaking & Service department is responsible for an importantframework project called Sustainable Events. It is described in the appendix.Within the project, <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will support a series of project owners to developthe sustainability factors of various events, and exchange experiences withinthe BS8901 network. This project contains, in itself, a series of evaluating andquality assurance elements, but in order to obtain an independent assessmentof this and the overall sustainability work within <strong>Lund</strong>, we have contactedLUCSUS – <strong>Lund</strong> University <strong>Centre</strong> for Sustainability Studies.163

6b. Does the city intend to set up a special monitoring and evaluationsystem for financial management?financial managementInternal finances will be managed by the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> limited company. Thecompany’s budget principles are scalability and security. The rules that applyto the finances and legal aspects of a limited company will be followed andrespected. In addition, the company will be managed in accordance withmunicipal decisions and the principles of the Swedish public administration.The company will be characterized openness and transparency. Continuousfollow-up of steering groups and other partners will be carried out.The Administration & Finances department will be responsible for the day today financial management of the company. This department also has the taskof collecting partial and final financial reports from the various external projectowners, and of giving relevant feedback.Continuous external auditing will be carried out according to the applicablelegislation and regulations.164

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7.1 What, in your opinion, arethe strong points of the city’sapplication and the parameters ofits success as European Capitalof Culture and what, on the otherhand, are its weak points?LUND is not a naturalcapital of cultureWe realise this.We have to work on it.We have to make the utmost efforts.We have to learn. We have learnt. We are in the process of learning.We are developing.We are growing.Let us explain why and how we think we can turn the city’s limitations andweaknesses into an advantage.We are a small city in a big region.A part of an alternative metropolis.We don’t have piles of money, huge institutions or special problems that put uson the map.We are in fact not the most obvious cultural capital in the region either.Perhaps one isn’t supposed to say that but it’s just a fact.On paper, Malmö and Copenhagen look better.That has been a common first reaction.But it’s not quite right.It is <strong>Lund</strong> that is applying to become European capital of culture in the year<strong>2014</strong>.Because we have chosen it as an instrument for development.Not Malmö and not Copenhagen. We have their full support.We have the region’s support too.We have inventoried and involved people locally.Found our strengths, but also found a few gaps.That is precisely why we are applying. We are aware of our limitations.They are what we need to work on. We have found our niches.We can work on a small scale – the <strong>Lund</strong> of many small stages. They are whatwe shall safeguard and develop. We have also built bridges. Explained that wedon’t have to compete with Malmö. Understood that we can make use of thewhole of Skåne. Realised that together we make up an alternative metropolis.While we may not be an obvious cultural capital, we see ways to make themost of our special conditions. We have mapped out our present position andspecified a destination. Set a process in motion; begun a journey. Based on ourstories about where we are and how we’ll proceed, we have set the goal. Wecan never be the biggest or the most expensive.But we can be bold, and offer something real and profound.166

One could say we have abolished the people. That word, the people, givesthe idea that there is a homogenous, nationally similar sea of human beings. Asimple-minded mass, a united population in the singular form, without room fordiversity or individual points of view. We don’t believe that this unified peopleactually exists. Consequently, we have avoided big campaigns and massmailing. Then how are we going to communicate?We don’t communicate with a people but rather with many groups, differentindividuals and interests. There is a word for this diversity (multitude) but wethink it’s a little awkward so we most often just say people. Our idea impliesaction and interaction through low key communication; dialogue, personalmeetings and small-scale workshops. This takes time, because we are workingthoroughly and involving people. We invite them, we let people be a part ofsomething. Slowly but surely we generate commitment and the messagespreads. We could compare this with contagion and the way a virus is passedon silently until it suddenly reaches a critical point and spreads exponentially. Itis not quite as far-fetched as it might sound.We have set a process in motion, a massive one. It is still incomplete andwe don’t exactly know how it will end up. But we know it is underway. Thisuncertainty is not about a lack of control or sloppiness. It doesn’t implystraying from the target. It is an attitude or even more correctly: our strategy.It comes from our world view and our values, it enters into how we set up ourorganisation, our programme, our budget and the language and communicationthat we use. Why? We want to be transparent. Honest.168

the risk of consistencyThe whole application, from the concept to the programme, from organisationto evaluation, aims and budget is characterised by a consistency betweenconditions, analysis of the surrounding world and ambitions. The applicationhas been meticulously prepared to suit to <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne.Take our programme for example. It is entirely a result of our choice to involvelocal and regional operators in the creative process. We set the framework,we opened up to participation. This is a conscious strategy, fully logical inrelation to our values (core values). So the programme and the project we arenow presenting is a first version, a snapshot. The individual projects are underdevelopment and if the programme already looks impressive, within the courseof a few years it will be outstanding.It follows from this that our budget can look sketchy as well. It isn’t. It is notloose around the edges. It’s flexible. Changes in the processes can alter thebudget. Changes in the surrounding world can give rise to new conditions.Then the organisation also needs to be flexible and function as an opensystem. A system that allows itself to be transformed along with changes in thesurrounding world. To go into too much detail today is to anticipate events andfix our minds on something that may not be relevant tomorrow.We talk about the importance of meetings; of being prepared to change. So wecan’t shape our application any other way.169

the risk of meetingsYes, large parts of our application rely on the idea of meetings. We have thehelp of a few stories and observations, a basis to define nine aims that theproject should develop towards and lead to. We have the ambition to behonest. (If we don’t succeed in communicating that, we have a credibilityproblem!) If people don’t recognise themselves in our image of the world thenwe haven’t succeeded in gaining their support. Then no one will participate andget involved. Then our model of allowing local and regional operators to definethe programme and give project proposals fails. We end up with a democraticdeficit and there will be no cultural capital year in <strong>Lund</strong> in <strong>2014</strong>.That is why we keep going on about meetings. That is why we persist withour low key communication; it’s a time-consuming but personal and long termwork of involvement. That is why we believe in networks and the slow spread ofcommitment.Meetings between people: that is our simple idea. It is suspended betweenthe banal and the intellectual at once. Meetings and dialogue – there’s nothingstrange about that? We do that sort of thing all the time. But consult intellectualpersonalities like Jacques Derrida, Edward Saïd or Chantal Mouffe and thesubject suddenly becomes a lot more complex. That is the very strength ofthe idea! And in some way it corresponds to <strong>Lund</strong>. The city of opposites. Theacademic farmers’ village. Where the popular meets the intellectual.It is important to discuss the issue of meetings. This is political dynamite.It leads to questions about class divisions and segregation in cities. Aboutinvisible barriers and roads that are seldom crossed. About hospitality and itsopposite; inhospitality? Realities we have to deal with. The reluctance to meetothers, other cultures. In particular here in Skåne, where xenphobic movementshave been growing lately. Movements that are against diversity because itseems to constitute a threat to their own identity and to social stability; that seeothers as a potential danger and look upon other cultures with suspicion. If thisis more than a tendency, if there is a large, popular and deep-rooted mistrusttowards Europe and towards meeting others and their culture, then there is nobasis for dialogue.And if people don’t think that meetings are important, then <strong>Lund</strong>’s candidaturedoesn’t look good.170

our main strengthWe are well aware of our weaknesses. But we know how we can correct them.That is the whole motivation behind our application. That is our main strength.What then are our parameters for success? We’ll be quick. A top ten list:10. The catchment area9. Accessibility8. Com.strat.7. The company6. Networks5. Environmental work4. The long term view3. U<strong>2014</strong>2. The concept1. The willIt would be flattering to be able to join the other European cultural capitals withgrand future plans. To be in the same category as cities that proved that theywere prepared to change, to tackle their challenges and work hard to develop.That is what we want as well. The way forward for us is called the EuropeanCapital of Culture <strong>2014</strong>.171

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7.2 Does the city intend todevelop particular culturalprojects in the coming years,irrespective of the outcome ofits application for the title ofEuropean Capital of Culture?OUR plan bEver since the decision was taken by the municipal council in 2005, <strong>Lund</strong>’s planand objective in the area of culture has been to become European capital ofculture.As part of our candidature, we have launched three big festivals.The first is Littera<strong>Lund</strong>. This is an annual festival of books and literature forchildren and youth. It has taken place every year since 2005 and has turned<strong>Lund</strong> into Sweden’s most important gathering place for children’s and youthliterature. <strong>Part</strong>icipation and media impact have been overwhelming. Littera<strong>Lund</strong>will be held again in the autumn.The second is the <strong>Lund</strong> International Choir Festival. This biennial choir eventassembles local, Swedish and foreign choirs in 2006 and 2008, for a choirfestival week on an international level. It has been a big success and we arethinking of developing the festival further, with the next appointment plannedfor 2010.The third is bibu.se. This biennial event dedicated to the performing arts forchildren and youth took place in 2006 and 2008 and has already become themost important Swedish event of its kind. Its international element has grown,and the next appointment will be in 2010.The aim of setting up these festivals as part of the candidature is to reinforce<strong>Lund</strong>’s image in the media, to increase event planning competence and tocreate networking contacts before <strong>2014</strong>. These efforts will continue regardlessof whether or not <strong>Lund</strong> is nominated.Under question 1.5, we described <strong>Lund</strong>’s cultural policy strategy and its relativeaction plan. If <strong>Lund</strong> is not nominated, the action plan for 2010 to 2013 willbecome the municipality’s main tool to develop the city’s cultural life. Some ofthe projects and efforts in the action plan are also presented in the appendix.Some of them will be implemented whether <strong>Lund</strong> is nominated or not. Otherswill be carried out on a minor level if <strong>Lund</strong> is not nominated. There are a numberof further efforts which raise the general level of cultural life in <strong>Lund</strong> but whichonly have an indirect connection to the cultural capital application. These arenot presented in the appendix.So, even if <strong>Lund</strong> is not selected to be European capital of culture, there will besome development in its cultural life. But not at all at the same level.A year as capital of culture would change everything.173

7.3 Please add below any furthercomments which you deemnecessary on the subject of thisapplication.We would like to thank all those who helped to produce this application.Thousands of people have been involved. Probably even more than that!Now it’s time to get down to work (if the jury gives us the go-ahead).See you!174

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APPENDIX A:programmesA snapshotThe proposed program should be seen as a snapshot of a work in progresswhich, after preparatory dialogues in 2008, began in spring 2009 and willcontinue up until the major program launch in 2013.Some of the proposed projects will change as they are developed, others willbe replaced and many more will be added.There are eleven programmes:• Challenges• What We Can Do Together• New Epics• Societies in Motion• Playgrounds• Sharing the City• Bits of the Irrational• Reading the Unwritten• Europeans• In Real Life• City of FestivalsTo this we add:• Framework projects• Mobilisation projects177

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This program is about the challenges Europe faces nowand in the future.More people than ever are now involved in some kindof knowledge production. This has partly to do with theWest’s shift from industrial society to information society,and in part with the digital evolution. The Internet meansthat we have received thousands of new library branchesand thousands of media outlets with an unprecedenteddiversity of expressions, opinions, artifacts anddocuments. And furthermore, in constant change,constantly multiplying.How can we create common visions in a fragmentedworld, where everyone wants to draw the map, when theterrain is constantly shifting? In the new Europe, peopleare mobile: both by choice and by compulsion.Can we create a new citizenship, a cultural citizenship,less defined by national borders than by socialbackground, common experience and horizons ofopportunity?179

BREAKING barriersCooperation within the EU is built on the fourfreedoms—the free movement of goods, services,people and capital. They were conceived to removefinancial barriers and have contributed to a moreopen, more united Europe. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s primarytheme is the fifth freedom. The fifth freedom forEurope involves pulling down the other barriers,those that prevent us from real, meaningfulencounters.Two world-famous and two up-and-coming artists havebeen given the task of each creating a work of art whichin some way constitutes or symbolises a barrier. They willwork together with the residents of <strong>Lund</strong> to identify theobstacles which are a mark of our time.In an evermore orchestrated cultural life, where art istasked with resolving problems, this will be a co-creativeprocess in which artists can challenge their respectiveartistic practitioners to “create a problem” rather thanoffer solutions.The artists will present the visitors with four barriers aboutwhich they must form an opinion. The interaction betweenartwork and spectator can take place in different ways,but the goal is the same: to tear down the barrier, eithermentally or physically, by destruction or dismantling. Thevisitor will become the contributing problem solver.The works will be large scale and incorporated into thecityscape in various ways. What is to be constructed, orhow the interaction will manifest itself, will be left to theartists.<strong>Proposed</strong> artists:Antony GormleyJenny HolzerWilliam KentridgeUlrich RuckriemTea MäkipääAnn-Sofi SidénMonika SesnovskaAnn ThulinRachel WhitereadProject ownerStiftelsen Wanås UtställningarLocationPublic places, outdoors, central <strong>Lund</strong>WanåsDate<strong>2014</strong>IntegratedPerforming Arts andMoving MediaIs it alright for a person with a disability to beshown, or just filtered through an actor withno disability? Do actors with disabilities havesomething to offer—and if so what?Each opening event will coincide with the introduction ofthe Capital of Culture’s different seasons. The first eventwill form an important part of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s inauguration inJanuary <strong>2014</strong>.The project will possibly be documented in the form of abook and/or a film, based on the processes both beforeand after the opening events.Development and objectiveThe idea has been developed by Stiftelsen WanåsUtställningar in dialogue with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. MarikaWachtmeister will be the artistic director.In view of the fact that the art scene changes quicklythe artist list must remain open, although the moreestablished artists should be contacted during 2009/10and invited to <strong>Lund</strong> to begin their research work.The core aim of this project is to expose and bring outforbidden, hidden and controversial portraits of peoplewith disabilities, in order to create debate on the scope ofwhat ‘we’ define as ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’, who belongsto these categories and who is excluded.<strong>Lund</strong> Forum of Integrated Performing Arts and MovingMedia is an umbrella organisation for a number ofdifferent activities taking place from 2011 and beyond<strong>2014</strong>.European portal of Disability andIntegrated Performing Arts andMoving MediaA portal with presentations of groups and artists,discussion fora and fora for exchange of knowledge,calendars, reviews, video/image archives, a template for180

European funding based on culture/disability, etc. A portalthat will live on and continue to develop beyond <strong>2014</strong>. (Tostart in 2012)Showcase of European Disability andIntegrated Performing ArtsA programme where eight of the most interestingEuropean and (possibly) internationalgroups are given space to display various kinds ofdramatic art, disability aspects andartistic themes. The programme includes a premiere ofa new production from Moomsteatern theatre. (To takeplace May/June <strong>2014</strong>)Provoking Portrayals of Disability—AnEpisode Film in Eight <strong>Part</strong>s.A jury will select eight synopses that will form the basisof eight new short films showing ‘forbidden’ portraits ofdisabled people, in contexts where they are not ‘allowed’to be, presented by both disabled people and ‘statisticallynormal’ people. (Advertising 2011, project start 2012,presentation in May/June <strong>2014</strong> as part of the Showcaseof European Disability and Integrated Performing Arts)Forbidden, aLLowed, Censored andUncensored Representation ofDisabled Characters.A historical exposé, in collaboration with Film Studiesat <strong>Lund</strong> University, on what has been permitted andwhat has been censored in portrayals of people withdisabilities on the big screen, on TV, and in other media.(To be presented in <strong>2014</strong>)Workshops, Seminars and LecturesLectures with presentations of participating groups, filmmakers,approaches, artistic strategies etc. Workshopsfor the general public and non-disabled colleagues etc.Seminars (two large) on artistic quality and the potentialfor development, including within the EU, of integrateddramatic arts. Do actors with disabilities have somethingto add, and if so what? (To take place in May/June<strong>2014</strong> under the Showcase of European Disability andIntegrated Performing Arts)Project ownerMoomsteatern theatre<strong>Part</strong>nersFilm i Skåne (Film in Skåne)Filmvetenskap vid Språk- och litteraturcentrum (FilmStudies at the <strong>Centre</strong> for Languages and Literature), <strong>Lund</strong>UniversityFilminstitutet (the Film Institute)Moving Media City, supported by KK Stiftelsen (theKnowledge Foundation)Riksteatern (the National Theatre Company)LocationPrimarily <strong>Lund</strong>/Malmö, with special guest performanceselsewhere in SkåneDate2011- May/June <strong>2014</strong>To sense the unseenA production that investigates fears and secretsin three different locations in Skåne and one inLatvia, through storytelling, theatrical productionsand exhibitions. The goal is to develop proposalsthat will help to reduce fear and suspicion amongthe inhabitants of these places.During its twenty years of existence, Drömmarnas Hus(the House of Dreams) has worked to make people’spowers and inherent stories visible. What does the storyof one inhabitant of a town look like? What exists andhappens in secret? Children and young people, amateursand professionals together depict fear of the unknownand the inherent, invisible power on which we can draw toface this fear.The Drömmarnas Hus cultural centre is involved inselecting three places in Skåne, southern Sweden,and one in Latvia, which will be investigated for theirstories, histories and secrets. One of the spots is alreadyearmarked for Rosengård, a suburb of Malmö whereDrömmarnas Hus has its roots. In conjunction with theartistic process, exhibitions, seminars and workshopswill be organised at the locations, with the local people,in order to draw up an action plan to tackle people’sfears. Local talents, schools, associations, organisations,politicians and companies will all be involved. The projectwill be based on the same story framework, but thedifferent places’ diverse histories will grow out of that.A 100-strong choir will provide the framework and set181

design of all the productions. Dance, concept art andacrobatics are a few other ingredients.Drömmarnas Hus already collaborates with a number ofprofessional cultural practitioners and institutes in Skåne.When the other three locations have been selected, localpartners will be brought in.Project ownerDrömmarnas Hus, economic association<strong>Part</strong>nersRegion SkåneLocationRosengård Innovation and Development <strong>Centre</strong>s<strong>Lund</strong> and one other place in SkåneOne town in LatviaDateSummer 2012—autumn <strong>2014</strong>ACCESS TO europeA European conference on improved access tocultural heritage via the internet for the Europeanpublic.An accessible European cultural heritage on the Internetis not only about manoeuvring in existing searchstrctures. It´s also about bridging the rift betweeninformation stored in libraries, archives and museums,connecting information in national institutions with theinformation in local and regional institutions. And aboveall, it´s about informing the citizens that the informationexists at all.During Sweden’s first presidency of the EU, a conferencewas organised in <strong>Lund</strong> which resulted in two keyEuropean policy documents: the <strong>Lund</strong> Principles and the<strong>Lund</strong> Action Plan. The aim was to promote digitisation.At the same time, a number of European projectsaiming to provide Europeana with content in the formof digital information will be meeting in <strong>Lund</strong>. The 2009conference will be followed up each year in associationwith Europeana and the European Commission ExpertGroup, as well as Sweden’s national Archives, Librariesand Museums <strong>Centre</strong> at the National Library of Sweden.The meetings will be held in <strong>Lund</strong> in partnership with<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.Large-scale European monitoring will take place in <strong>Lund</strong>in <strong>2014</strong>. The overall aim of the conference will be toevaluate the work carried out between 2009 and <strong>2014</strong>,and to take the initiative for additional action which couldimprove access to European cultural heritage in viewof technical advances, new standards and new searchmethods, such as the Semantic Web, Internet 2.0 anddigital image recognition.In <strong>2014</strong>, the conference will also be extended throughadditional public events, talks, seminars, intensivecourses and exhibitions.CONCEPT AND PROJECT OWNER:The Regional Archives in <strong>Lund</strong>, the National Archives andthe National Library of Sweden.PARTNERS:<strong>Lund</strong> University Libraries<strong>Lund</strong> City LibraryThe Archives, Libraries and Museums <strong>Centre</strong>EuropeanaThe European Commission Expert GroupLOCATION:The Regional Archives in <strong>Lund</strong>, Kulturen, <strong>Lund</strong> UniversityLibraries, <strong>Lund</strong> City LibraryDATE:October <strong>2014</strong>During Sweden’s second presidency in 2009, a newconference is being held. The overall aim of theconference is to monitor trends from recent years and topresent and discuss actions to improve public access toEuropean cultural heritage via the internet. The Ministerfor Culture, the Minister for Education and a long list ofleading European archive, library and museum expertswill attend. The conference will deal with planning aheadof the next decade.Wash Your Handsand Don’t Panic!A video installation by Serbian director MarkoPopovic.An art project which dares to ask awkward questions.Here, one of the EU’s Four Freedoms—the free movement182

of persons across borders—is brought to a head. Inreality, isn’t the stream of refugees into the EU treatedwith the same panic as swine flu, for example? Perhapsfear of infection is also fear of other people.In ”Wash Your Hands and Don’t Panic” the handling ofrefugees is compared to the handling of virus epidemics.The latter can be described in the six phases; Warn,Delay, Envelop, Withstand, Control and Recover. In sixcontainers in six different locations <strong>Lund</strong>, installations arecreated. Each one representing each of the six phases.A detailed concept has already been presented by theSerbian film and TV director Marko Popovic.ScopeTwo minifestivalsPeripheral events (seminars, film screenings and clubs)Tour of the rest of SwedenLocation<strong>Lund</strong> City Theatre, AF Castle, Bredgatan and Lilla TeaternDateSpring and autumn <strong>2014</strong>By using video installations to bring together the EU’sactions to combat virus epidemics, the voices of legaland illegal immigrants and national football matches,an arena for imagination is created where preconceivedopinions are shaken up.Containers from different countries are positioned in sixplaces of symbolic or historic significance to <strong>Lund</strong>, eachof which contains three video installations which runsimultaneously. The participant is flung between scientificaccounts of virus control, a refugee’s personal life storyand the roar of a football match—all repeated in endless,intermingled loops.Concept, project owner:Marko PopovicLocation:Six venues of symbolic or historic significance to <strong>Lund</strong>Date:<strong>2014</strong>Backyard of Europe<strong>Lund</strong> Theatrical Association is working with <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong> on a project featuring international dramatic artguest plays. The theme is “Clandestine otherworldlyplaces—crossing borders”. The project aims to providea picture of migration today and the living conditionsof people who cross borders. Riksteatern and theAssociation of International Affairs are involved in theprocess. The project is being run in association with<strong>Lund</strong>’s UN association and other local organisations,with the involvement additional partners currently beinginvestigated.183

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The former Chairman of the European Commission,Jacques Delors, said in 1992 ‘If in ten years’ time we havenot managed to give Europe a soul, the entire Europeanproject will have failed’.How can Europe give meaning to the cultural andreligious pluralism that is constantly being strengthenedby the enlargement of the EU and immigration intoEurope? Is there something shared that we want touphold? The proposal of a common EU constitutionbased on Christian values collapsed. But a pluralistEurope needs a binding agent: shared values. How do webuild a Europe that consists of old Europe, new Europeand diverse Europe? Is it through tabula rasa or is it faitaccompli?‘Fait accompli’ reasoning requires everyone to acceptthat the foundations have already been laid. There isnot much room for participation. Not much space is leftfor everyone’s contributions to a shared Europe. Andif ‘fait accompli’ is an impossible starting point, thenevery discussion of values also collapses in a world onlygoverned by ‘tabula rasa’. Starting from scratch mightsound liberating, but it is an illusion. The fifth freedom canbegin to be found somewhere between ‘fait accompli’and ‘tabula rasa’.In 1952, Faith and Order—the World Council of Churches’section for education issues—gathered in <strong>Lund</strong>. There,they coined the phrase ‘What we can do together, weshould not do separately’. This is still called the <strong>Lund</strong>Principle.With the <strong>Lund</strong> Principle as a starting point, we willassemble thematic projects within this programme thatin different ways explore what it takes to give Europe asoul. Is it even possible? How do we give meaning tothe religious pluralism, and, in a wider sense, the culturaldiversity of Europe?185

The Crash WorldTestHow does one of the world’s most secular nationsdeal with conflicts relating to faith? Artists andactors from all over the world are invited to takepart in a collaborative process. The theme of thecollision between the world’s religions is exploredin an interactive, location-specific performance.The Öresund region is where more different cultures meetthan anywhere else in Sweden. Here, religion is a strong,irrational force—a source of both hope and conflict. Themigration of people with different religious convictionsmakes the matter of faith and coexistence one of thekey issues of our time. Europe’s three largest religions—Christianity, Judaism and Islam—exist and collide in theÖresund region. Sweden is possibly the world’s mostrational country, and it is here that Teater Foratt and InSiteintend to focus on the irrational power of religion.Artists from all over the world will describe the way inwhich three religions collide and converge in a uniquelocation-specific performance and film project whichcreates interaction between audiences, towns and actors.Teater Foratt and InSite will invite three dramatists andten international artists. The artists will use different artforms: theatre, music, dance, film, sound and light. Theywill be invited to take part in a collaborative processinvolving directors and artists from Skåne. Based on theresults of seminars and workshops, an overall conceptand structure will be drawn up for the universal artworkand individual solo works relating to today’s religiousproblems.The performance locations are spread throughout Malmö,in the form of film locations populated by both artists andthe audience. The film cameras will thus be integratedinto the interactive performance settings. The audiencewill be led along routes through the city to a finaldestination where they all meet up and the performancereaches its climax. The performance will take placelive, while the film will be edited together from materialgathered during the performance period and will then beshown at festivals and via Sveriges Television.Development:Skånetrafiken has expressed an interest in producing atravel and performance package.Discussions are being held with the film productioncompanies Dansk Skalle and Memfis Film. The projectowners are in contact with Sveriges Television andintend to seek to work with the Norwegian BroadcastingCorporation and Danish broadcaster DR. Collaboration isalso being discussed with the Freedom Theatre in Jenin.Other partners and individual artists will be investigatedand contacted afterwards.<strong>Part</strong>ners:The Faculty of Theology at <strong>Lund</strong> University<strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral ParishThe World Council of ChurchesProject owner:Bastionen—Teater Foratt & InSite.Location:Transport centres in the Öresund region and selectedindoor and outdoor venues in Malmö.Date:March-May <strong>2014</strong>The Art of BeingHumanA stage production that examines and questionswhat it means to be human, based on differentperspectives and cultures.The Art of Being Human takes a deeper look at thiseternal question. Månteatern invites performanceartists, experts and dramatists from abroad to take partin a process beginning in 2010 and leading to a stageproduction in <strong>2014</strong>. Scripts will be written by dramatistsfrom various countries.We will experience a range of perspectives of humanityfrom different cultures; hope as well as despair, lifeand death, people versus animals, possibilities andimpossibilities, conflict and unity. The performance andpublic events will invite participation, move and question,trigger discussion and generate genuine encounters,changing and developing us as humans.Via preparations in the form of Open Space, lectures,round table discussions, rehearsals, etc. an originalproduction on the theme will be presented in <strong>2014</strong>.186

Månteatern is the initiative taker and producer, withartistic responsibility for the whole project.DevelopmentBritish director Lucy Pitman Wallace is involved, takingartistic responsibility for the performance and theprocess. The Belarus Free Theatre is also involved in theprocess and will contribute with actors. Kapila Venu fromthe Kuttiyatam tradition, also trained in Budo dance andancient Indian dance traditions, will also be taking part,as will artists.Scope15 performances during spring or autumn <strong>2014</strong>6 seminars10 public post-performance discussionsProject ownerMånteatern<strong>Part</strong>nersBelarus Free TheatreLucy Pitman WallaceKapila VenuLocation<strong>Lund</strong>recognise their own lives, while also being gripped by theliturgy, the art and the church space. In our time, with itsstrong focus on the individual, there is a lack of contextsand places in which we can reflect together on existentialquestions. Where we can experience what is going onin the space, in the drama, and in ourselves. What doesit mean to be a human today, in our multicultural andsecular age? Where can I find presence, peace andparticipation?Using drama, dialogue and discussion can become muchdeeper and broader, involving the whole person, ratherthan just their cerebral intellectual abilities.In 2010, when <strong>Lund</strong>s Stifts Kyrkospel is celebrating its50th anniversary, we will begin a project of gatheringartistic expressions, stories and experience from othercultures and other religious contexts. This project willlead to the Interfaith Drama of <strong>2014</strong>.In 2010, <strong>Lund</strong>s Stifts Kyrkospel will begin to contactpeople and contexts in Skåne, Europe and the world. Thegoal is to have built up a solid foundation on which tobase an interfaith drama by <strong>2014</strong>.In <strong>2014</strong>, there will be a world premiere of an original workin <strong>Lund</strong>.Concept and project ownerThe idea has been developed by <strong>Lund</strong>s Stifts Kyrkospelin cooperation with Hans UckoDate<strong>2014</strong>Interfaith Drama<strong>2014</strong>A liturgical drama that uses the languages oftheatre, dance, music and liturgy to investigate,depict and create space for interfaith meetings.At the beginning of the last millennium, artists andcraftsmen from all over Europe travelled to <strong>Lund</strong> to bepart of the construction and adornment of the cathedralin the centre of the city. The liturgical drama that <strong>Lund</strong>sStifts Kyrkospel (<strong>Lund</strong> Diocese church drama) hasperformed in <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral since the early 1960s hasits roots in central Europe of the 9th century, in theBenedictine monastic tradition. This tradition resurfacedat Sigtunastiftelsen (the Sigtuna Foundation) in the 1950s.One vision for liturgical dramas is that people should<strong>Part</strong>ners:<strong>Lund</strong> CathedralDahteater, Serbia,El Haddawi, with roots in Iraqi Sufism, GermanyDancing dervishes in Konya, TurkeyHindu Khatakali and Bharatanatyam groupsEn Mahayana, a choir of Buddhist nunsLocationThe interfaith drama will be performed in <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral.The seminar will take place in another location.Date30 performances in the summer and autumn of <strong>2014</strong>1 seminar187

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February 2009 the premiere of Eurepica Challenge washeld. This collaboration between <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> and BelarusFree Theatre launched a dramatic art performance withthe ambition to create a new large scale European epic.14 playwrights from 14 countries were invited. The resultwas astonishing. Fearful and hopeful.As European Capital of Culture <strong>Lund</strong> intends to continuethis journey through Europe, giving space to more epicstories about Europe, in the past, present and in thefuture. Stories on the border between the real and thedreamed, the historical and the mythological. Storieswhere we can meet.189

LUND BEFORE<strong>Lund</strong>—EXhibiting Aeuropean capitaL OFCULture 100 BC TO1000 ADJust outside <strong>Lund</strong>, archaeologists have found a giganticIron Age town covering 40 hectares. The place is nowcalled Uppåkra, and is the largest and longest-inhabitedIron Age settlement (populated from ca 100 BC—11thcentury AD). For nearly 1000 years, Uppåkra was aninternational financial, legal and above all religiousmeeting place. Today we also suspect that Uppåkra usedto be called <strong>Lund</strong>en, meaning ‘grove’, after the sacrificialgrove that was an important place in the religion ofancient Scandinavia.For over 100 years, archaeologists have debated whetherthere really were temples in Scandinavia. Now we’vefound one in Uppåkra! And the old sagas are reallystarting to come alive. There is a global interest in thehistorical stories that Uppåkra/<strong>Lund</strong> has to tell. The samestories are already being used, with great success, in theentertainment industry. Films and computer games thatuse ancient Scandinavian stories are now a billion dollarindustry, but few people know that the epics Hobbit andthe Lord of the Rings were written by a professor whospecialised in ancient Scandinavia. Hardly anyone knowsthat one of the most famous figures in world literature,Hamlet, the main character in Shakespeare’s play from1603, is based on a southern Scandinavian Iron Age story(a story that may in fact have been written down for thefirst time in <strong>Lund</strong>). The poem of Beowulf is another goodexample, which was recently made into a film.With the passage of time the old <strong>Lund</strong>en becamethe new city of <strong>Lund</strong> at the end of the 10th century,when the region joined the European community of itsday—Christendom. The city was moved and organisedaccording to new European principles. The new Christiancity continued to be an international arena and wasto become the religious capital of Northern Europe.Fantastic tales began to spread from the new <strong>Lund</strong>.The concept of the exhibitionThe exhibition will be in line with the latest findings interms of archaeology, history of art, educational theoryand visualisation techniques.The central theme of the exhibition is the dualismthat appears in the transition between religions—theopposition between Christ and Odin, between Maryand Freya, and the contrast between a controlling,authoritarian, centralised religion and loosely associatedregional forms of nature worship. Paradoxically enough,this process involved a fusion of the two religions, beforethe boundaries were later set.One important aim is to challenge the establishedrepresentations of the region and of the history of Europe.The local history of Uppåkra and <strong>Lund</strong> has changed andbecome more nuanced in recent years, and in the longterm this will affect the writing of Swedish and Danishhistory, and even European history.Another important aspect is telling the stories of the‘invisible’ people who have not been featured before inresearch: the children, the elderly, the sick, the artists,the poor, and the story of the unknown magic. Women’shistory is closely linked to ancient Scandinavian beliefs,and as such this will feature strongly in the <strong>Lund</strong> before<strong>Lund</strong> exhibition.The exhibition will show the difficulties of the newEuropean way of living, as well as the longing to adoptthis lifestyle. One important target group is familieswith children, and the exhibition is designed to be aninteresting destination and an important resource forschools. In addition, the exhibition is part of a largerEuropean context, where <strong>Lund</strong>abygden has much to tellabout long-distance contact with all of Europe.ProductionThe project has already started, in 2009, in the form of apilot study. There will be a review of academic research inthe autumn. In 2010 there will be a pilot project aimed atchildren.As a countdown to the opening of the exhibition itself,nine ‘satellite’ exhibition stands will be opened in publicplaces in <strong>Lund</strong>abygden. These mini-exhibitions willlink the histories of individual places with the history of<strong>Lund</strong>abygden and of Europe.We are already planning to produce the exhibition in theform of a travelling exhibition. Interest in housing thetravelling exhibition has already been shown in NorthAmerican and Asia. This idea has major commercialpotential.190

The opening of the exhibition coincides with theinauguration of Uppåkra Archaeological <strong>Centre</strong>—which isdue to be finished in May <strong>2014</strong>. The UAC is planned to bea visitor centre where constant excavations will be boththe driving force and the force of attraction (see separateproject). In the long term, the exhibition (along with thearchaeological investigations in Uppåkra) could becomeone of the most attractive destinations in the region.Project ownerThe ‘<strong>Lund</strong> before <strong>Lund</strong>’ exhibition is being producedby <strong>Lund</strong> University Historical Museum (LUHM), which ispart of the Uppåkra Archaeological <strong>Centre</strong> Foundation.The project concept was developed by the HistoricalMuseum in <strong>Lund</strong>, in dialogue with the candidacy teamat <strong>Lund</strong>/Skåne <strong>2014</strong>. All of the partners mentioned haveexpressed their intention to participate in the project.LocationUppåkra Archaeological <strong>Centre</strong> as well as various placesin <strong>Lund</strong>abygdenDateOpening in May <strong>2014</strong>The Family—aSkanian/EuropeanepicThe successful Skanian director Ronny Danielssonis presenting a grandiose European epic in fivesections, in which the whole of Skåne constitutesthe setting for bizarre, emotionally charged,dramatic, remarkable, tearful meetings fraughtwith conflict between individuals, cultures,thoughts and ideas. In five dramatic events ofvarious genres and at various locations we followa family from <strong>Lund</strong> and their destinies in thepeculiar, motley metropolis of Skåne.We are creating a grand Skanian/European epic basedon a newly written drama in five parts. The epic is basedon a family from <strong>Lund</strong> which we follow for a period andwhich through children, friends and family is confrontedwith a new Europe. Using the best and the worst fromfolk tales, mythology and TV soaps, five major works arebeing created:1. Meeting around death. The first performance will bepremiered at <strong>Lund</strong> Civic Theatre [<strong>Lund</strong>s Stadsteater]in January <strong>2014</strong>. The performance will be apresentation in thriller/detective-story format, arounda murder plot.2. Meeting around love. The second performancewill be a dance drama, and will be premiered atKristianstad Theatre in April <strong>2014</strong> in collaborationwith a dance-theatre group from Latvia. The themehere is amorous encounters, for good and ill, inconflict between various views of love, sexuality andromance.3. Meeting in secrecy. The third performance is beingpremiered at Ystad Theatre in summer <strong>2014</strong> andfollows the summer-opera tradition Ystad hasbuilt up. However, it will not be an ordinary operabut a music-theatre performance in which varioustraditions and musical utterances will meet. Thefamily from <strong>Lund</strong> is confronted with Arab refugeeswho have hidden in Germany but are now fleeingacross the border and end up in the family’s summerhouse in Ystad. We will be collaborating with oneof the many German theatre groups who have theirroots in Turkey.4. Meeting in desperation. The fourth performancewill be premiered at Landskrona Theatre orHelsingborg City Theatre in October <strong>2014</strong>. We will becollaborating with a Danish theatre—a free group oran institution. This is a psychological drama aboutthe encounter between Denmark and Sweden—a‘catharsis’ that leads us on to the final performance:5. Meeting in hope. The glittering finale—the finalsection of our Skanian epic—is being premiered inDecember <strong>2014</strong> in the Färs och Frosta SparbankArena in <strong>Lund</strong>. The finale will be a grand opusfeaturing music, song, dance, drama and showbasedelements. The family is back in <strong>Lund</strong>. Yearshave passed. Much has happened—both happy andunhappy. The final performance is not a ‘happy end’but a strong, hope-inspiring performance that showsviable ways of achieving respect. The small familyfrom <strong>Lund</strong> has had to back-track many times on itsinner journey, but its development shows the publica belief in the future. (We will perhaps find out thatthe hidden family were killed when they returnedto their home country. We will maybe see how thelove between the daughter of the family and theLatvian dancer has suffered many knocks but hasgrown stronger. We will maybe bury the father ofthe family, who never gets to see his grandchildren.We will maybe witness joy at a big and magnificentintercultural homosexual wedding.)191

The script is being produced in part before the startof the project and in part during the course of theproject. The encounter with the public may change thestory. The drama contains all forms of representation:dialogue-based theatre, dance, music, opera, musicaland moving image. It also incorporates social media asan extra encounter between the public and the fictitiouscharacters.So as to stimulate various artistic temperaments theproject will involve several artistic teams, who will usevarious methods, ranging from writing copy for TV soapsusing focus groups to purely artistic practices. The ideais to give both experienced directors and newly trainedpersons the opportunity to take part in the project.Creation of the idiom will be up to each individual artisticteam. Greater artistic ‘risk-taking’ will be possible inperformance when the public’s loyalty has been assured.Artistic stimulation will simultaneously be injected intothe project by the groups the project is collaborating with,including a Latvian dance group, a German theatre groupwith its roots in Turkey and a Danish theatre group.Each performance will have its own value, to beperceived separately, whilst also whetting our appetitefor what happens next. A cliff hanger will make the publicwant to go on to the second section. Performances willbe at various locations in Skåne, and will entice the publicto seek out new locations in Skåne—putting into practicethe concept of Skåne as a different kind of metropolis.Together, the five performances will be presentedaround a hundred times on five stages in Skåne. Allthe characters and stories will be in the public domain,allowing the narrative to live a life of its own in society,especially on the internet, e.g. in the form of fan fiction.This will also be an important part of the communicationaround the project. We are building a network of involvedambassadors who can contribute to narratives andthemes. The wider communication will be based oninvolving, interactive methods, which will be combinedwith narrative-based curiosity planted long in advance.As The Family is a monumental, absorbing epic, weanticipate many opportunities for creating independentspin-offs during the course of the year—and this willcontribute towards increasing interest.Thematically, the aim of The Family is to show anintercultural society in flux—a society in which hospitalityand openness mean far more than just passive tolerance.Meeting is subjecting yourself to intense change. Theaim of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is to expose this thought as widelyas possible through The Family—a Skanian/Europeanepic. Under the directorship of the successful directorRonny Danielssson this Skanian/European epic will be aguaranteed public success.Concept and project owner:The idea was conceived and developed by RonnyDanielsson. A special organisation is being created forthe purpose of coordinating this very extensive project.Collaborating partners:The project is being implemented in collaboration withMalmö City Theatre and Helsingborg City Theatre, aLatvian dance-theatre group, a Turkish theatre group fromGermany and a Danish theatre.Swedish Television has shown interest in collaborating inprojects during <strong>2014</strong>.Location<strong>Lund</strong>, Kristianstad, Ystad, Helsingborg or Landskrona andagain in <strong>Lund</strong>.DatePremieres in January, April, July, October and December.EcclesiasticalOpera in theCathedralThe programme concept for EcclesiasticalOpera in the Cathedral is the second stage of anexplorative project on ecclesiastical opera as acontemporary art form. The aim is to make <strong>Lund</strong>Cathedral a European centre for ecclesiasticalopera.Ecclesiastical opera relates to two church-based artforms: music and liturgical drama. Drawing on experiencefrom the region’s rich musical heritage, staging concertsin the Cathedral and the tradition of ecclesiasticaltheatre in the form of church drama, the project seeks tobreathe new life into the tradition of ecclesiastical opera.The vision is that <strong>Lund</strong> should become a centre for therenewal of this tradition.In <strong>2014</strong>, <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral is planning to carry out two majoroperatic projects of a high artistic quality, with content oftopical interest to today’s Europe.192

The first opera to be presented will be IldebrandoPizzetti’s Assassinio nella cattedrale, the libretto of whichis based on T. S. Eliot’s dramatisation of the conflictbetween Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, andKing Henry II. The opera will be staged early in <strong>2014</strong>, andwill be supplemented with seminars on the role of religionin Europe, martyrdom and ecclesiastical art. The worldpremière of a newly-composed ecclesiastical opera—created specifically for <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral and moderndayexperiences and issues—is planned for late <strong>2014</strong>.This work requires a dialogue between different artisticexpressions, and aims to explore the Fifth Freedomthrough the medium of opera.The project gives internationally-establishedcontemporary artists from Russia, Poland, Denmark orGermany the opportunity to develop two epic works overa two-year period which are then performed on-site inSkåne for two months each.The process begins by researching the region. Here,the artist is presented with a variety of possiblestarting points, locations, situations, environments andphenomena. A public discussion with the artist is linkedwith each production period, in which the artist shares hisor her working process. All productions and discussionswill be made available in video format on the LilithPerformance Studio website.Ongoing developmentThe project is currently looking for an internationallyrecognized artistic director.For the Pizzetti opera <strong>2014</strong> contacts have been taken witha director and an orchestra.The project includes two major performance productionswith musicians, actors, extras and volunteers appearingin each production. There will also be two artistdiscussions, a separate exhibition/film screening ofthe work in question, a publication with related DVDdocumentation, and a closing exhibition includingphotographic and video documentation and interviews.Project ownerThe project owners are <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral Parish and theDiocese of <strong>Lund</strong>. A dedicated organisation is beingcreated for the project.LocationThe ecclesiastical opera will be performed in <strong>Lund</strong>Cathedral. The seminars will be held elsewhere in <strong>Lund</strong>.Date<strong>2014</strong>LILITH PERFORMANCEstudio <strong>2014</strong>In <strong>2014</strong>, Lilith Performance Studio will presenttwo major location-specific epic performanceproductions by established Europeancontemporary artists.Lilith Performance Studio has invited the following artiststo take part:Katarzyna Kozyra (Poland)Ulla von Brandenburg (Germany)Elena Kovylina (Russia)Jesper Just (Denmark)All the artists invited to take part have agreed to do so.However, it has not yet been decided which two will beincluded in Lilith Performance Studio’s <strong>2014</strong> project.ONGOING deveLopment:The artistic process will begin in 2012. The requestincludes an expectation of a unique work which takes aposition on and discusses isolation and vulnerability. Theproject should involve a large number of people, and itshould not be possible to carry the project out in othercontexts. The starting point should be the invited artist’sown experiences.Concept and project owner:Lilith Performance Studio and the artists involvedLilith Performance Studio is Europe’s first dedicatedstudio and arena for visual arts performance. The studioinvites visual artists to realise and present performanceson site in close cooperation with the studio, from initialconcept through to presentation. In this way, major newperformance works are created.<strong>Part</strong>ners:Two artistsNational and international institutions and organisationsLocation:Various venues in Skåne.193

Lilith Performance Studio’s line of approach is based onthe artistic intention of the work, after which the studiothen identifies the best location for carrying out the work.This may be outside on a square, beside the sea, in largepublic spaces such as churches, in industrial buildings,or at a number of smaller locations simultaneously andon a large scale such as in private homes or schoolenvironments.Date:April and October <strong>2014</strong> (two performances, open artistdiscussions, exhibition/film screening)December <strong>2014</strong> to February 2015 (exhibition, filmscreenings, text and photography)Border of DreamsBorder of Dreams is a reality game and a live roleplaythat takes inspiration from the Burning Manfestival in the US and invites thousands of creatorsto work together to create the place they’ve alwaysdreamt of. A place where dreams come true, fearsare confronted and we gather strength to breakcultural boundaries—during the festival, and for alltime.Border of Dreams is about migrants who, all over Europe,are preparing themselves to migrate from reality and entera dream world: the Border of Dreams.Crucial to the event is the participants’ shared creativework: the content of the festival consists largely of theparticipants’ own contributions, in the form of worksof art, vehicles, rituals, workshops, buildings, etc. Theplayers expand the jigsaw with their own ideas abouttheir dream world and about the event via social media,mobile platforms and the actual live event. This moreunpredictable form of creativity is complemented byprofessionally produced festival content including events,music and theatrical productions.Essentially, the game mechanics of Border of Dreamsconstitute an advanced jigsaw puzzle with virtual andphysical pieces, where each jigsaw piece is a little partof your dream world and of Border of Dreams. You canparticipate in the game online, on your mobile or at a liveevent. As a player, you can expand the jigsaw puzzle withyour own ideas about your dream world and about theevent.DevelopmentThe concept and organisational model of Border ofDreams has already been created (phase 1). A pilotversion of Border of Dreams will be created in Österlen insouth-eastern Skåne in the summer of 2010. For a week,the project will take the form of a creative, user-generatedcombination of social media, live role-play and festival(phase 2). After that there will be a well-documentedevaluation and experience process (phase 3). Duringphase 4, in cooperation with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>, the pilotproduction will be developed into a major internationalproduction in time for the <strong>2014</strong> programme. This willtake place in collaboration with companies created inorder to implement the project. Based on experiencesfrom 2010 in terms of logistics, organisation and artisticcontent, and with a starting point in the networks createdin 2010, the <strong>2014</strong> production will invite participants fromall over Europe to take part in a cross-border experiencein rural <strong>Lund</strong>. The theme will be based on meetings, bothgood and bad, but will be developed in detail by the usercommunity.Idea, project owner:Border of Dreams has been developed for the projectBesökarna (The Vistors) by The Story Lab, with supportfrom Vinnova and Region Skåne.In preparation for phase 4, responsibility for Border ofDreams will be transferred to a limited company based inSkåne, where various interested parties have the chanceto become part-owners. The Story Lab will be the mainowner.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will commission a specially designed, placespecificproduction from the Border of Dreams companyfor the <strong>2014</strong> programme.<strong>Part</strong>ners:Region SkånePlace:Revingehed training ground (not confirmed)Date:<strong>2014</strong>194

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This program takes its starting point in the spirit offreedom that has developed in Skåne - far from thecentral government in Stockholm - and puts it in relationto other similar claims on freedom, that, for better or forworse, exist in all parts of Europe.On the one hand - a freedom where the individual orthe group re-conquers the right to decide over its owndestiny. On the other hand – an otherworldly freedom,that denies or uses force against other views.The balance is very subtle, and a highly topical issue ina Europe that’s never been consolidated. But, as SalmanRushdie writes: ”Free societies … are societies in motion,and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Freepeople strike sparks, and those sparks are the bestevidence of freedom’s existence.”197

THE REVOLTS andrebeLLions OF skåneThe historical and contemporary revolts andrebellions of Skåne are being depicted inexhibitions and presented through variousprogrammes. This is a regional arts projectrevolving around the interaction between history,art and culture.Skåne is a border region, far removed from the centralpower of Stockholm. This has led to a large numberof revolts and rebellions. The way in which these haveoccurred during different historical periods is fascinating,and is a way of finding out how the philosophy of freedomhas evolved over the years. But how exactly does aphilosophy of freedom develop?By comparing revolts and rebellions from differenthistorical periods, we can approach an answer tothis question. The Klågerup Riots of 1811 were theculmination of a number of peasants’ revolts in Skåne,in which more than 30 civilians were killed and two wereexecuted. Today’s protests are numerous, swift andscattered thanks to the use of various online forums. Thepeople of Skåne protested just as much when the Co-opstopped selling locally-produced milk as they did againstthe Davis Cup match with Israel or Sweden’s IntellectualProperty Rights Enforcement Directive law. What doesthat say about our philosophy of freedom?By also examining revolts within the art world—everythingfrom the Situationists’ Drakabygget Declaration to LarsVilks’ creation of his own kingdom, Nimis—we canbroaden our exploration of the philosophy of freedom.Historical revolts and rebellions are combined with eventswithin the fields of culture and art which can be viewedas revolts or rebellions. The museums participating inthe project choose the historical revolts and rebellionsthey want to highlight, and how to interweave these withartistic revolts. This will result in mapping the revoltsand rebellions of Skåne, with each organisation beingresponsible for its own narrative, while at the same timecontributing to a wider narrative about the region as awhole.A separate section of the exhibition will deal with graffitias a peoples’ protest from a European and historicalperspective. The idea is to project graffiti onto facadesof buildings, first in their original language and then inSwedish translation. The idea is that graffiti commentingon the state can be projected onto the walls of a court, forexample, or religious messages onto a church, politicalcomment onto the city hall, and slogans about educationonto the walls of the university, and so on. The graffitishown will be a cause for reflection and act as advertisingfor the exhibition, as well as trigger debate and makeevident the function and history of the buildings.Apart from offering extended knowledge aboutrevolts and rebellions, the project wants to illustratethe underlying mechanisms. One has also chosen toapproach the subject from the perspectives of moralcourage and political dynamics etc.In addition to various types of exhibitions and programmeactivities, the project also includes a pedagogical pilotproject involving training “revolt coaches” for successfulrevolt. The aim of this subproject is to learn how toachieve success for one’s ideas or, to put it more simply,how young people can communicate successfully withthose in power and politicians.ONGOING deveLopmentCooperation with the three regional museums (Kulturenand Malmö Museums) is already in place. Discussions arebeing held with other museums and art galleries whichwill participate in the project.The European cooperation will include graffiti fromvarious historical periods and graffiti as examples of civilunrest. The proposed European partner towns are Køge(Denmark), Koszalin (Poland), Šiauliai (Lithuania), Budafok(Hungary), Espoo (Finland) and Rendsburg (Germany).Discussions will begin in the autumn of 2009.We are also seeking partnerships and examples fromsouthern Europe. Contacts will be taken during autumn2009. During autumn Kristianstad Regional Museu willalso find suitable patners for the graffiti part of theproject.Concept and project owner:The concept is developet by Kristianstad RegionalMuseum in collaboration with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. The project isowned by Kristianstad Regional Museum.<strong>Proposed</strong> partners:Kulturen, <strong>Lund</strong>Malmö MuseumOther museums and art galleries in SkåneTowns in Denmark, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Finland198

and GermanyYet not decided European partners concerning scribbles.Location:The exhibition will be shown in three different locations inSkåne: <strong>Lund</strong>, Malmö and Kristianstad. There will also be20 locations to visit around Skåne with information aboutrevolts and rebellions, and the programme and “revoltcoaches” will be working throughout the region.Date:<strong>2014</strong>SWITCH—revealinghidden agendas infashion, the media,gaming and musicSwitch is a competition of power strategies, whereyoung people are given the opportunity to swapplaces with a hidden wielder of power within thefields of fashion, the media, gaming or music.Their challenge is to show what they would dowith two weeks of unlimited power within eachindustry.The survival of representative democracy is based onensuring the regrowth of committed, involved citizens,generation after generation. The political parties,interest groups and youth organisations have thus faracted as channels for young people’s engagement andtheir subsequent entry into the political, establishedmachinery. But young people’s engagement also takesplace far from the established, democratically sanctionedarenas. Power, representation and identity are no longernecessarily linked to ideological allegiance. Today,young people’s identities are created within the endlessflow of information and in the unceasing creation ofnew communications clusters and communities. Here,images of what is theirs and what relates to others aredismantled, produced and reproduced. The questionswhich form the basis for deep and enduring commitmentare also defined in these arenas.publicise an unpublicised election. We want to allowyoung people and the people in positions of powerwithin those fields which are not part of representativedemocracy’s means of control to meet and interact.We want to give young people and these hidden,“illegitimate” wielders of power the chance to investigatea variety of questions: Who has the power to define?What form does this power take? Who votes these peopleinto power? For a period of two weeks, eight speciallyrecruitedyoung people will swap places with eight hiddenpeople in positions of power within the fields of fashion,the media, gaming and music. The aim is to investigate,analyse and question the systems which exert control,but which are not democratically elected. The hiddenwielders of power will thus be given the opportunity toobtain fresh insights and a closer connection with theirtarget groups by daring to surrender their power fora limited period of time, whilst young people will gaindeeper knowledge about hidden power structures andstrategies.Development:Several partners are already in place. In terms ofthe international element, the EU’s Youth in Actionprogramme is involved.The work involved in identifying relevant and open partnercompanies and hidden people in positions of power iscurrently ongoing.Concept and project owner:Spiritus Mundi<strong>Part</strong>ners:The Swedish National Board for Youth AffairsThe Swedish Inheritance FundKultur SkåneThe City of MalmöThe City of <strong>Lund</strong>Location:In <strong>Lund</strong> and around SkåneDate:April-December <strong>2014</strong>Against the backdrop of the European Parliamentelections in June <strong>2014</strong> and Sweden’s parliamentaryelections in September of the same year, we want to199

The Parliament ofSkåneThe aim of this project, by performing arts groupInstitutet, is to realise Skåne dreams of separatismand autonomy in the form of a parliament for theregion. The Fifth Freedom is examined by stagingfantasies about the minorities revolting.Is there room for a critical perspective within art? Canartistic production exist without being made into aninstrument for some form of value perspective? Institutetaims to investigate the scope for divergence, where it isable to exist independently of its value as an alibi for thenorm.artist Joseph Beuys may have meant by the term “socialsculpture”.DevelopmentInstitutet’s international network is a major asset when itcomes to finding European partners, particularly withinradical post-dramatic theatre. In many respects, thegroup has already broken down the barrier between thestage and the audience. For a project of this magnitude,which includes a significant degree of audienceinvolvement, many of the preparations consist of creatingmore in-depth methods for dealing with audienceparticipation.Concept and project owner:InstitutetToday, a key issue for Europe is how “the collective”should deal with “the individual” and how “the other’s”perspective can exist within “the one’s” dominant truth.Institutet views the Fifth Freedom as something whichcannot be included in the conscious and rational firstFour Freedoms. However, this opens up the possibility ofthe Fifth Freedom also being associated with ideas whichare not pleasant or politically correct.Investigating the Fifth Freedom may also cast light onseparatist, xenophobic, populist or undemocratic ideason a collision course with the other freedoms guaranteedwithin the EU. Ideas which, it should not be forgotten, area political reality in modern-day Sweden and Europe.The project therefore aims to establish the freedom ofSkåne. Skåne fantasies of liberation and independenceare thrust into the limelight. All separatist visionsare included in the Parliament of Skåne: the Skåne<strong>Part</strong>y—a party with representatives in a number ofSkåne municipalities, and whose goal is an independentSkåne, separate from Sweden—as well as the Islamistseeds which might just germinate here and there. Byeclectically borrowing and distorting symbols from theSwedish national government, via formal rituals and itsown TV programmes and legal system, the parliamentwill become the Fifth Freedom’s reflection of currentpolitics and the media game. The Swedish governmentis important as an involuntary projected area for Skånefantasies.<strong>Part</strong>ners:Johannes SchmidtJanine EisenächerInkonst TVLocation:<strong>Lund</strong>Date:<strong>2014</strong>Run like a criminalMalmö City Theatre together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is producinga daring and untamed musical theatre production, afast and furious show about who owns the right tomoney, power and knowledge. Written and composed incollaboration with Sweden’s possibly greatest hip hopartist Timbukto, the music collective Damn! and dramatistKlas Abrahamsson.Scope:20 performances. Premiere September <strong>2014</strong>.Location:Culture centre Mejeriet in <strong>Lund</strong>. Malmö City TheatreInstitutet sets the practical underlying requirements andacts as a hub for the culture which springs up around theparliament. In this way, the project develops in a livingand unpredictable way, forming in its entirety what the200

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Thanks to a series of developments in society, forexample new technologies, new media, growingexperience-based markets and, in Sweden, thanks todemocratising cultural policy efforts, culture has startedto regain its role as something central in everyday life, notjust on raised stages and in cultural showcases. Withinyouth culture, the punk movement strongly contributed tospreading this idea and the call to D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself),which got a whole world of subcultures to create theirown forms of expression, media, networks and culturalartifacts.Even so, it is not always the active citizen that today’smore established cultural agents see as their recipients.Large parts of culture can rather be called spectatorculture, where the audience is expected to remain passiveexcept for the choice of event and possible seating, andin the innermost responses of its soul.This programme is all about the transition from spectatorculture to participatory culture. Culture where each andeverey one is given space to take part in the game,engage in the discussion and express themselves.203

Children’s CultureLab (CCL)CCL is a new and unique laboratory, a creativecluster in a field in which Sweden has an excellentreputation—children’s culture.SWEET ART <strong>Lund</strong>Along with Navid Modiri (project leader for 365Things), <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> wants to develop a street artproject which will fill walls and streets in of <strong>Lund</strong>’sneighbourhoods with the best of Europe’s graffitiart.<strong>Lund</strong> is a city with many laboratories, rooms withbubbling test tubes in the university, hospital and themany pharmaceutical companies around the city. Butthere are also laboratories of a different kind. Creativeplaces where research and practical experience meet:Ideon Science Park and <strong>Lund</strong> University CognitiveStudies. Against this background <strong>Lund</strong> is the perfectplace for a new and unique laboratory: the Children’sCulture Lab.CCL is a practically focussed activity bringing playersfrom cultural life and various academic disciplinestogether to test, document, evaluate and disseminateinformation about ideas and methods for the meetingbetween children and art. Developing forms forinteraction with real influence from children and youngpeople is an especially important part of CCL. Theorganisation’s developmental potential is enormous, butis a step by step procedure. The Laboratory challengesaccepted children’s culture through a meeting of differentdisciplines, players and traditions, and guarding the rightsof young people in the field of culture.During the year of the Capital of Culture CCL will hosta seminar to which Europe’s leading child culturalresearchers have been invited, together with the mostprominent artists in the field. <strong>2014</strong> is also the premierefor the laboratory’s first big theatrical production withchildren and young people as experts in the productionprocess. The Teatercentrum, together with Bibu (Nationalperforming arts biennial for children and young people),is the CCL’s initiative taker. Their forums and extensivenetworks form a solid base for the laboratory.We will be working with ”sweet art”—that is graffiticreated with environmentally harmless and surfacefriendlymaterials and which can easily be removedwithout damage to the support underneath. Sweet art isa new concept and a new form of graffiti. It has grown inpopularity in recent years, alongside the development ofnon-permanent street art materials.Through international network contacts, graffiti artists willbe invited from all over Europe to create their temporaryworks in the city. This will happen simultaneously in threedifferent <strong>Lund</strong> neighbourhoods—which will encourage thepublic to move beyond their usual routes to experiencesomething new. We are also working with local artistsand master classes. In connection with these exhibitions,we will gather in workshops to discuss the right to publicspace, freedom of expression, democracy, responsibility,environment and economy. The aim is to work out acommon agenda for spontaneous public art in the city,in a dialogue between citizens, the municipality, artists,property owners and other stakeholders.Concept and project ownerNavid Modiri i dialog med <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.LocationStadsdelarna Linero, Klostergården och Nöbbelöv i <strong>Lund</strong>.DateApril <strong>2014</strong>Project ownerTeatercentrum, Bibu ABIn partnership with<strong>Lund</strong> UniversityLocation<strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>Dramatic Art andDemocracyA process which includes both an internationalconference to create a theoretical platformfor working with community art as a liberatingsocial force, and a laboratory for community artin association with Fäladsgården in <strong>Lund</strong>, which204

turns theory into practice in a practical andinvestigative manner.the University of CopenhagenThe dramatic arts group MCCommunity art is a well-known concept in Europe,and involves creating new and unexpected encountersbetween art and society. In Sweden, the networks neededfor this process have not yet been developed.Since 2007, Kultur <strong>Lund</strong>—a unit within the Departmentof Culture and Leisure—has organised conferences oncommunity art with the aim of creating a conceptualscheme for dramatic art which cannot be defined withinthe current norms.The aim of the project is to forge long-lasting contactswith researchers, both nationally and internationally, inorder to create greater understanding of the importanceof cultural processes for a city in a state of change. Thepurpose of the <strong>2014</strong> conference is to initiate debate oncultural processes and autonomous projects outsidetraditional arenas, and to form a network. The intention isthereby to build a platform for exchanging knowledge andcarrying out research with a focus on aesthetic learningprocesses. The programming is being carried out incollaboration with Riksteatern, the Stockholm Academyof Dramatic Arts and the University of Copenhagen.A laboratory for community art is also being launchedwith the aim of creating new dramatic art, of andwith young people. The project is being carried out inpartnership with the Fäladsgården recreation centre onthe outskirts of <strong>Lund</strong> and the Dutch dramatic arts groupMC. The research and the day-to-day activities are thusdeveloped in combination with each other, and the youngpeople of <strong>Lund</strong> are given the opportunity to tell theirstories.Location<strong>Lund</strong> UniversityFäladsgården, <strong>Lund</strong>DateAnnual conferences from 2010 to <strong>2014</strong> and setting up alaboratory in 2013-14Poetry Slam—TheFirst Open EuropeanChampionshipPoetry Slam started in Chicago in the 1980s andis now a growing movement in Europe. In itscompetitive form, the rules are that competitorsmust have written the poetry themselves, eachpoem may not be longer than 3 minutes and noprops are allowed. The jury group in the audienceaward points. Since 1997, Swedish championshipsin Poetry Slam have been held annually. Theseare open, which means that any team from anyestablished Poetry Slam scene in Sweden cancompete.Poetry Slam is the ultimate juxtaposition of fine andtrashy, high culture and subculture, amateur andprofessional, young and old, democratic and artistic.Everyone meets in the same competition and follows thesame simple rules.DevelopmentThe concept was developed in close collaboration withrepresentatives from the project’s various partners. Theproject is also part of an ongoing focus on community artand new dramatic art initiated by Kultur <strong>Lund</strong>.Concept and project ownerKultur <strong>Lund</strong><strong>Part</strong>nersRiksteaternThe Stockholm Academy of Dramatic ArtsThe Department for Theatre and Performance Studies,There have also been European Championships in whicha handful of national champions compete. Emil Jensen(from Hjärup outside <strong>Lund</strong>) has won this prestigiouscompetition twice. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> wants to take PoetrySlam to the next level. Throughout November <strong>2014</strong> weplan to organise Europe’s first open championship inPoetry Slam, with Skåne as our stage. The goal is tobring together several hundred competitors from all overEurope, and to make the event the first ever European‘industry meeting’ for this strange but popular art form.The project consists of a number of phases. In 2011-2013 there will be audience development, with volunteerrecruitment throughout Skåne, and workshops andperformances, mostly in collaboration with schools. In205

2012-2013 there will be networking outreach in Europe.Since Poetry Slam is organised in mobile networks andchangeable constellations, much of this work will involvedeveloping personal contacts with ongoing follow-up.In 2013, partnerships will be established with venues.In <strong>2014</strong>, the great challenge will be the logistics ofcoordinating 500-800 participants on around ten stages.These will mostly be at cafés, clubs and bars, but semifinalsand finals will be held on larger stages. In addition,there will be a programme of fringe events by and withparticipating poets, combined with other art forms—newmedia, music and other dramatic arts genres.cultural institutions to small local cultural associationsand players—are invited to take part. The intention is thento organise an annual cultural fair in <strong>Lund</strong> for live culturein Sweden and the neighbouring Nordic, Baltic andNorthern European nations.Concept and project ownerA new organisation will be established and incubated at<strong>Lund</strong> Innovationcenter<strong>Part</strong>nersFärs & Frosta Sparbank ArenaConcept and project ownerFöreingen Ord på Scen (the word on stage association)that has previously organised two Swedish Poetry Slamchampionships. <strong>Part</strong> of an extensive informal network ofindividual poets, associations and organisers in Swedenand Europe.LocationVarious in <strong>Lund</strong>, indoor and outdoorDateAugust <strong>2014</strong>LocationCafés, bars, clubs and larger stages in <strong>Lund</strong> andelsewhere in Skåne.DateNovember <strong>2014</strong>Backstage FairTHE BORDERLandbetweentechnoLogy,networks andCULtureBackstage Fair will be Northern Europe’s leadinglive culture fair. By allowing participants to goboth backstage and onstage, new energy fieldsand arenas are created for different human stageencounters.Backstage Fair aims to modernise an old-fashionedconcept for mediation—i.e. the trade fair—and create newmethods for artists and institutions to strike up a dialogueand build new relationships with their audiences. This isa European live culture fair where participants can trulyengage with each other in real depth. The fair will takethe form of an interactive showcase and experience fair,and will create new links between the audience and theusually hidden world off-stage and behind the scenes. Itwill also offer everyone the opportunity to get on stagethemselves, to play a leading role with professionalactors, or to sing in a choir. All those who are activelyinvolved in live culture in the Öresund region—from largeConsidering <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>:s focus on network cultures,it becomes particularly important to capture theoccurrences and rapid changes that take place at theintersection of technology, networks and culture. Newmedia, mobile media, social media, cross media – thereare endless areas and names, and by <strong>2014</strong>, the field willhave changed drastically.In five years web 2.0 might of interest to informationarchaeologists. Instead web 3.0 or 4.0 will be thething, what structures the torrent of information andconnects people. Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Weband 3D navigation are some of the opportunities alreadyexploited.Despite the uncertainty about what the field will looklike in the years ahead, it is not too daring to say thatthe cultural and social development in the future will beclosely linked with technology and media development.206

This is a reason for <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> not wanting to launch anyconcrete projects within this field, but instead establish acooperation with Moving Media South Sweden (MMSS),who will be our main partners in the development of ahyper-topical and full-scale program in this area.MMSS is a newly formed network of industryprofessionals and the biggest ever moving mediainvestment in southern Sweden, with a planned budgetof 75 million in the first three years. The goal is topositon Skåne and Blekinge internationally as a leadinginnovation and production environment for user-andcontent-driven media in film, television, computer games,internet and mobile platforms.Today MMSS consists of more than 70 members, amongthem Scandvision Communication, Region Skåne, RegionBlekinge, Film in Skåne, City of Malmö, Malmö University,Blekinge Technological University, Anagram, Planeto andBoost HBG. MMSS to also merges and complementsmany already established networks in the region.Media Meeting Malmö, now a part of the MMSS, worksfor the media industry’s growth in Sweden. The newgreenhouses for mobile media and cross media, BoostHBG at Dunkers, Ystad Film Studios and NetPortKarlshamn - all important innovation environmentsand creative nodes for the industry in the region. Andalso Mobile Heights, the new cluster initiative by SonyEricsson, Ericsson Mobile Platforms, TeliaSonera and<strong>Lund</strong> University.To get the discussion started, MMSS and <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>will initiate joint seminars and workshops during 2010.The Cooperation with MMSS ensures that <strong>Lund</strong> in <strong>2014</strong>,will have access to the most up-to-date and innovativeprogrammes possible within the field of cross media,social media—or whatever it will be called in <strong>2014</strong>.Concept, project ownerMMSSLocationVarious venues in SkåneDate<strong>2014</strong>207

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Life in a city doesn’t become meaningful unless theinhabitants really share the city with each other. <strong>Lund</strong>has always been, if not a segregated, then at least asectorised city. East or west of the railway, academicsversus commerce and industry. There is a lack of forumsin <strong>Lund</strong> to meet and cooperate cross-sectorally. <strong>Lund</strong>needs new meeting places where the different sectorscan develop in cooperation. Above all we need to sharecommon visions and goals. Not only can exciting andimportant projects come out of these meetings. Realcollaborations mean that we are thoroughly challengedand develop.This programme aims to increase the exchange ofknowledge and experiences in <strong>Lund</strong>, together withEurope. The programme will facilitate new forms ofcooperation within the city and create conditions for theexchange of knowhow, ideas and experiences.Through cooperation around common challenges,between cities and between people, shared visions on thefuture of Europe can be created.The programme will have an added regional dimension,developing exchange in the different metropolis Skåne.209

The BoomerangThe Boomerang—Urban Arena of Opportunitieswill be a physical and mental arena for culturalcreations and interaction. Interfaces andcooperation will thereby be created betweenplayers within <strong>Lund</strong>’s creative sector.<strong>Lund</strong> is a fragmented and culturally closed city. Here,there are exciting and unusual conditions. The populationconsists largely of global consumers of culture, butmuch of the city’s cultural life is played out in privatewithin associations, organisations and various societies.Similarly, research and enterprise both take place withintheir own spheres. The Boomerang aims to catalysevarious players within <strong>Lund</strong>’s creative sector by creatingintersections and cultural meeting places.The Boomerang—Urban Arena of Opportunities will be aphysical and mental arena for various cultural creationsand interaction. The Boomerang is also a geographicarea. It stretches through <strong>Lund</strong> from north to south, fromthe highest point to the lowest, and represents a journeythrough the city’s thousand years of history. This is wherethe city’s creative sectors can be found.The area is home to well-known institutions such asKulturen, the Archive for Decorative Art, the AcademicSociety in <strong>Lund</strong> and Mejeriet, as well as a variety ofdifferent research centres, <strong>Lund</strong>’s innovative industryand as yet undeveloped locations. These are arenas fortheatrical performances, art and discussion. Seen fromabove, the area resembles a boomerang.The Boomerang is also a metaphor for the unique motionwhereby an object is thrown away before returningin a broad curve. This motion is closely related to thescientific approach, whereby hypotheses are thrown intothe arena and return via the process of critical review.This exploratory attitude encourages feedback whichquestions, reshapes, rejects or approves. It createsperpetual motion and what we normally call development.Within the Boomerang, locations and venues are createdwhich make up a hub for perpetual physical and virtualmotion. By creating incentives and structures for movingbetween the various creations and projects, new contextsand combinations arise. Together, these constitute themotivation for a vibrant <strong>Lund</strong> culture.The Boomerang will be a ten-year process. During<strong>2014</strong>, the focus will be on four projects carried out inassociation with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>:• The Creek• The Genius• ArtSci• Let There Be Light(These projects will be reported on separately)Concept and project ownerFöreningen Q(The partners and friends of Föreningen Q are <strong>Lund</strong>University, Sony Ericsson, Akademiska Hus, the Cityof <strong>Lund</strong>, Region Skåne, IDEON Science Park, SEB,Innovationsbron, Alfa Laval, Färs & Frosta Sparbank,LMK Industri, Sparbanken Finn and Wallin & DalholmBoktryckeri)<strong>Part</strong>nersBo Nilsson and Curatorship Studies at StockholmUniversityFarawaysocloseDepartment of Cultural Sciende, <strong>Lund</strong> UniversityLocation<strong>Lund</strong> (The Boomerang)DateJanuary to December <strong>2014</strong>.The CreekA watercourse will be constructed, runningthrough the centre of <strong>Lund</strong>. Some stretcheswill be visible but others virtual. The Creek willsymbolise the river of ideas and thoughts whichare the driving force behind creative work. Duringthe year of the Capital of Culture the Creek willalso physically indicate Boomerang’s length fromHögsta Punkten to the Höje River.Constant activity is the mark of a lively intellectualenvironment. In <strong>Lund</strong> spectacular manifestations arerare. Cultural life sometimes astonishes and inspires itssurroundings, but just as often movements are takingplace below the surface, where they are difficult to detectand relate to. The Creek project will symbolically reflectthis relationship, with the potential of becoming a furtherreference point to “the image of <strong>Lund</strong>”.Once there were watercourses running right through<strong>Lund</strong>. Having one of Sweden’s greatest height differences210

and geologically water-rich, streams, ditches and pondswere typical elements of the city landscape. Many havedisappeared, being drained or buried, but traces remain,such as the ponds by the University library and thestream under the Academic Society.The idea of the Creek is to create a connectedwatercourse from Högsta Punkten to Höje River, rightthrough central <strong>Lund</strong>. The waterway will be visiblein some places but virtual in others, where it can beexplored via computer or mobile phone.The contrast between the virtual sections of thewatercourse with its possibilities for imaginativelycreated images, and the visible sections, invites deeperdiscussion about the way humans “tame” nature andhow the natural world becomes a tool in the aestheticprojects always taking place in cities. The virtual worldwill encourage imaginative associations with <strong>Lund</strong>’s“underworld”—literally. What is hiding below the surface?Artists and architects have been invited to create anumber of unique sections which, on completion of theproject, will give <strong>Lund</strong> a continuous visible watercoursewith adjoining water features.minutest building blocks of life, as well as thestructure of the universe and relativity of time,affects man’s frame of reference and both widensand limits our understanding of reality. Thisparadox, the exploration and shape of our growingignorance, is the basic theme of the project Artsci.In the project, intersections and meeting places will becreated for researchers and artists who together will tryto give form to the way in which different fragments fromour understanding of reality can be combined with newconstellations and new meanings (sampling). Light willbe shed on the exploration of our growing ignorance,and our reflections concerning the rules and mechanismsthat form new points of reference, in parallel projects inan interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in<strong>Lund</strong> and Copenhagen.International artists will be invited to work site specificallywith researchers and companies.The results of these meetings and creative processes willbe displayed within the Boomerang and its physical andvirtual limitation.The Creek will be launched as part of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’sinauguration in January <strong>2014</strong>.Concept and project ownerFöreningen QConcept and project ownerFöreningen QLocation<strong>Lund</strong> (The Boomerang)<strong>Part</strong>nersThe partners and friends of Q:s are <strong>Lund</strong> University,SonyEricsson, Akademiska Hus, City of <strong>Lund</strong>s, RegionSkåne, IDEON Science Park, SEB, Innovationsbron,Alfa Laval, Färs och Frosta Sparbank, LMK Industri,Sparbanken Finn, Wallin & Dalholm Boktryckeri)Location<strong>Lund</strong> (The Boomerang)Date<strong>2014</strong>ArtSciOur ever increasing accumulation of knowledgechallenges our understanding of cause and effect.The persistent exploration by scientists of theDate<strong>2014</strong>Let There Be LightThe Let There Be Light project will investigate newlighting techniques as a source of inspiration and adriving force for new artistic forms.Let There Be Light is a part of the umbrella projectBoomerang and therefore shares certain characteristicswith the other projects under that umbrella. Perspectivesthat cut across the divine, ingenious and random. Theproject contributes to the creation of the intersectionsand cultural meeting places incorporated in theBoomerang.In Let There Be Light, light and lighting techniques are211

used to illuminate and shed light on city features, creatinginspiring environments.Several institutes and courses at <strong>Lund</strong> University studythe physics and possibilities of light, in everything frommedical applications to environmental analysis anddesign. Research on light and light sources has traditionsin <strong>Lund</strong>, not least in atomic physics and spectroscopy.The dept of atomic physics at the Institute of Physics,whose laser shows have attracted international interest,will work together with prominent artists who will beintroduced to new techniques with all their possibilitiesand limitations.One of the project parts is a “Google Earth artwork”, inwhich an installation of lights along the contour of theBoomerang is revealed when people zoom in on <strong>Lund</strong> atnight. This part of the project will be included in the <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong> finale.Let There Be Light will be divided in two parts: anoutdoor part consisting of big installations, and an indoorexhibition part (as a “historical base”) corresponding withthe outdoor installations.<strong>Proposed</strong> collaborative artists:• Robert och Sonia Delaunay, Isamu Noguchi, FélixGonzales-Torrres och Hans Haacke (historical part).• Olafur Eliasson, Tobias Rehberger, David Svensson,Santiago Serra och Walter de Maria (contemporarypart).<strong>Lund</strong> Grand TourArt society Aura and artist duo Peter Johansson andBarbro Westling are together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> arrangingthe <strong>Lund</strong> Grand Tour, a competition and selection processin collaboration with businesses in <strong>Lund</strong>, resulting in 30new works of sculpture. The theme is humour in publicart.The project is a joint cooperation with SkissernasMuseum (the Museum of Sketches- archives of public art)PlaceThe exhibition encompasses <strong>Lund</strong>, including streets,squares, facades, shop windows, alleyways and parks.Krognoshuset Aura will act as the hub and informationcentre. Skissernas Museum will be displaying <strong>Lund</strong> GrandTour models and the public vote. Website.DateJune <strong>2014</strong>Link to the future<strong>Lund</strong>’s first tram line, <strong>Lund</strong>alänken, is estimatedto be completed by <strong>2014</strong>. The project will enhancethe function and the architectural and artisticdesign of the seven bus stands.Concept and project ownerQ<strong>Part</strong>nersThe partners and friends of Q:s are <strong>Lund</strong> University,SonyEricsson, Akademiska Hus, City of <strong>Lund</strong>s, RegionSkåne, IDEON Science Park, SEB, Innovationsbron,Alfa Laval, Färs och Frosta Sparbank, LMK Industri,Sparbanken Finn, Wallin & Dalholm Boktryckeri)Location<strong>Lund</strong> (The Boomerang)Date<strong>2014</strong>The <strong>Lund</strong>alänken will stretch from <strong>Lund</strong> city centre to thenew area of the city, Brunnshög. Brunnshög will be thefocus of <strong>Lund</strong> in the future, and will be built between 2010and 2025. A compact area of the city on the northernoutskirts of <strong>Lund</strong>, it will provide around 4,000 homes and20,000 jobs.The seven bus stands—from <strong>Lund</strong> Central Station to thefinal stop at Forskartorget, which connects to the newMAX IV and ESS research centres—will be designed witha focus on function, architecture and artistic design.<strong>Lund</strong>’s main vision is to be the ‘City of Ideas’. The aim isto create opportunities for the sustainable City of Ideas.The City of Ideas will allow people to meet up, bothrandomly and by pre-arrangement. The aim is that theurban area will be designed to allow the flow of people inthe city centre to be more or less regulated. A bus standin <strong>Lund</strong>, the City of Ideas, is not a “dropping off” area,but a main hub in the network of the flow of people and212

meetings and yet at the same time is also an attractionand experience in itself. It should be a place wheremeetings, events and activities can take place all yearround.The bus stand areas should also reflect and refer backto the large group of international people who will stay inand work in the university area, the Ideon science parkand, by extension, the MAX IV and ESS research centres.The bus stop areas will increase the attractiveness ofpublic transport, but will also be an integral part in thedevelopment of the City of Ideas, in which the exchangeof ideas and meetings, short distances, compactness andproximity, meeting places and communication, networksand creative environments are all key components. Eachbus stand will be given its own character or profile.Key activities in the project:• Creating a new detailed plan through dialogue withproperty developers, universities and companies• Focus group dialogue with students, employeesand any individuals who could be considered users.(User-driven design.)• Production of documentation for architectural,design and artistic assignments that bring togetherthe various individual entities towards a commongoal, where function and experience work side byside.• Implementation.• Creating the bus stand areas as interactiveenvironments and educational spheres of humanmobility in the City of Ideas.Project ownerThe project owner is the municipality of <strong>Lund</strong>.Cooperation partners:Skissernas Museum, <strong>Lund</strong>s Konsthall, <strong>Lund</strong>s TekniskaHögskola, Region Skåne, the University of <strong>Lund</strong>,Regionfastigheter, Akademiska hus, Ikano, Wihlborgs,Jernhusen.THE POSTCARDA process where <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is the drivingforce in making the ESS a world-class pieceof architecture. A process that stimulates aninternational discussion on form, function,environment and society, and that will result inexhibitions and displays between now and <strong>2014</strong>,and the completed ESS facility around 2020.In early June 2009, the eagerly awaited definitivemessage came: ESS, the European Spallation Source, isto be built in <strong>Lund</strong>. This marks the successful end of aten-year campaign for the ESS to be based in <strong>Lund</strong>. Nowthe hard work of creating a detailed plan of the facilitycan begin.The Postcard is a totally new kind of collaboration,between an international research megaproject and acapital of culture organisation. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will be thedriving force in gathering local, regional and internationalplayers (from town planning offices to civil society groupsto the international research community to architecturalnetworks) for participation in discussions on theaesthetic and architectonic design of the ESS. This will ofcourse include requirements from research technology,environment and security perspectives.This collaborative process will not only yield positiveeffects at local and regional levels, in the form of newcontact networks and skills. It will also create a streamof international media news stories from autumn 2009onwards, until the plans are completed, and beyondthat to the construction period. The process does notonly involve <strong>Lund</strong>, Skåne and Sweden, but also largeparts of Europe, in a creative discussion of the meetingbetween aesthetic ideals, art, architecture, society,research, function, security and the environment. Theroute to the completed facility, which is to be put intooperation around 2018 and to be completed around 2020,will be lined with discussions, workshops, a high-classarchitectural competition, exhibitions before and duringconstruction, and a major visual display of the comingpiece of architecture in <strong>2014</strong>.The Director of the ESS Scandinavia Secretariat, ColinCarlile, says “With the focus that <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has onmeetings and cross-disciplinary cooperation, and with<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s network and high-level contacts in the artworld, the fact that <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is the driving force in theaesthetic process will bring significant added value forthe ESS. Together, we can make the ESS into a worldclassarchitectural creation, a symbol of the interactionbetween research, culture and society.”The purpose of the project is partly to bring many partsof society together in a joint urban development process,and partly to maximise the attraction of <strong>Lund</strong> and theregion, both for <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> (in the short term) and for the213

ESS (in the medium and long term). The goal is to makethe physical form of the ESS into an expression of what<strong>Lund</strong> and the region of Skåne represent, and of what thefacility means for our society. Together, we can makethe ESS into <strong>Lund</strong>’s, and Skåne’s, finest postcard to theworld. A manifestation of the fifth freedom.Idea and project ownerESS Scandinavia and <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> in collaboration.H2O—Human toOcean—ConflictResolution betweenhuman, nature andfutureAn art round that links the diverse urban coastlinethrough the integration of art, information andconflict in order to involve and unite visitors andthe private sector in issues of nature, environment,quality of life and development.The coast is an interface for conflicts. For epic conflictsbetween ancient elements like land and sea. But alsobetween international and local, between fisheries policy,environmental values and local society. Between thecommercial logic of tourism and its actual logic. Thisproject is based on activating Skåne’s coastal stripusing art as the common denominator. Permanent ortemporary art locations take us round the coast of Skåne.The project focuses on conflicts, but seeks to bridge theconflicts between art, nature, research, business and theharsh reality of everyday life. A perfect opportunity tounite society and humans with their surroundings.The installations along the coast can be observed fromland, or from sea if you choose to do this art roundby boat. Locations are chosen in consultation withlandscape architects, local authorities, the businesssector and other relevant professions, such asresearchers, fishermen, artists and interest organisations.H2O may involve refining existing infrastructure besideor in the water (for example wind power, lighthouses orfishing huts). It may also involve placing works of art innew locations, permanently or temporarily, dependingon the suitability of the conditions. Such locations mustcapture visitors’ interest. They should stimulate curiosityand allow the visitor to take a visual place in the context,but always subordinate to nature.The project will invite companies, artists, local authoritiesand universities to cooperate. Suitable existing projectswill be invited to be part of the project and become keyelements. Every local authority will work with projectmanagers to identify possible subjects/conflicts thatconstitute an important focus for their locality. In the spiritof the Baltic Sea Strategy, we want to set up exchangesbetween countries through shared platforms for nationaland international art in cooperation with the businesssector. Artists from countries around the Baltic Sea will beinvited to participate.H2O is to be a permanent project where public art breaksdown the boundaries between land and sea, people andnature.Idea and project ownerLandscape architects Karl-Oscar Seth and Emma Larssonin collaboration with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. A special organisationmay be set up for this purpose.<strong>Part</strong>nersThere is an ongoing dialogue with the relevant sections ofRegion Skåne.The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarpsupports the project.The Marine Biological <strong>Centre</strong> in Simrishamn.LocationThe project will take place along the entire coastline ofSkåne, on land and in water.DateSections of coastline will be inaugurated bit by bit overthe course of <strong>2014</strong>Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong>The Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> project began with aninternational exhibition in the summer of 2007.The Snøhetta architectural practice erected thepavilions amid the beautiful surroundings of LillaStenshuvud. This also marked the first phase ofthe launch of an international sculpture park.214

Over the last two years, the project has continuedthrough collaboration with David Chipperfield andAntony Gormley (2008), and Julian Opie, RunaIslam and Matti Suuronen (2009).The goal of the Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> project is the completionof an arts and culture centre by <strong>2014</strong>.The ambition is to create an institution unlike anythingthat already exists. This is a unique project which hasits starting point in reality and the location where theproject “grows out of the ground”. Over the seven yearsduring which the project will be active up until <strong>2014</strong>,Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> will have become an established placeof creativity just as much as a meeting place for art andnature in a broad sense.The curator of Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> is Sune Nordgren, formerhead of Malmö Konsthall, IASPIS in Stockholm, BALTIC inGateshead and the National Museum of Art, Architectureand Design in Oslo.During the spring, <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> held discussions with KivikArt <strong>Centre</strong>. A joint proposal for the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> programmewill be agreed on in autumn 2009.Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong>’s goals for <strong>2014</strong> are:• Three high-quality exhibitions with an internationaloutlook. It has not yet been decided which of thesewill be held in association with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.• During <strong>2014</strong> Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> will be a project forthe entire year, although the summer season willcontinue to take centre stage.• Over the course of the year, there will be an ongoingdialogue based on the borderland between art,architecture and nature in the form of a seriesof lectures and seminars held at an advancedinternational level.• An intensive artistic and pedagogical programme,closely related to the themes and focus of theexhibitions and the subprojects.215

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We (the indivisible divinity that works in us) have dreamedthe world. We have dreamed it resistant, mysterious,visible, ubiquitous in space and firm in time, but we haveallowed slight, and eternal, bits of the irrational to formpart of its architecture so as to know that it is false.(Jorge Luis Borges)The programme investigates creativity and the irrationalcreative forces, so important to society. Not only artand culture, but also science, politics and philosophy,is dependent on the inspiration and explosive force ofthose sparks of creativity. It’s when we let the imaginationbridge the distance between problem and solution thatwe seem to be able to fool the structures, the patterns,the causality. In <strong>Lund</strong>, the city of innovation, it’s perhapsthis eccentric, passionate approach to the world thatmost clearly demonstrates the fifth freedom.217

the GeniusThe main aim of the project is to convert fragmentedand partially hidden culture into a resource by exploringand developing the term “sampling”. Existing larger andsmaller fragments of art, theatre, music and sciencewill be joined together to form new configurations byrevelatory and boundary-breaking encounters andprojects. The central part of this process will be themechanisms and rules which create new combinationsand contexts.With its background as a religious and a scientific centre,<strong>Lund</strong>’s relationship to the unorthodox and innovative hasalways been ambiguous. Religious explanations leavelittle room for the idea that exceptional individuals couldinfluence the order of things. This is the reverse of theapproach and pronouncements from the world of science,in which successful individuals are put on pedestals,rewarded and honoured.In this way successful scientists challenge the concept ofthe divine but become elevated themselves, but mortal.Running parallel is another perspective of the genius andthe ingenious which is more ambiguous and challengingfor both the church and science: the artistic genius—theperson who can introduce or predict new perspectivesand insights by breaking paradigms and reinterpretingrules and norms.The Genius project will illuminate the contexts and theshifting opinions of artistic genius through a series ofexhibitions, seminars and workshops. The project will berealised in three parts:• MessengersAn interpretation of how the local artistic geniusesCarl Fredrik Hill and GAN (Gösta Adrian Nilsson)helped to impart impressions and experiencesfrom other countries and environments, and innerlandscapes.• Both Hill and GAN moved about in and wereinfluenced by their local environment. Pieces with alocal connection (place, motif) will be placed aboutas mini exhibitions and simultaneously give riseto inspirational wanderings along the length of theBoomerang.• LinksLinks will explore the connection and influencebetween artists and current scientists.• DialogueHere other artists will be introduced in dialogue withGAN and Hill. Possibly a dialogue between GAN andOlle Borg, and between Hill and another Swedishcontemporary artist.Concept and project owner:Föreningen QLocation:<strong>Lund</strong>Date:<strong>2014</strong>Soko Moto—is ithuman?Soko Moto is a dramatic arts performance, aninternational original production, based partlyon the cognitive research carried out by <strong>Lund</strong>University at Furuvik Zoo in Gävle and partly onother descriptions of mankind’s relationship withthe great apes. We enter a borderland between ourunderstanding of what is uniquely human and whatwe think about our fellow creatures. Soko Motois the term for chimpanzee in Eastern Congo, andsimply means “is it human?”According to cognitive research, the very quality of beingaware of both ourselves and our future needs is essentialin order for an individual to be able to have an inner frameof reference and what we call emotions.Santino, the chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo, recently madeheadlines thanks to his habit of calmly collecting stoneseach morning before angrily throwing these at the zoo’svisitors later on in the day. Not only was he planning anactivity in advance, he was also anticipating his ownfuture mental state.Other research has shown that apes have both betterself-control than humans and a better memory forfigures. Mankind is just one species among many otherswithin the swarming web of life on Earth. Researchershave studied our closest relatives—the large anthropoidapes—from a variety of different angles: philosophically,biologically, anthropologically and, not least, in terms ofcognitive research. Ingrained ideas about what is uniquelyhuman have been turned on their heads. What are we,in fact, as cultural beings? What is uniquely human? Our218

understanding of ourselves and our life on Earth is centralto our future development and our coexistence withothers.The concept behind the production involves providinga dramatic expression of scientific research andphilosophical/moral debate which is both factual and amagnificent, engaging theatrical adventure.Soko Moto is an international production in bothSwedish- and English-language versions. The premièrewill take place in <strong>Lund</strong>, and the performance will then bestaged in three or four other locations in Sweden and asinternational guest performances.The production will be staged in association with <strong>Lund</strong>University and other research centres around the world,combining art and research in both the preparatory workand the actual production/performances.in association with researchers Mathias Osvath andThomas Persson at <strong>Lund</strong> University. A separate projectorganisation, Human Beings Ltd, is being set up to takecare of the production process. This organisation willdeal with funding and production in association with aSwedish base organisation, possibly Riksteatern (initialcontact has been made). Artistic and production advisorswill also be involved in the project, including PederBjurman, Carina Reich and Bogdan Szyber.<strong>Proposed</strong> partners<strong>Lund</strong> UniversityRiksteaternSVTHandspring Puppet Company (South Africa)Complicité (UK)Ex Machina (Canada)The three-hour performance will be a full evening’s event.The ambition is to bring together Swedish stage and filmartists, a South African puppet theatre, an internationallyrenownedcomposer and a world-class company/director.Ongoing development:This is a large and complex project. Work is underwayto secure the involvement of partners. Many potentialpartners have been contacted, but the involvement ofadditional partners still needs to be ensured.Contact is currently being established with local Swedishorganisers in other locations. Preliminary contact hasbeen made with the British theatre company Complicitéand the Canadian company Ex Machina and directorRobert Lepage.We are working to involve Real World/Peter Gabriel as apotential composer and musical coordinator. A possibleSwedish alternative would be Johan Söderberg/LuckyPeople <strong>Centre</strong>.Contact will be established with other correspondingorganisations specialising in primates/apes before thesummer, and with an international agent/productionorganisation for guest performances in other countries.Other international contacts:WWFNational contacts:SVT (Swedish national television) to document theprocess and programmes on the field of research.Concept and project owner:The project has been developed by Anders LernerLocation<strong>Lund</strong>Three or four venues in SwedenInternational tourDate<strong>2014</strong>Art Inside OutA pavilion with an artistic project room andcafé will be temporarily erected in Skissernas’Museum’s sculpture park. Visitors are invitedinto the midst of creativity where experimentalencounters between the artistic and the scientificwill occur.The project room of the pavilion facilitates meetingsbetween working artists and visitors by approaching,questioning and challenging at close quarters; allowingdirect, uninhibited encounters to take place through art.The public will meet art as a work in progress, provided apeek into the artistic process and allowed to experiencehow artistic work swings between profound concentrationand testing, provocative challenges. The café also hasan art history function, as a debate forum and vitallyimportant meeting place.The theme, Art Inside Out, has three meanings:1) Art that is inside out—on the wrong side and wrongside out: the uncontrolled, irritating, unexpected, sensual,surprising.219

2) The pavilion promotes the work of moving art fromthe inside and outwards, both in a concrete way frominside the museum and closer to the public, but also inpromoting the process of exchange, where the visitors’reactions can be brought back to the museum and art.3) The creative process is followed from inside the artist’sbrain/heart and out to concrete results in the projectroom, in sketches, in artwork and further out into thepublic space—as well as back in an exchange of dialoguewith the observer.Skisserna’s Museum .is announcing a competition in2011 for proposals for the design of the pavilion with aproject room and café. It must stir curiosity and desireand lead rather to associations with artwork than to builtarchitecture, as well as provide artistic symbolism forthe city of <strong>Lund</strong>. Contributions will be chosen by a juryconsisting of representatives from the five newest EUmember states. The winning proposal will be erected andinaugurated at the beginning of <strong>2014</strong>.Scope15 performances during spring or autumn <strong>2014</strong>6 seminars10 public post-performance discussionsConcept and project ownerSkissernas Museum (Museum of Sketches)<strong>Part</strong>nersStatens Konstråd (The National Public Arts Council),Konsthögskolan i Malmö (Malmö Academy of Art), <strong>Lund</strong>skonsthall (<strong>Lund</strong> Art Gallery), The School of Architecture,<strong>Lund</strong> Universitet, Kunstmuseet Køge Skitsesamling,Dept of Landscape Architecture, Sweden’s University ofAgricultural Sciences, AlnarpLocation<strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>Birds and modernscientistswill include 20-30 international artists. Thefundamental question of ‘Birds and ModernScientists’ is how knowledge is produced andpresented today. The exhibition is an attempt toshow a new primitive way of producing knowledgeand information—single-handedly, and against allodds.When Time Magazine selected its ‘Person of the Year’ in2006, its choice was: You. You (in other words, everyone)now have control over information. The Internet hasdeveloped into a tool that gathers small contributionsfrom millions of people and makes them significant.Facebook, Second Life, book reviews on Amazon,podcasts, blogs, music production and distribution,Wikipedia, open source …Opinions on the meaning of all this differ. Some seeopen media as a positive development towards a moredemocratic, dynamic and anarchic perspective on theworld. Others believe this is the age of the amateur, andsee a danger that this development may undermine theauthority of traditional research and media institutions.Regardless of this, the developments in Web 2.0 arein the process of transforming culture, politics andcommerce. The citizens involved (those with internetaccess) are involved in creating a new digital age.Often, the role of the artist is not unlike the role ofthe archaeologist: unearthing or finding material andinformation, and collating it to create new meaning.The artists involved in this exhibition will challenge theresearch community and the template for how knowledgeis produced—and their own roles as artists.Researchers from <strong>Lund</strong> University and Malmö Universitywill also be linked in to the project.Concept and project ownerMalmö Konsthall (Malmö Art Gallery)Location<strong>Lund</strong> and MalmöDate<strong>2014</strong>The Malmö Konsthall art gallery is working with<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> to develop an exhibition project that220

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MUSEUM OFconseQuencesThere is already in <strong>Lund</strong>, Skissernas museum,a unique institution exhibiting the creativeprocess that takes place during the completionof a work of art. In correspondence to this, weare now planning to establish a similar uniqueinstitution to exhibit the process that followsthe completion of a work of art. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> iscreating Konsekvensernas museum, which will beinaugurated through a series of four exhibitions in<strong>2014</strong>.It used to be relatively easy.An artist created an artefact which was exhibited in apublic place.The work was discussed, archived, and moved on frombeing contemporary to become historical art.Modern day art does not comprise of artefacts. It can do,but nowadays it is more often the actual activity that isthe work of art.And these occur ever less often in controlledenvironments with white walls.Art is no longer clinical. It takes place in society and itimpacts.That is the aim anyway.We want to exhibit these impacts.In a clinical environment. (If we concede that such a thingexists at all, that is! The point of this project is actually todemonstrate the opposite.)In an environment where the effects can be witnessed.Observed. For a moment.An opportunity to zoom out and reflect.What does an activity mean?Where does art end and society start?What can we, and what do we wish to achieve with art?We shall create a The Museum of Consequences whichillustrates some of the processes occurring subsequentto the completion of a work of art. We will apply themicrophone to the quiet buzz that remains after the massmedia has moved on from an “art scandal” to its nextsensation. We will follow the art thief’s flight through thegallery’s skylight on his way to the black market beyond.We will follow the illegal, spontaneous constructionthrough the bureaucratic meanderings of the authoritiesout to the people’s protests, to parliament and on outacross borders to wherever the story takes us.In addition to following the impacts on society at large,we shall also follow the internal effects within culturalspheres. On the basis of the French curator NicolasBourriaud’s notion of post production, we will searchfor art that continues to be created through recyclingand further development. Sampling, DJ-ing, collagetechniques, mash-ups, fan fiction—all these methodsconcern the after life of a work of art and its resurrectionin new guises.The Museum of Consequences will be based on worksof art, contemporary and historical, and will trace thepeople who have been affected by them, psychologicallyor physically, existentially or financially, individuallyor socially, creatively or destructively. The curatorsat Konsekvensernas museum will use social mediain network based “creative crowds” to discover theotherwise elusive connections. In-depth interviews will becombined with statistical measurement methods.Cause chains will be followed, and people will becomeinvolved in the compilation of information by applying thechain-letter principle. The consequences will be selectedand configured in cooperation with researchers (withinethnology, media science, cultural science, economyetc.), artists, illustrators, visualisation experts, theatricaland film directors and writers. To name but a few. Thelocation of the exhibition will be based on the material—Konsekvensernas museum will be at the centre of theconsequences, if one may allow oneself such paradoxicalterminology.Activities will start in 2010 with a series of seminarsconcerning direction, scope and methodology. Pilotprojects will be carried out during 2011 and 2012. Fourexhibitions will be presented in <strong>2014</strong>; two of these, whichhave been planned for some time, will focus on olderworks, and two will be created intensively during <strong>2014</strong> onthe basis of highly topical material. The selection of workswill not be limited to the visual arts, but may equally wellbe discovered within popular culture. Communication andpublic involvement will be established through the broadbased participation process preceding the exhibition.Concept and project owner:The concept has been developed by IdégruppenFenomenal. The project is being run by a purposeformed organisation, incubating within <strong>Lund</strong>s KulturellaInnovationcentrum.Working partners:Potential working partners are <strong>Lund</strong> University and MalmöUniversity as well as members of the art world both local224

and international. A large network will be formed throughsocial media.LocationFour small exhibitions in <strong>Lund</strong> at carefully chosen sitesbased on the material being exhibited.concrete tools for measuring (quantifying) the valuecreated by culture. The project is being coordinated bythe Story Lab, which coordinates the subprojects andthe constituent activities, and which ensures that theresults can be tested and ultimately presented in terms ofconcrete end-products: tools.Date:Four occasions in <strong>2014</strong>.Measure This!Measure This! uses a variety of crowd sourcingtechniques to create a toolbox for the practicalmeasurement of the value created by culture froma number of different perspectives.The individual subprojects are being run by a number ofdifferent parties in partnership.• Subproject A (market-economy process) involvesthe banking system, Arts and Business Sweden andcultural theorist Tobias Nielsén.• Subproject B (human engineering process)involves <strong>Lund</strong> University’s Humanities Lab and theorganisation Tillt.• Subproject C (artistic process) involves the youthmovement Drömmarnas Hus and the internationalartists’ collective Parfyme.How can we measure the value of culture? How much isthe Fifth Freedom worth? Our vision is to answer thesequestions in collaboration with the citizens of Europe,cultural producers and other relevant parties through aninternational crowd sourcing process. In association withall relevant networks within both the financial sector andthe cultural and public sectors, the project aims to createa toolbox containing a number of concrete tools and/ormethods to help institutions, independent practitioners,organisations and project managers to think about thevalue of cultural activities and projects. During <strong>2014</strong>, theproject will involve more than 1,000 people contributingknowledge and ideas for the development of the projectat a deeper level through testing and workshops. Theinitial stages of the project are expected to involve almost85,000 individuals. This will occur by combining a numberof broadly inclusive communication processes withinternational networks and the inhabitants of the regionin more specialised workshops and testing, with selectedexpert groups from the fields of culture and industry. As aresult, not only will we see the project’s concrete resultsin terms of “measuring tools”, we will also see a numberof established contacts and strong links between culturalinstitutions and financial experts, as well as a wellinformeddiscussion on the value created by culture in aglobal field of knowledge.Measure This! will result in a toolbox for the practicalmeasurement of the value created by culture. Thiswill be achieved through a number of different players(associations, organisations, networks and individuals)carrying out three parallel projects in association with aninternational knowledge community, in order to deviseConcept and project ownerThe Story Lab<strong>Part</strong>nersArts and Business SwedenTillt<strong>Lund</strong> University’s Humanities LabTobias NielsénDrömmarnas HusParfymeWordz (previously Zentropa Interaction, Zentropa WorkZoch Reflection in Action)Location<strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>The ResidualsThe Residuals is a platform and a hub betweeninstitutions and actors in <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne as wellas international networks. An ongoing project witha flexible structure that links the grassroots levelto the major international arenas and artists.Farawaysoclose (FASC) is a Malmö-based initiativelaunched in 2007 by freelance curators Linda Rydbergand Jessica Segerlund. The organisation runs a residency225

programme for international curators (Residency FarAway So Close), which has produced exhibitions atsome of the most important art institutions in the region:Dunkers Kulturhus in Helsingborg, Malmö Konsthall,Malmö Art Museum, and Ystad Art Museum. During thiskind of residency, the curator has the opportunity to getto know local artists and institutions.Concept and project ownerFarawaySoClose, non-profit association<strong>Part</strong>nersDunkers kulturhusMalmö Art GalleryYstad Art MuseumThe term residuals is used in statistics to showthe difference between a measured value and amathematically predicted value. In everyday speech, youmight call it the rest or the remainder. In the context ofThe Residuals, this is an interpretation of what the fifthfreedom may be: what remains, but also what is left over.The Residuals actively investigates questions like: Howcan we use and manage the knowledge, the experienceand the networks that are created on the regional artscene during <strong>2014</strong>? How can these experiences berelevant both at grassroots level and in an internationalarena?The project uses a peer-to-peer strategy and investigateshow the role of curator can be used as an interface withthe potential to disseminate knowledge of and establishpartnerships between separate international and regionalart scenes. FASC works as a mediator or broker in thiscontext, in order to create an important and rewardingexchange between the various actors involved in theproject. With experience from RFASC, the projectscoordinated will be under the auspices of the museumsand art galleries, without being bound to those physicalinstitutions. Projects can take place on the Internet,on the radio, in public space or in printed form. Mutualexchange brings encounters and partnerships betweenhost institutions, FASC, the regional art scene and theinternational networks of the curators. Thus, the projectcontributes to putting the art scene of the Öresund regiononto the map internationally.The project will include three to five art projects in theregion in <strong>2014</strong>, curated by the residents on the theme‘The Residuals’. The project will conclude with aninvestigative seminar and a printed booklet that willinclude documentation and reflections on the project’smethods, content and the issues it raises.DevelopmentThe project touches on <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s own ambitions interms of event evaluation. One major challenge will be tofind methods for evaluation and for how the knowledgeand experience gained should be managed. This part ofthe project will be developed in cooperation with <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong>.Location<strong>Lund</strong>/SkåneDate<strong>2014</strong>VOX EUROPA– A Swedish forum for European writers, humanists andscientists.VOX europa is a festival with an emphasis onliterature and science which demonstrates thefree and unimpeded movement of ideas andwords within an increasingly border-free Europe.Readings, discussions, debates and workshopsshowcase new and established names withinEuropean literature and science.VOX was the name of a series of notable anthologiespublished by the Literary Students’ Society at <strong>Lund</strong>University in the early 1950s. The series was relaunchedby the publisher Cavefors in the 1970s. In both itsincarnations, VOX provided a sample of interesting newwritings, thus contributing towards the literary reputationof <strong>Lund</strong>. The idea is to recreate a groundbreaking literaryforum in festival format—a forum which can also highlightthe coming together of literature and science, and ofgeographic and disciplinary cultures. VOX EUROPAshapes the freedom of thoughts and ideas in a waywhich corresponds to <strong>Lund</strong>’s multifaceted resourcesas European Capital of Culture. The city’s rich traditionof literature, science and innovative technology is anideal breeding ground for a creative forum for an opendebate on borders and cross-border encounters betweenlanguages, disciplines, cultures and ways of thinking.VOX EUROPA aims to make <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåne a regularmeeting place for those who give a voice to our time, thefuture and our common European history. The borderlandnature of Skåne provides an additional motivation for226

hosting such a festival here, with the involvement ofauthors, translators, scientists, humanists and humanscientists, IT experts and cognitive researchers,publishers and cultural journalists.Concept and project ownerNiklas Törnlund, Björn Larsson, Sigrid Combüchen, ÅsaMaria Kraft, Andrea Törnlund and Anna Alsmark.Litteraturbaren<strong>Part</strong>nersThe School of Creative Writing, <strong>Lund</strong> UniversityThe Writers’ <strong>Centre</strong> in SwedenThe Royal Society of LettersThe Scientific Society in <strong>Lund</strong>Grand Hotel, <strong>Lund</strong>LocationGrand Hotel, <strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>NOBEL NIGHTNobel Night isclosely related to Vox Europa. The <strong>Lund</strong>ianLiterature Society will invite the Nobel Laureate for <strong>2014</strong>to a literary discussion about his or her authorship withsome Swedens most prominent literature experts. TheSwedish Academy and <strong>Lund</strong> University are partners in theproject.227

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The distance from citizen’s everyday life to EU-politicsseems infinite. Yes, it is obviously a problem when only4 out of 10 Europeans think that it is worthwhile to letsomeone represent them in the European Parliament. Onthe deepest level, the problem may lie in the transitionfrom a national to a transnational way of thinking; eachEuropean country carries an identity and a nationalhistory which has been accumulated gradually over thecenturies. The Swedish Welfare State, for example, is anestablished stroy which, at least during the last century,placed every Swede in a comprehensible and meaningfulSwedish context.Louise Weiss, french intellectual and member of theEU Parliament, once said: ”European institutions haveproduced European beets, butter, cheese, wine, veal, andeven pigs. But, they have not produced Europeans”Without establishing if there are any true Europeansor not, in this programme we present portraits of anumber of European individuals. We will bring out theirpersonalities and lives. Their dreams, ideas and passions.With such a humane approach, perhaps we can closein on understanding of what European citizenship couldmean, in-depth.229

DAGNYIn the spring of 1888 Dagny Juel arrived in <strong>Lund</strong>,dressed in a long black tightly fitted dress. Aroundthe waiste a green belt of crokodile skin. In heavymake-up, drinking, smoking. She was 21 years oldThe Norwegian Dagny Juel may be unknown today, but atthe end of the 19th Century she was idolised by the mostprominent writers and artists of the day. Dagny Juel liveda Bohemian existence in Berlin, was a young mother inKrakow, a betrayed wife in Zakopane, a homeless drifterin Warsaw and was murdered in Tbilisi. Just as DagnyJuel rebelled against the conventions of the time, theproject Dagny—European Emancipation & Ecstasy aimsto provoke, challenge and confront the conventions of ourtime in relation to the fifth freedom.Dagny is presented through a synthesis of the arts—anarchitectural projection with installations, plays, danceand music that portray Dagny Juel’s dramatic life andtimes.Concept and project ownerSagohuset Theatreinhuman, about prejudice and understanding. Modernproblems such as integration and cultural differences areaddressed from a historical perspective. “Jönsson andJensen” is played out off-stage from the actual war, in thesame comic vein as Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz andGuildenstern Are Dead” (1990) and Akira Kurosawa’s “TheHidden Fortress” (1958).With the film The Battle of <strong>Lund</strong> we can illuminate theproblems and phenomena of today by taking a humorouslook at history. And perhaps recognise ourselves andlaugh in the midst of the horrors of war.Co-produced by Swedish and Danish productioncompanies, the film is being shot on location in Skåneand involves the local population both behind and in frontof the camera. Anders Jansson and Johan Wester arewriting the script, directing and participating in the film.Concept and project ownerAnagram Produktion AB (Johan Wester and AndersJansson)LocationFilming locations in <strong>Lund</strong> and its surroundings. Galapremière in <strong>Lund</strong>. Cinema distribution throughoutSweden, and TV broadcast. Cinema distribution and TVbroadcast in Denmark.<strong>Proposed</strong> cooperation partnerRobert Lepage.Date<strong>2014</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>JÖNSSON and jensenA feature-length comedy about the differences andsimilarities between two sister nations. Two friendsfrom opposite sides of the Öresund Sound fight for theirsurvival during the 1676 Battle of <strong>Lund</strong>.Thanks to its proximity to Denmark and ContinentalEurope, Skåne has always played an important role inthe history of both Sweden and the Nordic region. Today,the area around the Öresund Sound remains a centre forculture, openness and new ideas. “Jönsson and Jensen”is a historic feature-length comedy about two men—aDane and a Swede—trying to avoid the Dano-SwedishWar (1676) so that their friendship can survive. Along theway, they learn a great deal about themselves and eachother. This is a film about finding the human amid theUlrika Eleonora—Sweden’s Queen ofPeaceOperaverkstan/Malmö Opera together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> areproducing the equestrian opera Ulrika Eleonora.Ulrika Eleonora was the sister of the Danish KingKristian V and wife of King Karl XI of Sweden, twokings who fought each other at the battle of <strong>Lund</strong>in 1676.The aim of the opera is to bring Ulrika Eleonora out of herhidden place in history. She has come to symbolise peacebetween sister nations with her gentle yet purposefulwork. Placing her on a horse provides her with a sense ofdecisiveness and flexibility, which is a natural part of thehuman-horse relationship. And using opera to relate her230

important role in history provides her message of peacewith a megaphone.Concept and project ownerTeater 23Flyinge Kungsgård and Malmö Opera & Musikteater havebeen brought into the process.LocationSkåne, Europe.ScopeApprox 15 performancesDate<strong>2014</strong>LocationFlyinge KungsgårdDate<strong>2014</strong>My Friends—EuropeA theatrical performance about dreams andplans for the future, and about the periodbetween childhood and adulthood, based onthe experiences of children from five Europeancountries. Teater 23 travels around Europe,curious to find out what children dream about andyearn for, and what they think about the presentand the future.When getting to know new people, it’s a good ideato have something to break the ice with. This is whya revised My Friends book has been produced. In it,children talk about what their lives are like today, as wellas what they think life will be like in ten years’ time. Theycan write as much or as little as they like, and they canalso produce a drawing, cut pictures out of a newspaperor copy them from the internet, take photographs orexpress themselves in some other way.What happens during the ten years between the agesof eleven and 21? Or what do we think and hope willhappen? The difference between how children describethemselves and their surroundings now and in tenyears’ time reveals stories and situations which are sad,courageous, amusing and incredible!A playwright who came on the journey uses these asthe basis for a play which addresses the target groupwe interviewed: children aged 9-13. The play is beingrehearsed at Teater 23, and will then tour Skåne and thelocations in Europe where the materials were compiled.All the children who see the play will receive a copy of theMy Friends book.PHANTASMAGORICA film adaptation of <strong>Lund</strong>, Capital of Culture. Eightshort films combined to create an episodic filmwithin the fantastic film genre. The films will bedirected by renowned European film-makers.The <strong>Lund</strong> International Fantastic Film Festival (FFF) islaunching a relay event in which eight European filmdirectors will each make their own short film about<strong>Lund</strong> and the Fifth Freedom. There are a few simplerequirements:• The film must be shot in the City of <strong>Lund</strong>.• Only technicians/actors/extras from Skåne may beused.• The film must be “fantastic” in accordance with theFFF concept definition (see below).• The film must deal with the Fifth Freedom as outlinedin <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>’s candidacy.This film project is inspired by other episodic projectssuch as Paris, je t’aime, Tokyo! and New York Stories.Just as in these examples, the local environment willbe filmed and involved, and the film will be distributedinternationally. The films will finally be combined to createa feature-length film which will receive its world premièreduring the Fantastic Film Festival’s 20th anniversarycelebrations in <strong>2014</strong>.For 15 years, the <strong>Lund</strong> International Fantastic FilmFestival has stood for all that is different. That which ishidden. The bizarre, the abstract, the inaccessible, thefanciful and the uncontrolled. Fantastic film is often usedas a collective term for genres such as science fiction,fantasy and horror. As the word “fantastic” suggests,fantastic film is all about imagination. The aim of thefestival is to reinforce the intrinsic value of imaginationand to stretch the limits of the imagination within film.231

DevelopmentA professional project team has been set up as part ofFFF, with a reference group to ensure local backing. Thereference group consists of representatives from <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong>, the City of <strong>Lund</strong>, Film i Skåne, the Öresund FilmCommission and the Swedish Film Institute. The projectteam is responsible for funding and timescales, invitingdirectors and identifying partnerships. The script andconcept for each film will be chosen or written by thedirector in question, but needs to be approved by theproject team in accordance with the above criteria. Thefilming team and technology will be sourced locally bythe project team in consultation with the relevant directorand the reference group. Casting and post-productionwill be carried out in the same way. The entire project willtherefore have a local character in every respect.and our own time, and the mistakes of history will not berepeated quite as easily—that’s guaranteed.Anagram Produktion fronted by comics Anders Janssonand Johan Wester gave over 170 performances during2007-2008 of the humorous educational happening500, about 500 historical people. Apart from the stageproduction, the voluminous research resulted in apodcast and a game with humoristic, bite-size amountsof information about those historical people.“One European a Day” follows along the same lines butis about the 365 most important Europeans in history.Every day during <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> the European of the Day willbe presented and honoured with an informative plaqueplaced in various locations around <strong>Lund</strong>. One every day,neither more nor less.Concept and project owner:The <strong>Lund</strong> International Fantastic Film Festival<strong>Part</strong>nersFilm i SkåneThe Swedish Film InstituteThe Öresund Film CommissionLocation<strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>ONE EUROPEAN A dayAnagram Produktion presents the 365 mostimportant Europeans through history in a wideranging educational project. It ends with a comedyperformance and plaques of those very important365 Europeans placed around the city of <strong>Lund</strong>.Using special maps an endless number of uniqueeducational walks can be made, based on variousthemes from which the participants choose. The selectionprocess will take place by nomination by our Europeanpartners as well as a local jury, consisting of historians,experts on Europe and other suitable authorities.As with the 500 production, a comedy performance OneEuropean a Day will be held at <strong>Lund</strong> stadsteater.Project owner:Anagram ProduktionCooperation partners:Historical media<strong>Lund</strong> UniversityLocation<strong>Lund</strong>s stadsteaterDateEvery day during <strong>2014</strong>In a fractured world we need something to hold ustogether. With a broad collective education and commonframes of reference we humans can more easilyexchange thoughts and ideas and meet on a deep level.It is through our similarities we can learn to understandeach others’ differences.And if we see humour in the same situations and canlaugh together, so much the better. A comprehensivecollective education is important for every society. Themore we know the less obsessed we are with ourselves232

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Not long ago a meeting between people in an other placethan reality was unthinkable. Today the real meetingis one option among many. In contemporary art, onehas sought to re-establish the “contact” with reality, forexample by the site-specific - but it is still often the ideaor concept that carries. Not the physical material.We’re to meet IRL - we often say nowadays, meaning inthe old reality, the one we were born in, and almost gotrid of. Or have we? In this program we will explore ourneed of artifacts, objects, physical meetings and ourrelationship to our biological body.235

The Thinking ImageExhibitions of eminent female artists who haveworked with the image of thought in variousdimensions over the past century.The Thinking Image is a logical continuation of theprogramme of exhibitions staged at <strong>Lund</strong>s Konsthallsince 2004. It will also be the gallery’s largest and mostambitious project to date. The exhibitions during <strong>2014</strong>are intended to form a cohesive series of projects whichprovide a portrait of important female artists, showcasingartistry from the past century which represents differentcultural backgrounds and visual means of expression. Byhighlighting these artists, their role in the development ofart since 1914 is shown. The focus will be on the Russianfuturists of the 1910s and 1920s, and on contemporaryEuropean and American artists born in the 1930s andonwards.The title of the project has been taken from the Frenchphilosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-95) who, in his studyof the history of cinema (Cinéma 1, L’image-mouvement,1983 and Cinéma 2, L’image-temps, 1985), talks aboutthree types of image: the visible image, the readableimage and “the thinking image”. Deleuze describes thethinking image as something we should strive for ratherthan something which already exists and can be clearlydefined. His artistic vision deals largely with the crucialsignificance of unprejudiced thought and creativity interms of society and its development. This is somethingwhich the gallery attempts to apply in its overallprogramme and its exhibitions.The following artists are involved: the Latvian-bornAmerican artist Vija Celmins (born 1938), the Belgiansculptor and video artist Lili Dujourie (born 1941), theAmerican conceptual photographer Louise Lawler (born1947) and the German sculptor Isa Genzken (born 1948).All the exhibitions in the Thinking Image series will beaccompanied by major publications.Development:<strong>Lund</strong>s Konsthall enjoys a highly-developed internationalnetwork of contacts, as well as unique contacts inRussia and Latvia. Direct contact has already beenmade with Lili Dujourie, as well as good indirect contactvia gallery owners and colleagues of Isa Genzken, VijaCelmins and Louise Lawler. Contact with the TretyakovGallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in StPetersburg—the leading players in the Russian museumworld when it comes to futurism—will be establishedas soon as <strong>Lund</strong> is nominated as European Capital ofCulture.Concept and project owner:<strong>Lund</strong>s KonsthallLocation<strong>Lund</strong>s KonsthallDate<strong>2014</strong>Crafted FreedomThe crafts genre is a hybrid, an underdog,regarded as belonging to neither art nor design.In today’s society it also stands for the freedom ofcontrol over the entire production process—anda resistance to mass production. In <strong>2014</strong> therewill be a manifestation of this genre in the formof exhibitions, workshops and text, focusing oncontemporary European craft and its rich heritage.The international artisan scene is growing into anincreasing stronger community, with collaborations,exchange arrangements and an international craftsreview. In the EU this creative field of business has beenidentified as one the most important mechanisms forEuropean development. The opportunities for crafts canbe viewed in the light of this. The field of crafts is often alocally anchored fighter, enduring through industrialisationand modernism, engendering renewal via academictraining at academies of art as well as innovativelyrenewing street art.The Skåne region has a rich heritage of world renownedartisans, such as Wiven Nilsson, Wivianna Bülow-Hübe,Sigurd Persson, Signe Persson-Melin and Märta MååsFjätterström. Today there are many small producers andtraders of useful items running parallel with academicresearchers within the field of crafts.The project will centre on the broad range that Europeancrafts encompasses and dotted around <strong>Lund</strong> will belarger and smaller manifestations revealing the breadthof innovative and traditional crafts. The aim is to generatea long term increase in the interest for crafts but also tocreate a debate and a critique on the highest level.236

Manifestations during <strong>2014</strong>Exhibition:Contemporary Swedish and international crafts will bedisplayed in a larger exhibition in collaboration withinternational players.Skånes Dansteater is running a project on the themeof the Body together with Kulturen i <strong>Lund</strong> andMalmö Stadsteater. Each organisation is producinga performance, which will be presented both as asingle entity and together, in some form, with the otherperformances.Text:Crafts critique. This project encourages newspapers andthe trade press to publish crafts critique in printed anddigital media.Academy:Where is handicraft in art history? Is it a conscious choiceto disregard a discipline that does not fit in a modernistichistory of art? A collaboration with <strong>Lund</strong> University.Collections:The project will highlight the unique collections ofcraftwork found in Skåne.Production:Open studios and sale of functional items.The project is a cooperation between StiftelsenKonsthantverkscentrum, Sweden’s foremost organisationfor craft artists, craftswoman Åsa Jungnelius,Gustavsbergskonsthall, Sweden’s leading art gallery forcrafts, and the Crystal Palace gallery in Stockholm.Concept and project owner:Crystal Palace (pending its own organisation)Cooperation partnersKonsthantverkscentrum Syd, Gustavsbergs Konsthall,Åsa Jugnelius.Location<strong>Lund</strong>Date<strong>2014</strong>Who’s the owner?Ownership is one of the linchpins of our societytoday—a society facing changes which are visiblenot least in connection with issues relating todownloading from the internet. Ownership isaffected by identities which change increasinglyquickly.The boundaries of integrity are shifted in times ofincreased virtual interaction, and there is a real risk of nolonger defending oneself and confusing one’s real identitywith the virtual version. At the same time, this presentsincredible opportunities for avoiding being judged onthe basis of gender, appearance or origin and being ableto act independently of the observer’s preconceivedopinions. A theatrical performance is being createdwhich illuminates a number of aspects to this, bothpositive and negative. The idea is that the performanceshould be designed in such a way that the membersof the audience are subjected to a live experiment inwhich their preconceived opinions are put to the testand they become aware of just how much takes placesubconsciously and how this affects what we think andbelieve about what we see.The performance will take place in Malmö at one ofMalmö City Theatre’s venues, but the intention is also totour to <strong>Lund</strong> and perform at Kulturen in connection withKulturen’s exhibition on the same theme.Concept and project ownerMalmö Stadsteater AB<strong>Part</strong>nersKulturen, Skånes DansteaterLocationMalmö City Theatre, Kulturen, <strong>Lund</strong> City TheatreDate<strong>2014</strong>237

SUB SURFACESkånes Dansteater is running a project on thetheme of the body, taking up questions of subject/object. The increasing objectification of theindividual self is resulting in us having a morecomplicated relationship to our own body. Whatis a person really? Can the subject be dissolved?Does a subject exist without an object?An object/subject relationship exists in every one of us.Is my body simply the bearer of the inner me inside, is ita package for identification, or are the self and its bodyinseparable, one and the same?What happens to my self when I change my body,cosmetically through operations or drugs, or some formof self destructive behaviour?What happens if we objectify our intellect or our emotionsin the same way?How do we ourselves change and how does ourrelationship to the world about us change when we focusever more on the formation of our public private persons,virtually and IRL?No art form is more appropriate than dance andphysical interpretation for investigating this complicatedrelationship to the body, the questions surrounding theself. At the same time, the professional dancer, throughhis or her work (and training) also portrays the ideal imageof “the perfect body”. A paradoxical complication whichmakes the project all the more interesting and significant.During productions over the past year, SkånesDansteater has, to varying extents, examined thequestions concerning gender specific body language.The experience gained from these productions will bebeneficial in this new one.The production is being created at Skånes Dansteater,the premier will be at <strong>Lund</strong>s Stadsteater and it will thenbe moved to Skånes Dansteater’s own stage in Malmö.Following this, performances will be sold to SkånesDansteaters national and international network to betaken on tour.No artistic producer has been contacted as yet, buta new work will be created by an established artist inclose cooperation with Skånes Dansteater’s ensemble. Alarge amount of peripheral work will be carried out bothbefore and after the duration of the production. This willbe in the form of different types of meetings in differentenvironments on the subject of our relationship to ourbody, held between our pedagogical coordinator anddifferent (potential) groups of the general public. Ourpedagogical coordinator will be responsible for this work.It will begin about two years prior to production startand will also contribute to the research required by thechoreographer and the ensemble.The performance will be staged primarily in Malmö atSkånes Dansteater, but it is also expected to be set upat <strong>Lund</strong> Stadsteater. We also have the opportunity toexhibit an installation at Kulturen in connection with theperformance.Concept and project owner:Skånes Dansteater ABWorking partnersMalmö StadsteaterKulturen i <strong>Lund</strong>Location<strong>Lund</strong> and MalmöModerna MuseetMalmöStockholm’s Moderna Museet is one of Europe’s leadingmuseums for modern and contemporary art, boastinga truly world-class collection. In a unique partnershipwith the City of Malmö, Region Skåne and the Swedishgovernment, Moderna Museet is now opening a Malmöbranch.A museum of this calibre will draw art lovers not only fromSkåne and southern Sweden, but also from Denmark andnorthern Germany. Moderna Museet is the only museumnorth of Amsterdam with an international collectionspanning the whole of the twentieth century. This meansthat Moderna Museet Malmö will be able to stage artexhibitions which are unique to the Öresund region.With an independent programme of exhibitions inconjunction with both Moderna Museet in Stockholm andindependent international partners, around three majorexhibitions will be staged each year in which modernclassics will be combined with a contemporary approach.The museum’s collection will include around a hundredworks, rotated at 12-18 month intervals.Moderna Museet Malmö intends to begin operating bythe end of 2009. Before the museum can open to the238

public, extensive renovation of the existing premises—an old power station, the former Rooseum—must becompleted, along with an extension.Moderna Museet Malmö and <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> begandiscussions during the spring. The stated aim is largescalecooperation during <strong>2014</strong>.239

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<strong>Lund</strong> is a city with few institutions but with manypotential smaller arenas. To fill the year with large andsmall festivals, one after the other, is therefore a strategythat can both accommodate a wide range and at thesame time use existing resources in a smart way. Theprogramme consists partly of festivals created fromscratch, as a meamns of developing existing strengthswithin different cultural niches, and partly of alreadyexisting festivals that will be greatly extended in <strong>2014</strong>.241

MINO—<strong>Lund</strong>InternationalFestival andSymposium forMinority LanguageTheatreconference where common issues can be discussed andexperiences shared. A preliminary meeting will be held in2012 to lay the foundation for a suitable network ahead of<strong>2014</strong>.MINO consists of 30 to 40 performances of betweenten and fifteen guest productions from a dozen or sotheatres. These will be performed in <strong>Lund</strong> and Skåneover the course of 14 days, possibly with performanceselsewhere in Sweden in connection with their visits.They will be selected by an artistic council/projectmanagement team in consultation with the Swedishtheatres involved in the project.MINO is a festival and symposium for theatres thatperform in European minority languages. This is anexpression of the diversity within European theatre anda symposium on minority language theatre, from artistic,social and politico-cultural perspectives.The EU has twenty or so official languages, but a total ofaround sixty languages are spoken within its nations. Inmany of the member countries, minority languages are indaily use to varying degrees. Most European nations havetheatres that stage performances in a minority language.As the national borders within the EU are increasinglydissolved, questions arise as to how we relate withinvarious linguistic and cultural fields to the broadercontext within which we find ourselves, and how ourindividual cultural identities can be kept alive. Cantheatres be meaningful meeting places and bearers/creators of cultural identities for individuals? What is thesignificance of the individual language when it comesto preserving our collective and individual experiences?Tensions between different linguistic and cultural groupsare potential conflict zones on different levels. Withintheatre, many of these can be concretised and can form abasis for discussions within a wider perspective.The aim of MINO is to increase awareness of theEuropean theatres which perform in minority languages,and the conditions under which they operate. In Swedenalone there are a number of theatres which use at leastthree official minority languages: Sámi Teáhter (Sami),Tornedalsteatern (Meänkieli) and Uusi Teatteri (Finnish).There is also the acclaimed Tyst Teater, which performsin sign language, and theatres such as the Teater Forattin Malmö which performs in Arabic, an unofficial minoritylanguage.MINO is therefore being arranged in <strong>Lund</strong> in <strong>2014</strong> forEuropean minority language theatres—a festival andA four-day symposium will also be held, with invitedspeakers and participating theatres, addressing thefollowing themes:• Case studies—accounts from theatres andproductions. A description of the situation in variousEuropean countries, with example presentations.Mapping the situation.• Language—theatre and language as culture bearersand creators of identity. Talks and discussions.• Cultural policy—funding, arguments, position.• Artistry—who is responsible for this? How areprocesses and operations opened up to othersoutside their immediate circles?DevelopmentFrom 2010 onwards, the project organisation will dealwith mapping and contacting theatres and organisationsin Europe, dealing with expressions of interest andinvitations. Details of minority-language theatres andthe conditions under which they operate have not beenmapped, and there is no international network for suchtheatres.An important element of the preparatory work will be tocreate a network which links these theatres together andaddresses key issues affecting them. This will also be oneof the main lasting effects of MINO.We will be drawing up an audience developmentprogramme to ensure an audience foundation for MINO.Concept and project owner:The project concept was devised and developed byAnders Lerner, in discussion with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. The projecthas been trialled through discussions with dramatic artcolleagues within a wide range of different contexts:theatres, organisations, authorities and people involved inminority culture issues.242

The project owner will be SWEBLUL (the Swedish Bureaufor Lesser-Used Languages).<strong>Part</strong>ners:TornedalsteaternSámi TeáhterTyst TeaterUusi Teatteri(All four of these are minority language theatres inSweden)LocationTheatres in <strong>Lund</strong>/SkåneDate2012 and <strong>2014</strong><strong>Part</strong>ners:Anagram ProduktionAkademiska FöreningenMalmö Comedy Klubb (MACK)Location<strong>Lund</strong> City TheatreCentral <strong>Lund</strong>DateOne week in August <strong>2014</strong>.FAKIR FESTIVAL<strong>Lund</strong> InternationalComedy FestivalThe <strong>Lund</strong> International Comedy Festival will becelebrating its fifth birthday by holding a festivalof comedy with a European and ironically criticalperspective for one week during <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. Aself-glorifying year of city culture might be in needof a refreshing and humorous critique.<strong>Lund</strong> has the largest university in northern Europe, aswell as a strong sense of satire and a tradition of comedy.Education and humour are at the root of much of <strong>Lund</strong>culture. One of the purposes of humour is being able tosee oneself from the outside, to reflect over the reality weinhabit, and turn it on its head.During <strong>2014</strong> the <strong>Lund</strong> International Comedy Festival willinvite comedians from all over Europe to observe and jokeabout our common union, and at the same time exposeour similarities and differences. The Festival consists of50-100 different shows with 300-700 performances. TheFestival also functions as a kind of branch meeting forcomedians from Sweden and northern Europe.In 2010 the <strong>Lund</strong> International Comedy Festival will forthe first time be arranged by an independent association/foundation with sole responsibility for organising theevent. Local producers such as Anagram Produktion,Akademiska Föreningen and Malmö Comedy Klubb(MACK) will be joint arrangers.Project owner:The <strong>Lund</strong> International Comedy Festival Association willbe created during 2010Axel Wallengren (1865–1896) is one of <strong>Lund</strong>’smajor literary figures. He grew up, studied andworked in the city, and with his unusual comedy,he contributed to the sense of humour sometimescalled lundaandan or ‘the spirit of <strong>Lund</strong>’. He usedFalstaff, fakir as a pseudonym for a number of hisworks. He created a fictional literary characterout of the pseudonym, who is recognisable byhis critical tone and his complete lack of selfcriticism.As European Capital of Culture, <strong>Lund</strong> will finally haveits own proper storytelling festival. This initiative comesfrom author Katarina Mazetti and other well-reputedstorytellers of Skåne. We will invite storytellers fromall over Europe to a week-long storytelling festival inthe spirit of Axel Wallengren, the spirit of <strong>Lund</strong> andthe burlesque streak shown by other authors with aconnection to <strong>Lund</strong>, like Fritiof Nilsson Piraten and HasseAlfredsson. The question we will be asking ourselvesis: can we find what is typical of <strong>Lund</strong> in other places inEurope? If so, in what form? What an exciting challenge!On small stages all over <strong>Lund</strong>, we will be gatheringtall tales, cock-and-bull stories, anecdotes, puns, andstories large and small. There will be many fun-filledencounters on a small scale, in intimate venues and inmany languages. We will use translations so that Swedishstorytellers can work with guest storytellers and theirtranslated texts, in order to create well-composed, stagefriendlypieces using original stories with translation/interpretation. This meeting will also create strongerbonds between Swedish storytellers and other storytellingscenes all over Europe. There will be a particular focus onyounger authors and female authors. There will even befora where beginners can learn the art of storytelling.243

Idea and project ownerAuthor Katarina Mazetti and storytellers AndersGranström and Kristina Claesson.to return to the Academy several times over the courseof the year and will also perform at the final concert, inDecember.<strong>Proposed</strong> partners:BRAKFakirensällskapet (the Fakir Society)Piratensällskapet (the Piraten Society)<strong>Lund</strong> University Author SchoolLocationSmall stages in central <strong>Lund</strong>Date:January <strong>2014</strong>The City of ManyChambersA chamber music project in collaboration withMusik i Syd (music in the south), where the elite ofEuropean soloists and ensembles will visit <strong>Lund</strong> toperform concerts, present workshops and lectureat the European Chamber Music Academy.Through ‘<strong>Lund</strong>—the city of many small chambers’, thecity will create a niche for itself as a regional centre forchamber music, primarily in terms of international guestperformances. This is a development that seeks to make<strong>Lund</strong> a regular stop for Europe’s most exciting chambermusic ensembles and artists, with the goal of establishing<strong>Lund</strong> as an internationally regarded centre for classicalmusic on a small scale.International and national artists and ensembleswill appear in a series of 16 concerts in <strong>2014</strong>. Younginstrumentalists in Skåne will be given the opportunity toattend master classes with visiting professors. A seriesof lectures and pre-concert talks on the artists and theirrepertoires will be presented alongside the concerts.As part of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>,’the city of many chambers’ willculminate in a competition divided into three categories:• For young chamber ensembles (maximum age of 30)• For young choirs as part of <strong>Lund</strong> International ChoralFestival (maximum age of 40)• For young composers (maximum age of 30)The city of many small chambers will begin in January<strong>2014</strong> with a visit from Latvian violinist Gidon Kremerand his ensemble, Kremerata Baltica. Gidon Kremer isIn addition to the 16 main concerts, chamber music willalso be presented ‘on the town’, at outdoor locations andat cafés and clubs.DevelopmentThe development phase will begin in 2012/2013 with anexpansion of the work of <strong>Lund</strong>s Kammarmusiksällskap(<strong>Lund</strong> Chamber Music Society) and collaboration with theMalmö Academy of Music and <strong>Lund</strong> University.The competitions will take place during the festivalsMusic Around and <strong>Lund</strong> International Choral Festival,in October <strong>2014</strong>. The jury will consist of Swedish andinternational soloists such as Ann-Sofie von Otter, HåkanHardenberger, Lang Lang and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Thewinning ensemble, choir and composer will be launchedin Europe in 2015 through the well-established Europeannetwork of Musik i Syd.<strong>Proposed</strong> soloists:Denmark: Nicolai SchneiderNorway: Leif Ove AndsnesUK: Chilingirian QuartetGermany: Andreas SchollFrance: Helene GrimaudNetherlands: Janine JansenLithuania: David GeringasSweden: Malena Ernman, Martin Fröst, ChristianLindberg, Andreas Brantelid etc.Latvia: Gidon Kremer and Kremata BalticaConcept and project ownerMusik i Syd<strong>Part</strong>ners<strong>Lund</strong>s Kammarmusiksällskap (<strong>Lund</strong> Chamber MusicSociety)<strong>Lund</strong> UniversityMalmö Academy of MusicLocation<strong>Lund</strong>DateThroughout <strong>2014</strong>244

Odeum for EuropeanUniversitiesOdeum at <strong>Lund</strong> University, together with <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong>, is developing a festival week with tenchoirs and orchestras from European universities.Concerts, Master Classes and seminars.The Academic Orchestra at <strong>Lund</strong> University was foundedin 1745. There have been music students in <strong>Lund</strong> forapproximately 250 years. In a tucked away garden filledwith dulcet tones, an important part of university lifehas been carrying on unnoticed. Nowadays, it is Odeumthat organises and promotes music in <strong>Lund</strong>—this iswhere students from around the world meet both inthe Academic Orchestra and in the <strong>Lund</strong> AcademicChoir. This international spirit that the musicians reflectis what Odeum wants to show and allow to grow byforging connections with other universities and theirequally rich musical traditions. Similar ensembles fromother universities are invited to participate to enablefree musical meetings between likeminded Europeanmusic students. The festival will contribute to creatingan international network that can continue to work forfestivals and student meetings.Each stage will be hosted by specially invitedEuropean indie artists, recording companies andthe media.The concept has been developed in collaborationwith The Swedish Model, an association of Swedishindependent companies.Scope:12-15 concerts held on two days in September<strong>Proposed</strong> partners:Impala—European association of independent musiccompaniesMelkweg—Dutch concert organisersDebaser –Swedish concert organisersLa Blogotheque—French music blogDiscobelle—Swedish dance music blogthe Pirate Bay—international website with music accessSpotify—revolutionary music streaming serviceLocationMejeriet, Smålands Nation, KinoDate<strong>2014</strong>ScopeTen choir and orchestral concertsThree to four seminarsTwo master classesFive to six chamber music concertsConcept and project ownerOdeum, <strong>Lund</strong> UniversityDateMay <strong>2014</strong>MONO FESTIVALS IN AGLobaL worLDCultural association Mix Musik together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>will create a new stage and public meeting place for folkand world music. The event begins in <strong>2014</strong> with threelarger festivals focusing on impressions from three of<strong>Lund</strong>’s minority cultures.LocationOrchestral hall, University auditorium, Skissernasmuseum, StadshallenScopeThree three-day festivals during <strong>2014</strong> plus a runningprogramme<strong>Lund</strong> European IndieMusic FestivalArts centre Mejeriet together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> isproducing a European festival of independent popmusic to be performed on three stages in <strong>Lund</strong>.<strong>Part</strong>ners:Intercult, StockholmRFOD (national organisation for folk music and dance).LocationA new indoor stage connected to the restaurant/barfacility245

The RepNetProgramme <strong>2014</strong>A unique programme of dance, in collaborationwith five repertory companies in Northern Europe.A repertory company is characterised by not being ledby the artistic expression of one single choreographer.A repertory company presents a wide selection ofchoreographic expressions. There is a tendency in thesector to see companies led by choreographers as ‘thereal thing’ and repertory companies as representingplagiarism. Since 2009, the five companies in RepNet(Repertory Company Network) have been collaboratingon exchanges of experience, joint skills development,and artistic exchanges. One aim of RepNet is to raise thestatus of repertory companies. The focus is on the danceand dancer’s meeting with the audience. The dancer,individually or as part of a group, becomes a carrier andmediator of many expressions/impressions.In <strong>2014</strong>, Skånes Dansteater (Skåne Dance Theatre)will present its North European ‘sister companies’ inRepNet to the audiences of Skåne. Each company willdo one performance in <strong>Lund</strong> and two in Malmö. Throughthese performances, the four dance ensembles willpresent a spectrum of 6-10 international contemporarychoreographers. In <strong>2014</strong>, Skånes Dansteater will presenteight performances in Malmö and four in <strong>Lund</strong>. Theproject will be followed by a major joint lecture serieson contemporary international dance art: background,the past, the present, the future, aesthetics, etc. Theconclusion of the project will be a major internationalindustry seminar that will illustrate the significanceof repertory companies for the development anddissemination of the art of dancing. After <strong>2014</strong>, the entirecooperative project will be evaluated and presented atthe international dance fairs, for example in Dusseldorfand Montreal.DevelopmentThematic content will be discussed in more detail in 2010.Project ownerSkånes Dansteater AB<strong>Part</strong>ners in RepNetIceland Dance Company, Reykjavik, IcelandCarte Blanche, Bergen, NorwayScottish Dance Theatre, Dundee, ScotlandTanz NordWest, Bremen-Oldenburg, GermanyLocation<strong>Lund</strong> and MalmöDate<strong>2014</strong>bibu.se <strong>2014</strong>—performing artsbiennial forchildren and youthThe biennial bibu.se is a forum for the performingarts aimed at children and young people. Thebiennial is part of <strong>Lund</strong>’s effort to become aEuropean Capital of Culture and was first heldin May 2006. bibu.se is a mix of performances,seminars, workshops and all that is pioneeringwithin performing arts for the young, bothnationally and internationally.The biennial is a platform for exchange, inspiration andchallenge for performers, arrangers, teachers, and soon. At the same time many children and youngsters canparticipate in performances from near and far. It is alsoabout giving visibility to and strengthening the position ofperforming arts especially aimed at a young audience—about analysis, discussions and debate regarding thequality, status and opportunities for development in thefield. International impulses are high on the agenda, butwe are also concerned to offer foreign guests a look atthe wealth Sweden has to offer.bibu.se <strong>2014</strong> will be the fifth biennial, with more ofeverything: guest appearances from all EU countries,seminars from internationally known speakers,happenings in public places, and laboratories.The biennial—bibu.se <strong>2014</strong>—interacts with the CCL, theChildren’s Culture Lab project.Project owner:Bibu—performing arts biennial for children and youngpeople246

Location<strong>Lund</strong>Date5-7 days in May <strong>2014</strong>Littera<strong>Lund</strong> offers high quality literary events for its targetgroups of schools, the public (children and young people)and the book branch. The conference offers uniqueseminars related to current research at national andinternational level.<strong>Lund</strong> InternationalChoral Festival<strong>Lund</strong> International Choral Festival started as partof <strong>Lund</strong>’s efforts to become the European Cityof Culture. Two festivals have taken place andthis biennial event is already well anchored andestablished in the region. The first in 2006 cameto be one of southern Sweden’s most successfulmusical and cultural events, with 10,000 visitorsand 1,500 participants.The <strong>2014</strong> festival will be expanded with a number ofactivities. Discussions are ongoing as to how to makethe <strong>Lund</strong> International Choral Festival something extraspecial for <strong>2014</strong>.The <strong>Lund</strong> International Choral Festival is arranged byMusik i Syd, who are commissioned by the municipalityof <strong>Lund</strong>. The festival is implemented in cooperation withKörcentrum Syd and the Eric Ericson International Choral<strong>Centre</strong>.LocationCathedralAllhelgonakyrkan (All Saints’ Church):Färs & Frosta Sparbank ArenaOther locations in <strong>Lund</strong>DateOctober <strong>2014</strong><strong>Part</strong>ners are <strong>Lund</strong> University, Malmö Högskola, themajority of Swedish publishers of childrens’ books, aswell as ALMA (the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award).Internationally Littera<strong>Lund</strong> has entered into collaborationwith the following players: the Nordic Institute forChildren’s Books, The Nordic Poetry Festival in Hamar(Norway), Copenhagen University, Edinburgh InternationalBook Festival (UK), Berlin International Literature FestivalBerlin (Germany) and the Hay Festival (UK).Littera<strong>Lund</strong> will have a themed and more expansiveprogramme in <strong>2014</strong>.Littera<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>: The European Year. Literature forchildren and young people from a European perspective.Festival programme:• Programme running for 2 weeks, autumn <strong>2014</strong>• 300 programme items• Fokus Europa with 20 international authors takingpart• International Conference: 30 seminars held over fourdaysAnnual programme:• International conference of children’s culture withliterature as an important theme• “Images - the universal language”: an internationalexhibition with five children’s book illustrators fromall over the world• ”Littera<strong>Lund</strong> comes to you”: an interactiveprogramme for children and young people held intheir own spaces/gathering places with the theme“What is freedom?”LITTERA<strong>Lund</strong>– BOOK FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLEAfter five years Littera<strong>Lund</strong> has established itselfnationally and holds a unique place as Sweden’slargest literary festival for children and youngpeople.Project ownerThe Littera<strong>Lund</strong> book festival for children and youngpeople, part of the Department for Culture and Leisure,<strong>Lund</strong> Municipality.LocationCity Hall, City Theatre, City Library, on Stortorget, at theGrand Hotel, and also at a number of smaller venues.247

<strong>Lund</strong> Carnival—organised chaos!The <strong>Lund</strong> carnival is a huge organisationaleffort and every fourth year, involves around5,000 students to create the biggest and beststudent event in Scandinavia. Months of planningculminate in three days of carnival, which is opento the public. In principle, all the work is not-forprofit.The <strong>Lund</strong> carnival provides all students with an arena todevelop their most crazy, illogical and wacky ideas. Thisis where creativity amongst <strong>Lund</strong> students shines.The carnival attracts around 100,000 visitors to thevarious events. The carnival parade is seen by aroundhalf a million people.With the <strong>Lund</strong> carnival as a part of the year of the city ofculture, we have pushed the boundaries of a traditionalcarnival and put an international slant on the weird andwonderful ideas in order to reach a wider audience. Wealso want to develop the participants themselves from aEuropean perspective as well as to create a larger arenafor the students to create whatever they wish, just as longas they have fun whilst doing it!THE LUND CULturenight <strong>2014</strong>The <strong>Lund</strong> Culture Night is a unique manifestationof culture which takes place in September everyyear. Central <strong>Lund</strong> becomes filled with culturalactivities organised by the people of <strong>Lund</strong> andgoes on long into the night.Almost 300 events of various kinds take place inmany different locations around the city. <strong>Lund</strong>’s cityenvironment forms a striking dramatic backdrop for allthe expressions of the Culture Night. Visitors can meetthe soulful and ethereal, as well as the unexpected, edgyand disorderly. The disciplined and the untried, as wellas the younger and the not so young. Amateurs andprofessionals from the local arts scene gather on stagesand venues, or in the city’s streets and squares. The manyfaces of <strong>Lund</strong> perform, from the council, establishments,university or church to the independent arts life.The Culture Night will be 30 years old in <strong>2014</strong> and thetheme for <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is “<strong>Lund</strong> interprets Europe”. 300-400programme sales points distributed among 80 organiserswill involve around 3,000 people. And an audience of atleast 50,000.The carnival is made up of 30 different sections. Thecarnival committee ensures that the international slant isevident in all the sections and in this way internationalismpermeates the entire carnival, both externally andinternally.Project ownerThe <strong>Lund</strong> Carnival as an organisation is responsiblefor the project and the <strong>2014</strong> carnival committee areprimarily responsible for its implementation and planning.One particular working group has been added to thecommittee, tasked with integrating <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> into theorganisation.LocationThe <strong>Lund</strong> carnival is celebrated throughout all of <strong>Lund</strong>city centre, but has its central point in <strong>Lund</strong>agård.Further possible locations are Victoristadion (stadium),Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Stadsparken (the citypark) and St Hans Backar (a former waste site).Project ownerThe Culture Night is coordinated and organised by theCity of <strong>Lund</strong>.Location<strong>Lund</strong> city centre.Architecture FilmFestival in <strong>Lund</strong>The <strong>Lund</strong> Architecture Film Festival, Sweden’s firstfilm festival about architecture, will be launched in2009 as a platform for film showings, discussionsand exhibitions about architecture. Guests at the2009 festival will include Peter Greenaway andTony Fretton.During 2010—<strong>2014</strong> <strong>Lund</strong>’s Architecture Film Festivalwill grow to become a northern European focal point forfilms and debate about architecture. Discussions about248

creating a southern Sweden Museum of Architecture areongoing.Scope during <strong>2014</strong>The Architecture Film Festival will run for two weeks withdebates, seminars and film showings, and increasingparticipation from other European countries.Project ownerFilm in SkåneLocationMejeriet, Kino, internet.Project ownerArchitecture Film Festival in <strong>Lund</strong>, a charitableorganisation.In collaboration withSkissernas Museum, Kulturen i <strong>Lund</strong>, City Art Gallery,Folkets bio, <strong>Lund</strong> City LibraryLocationSkissernas MuseumCity HallCity Library<strong>Centre</strong> for Literature and Language (Litteratur &Språkcentrum)Folkets BioCity Art Gallery (Konsthallen)Kulturen, <strong>Lund</strong>DateSeptember <strong>2014</strong>megaPIXELPIXEL is one of Sweden’s largest festivals forindependent film, a platform and a hotbed fornew filmmakers and their films. Pixel is a viewingopportunity and a meeting place where interactionbetween filmmakers and their public, and betweenindividual filmmakers, is key.PIXEL will expand in <strong>2014</strong> with MEGAPIXEL by holdinga competition for new European filmmakers and mixingthe Skanian programme with international short films bywell-established as well as unknown filmmakers. The keyis, however, the untested and as yet uncertain things thathave perhaps never before been seen. <strong>Part</strong>icular focusareas will be the Baltics and gender. The idea is to alsodevelop the festival’s multimedia potential by having awebsite where guests can watch films, interact throughchat and noticeboards, and view streamed seminars.Possible cooperation partners are NISIMASA (EuropeanNetwork of Young Cinema), EDN (European DocumentaryNetwork), BOOSTHBG and the Stranger festival.East Skåne Societyof ArtistsEast Skåne Society of Artists (Östra SkånesKonstnärsgille/ÖSKG) is an association of freeartists and craftsmen in eastern Skåne withthe remit of contributing to the development ofcultural life in the region.ÖSKG is best known for having started Sweden’s firstOpen Studios event [Swedish: konstrundan], which isstill very much alive. ÖSKG’s Open Studios started in1968, and 41 years later it is a well-established eventcovering the whole of Österlen and featuring around 120participating artists. The basic concept is the same asin 1968: artists exhibit their works in their studios, andvisitors get the opportunity for a personal encounter withthe artists and their art.ÖSKG’s Open Studios event has become a model forOpen Studios throughout the rest of Skåne, Swedenand Europe, and every year various delegations come tostudy the event.For many Skanians the Open Studios event has become away of celebrating the arrival of spring. Every year severalhundred thousand people visit the Open Studios all overSkåne during the Easter weekend.In <strong>2014</strong> ÖSKG and <strong>Lund</strong> will be collaborating on OpenStudios as an international phenomenon. ÖSKG alreadyhas well established contacts in a number of Europeancountries.In the next phase <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will be establishing contactswith the other societies of artists in Skåne who currentlymake up Skåne’s Open Studios network.249

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LUND INNOVATIONcentre for culture– A protected environment where cultural projectsand enterprises can grow; a hub to encourage andnurture creativity and innovation; and a space thatenables and facilitates the reflection, the debateand the creation of knowledge about the culturalsector and its practicesWhy we need an Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> in <strong>Lund</strong>It could be said that the cultural sector in Sweden is ina transition phase. The old prevalent model of purelystate-funded culture is slowly coming to an end under thepressure of reduced funds and ever increasing competingpriorities. In this model, government, the cultural sectorand the private sector have somehow managed tooperate in relative isolation from each other, workingaccording to their agendas, systems and models, andusing their own languages. Compared to other countries,little demands have been placed on the Swedish culturalsector in terms of what government expected it to deliver,or as how its success was going to be measured. This isalso likely to change as competition for funding increases.and address these issues is what we believe will beneeded during these coming years. We aim to do thisin the context of <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> by creating an Innovation<strong>Centre</strong> rooted in <strong>Lund</strong>, but with strong connections at theregional, national and international level.Developing the conceptThe Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> is based on the ideas developedaround Ideon Culture and The Observatory presentedin the previous <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> application. Taking those twoprojects as the departing point, we have now combinedthem into what we believe is an enhanced model that willallow synergies between the cultural sector, the businessworld and academia.We have carried out a preliminary consultation withpotential users, key stakeholders and partners andsome concrete ideas about the ethos and shape of theInnovation <strong>Centre</strong> have begun to emerge.When we started this process we did not know if thecentre needed to have a physical presence or if it couldinstead be a virtual meeting place. It became clear veryearly on that there is a very strong consensus about theneed for the <strong>Lund</strong> Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> to become a physicalspace where people can meet face to face.We don’t aim to discuss here the advantages ordisadvantages of the old model against the one to come;we are not sure ourselves what the new model will belike. Nevertheless, the present situation is not likely tobe reversed; on the contrary, it is quite possible thatthe process will be accelerated by the current financialclimate. Therefore we believe we need to take a proactiveapproach and create the infrastructure that will help theSwedish cultural sector remain, cutting edge, vibrant,and competitive at the European and International levelsduring this transition period and beyond.In this period of change there will be many questionsthat need to be asked and issues to be discussed. Whatinformation does the cultural sector need to have tobe able to make informed decisions about its future?What skills and what knowledge will it require in thenear future? What kind of people does the sector needto involve, engage in a debate with or learn from? Whatbusiness and organisational models will work best in thecultural sector in the potential future scenarios? How canculture and business work closer together for their mutualbenefit?We don’t want to impose our ideas on others; we want tolisten to the needs of the people working in the creativesector and through dialogue build something together.That is why the concept for the centre, which we describebelow in more detail, will continue to be developed inconsultation with a Focus Group whose members includerepresentatives from a number of disciplines within thecultural sector, academia, business and the community.This is the group where ideas will be brainstormed,challenged and tested to then be presented to a SteeringGroup representing the key partners and stakeholders ofthe project.The Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> will be a sister organisationof <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> and it will have three main elements:Incubation Space, Production Space and KnowledgeSpace. We want the organisation to be lean andflexible in order to respond and adapt to changes in theenvironment and external opportunities. Therefore thecentre will be run by a small team, and additional peoplewill be invited to participate on a project basis as andwhen needed.Bringing the cultural sector, the business sector andacademia to work together, under one roof, to discussWe will identify a niche for the Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> withinthe extensive map of the cultural offer in the region. Our252

activities should complement what is already happeningat the local and regional level. We don’t want to competewith exiting projects and organisations; we want insteadto work with them. Our aim is to learn form other people’sexperiences, the good ones as well as the bad ones, byinviting them to work with us or by consulting them.There is already a rich and diverse independent culturalsector in the region. We don’t want to institutionaliseit; instead we want to strengthen the already vibrantindependent cultural sector by helping it become moreself-sufficient and sustainable in the long-term as well asmore international in its ambitions.Moreover, we want the Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> to besustainable long-term and we therefore aim to generatepart of our revenue. Some of the options for incomegeneration that have been discussed and that need to befurther explored in the coming months are: office spacefor creative enterprises, consultancy services, retailspace, etc.The three main elements of the Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> are asfollows:Incubation Space—protect, nurture &growThe incubation space will provide a protectedenvironment where cultural projects and enterprises cangrow. It will be loosely based on the existing models forbusiness incubators, but adapted to the specific needs ofthe sector.Cultural enterprises and projects in their start-up phasewill be selected to join the incubator where they will begiven a physical space to develop their ideas as wellas the tools they will need to realise them. By tools wemean, specialist advice, coaching, training, mentoringand other forms of support that the projects might needas part of their development. Like in a traditional businessincubator, there will be a clear development path withthe expectation that projects will ‘graduate’ from theincubator at the end of the agreed programme. Tograduate from the programme the incubated projects willhave to demonstrate that they are financially viable andself-sufficient.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> independent projects will be the first ones togo through the incubator, they will be given assistance,support and the necessary training to deliver their <strong>2014</strong>projects. These projects will be the pilot phase of theincubator. At the same time we will ensure that the effortsand investment made to deliver <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> programmewill have a long-term impact in the region my making surethe projects/enterprises continue operating after <strong>2014</strong>,and the knowledge and experience gained are not lost,but rather used for the benefit of the wider cultural sector.We have discussed our preliminary plans with Ideon in<strong>Lund</strong> and Minc in Malmö in order to gain their support forthe project with the objective of bringing their expertiseand knowledge to the centre. We want the cultural sectorand the business sector to work closer together. In orderto do this they need to begin to develop a commonlanguage, understanding and trust of each other. Webelieve the Incubation Space will provide the rightenvironment to initiate and develop an ongoing dialoguebetween them.Production Space—empower, create,innovateThe Production Space will aim to encourage andnurture creativity and innovation by having regional andinternational artists, producers and curators in residenceat the <strong>Lund</strong> Innovation <strong>Centre</strong>.We want to work internationally, but we also want to showthe rest of Europe and the world what we have to offerin this region. We will do this by bringing internationalartists, producers and curators to work with us. We willcreate partnerships and foster alliances, extending ournetwork of collaborators. We want to encourage crosssectorworking avoiding compartmentation and thelabelling of disciplines. The selection of artists, producersand curators will reflect these ideas. We will offer anongoing cycle of residencies starting as soon as possiblebefore <strong>2014</strong> and continuing beyond that year.There are some similar projects being run successfullyin Sweden. IASPIS, Konstepidemin, Farwaysoclose aresome of those we aim to build partnerships with to worktogether on the Production Space.Knowledge Space—enable, challenge &debateThe Knowledge Space will enable and facilitate thereflection, the debate and the creation of knowledgeabout the cultural sector and its practices. The keypartners for this will be the regional academic institutions,253

<strong>Lund</strong> and Malmö universities, but we aim to involve thebusiness sector in this area of activity as well. We willcall on their expertise to carry out research, participatein the debates and educational activities about topics ofrelevance to the cultural sector.We will work with our partners to commission researchor carry out consultancy work that could feed backinto the system to improve the way we work and theunderstanding of what we do as a sector. For examplewe believe we don’t know enough about our audiencesand our communities, about what they want, whatthey like, what they need or what they think about thecultural sector. Or, how prepared are the people currentlyworking in the cultural sector for the challenges theywill face in future years? What skills will be requiredin 2020 to work in the cultural sector? Do we have therelevant programmes in our universities/higher educationinstitutions? Are there any barriers that prevent peoplefrom entering a career in the sector? How can weevaluate the success and or value of a cultural eventor activity? How does a cultural organisation plan forthe future or build a business case? Is it different fromthe business sector? Is there knowledge that could betransferred from one sector to the other? These arejust some of the examples of the issues that could bediscussed in this space.In addition to the physical meeting place we plan to havea strong virtual presence offering remote users access tothe Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> and its activities and resources.In the MeantimeWhile in the process of developing the Innovation <strong>Centre</strong>we want to generate debate about the issues thatconcern the cultural sector and us. Therefore we arealready getting actively involved in the debates relevantto the sector. We aim to invite guest speakers and bringnew topics to the regional debates and forums about thecultural sector. Until we have a home where we can inviteguests, we will continue to operate in this way in order togenerate momentum, meet potential partners and engagein an open dialogue about our plans.We will also work in partnership with Trans Europe Hallesto ensure that through their expertise and internationalnetwork we begin to provide advice, assistance andaccess to the relevant expertise to the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> projectsand organisations at an early stage before the incubatoris fully functional. Matchmaking services for projects/partners, advice on EU and other sources of funding aresome of the services that could be provided by TransEurope Halles Coordination Office in partnership with theInnovation <strong>Centre</strong>.We also plan to constantly monitor the way we work andwhat we deliver to ensure that we meet our objectives,we remain relevant and we make the best use of ourresources in terms of return on investment for our users,our funders, the creative sector and the community.How we will operateIt is expected that <strong>Lund</strong> Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> will be runas an independent organisation in partnership and/orcollaboration with key regional organisations like <strong>Lund</strong>Kommun, Malmö Stad, Region Skåne, Trans EuropeHalles, Malmo University, <strong>Lund</strong> University, Ideon, andmany others.The LocationA building has been identified. The Old Observatory in<strong>Lund</strong> inaugurated in 1867 was originally designed by thearchitect of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cathedral Helgo Zettervall and hasbeen partly vacant since 2001. The building will needto be refurbished in order to house <strong>Lund</strong> Innovation<strong>Centre</strong>, but it is expected that activities in the building willcommence as early as possible before <strong>2014</strong>.What we are going to do nextIn the coming months we aim to work with the projectfocus group and the steering group to further develop theconcept. In parallel to this, we will:• continue talking to potential partners and keystakeholders —ongoing• fine-tune the concept by mapping out the culturaloffer in the region in order to identify a niche in thesector where the Innovation <strong>Centre</strong> could operate—August 2009• test ideas against relevant statistical information—September 2009• explore potential funding models and investigatewhich legal structure will best suit our needs—September 2009• produce a feasibility study and options analysis forthe Innovation <strong>Centre</strong>—December 2009• develop a full business case—2010254

The ObservatoryA new facility for art and art production has been builtin the Observatory park, with guest accommodation,workshops/studios, storage facilities and an auditorium.This is where the ‘artists in residence’ programme takesplace, in which an artist is invited to spend some timein the city and create new projects specifically for theprogramme. Construction of the programme will beunder the guidance of the art centre and will get the mostout of its expertise in art production and internationalcooperation. The centre will also be responsible forthe organisation and operation of the programme, butthe facility will also be used by other art and culturalinstitutions in <strong>Lund</strong> and by smaller operators such asvarious galleries when they need to carry out specificprojects. The framework project has been developedwithin the structure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, andwill be implemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen(the Culture and Leisure Administration) between 2010and 2013.The Matchmaking & Service department’s remit includesthe work involved in inventorying both existing arenasand the need for new permanent and temporary arenas.These arenas should be spread across the entiremunicipality in order to ensure a high level of accessibilityfor all residents and to reduce the need for logistics. Awide-spread distribution also ensures that programmescan be run in parallel. Three large temporary arenas willbe developed: Brunnshög and Sankt Hans within <strong>Lund</strong>itself, and Stenbrottet in Skrylle. The work involved inthe Sustainable Events framework programme forms thebasis for the standard of the arenas to be developed. Inthe long-term, EPA means that from <strong>2014</strong> onwards <strong>Lund</strong>will be a city with a good arena structure where it willquickly and easily be possible to stage all different kindsof events in both existing and temporary arenas.The aim is that during <strong>2014</strong> <strong>Lund</strong> should be able to offergood venues for all types of events on a very large scale.The project is linked to the politico-cultural strategyaction plan, and will be carried out on a smaller scale if<strong>Lund</strong> is not named Capital of Culture.ARTISTS IN residenceThe framework project aims to investigate the conditionsrequired for establishing a programme for artists inresidence in <strong>Lund</strong>. The programme offers support forany art form. Guest artists will also interact with otherorganisations in the city, e.g. with various educationalexhibitions. The framework project has been developedwithin the structure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, andwill be implemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen(the Culture and Leisure Administration) in 2010.EVENT PREPAREDareas (epa)EPA aims to prepare <strong>Lund</strong> to be able to host all theevents which a Capital of Culture year involves.The project consists of a number of different stages:Cataloguing (2010). A list will be drawn up of all municipaland non-municipal premises and stages. Technicalinformation and other information which organisersmay require will be collated in a database. A suitabilityanalysis will be carried out of the types of event which thepremises or location is suitable for. A methods analysiswill then be carried out which proposes measures tomake the premises or location optimal for the purposestated in the suitability analysis.Inventorying (2010-2012). There is a real need for modern,flexible arenas, stages and venues for culture, both forrehearsals and production and for events. An inventorywill be produced of the need for premises within all artforms in order then to be able to prioritise these needs.Seminars on temporary arenas (2011-2012). We will holdone or more seminars on temporary arenas. Informationwill be gathered about the experiences of key Europeanplayers including the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK andStanica, Žilina, Slovakia.In order to be able to carry out all the events whicha Capital of Culture year involves, the city and itssurroundings need to be prepared. Permanent arenas,venues and outdoor arenas need to be developed andmade safe for use. A number of temporary arenas alsoneed to be set up.Preparing arenas (2011-<strong>2014</strong>). Preparing new and existinglocations and venues for optimum use of resourcesduring events. Depending on the location, this may relateto anything from electricity, water supply/seweragesystems and logistics to waste-sorting and security.Preparations will be based on the experiences gained255

during cataloguing and, taking the methods analysis fromthe cataloguing stage as a starting point, the variouspremises/locations will be prioritised and added to aschedule. Detailed planning will then be carried out foreach of the individual premises/locations.IT support for events and organisers (2011). In orderto optimise the use of resources in relation to eventsin <strong>Lund</strong>, a new web-based e-service will be created inwhich each event is allocated an information core whichis built upon and can be accessed by the various partiesinvolved. This web service will be produced in associationwith the Sustainable Events programme. The web-baseddatabase will be accessible by all those involved inevents, and will contain:• all premises, locations and stages, together withtheir requirements• various manuals and checklists• forms archive for applications and project grants,permits, reports, etc.• contact list for various parties—everything fromwaste management and alcohol licensing to securitycompanies• timetabling system for staff and volunteersConcept and project owner:<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> and the City of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Department of Cultureand Leisure. EPA has been developed primarily throughthe work with the politico-cultural strategy action planin a number of working parties, but mainly in the eventsgroup.<strong>Part</strong>ners:The City of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Services Administration and TechnicalAdministration for municipal premises and locations areinvolved in the project. Other land and property ownerswill be involved as required.Capital of Culture together with their ‘Matchmaking’initiative is bold, innovative and likely to provide a lastinglegacy for <strong>Lund</strong> well beyond <strong>2014</strong>. I welcome the leadthat this bid from <strong>Lund</strong> demonstrates and wish themevery success.”Theresa Moore, Head of Music & EntertainmentManagement Programmes, Buckinghamshire NewUniversityContributing towards sustainable social development iscentral to <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. An event on the scale of EuropeanCapital of Culture will, of course, have a variety ofdifferent impacts on the environment, the economy andsociety. It is therefore important to manage the variouselements of the project not only to minimise the negativeeffects, but also to maximise the positive effects.A new standard for sustainability in event management,BS 8901, is currently being developed in the UK. Inaddition to environmental and climate work, the standardalso covers social factors such as equality, diversity andethics. Safety and communication are also importantaspects of the standard. A total of 17 different standardsare currently included. The development process usesan Open Source model for generated knowledge, whichmeans that the knowledge created can be shared byeveryone throughout the development period. This meansthat not only is this a case of establishing a standardwith recommendations for sustainable events, thesustainability perspective is also continuously developed.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> is part of the BS 8901 network, and from 2010onwards will build up a local and regional cooperationorganisation to support programme managers intheir work to develop sustainability factors for thevarious events. There will be expertise within existingorganisations, and this will therefore continue to have aneffect after <strong>2014</strong>.SUSTAINABLE eventsSustainable Events ensures that the variouselements of the <strong>2014</strong> programme areenvironmentally-friendly and contribute towardssustainable social development.“Sustainability is increasingly one of the most importantissues for festival and event organisers today. The <strong>Lund</strong>proposal to make all of the events sustainable andenvironmentally friendly as part of the bid for EuropeanDESCRIPTIONThe main player in Sustainable Events is <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.<strong>Part</strong>ies associated with the 17 component standards willbe linked to the project through reference groups.All the projects and events within <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> will includea focus on sustainability, where subprojects pushforward development within this field. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> willsupport the various projects with expertise and servicevia the “Matchmaking & Service” section. In contrastto previous Capital of Culture organisations, we havechosen a programming strategy whereby production ismainly carried out by a large number of local and regional256

players. By ensuring that knowledge is transferred toother organisations as the field develops, we providenew opportunities and a swift impact. Being connectedto European networks through Open Source reporting onthe work involved means that our outcomes also becomeaccessible to European players. Expertise and methodsin relation to sustainable development will thereby endurebeyond <strong>2014</strong>. The networks for this will also remain, bothlocally and regionally, as well as internationally.responsibility” will be held in the autumn of <strong>2014</strong>, with 300players within the fields of festivals, events and culturefrom across Europe. The aim of the conference will be todisseminate knowledge on sustainable events and <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong>’s experience within this area. The project will coverall arenas and events included in <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.After <strong>2014</strong>, a support organisation for various types ofevent will be in place.The 17 component standards:• Energy demands• Transport demands• Air emissions• Water use• Land use• Cultural impact• Waste and recycling• Ethical supply chain• Transparent relationships• Local sourcing• Security and safety• Equality and diversity• Community impact• Finacial impact• Stakeholder communication• Monitoring and feedback• External communication• ProcessSpring 2010: Recruitment of project managers andplayers, formation of reference groups, development ofnetworks, joint creation of knowledge base. <strong>Part</strong>icipationin European network throughout the entire project period.Autumn 2010: Drawing up recommendations andchecklists/action lists for the 17 standards, developmentof project support organisation.2011: Support organisation in place, development ofmonitoring, evaluation and feedback plan. Developmentof web-based support function.2012 to 2013: Continuous project and programmesupport. Monitoring, evaluation and feedback. Drawingup recommendations and checklists/action lists.Development and intentions<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has taken part in international SustainableEvent Management training. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has also initiatedcontact and cooperation with leading European playerswithin the field of sustainable events through internationalnetworks such as Julie’s Bicycle, Greener Festivals,AIF, Seventeen Events, and Rheinkultur Bonn. Throughthese networks and contact with people such as TheresaMoore , Ben Challis , Claire O’Neil , Andrew Williamsand Sabine Funk , practical knowledge of sustainabilitywork has been obtained within sustainable events andconcrete work including examples of both successesand stumbling-blocks. This knowledge is made availablewithin the networks through Open Source, which makesall work visible and accessible for a more immediateimpact.The City of <strong>Lund</strong> is taking the lead when it comesto creating a sustainable society. For example, thedevelopment of the new Brunnshög district is basedentirely on creating a sustainable society, not only froman ecological point of view but also economically andsocially. Core values in terms of culture, the environmentand sustainability are often closely linked with underlyingsignificant commitment and power. These issues arebecoming a bottom-up movement, whereby developmentoccurs from grass-roots level. There is no need to wait forpolitical decisions, rules or tax issues—instead, the workcan be set in motion entirely independently. We want tocapture this vigour. We want to harness this energy.By actively pushing sustainability issues during <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong> towards all participating projects in combinationwith training and service, the impact of the sustainabilitywork in accordance with the 17 standards will have animpact on the estimated 3,000 activities.During <strong>2014</strong>: Sustainable Events will be fullyimplemented. The entire programme will have a clearsustainability profile, both ecologically and economically,as well as socially. The international conference“Sustainable Events—setting a new standard ofConcept and project owner:<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>257

CONFERENCE ONchiLdren’S CULtureA highly qualitative international conference onchildren’s culture takes place every other year andprofiles <strong>Lund</strong> as a national development engineand meeting place within the field of children’sculture.the artistic musical scene in <strong>Lund</strong> and is preparing aplanning calendar for internal purposes, where variousarrangements can be made, together with producing ajoint general programme to be published on the internet.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013.The conference’s programme is based on actual researchin this area and is arranged in close collaboration withRegion Skåne, <strong>Lund</strong> University, Malmö University andCentrum för Barnkulturforskning (The <strong>Centre</strong> for theStudies of Children’s Culture) in Stockholm.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) as a pilot projectbetween 2011 and 2013.NEW OPPORTUNITY forunsigned bandsThis framework project consists of improving conditionsfor unsigned bands in <strong>Lund</strong>.a) Concert evenings at Mejeriet: The municipality of <strong>Lund</strong>organises regular concert evenings at the Mejeriet forunsigned <strong>Lund</strong> bands. A pilot project will be set up inautumn 2009.EXPERIMENTplatformIn carrying out an inventory of local needs, it wasparticularly noted that there was a requirement to createa new platform for experimenting, pushing boundariesand acting at the cutting edge of the art scene. The basisfor this work is the artistic exhibitions at <strong>Lund</strong> University,freelance actors, guest performances and artists inresidence.b) European Gårdsband festival: <strong>Lund</strong> is the host fora gårdsband festival in 2011 or 2012 in collaborationwith Nordiska Gårdsbandsfestivalen arranged by themunicipality of Västerås and Jönköping. The festival willbe expanded to also include other European countries.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013. The European Gårdsband festival will take place in2011 or 2012.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) in 2010.PROFILING theartistic musicaLsceneThe municipality of <strong>Lund</strong> is taking the initiative fororganising a network between those involved withinHOUSE OF LiteratureIN <strong>Lund</strong>The framework project investigates the possibility ofestablishing a house of literature in a suitable existingbuilding somewhere in the centre of <strong>Lund</strong>, possibly withinthe City library’s organisational framework.The House of Literature is inspired by the Germanmodel—a house that is teeming with ideas, a place whereauthors (both children’s and adults’ writers) can meet,a place where literature can be naturally integrated with258

other art forms. The house could contain the following:• Writers’ Corner: a stage for literary exhibitions• Live streaming over the internet: e.g. from bookfestivals• Literature café: borrow a book from the library or buyone in the specialised book shop• Library: “The current library” (with books that arechanged annually) or “The library for out of printbooks” (unpublished works)• Writers in residence: an author’s residence, whereauthors can apply for accommodation and peaceand quiet to write for a few months at a time, aswell as he/she performing a guest recital at <strong>Lund</strong>University• Writing places: a peaceful little corner for writing—for kids and adults• Various themed rooms for storytelling, author visits,exhibitions, etc.• Creative workshop: with space for 30 seated childrenor adults.• Author’s <strong>Centre</strong> South, or a spin-off of those basedin the House of Literature• Continuous operations: workshops, exhibitions,lectures, after school activities for children, authorvisits, ability development, etc.• Other: offices, meeting rooms, conference/eventsspaceThe framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) 2010—2013.DEVELOPING kinoThe aim of the framework project is to develop the Kinocinema’s role as a cultural meeting place. This is donewithin the framework of Svenska Filminstitutet’s (TheSwedish Film Institute’s) efforts to promote the country’salternative cinemas. Examples of activities includeinvestments in new public groups, expanding repertoiresand types of showing, additional activities and othercultivation of the cinematic concept. A development planis being produced with Folkets Bio and an application forstart up funding is being submitted to the Swedish FilmInstitute.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2011.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) in 2010.LUND AS A FILmingLocationThe project’s goal is to entice film and TV producersto film in <strong>Lund</strong> and its surrounding areas, and to beable to use these locations as tourist attractions. Mapsand information on films to be filmed in the area, andthe creation of an ‘experience pack’ for film tourismstemming from this. Mapping and marketing of potentialfilming locations in <strong>Lund</strong> and producing clear, conciseinformation on where to go if filming in <strong>Lund</strong>. Aninformative and specialised course for city employeeson the benefits to the municipality of having a film/TVproduction in <strong>Lund</strong>, as well as the best way to achievecooperation in production.LUND FILM academy<strong>Lund</strong> Film Academy is a regional platform organisationthat consists of a partnership between the municipalityof <strong>Lund</strong>, Film i Skåne, Oresund Film Commission,<strong>Lund</strong> University, Anagram Produktion and FantastiskFilmfestival. <strong>Lund</strong> Film Academy works within thefollowing four fields:• Process development: information on and methoddevelopment for the creation of future audio-visualnarrative forms• Knowledge centre: international and open publicweb forum to communicate experiences thatbusiness operations generate• Cooperation: cooperation with film schools, filmtraining, research and development units within theregion (including Denmark, Germany and the Balticregion)• Training: initiation of higher level training with aninternational focus, where audio visual narrativeforms are studied, including qualified researchregarding the character of the narrative and wherechanges are supported259

Work are carried out through lectures, seminars, masterclasses, workshops, networking meetings and research,documented via the project website and addressingregional film life and also nationally and internationally.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013. A pilot project will be conducted in September 2009in the form of a number of master classes and seminars.SHOWING movingpictures viabroadbandIn <strong>Lund</strong>, the communal housing company LKF, togetherwith the communications operator ViaEuropa andthe software company Labs2, has developed oneof Sweden’s and the world’s most modern and fastbroadband networks: Gigabit in <strong>Lund</strong> (1000 Mb/s).Through a cooperation agreement with Färs & FrostaArena, this broadband network is temporarily offering freedirect streaming of LUGIS handball home matches, as setup by the media students at Vipan secondary school. Inworking with Vipan, various cultural arrangements havebeen filmed in <strong>Lund</strong> to be shown via a broadband orwireless network.It is also possible to show films via broadband in ‘Gigabitin <strong>Lund</strong>’. As a 2010 pilot project, films from some ofthe region’s film festivals will be shown, e.g. FantastiskFilmfestival, BUFF, Pixel. If this goes well, it may bepossible to develop the project by creating opportunitiesto show regionally-produced films.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) as a pilot project in2010.DISCOVERING <strong>Lund</strong>and creating sociaLSPACEBy making a clear connection between the landscapeand stories about the area—for example by installingsigns in creative locations and in interesting forms—theenvironment can then grow from a cultural identity andexternal perspective. One option that is seldom usedis to teach how a place has changed over time that, inmany cases, can be read if the space is formed with allfour dimensions (the history of various surfaces, shownon the ground, walls and intangible boundaries/patternsof movement/use). Various places can also better beconnected to meaningful contexts for recreation anddiscoveries in the form of both attractive walking trails,classroom teaching and for the tourism and hospitalityindustry, where new technology can particularly enhancethe experience.The framework project includes the appointment of aworking group to conduct a study, namely to carry outan inventory of physical environments and cooperationpartners, idea and design proposals, documentation/mapping material, preparation of agenda andprioritisation. Using this documentation, cooperationpartners can be sought to implement measures, in termsof the physical design, information brochures and otherdocumentation and lastly marketing.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013.A walk through<strong>Lund</strong> in space andtimeUsing modern technology in smartphones, weprovide residents of and visitors to <strong>Lund</strong> with theopportunity to experience <strong>Lund</strong> as it appeared inthe past. Or why not in the future?Visitors taking a walk of the city can use a smartphoneequipped with the necessary software. By looking atvarious buildings, places and objects in <strong>Lund</strong> using thephone’s camera, three-dimensional images and other260

information can be viewed that provide the visitor withan idea of how things looked in the past. Using thecamera these images can be overlaid on top of what wesee today. Different parts of what visitors can see arelinked to information. For example, a presentation can beprovided on whatever is being viewed. This informationis presented by a typical person of the period, who alsoappears in the virtual model stored in the phone. Theintention is to also include typical sounds of the periodin addition to the visual experience. The aim is for it tobe possible to take the city walk according to a periodof history of the user’s choice. This means that a visitorcan take the walk on a number of occasions and gaininformation and experiences from different periods ofhistory.Project owner<strong>Lund</strong> University (Faculty of Engineering through itsDepartment of Design Sciences together with theFaculties of Humanities and Theology through theHumanities Lab)Virtual museumsVirtual reality technology is breathing new lifeinto <strong>Lund</strong>’s museums. This technology makesit possible to “archive” exhibitions that can nolonger be shown in reality. It gives exhibits a newlease of life.Through the use of virtual reality technology it’s possibleto experience <strong>Lund</strong>’s museums in new and unexpectedways. The virtual exhibitions will be available in physicalmuseums, but they will also be available on the Internet.This means that they will be available for people who arenot able to visit a particular museum. One of the greatadvantages of a virtual museum is that visitors can getclose to the objects on show. Visitors are welcome totouch, feel, manipulate and even shake exhibits. Virtualreality technology also makes it possible to take a closerlook at the fine details of museum exhibits, a little likeusing a microscope.Project owner:Humanities Lab at <strong>Lund</strong> University’s Faculty ofEngineeringIn cooperation with:<strong>Lund</strong>’s Kulturen museum, the Historical Museum, theMuseum of Cultural History, Virtual Reality Lab andresearchers at other institutes.KNOWLEDGE forumBy improved cooperation and especially facilitatingcross-sectoral information acquisition whilst developingcreative educational projects within archives, librariesand museums (ALM), these existing resources can, to amuch greater extent, be used for information acquisition,cultural exchange, inspiration, improvement, researchand cultivation of new stories. Cooperation takes placebetween interested groups and individuals. The libraryjust outside of <strong>Lund</strong> will be developed in its role as acultural centre.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013.YOUNG OBSERVERSThe Youth Council Committee on Cultural Affairs will be“Young cultural observers”, conducting socio-economicanalysis, observing trends, connecting new culturewith tradition, expanding the dynamics and improvingaccessibility.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) between 2010 and2013.CULTURAL cake’ foreveryoneThe Cultural School offers inclusive cultural activitiesfor pupils with and without physical disabilities incooperation with teachers at Skåne’s Cultural <strong>Centre</strong>,in connection with ‘cultural cake’ being offered to <strong>Lund</strong>schools.The framework project has been developed within thestructure of <strong>Lund</strong>’s Cultural Policy strategy, and will beimplemented by the Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen (theCulture and Leisure Administration) 2010–2013.261

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Ambassadortraining<strong>Lund</strong>abygden’s Sports Association is developingambassador training for young leaders with an EUperspective. The project will function as a democraticchannel for young peoples’ voices and opinions, in <strong>Lund</strong>and Europe. The aim is train 350 young ambassadors for<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.The project is a collaboration between regional and localumbrella groups for organisational activities.Folk Music Festivalin DalbyRural traditions meet the pop and art music of the citywhen Dalby village council organises a music festival. Thevillage council has a long history of preserving musicaltraditions with its annual music festival, and in <strong>2014</strong> itwill continue to build on those foundations with the aimof creating a complete musical experience that includesexciting new forms on various stages in Dalby.The festival will culminate in a concert at SkryllesjönLake.The project is a collaboration between Skryllegårdenoutdoor centre, the EU <strong>Lund</strong>aland project and variousassociations in Dalby.Project owner: Dalby village councilcentres, libraries, the City of <strong>Lund</strong>, Genarp Parish andother associations within the town. The programme forthe week includes theatre, music, dance, workshops,talks, author visits, visual art and creative events.The 4,500 or so inhabitants of Genarp will be offeredperformances by both local and guest cultural workers,as well as reviews of student work and talks.Project owner: Genarp Culture SocietyCultural RoadVeberöd is arranging its own mini festival. Local peopletogether with actors from principal locations will create afestival of culture, Cultural Road, promoting local identity.Local characteristics will be blended with culture fromoutside the area. The aim is to create a stronger linkbetween Veberöd and the inner city of <strong>Lund</strong>. The projectstarts in 2011 and will be expanded annually up to <strong>2014</strong>.Project leaders are Fritid Veberöd and Veberöds BibliotekThe Play of SödraSandbyByahusets vänner (Friends of the Village House) areworking with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> to create a play about thedevelopment of Södra Sandby, from being on the seabedto being an affluent suburb. A story of development willbe written, rehearsed and presented by and with theinhabitants of Södra Sandby.Genarp CulturalDelightsPeople of all ages are getting the opportunity to meetcreative cultural practitioners. Those living on theoutskirts of <strong>Lund</strong> often find themselves beyond the reachof the city’s cultural offering. By offering a wealth ofcultural events on their home ground for an entire weekeach year, town dwellers are given the stimulus to maketheir own dream projects a reality. The local culturalassociation Genarps Kulturförening acts as the overallorganiser, working in partnership with schools, recreationProject owner: Byahusets vänner, Södra Sandby<strong>Lund</strong>aspelenThe LUGI and Eos sports clubs are working with <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong> to develop <strong>Lund</strong>aspelen as a meeting place andmobilisation platform. <strong>Lund</strong>aspelen is southern Sweden’slargest annual sporting event, for around 10,000 youngpeople. By creating a large tent event, culture and sportwill be given a shared arena where young people from allover the world can meet.Project owner: LUGI Handball & Eos <strong>Lund</strong> Basketball263

appeNdixB:presentationsof ourpartnersAFThe Academic Society (Akademiska Föreningen, AF)has existed for over 170 years. With a wide spectrumof activities, AF is the hub of <strong>Lund</strong>’s student life. Thesociety’s premises are used for balls, parties, comedyshows, student nights, concerts, seminars, meetingsand theatrical performances by students’ associations,student unions and all sorts of independent studentsocieties. However, the core of AF is formed by theactivities that go on in the building, primarily through thework of AF’s fourteen different committees.ANAGRAM PRODUKTION ABThis is a production company that works primarilywith TV, feature films, adverts and stage shows. UsingSkåne as a base, local and regional players are oftenlinked to Anagram Produktion, depending on the typeof production. Anagram Produktion was founded bycomedians Anders Jansson and Johan Wester, bothactive as scriptwriters, producers and actors.ARCH FILM LUNDArchFilm<strong>Lund</strong> is the first architecture film festival inSweden and in the Nordic region, showing documentariesand feature films with architecture as their theme. Thefestival spans from My Uncle, Mr Hulot’s humorousapproach to modern construction, via portrayals of thedisadvantages of major cities, to world-famous architects’visions of the future of architecture, art and environment.AURA ART ASSOCIATIONThe Aura Art Association (Konstföreningen Aura) wasfounded in 1928 by a group of artists and friends of art.Its purpose was, and still is, to stimulate interest in andraise awareness of art. From the start, Aura has beencomposed of two relatively independent parts: an artists’group and a general art association.KOPASETICKopasetic Productions is an independent, musician-runrecord label with a focus on jazz and improvised music.The company, which is based in Malmö/<strong>Lund</strong>, wasformed in 2003.BELARUS FREE THEATREThis group was founded in 2005 as an undergroundtheatre group in Minsk, and here in the West it hasbecome a symbol for the struggle for democracy inBelarusBIBU.SEBibu.se – Sweden’s national performing arts biennial forchildren and young people. Bibu.se supports and raisesthe profile of performing arts for children and youngpeople (theatre, dance, musical drama and mime) andshows the breadth, quality and inventiveness of Swedishperforming arts.BOELSPEXARNA<strong>Lund</strong>’s first all-female ‘spex’ comedy theatre group,founded in 1994. The name is borrowed from <strong>Lund</strong>University’s first female vice-chancellor, Boel Flodgren,who is also the ensemble’s first honorary member.CRYSTAL PALACECrystal Palace is a Stockholm-based gallery that presentsSwedish and international contemporary art. The galleryis run by Jun-Hi Wennergren Nordling and KatarinaSjögren, formerly of Tensta Konsthall.CULTURE NIGHTCulture Night (Kulturnatten) gets its unique flavour fromthe people who put it together. Since the first culturenight in 1985, the people of <strong>Lund</strong> have put their heart andsoul into this festival.ESS SCANDINAVIAOver 300 researchers from 11 countries have participatedin the planning stages. The goal is to construct the nextgeneration neutron source for cross-disciplinary researchand industrial development in Europe. The ESS will be ahub of Europe’s research infrastructure.267

FANTASTISK FILMFESTIVALFantastisk Filmfestival is Scandinavia’s largest festivalfor fantastic film. Since it was started in 1995, almost 800films – short films and feature films alike – from around30 countries have been shown at Fantastisk Filmfestival.There is always a particular focus on Europe, contributingat least 70 percent of the festival’s films.FARAWAYSOCLOSEFarawaysoclose is a cooperative project betweencurators, where projects and art exhibitions with aninternational focus are produced by Linda Rydberg andJessica Segerlund. This new platform for contemporaryart was founded in Malmö in 2007. Farawaysocloseworks in different formats, without a venue of its own, incollaboration with artists, galleries and institutions.FILM IN SKÅNEFilm in Skåne (Film i Skåne) is a regional resource andproduction centre for film, whose task it is to promote thefilm sector in Skåne. On behalf of, and funded by, RegionSkåne and the Swedish Film Institute, Film in Skåne hasbeen around since 1995. Film in Skåne is also one of fourregional film production centres, which means that it isalso responsible for promoting the production of featurefilms and the development of a professional film industryin the region.GENARP CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONGenarp cultural association (Genarps kulturförening)organises concerts, lectures, theatrical performances, artexhibitions and interviews with authors. The associationalso organises the celebrations for Walpurgis Night, theSwedish National Day, and midsummer in Genarp.HELSINGBORG CITY THEATREHelsingborg City Theatre (Helsingborgs Stadsteater) iscurrently Skåne’s most frequented theatre. In 2001, thetheatre launched a dual focus on the great internationalplaywrights and on recently written productions. Thiscombination has attracted large audiences to the theatre.HUMLAB, LUND UNIVERSITYThe humanist laboratory supports research on culture,communication and cognition, with a humanities profilewhile also offering attractive interfaces with naturalsciences, medicine and technology. Researchershere work in new constellations to compose theresearch questions of tomorrow, and cooperate onthe complicated task of understanding (humanities),explaining (natural sciences) and improving (technology)humankind’s conditions as communicating and teachingbeings.INSTITUTETInstitutet (the Institute) is working on an accessible artisticand investigative process that studies the theatrical eventfrom an aesthetical and social perspective. Institutet seeksto loosen the definition of ‘theatre’, so that the theatricalevent is something that we discover together, rather thansomething that we affirm or seek affirmation for.INTERNATIONAL GARDEN SOCIETYThe aim of this society is to bring together gardeningenthusiasts in Europe and the rest of the world andto create joint gardening projects and find ways ofexchanging knowledge, culture and traditions inhorticulture and garden and landscape architecture.KHVCKHVC (Konsthantverkscentrum) is Sweden’s largestorganisation for professional craftspeople. The numberof members in 2009 was around 800. The organisationproduces exhibitions, participates in trade fairs, organisessymposia, courses and seminars, gives advice and ideas,and provides contacts, all with the aim of disseminatinginformation on Swedish craft.KIVIK ART CENTREKivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> in Österlen is an international meetingplace for art, architecture and stunning landscapes. Anew kind of institution is being developed here, where artand architecture interact with the landscape of Skåne.KULTUR SKÅNEKultur Skåne (Culture Skåne) is the culture administrationof Region Skåne. Its task is to support and strengthendevelopment in cultural life in Skåne, through grantsto cultural institutions, cultural organisations andindependent cultural life, and by initiating, running andcollaborating in cultural development projects.KULTUREN, LUNDKulturen outdoor museum is the second oldest outdoormuseum in the world, after Skansen in Stockholm.Since Kulturen was founded in 1892 by Georg Karlin,a host of historical buildings have been moved to themuseum’s grounds in central <strong>Lund</strong>. Kulturen also ensuresthat a number of other museums can stay open, suchas Kulturens Östarp, with its focus on agriculture, theHökeriet old-fashioned provisions store, and the Tegnérmuseum in <strong>Lund</strong>.268

KULTURMEJERIETMejeriet (which means ‘the dairy’) in <strong>Lund</strong> is a centre filledwith music, theatre, art, dance and film, in cooperationwith international and local artists. The scope andindependence of the centre make it unique in Sweden.Mejeriet is also a member of the European Network forIndependent Cultural <strong>Centre</strong>s, Trans Europe Halles, andhosts the head office of the network.LILITH PERFORMANCE STUDIOLilith Performance Studio is Europe’s first combinedstudio and arena for visual art performance. The studiocreates new large-scale performances by invitingvisual artists to create and present performancepieces in a close collaboration with the studio, fromconceptualisation to presentation.LITTERALUNDLittera<strong>Lund</strong> is Sweden’s largest book festival for childrenand young people. The aim is to focus on children andyoung people’s literature and to link it to other art formssuch as theatre, music, dance and film. Littera<strong>Lund</strong> hasan annual programme with regular events throughout theyear to promote reading, and a week-long book festival inOctober. Littera<strong>Lund</strong> was founded as part of <strong>Lund</strong>’s effortto become European Capital of Culture.LITTERATURBARENSince it was founded in 2001, Litteraturbaren (theliterature bar) has organised events with visiting authorsat Grand Hotel and Kulturkrogen. The hottest namesin different literary genres are invited to take part inentertaining evenings with live music, hosted by poetNiklas Törnlund, who presents and interviews the guests.range of activities. The association hosts professionalguest performances, primarily in the city theatre, <strong>Lund</strong>sStadsteater.LUND FILM ACADEMY<strong>Lund</strong> Film Academy is an international forum for thedevelopment and exchange of knowledge in film andmedia production. Its aim is to develop <strong>Lund</strong> as alaboratory and display window for alternative film andmedia distribution.LUND MUNICIPALITYCulture and Leisure Administration• Kulturskolan (the culture school)• Folkbiblioteken (the people’s library)• Fritid <strong>Lund</strong> (leisure in <strong>Lund</strong>)• Idrott <strong>Lund</strong> (sport in <strong>Lund</strong>)• Kultur <strong>Lund</strong> (culture in <strong>Lund</strong>)• <strong>Lund</strong>s stadsteater (<strong>Lund</strong> city theatre)• <strong>Lund</strong>s konsthall (<strong>Lund</strong> art gallery)Service Administration• Contracting/PrintingThe Town Building OfficeTechnical Administration• Park and Nature Office• Public TransportMunicipality Office• Tourist Information Office• Environment Strategy Unit• Personnel• Trade and Industry UnitLUND CATHEDRAL PARISHThe <strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral Parish (<strong>Lund</strong>s Domkyrkoförsamling)is part of the Church of Sweden.Education AdministrationChild and School Administration, <strong>Lund</strong> CityChild and School Administration, East <strong>Lund</strong>LUND DIOCESE CHURCH DRAMA<strong>Lund</strong> Diocese church drama (<strong>Lund</strong>s Stifts Kyrkospel) ischaracterised by its roots in theatre and liturgy, in artisticand theological reflection. The summer church drama in<strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral has provided an annual rhythm for thegroup’s work. This art form has grown in dialogue withdevelopments in liturgical expressions and in theatre.LUND THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION<strong>Lund</strong> theatrical association (<strong>Lund</strong>s teaterförening) is oneof Sweden’s largest theatre associations in terms of itsLUND REGIONAL ARCHIVESThe <strong>Lund</strong> Regional Archives (Landsarkivet i <strong>Lund</strong>) is oneof Sweden’s ten regional archives and is responsible forarchiving documents from regional state archive sourcesin the counties of Blekinge, Skåne and Halland. Thearchive was founded in 1903.LUND UNIVERSITY<strong>Lund</strong> University has a natural place among Europe’sforemost seats of learning. As Scandinavia’s largesthigher education and research institute, the university269

spans a vast spectrum of subjects. A total of 6080people work at <strong>Lund</strong> University – lecturers, researches,administrative and technical staff – and there are around40,000 students.LUND UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENSThe botanic gardens look after around 7000 species in anarea of 8 hectares in the centre of the city. The gardenshave a wide range of activities in botany, horticulture,plant conservation and environmental knowledge, notonly for the benefit of the university’s teaching andresearch, but also for nurseries, schools, the generalpublic, the media and government authorities.LUNDABYGDENS ‘TRY IT OUT’ SPORTS CLUB – LUND<strong>Lund</strong>abygden ‘try it out’ sports club (<strong>Lund</strong>abygdens‘prova på’ IF) was started by Värpinge IF sports cluba number of years ago to encourage people to try outnew sports. An umbrella organisation was established inMarch 2008 to support small local sports clubs.LUNDASPELEN – BASKETBALLIn January every year, this international basketballtournament takes place for young people between 12 and18 years of age.LUNDASPELEN - HANDBALLThe largest indoor handball tournament in the world!Every year between Christmas and New Year, thousandsof young handball enthusiasts between the ages of 9 and18 from all over the world come to <strong>Lund</strong>.to reflect the new Malmö and to keep classic works alive.Malmö City Theatre’s goal is to be a theatre that engages,entertains and moves all the inhabitants of Malmö.MALMÖ KONSTHALLMalmö Konsthall art gallery, which opened in 1975, hasone of Europe’s largest spaces for contemporary art.Malmö konsthall organises around ten exhibitions peryear, with an international focus, including everythingfrom the classics of modern art to current experiments.MALMÖ MUSEUMSMalmö Museums (Malmö Museer) is the largest museumin Skåne. Through national and international cooperation,the museum seeks to spread inspiration and knowledge.The exhibitions at the museum tell the story of theregion’s history, from the Stone Age to modern times, aswell as presenting around ten temporary exhibitions everyyear.MALMÖ OPERA AND MUSIC THEATREMalmö Opera is the opera house of southern Sweden,located centrally in the Öresund region. Malmö Opera’strademark is opera at international elite level.MALMÖ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAMalmö Symphony Orchestra (Malmö Symfoniorkester)was born in Malmö in 1925, but has only fitted thedefinition of a symphony orchestra since 1991. Today, it isone of Sweden’s four major orchestras, with internationalresponsibilities.LUS<strong>Lund</strong>s Universitets Studentkårer, LUS, is the cooperativeorganisation for student unions at <strong>Lund</strong> University. LUSworks to represent students’ interests in dialogue with<strong>Lund</strong> University, the municipality and the region.MALMÖ THEATRE ACADEMYMalmö Theatre Academy (Teaterhögskolan i Malmö)trains actors to work all over Sweden in theatre, film, TVand other media. Since 1998, the school has also offereda course in scriptwriting.MALMÖ ART ACADEMYMalmö Art Academy (part of <strong>Lund</strong> University) has offereda modern art course since it was founded in 1995. Thatmeans that the academy’s teaching is not divided up intospecialisms and year groups, and that the academy hasan intensive and dynamic relationship to the internationalart scene, with many international artists coming as guestlecturers.MALMÖ CITY THEATREMalmö City Theatre (Malmö Stadsteater) is one ofSweden’s leading city theatres, presenting around tenproductions per year. The theatre’s repertoire is designedMÅNTEATERN THEATRE GROUPMånteatern theatre group was founded in <strong>Lund</strong> in 1986and is an independent group that performs children’s,youth and adult theatre. Månteatern is run primarily by 9of its members. Recent performances include EUREPICACHALLENGE, a unique collaboration between BelarusFree Theatre and Månteatern.MEDIA MEETING PLACE MALMÖMedia Meeting Place Malmö (Media MötesplatsMalmö) works to promote the media sector in Sweden.Through conferences, social media, meetings and otheractivities, Media Meeting Place strengthens the skills and270

commercial development of media companies.MIX MUSIKMix Musik in Malmö has been one of the leading jazzand world music stages in Sweden since it was foundedin 2000. In recent years, Mix Musik has grown from justputting on concerts to organising seminars, discussionfora, youth activities and much more.MODERNA MUSEET MALMÖModerna Museet Malmö (the Modern Art Museumin Malmö) will be a high-quality museum with anindependent exhibition programme, in collaborationwith Moderna Museet in Stockholm as well as its owninternational partners. Roughly three major exhibitionswill be put on per year, with modern classics alternatingwith contemporary work.MOOMSTEATERN THEATREMoomsteatern Theatre is a theatre for actors withdisabilities, with several parallel productions, projectswith various focuses, guest directors and professionalproduction methods.MOSSAGÅRDENMossagården farm uses organic agriculture and has afarm shop and an organic vegetable delivery service toaround sixty nearby schools and companies. Every year,the farm organises a festival – Mossagårdsfestivalen.MOVING MEDIA SOUTH SWEDENMoving Media South Sweden is a network created by thesector for the sector, and is so far the largest of its kindfor moving media in the south of Sweden. MMSS aims tostrengthen grown in moving/new media and increase thenumber of companies and employees.MUSIK I SYDMusik i Syd (Music in the South) is a dynamic centre formusic based at the Concert Hall in Kristianstad with aregional office in Växjö, with a chamber orchestra calledMusica Vitae and Palladium, a stage for dance and musicin Malmö. Musik i Syd offers concert organisers a broad,high-quality selection, and runs projects and activities ofnational significance.NOASSThe art and culture association NOASS from Riga hasbeen around since 1998. They focus on contemporary artin urban environments, making art an element of everydaylife for inhabitants of and visitors to Riga.ODEUMOdeum, the music department at <strong>Lund</strong> University,organises and promotes musical performances amongthe students of <strong>Lund</strong>. The department is headed up bythe Director Musices. The <strong>Lund</strong> University AcademicOrchestra and the <strong>Lund</strong> Academic Choir both form partof Odeum. Odeum also runs academic courses in music,in cooperation with Malmö Academy of Music and theDepartment of Art History and Musicology at <strong>Lund</strong>. Thedepartment is also responsible for organising a series ofconcerts.OPERA WORKSHOP - MALMÖ OPERAThe Opera Workshop (Operaverkstan) puts on operaticand musical productions for children and young people.The Opera Workshop offers pre-performance events,guided tours of the Opera House, seminars and themedevenings. It runs artistic and educational cooperativeprojects with cultural institutions, schools andmunicipalities.ORD PÅ SCENOrd på Scen (Word on Stage) organises poetry slamcompetitions, open mic events at cafés, traditionaland experimental poetry readings with special guests,storytelling evenings and other events where the spokenword is in the limelight.ORDKONSTOrdkonst (Word art) is the literary branch of the academicsociety in <strong>Lund</strong>. Ordkonst publishes a magazine of thesame name and organises ‘The Poet’s Rostrum’. Thegroup also organises writers’ groups and other studygroups. Four times a term, Ordkonst presents The Poet’sRostrum, one of Skåne’s most established literary stages.Well-known names are combined with up-and-comingpoets and the event also features musical performances.ÖRESUND FILM COMMISSIONThe Öresund Film Commission is a non-profitorganisation that seeks to develop the region into aninternational filming location for film and TV production.The organisation offers advice and service to internationalfilm projects in the Öresund region.ÖSKG, TJÖRNEDALA ART GALLERYÖSKG is an association for artists based in eastern Skånethat runs a joint art gallery in Tjörnedalagården, withexhibitions all year round. ÖSKG is the founder of theoriginal ‘art round’, which takes place at Easter.271

PALLADIUMPalladium is a meeting place for dance and music insouthern Sweden and the Öresund region.Q LUNDQ is run as a non-profit association that creates meetingplaces in the interfaces between research, culture andcommerce, with the city of <strong>Lund</strong> as its main arena. Theassociation encourages and contributes to creativeactivities that cross boundaries and leave visible traces inthe urban environment.RELIGIONS FOR PEACE – EUROPEReligions for Peace – Europe is one of five regionalsections of the World Council of Churches, which is aninternational network that works to promote interfaithdialogue.RIKSTEATERNRiksteatern (the Swedish National Theatre Company)is a movement that organises and promotes dramaticarts and that owns a successful theatre and a touringnational stage for all. Riksteatern seeks to give everyonethe opportunity to experience high-quality and varieddramatic arts, regardless of where you live in the countryand regardless of gender, age, education and social orethnic background.SAGOHUSET THEATRESagohuset Theatre (Teater Sagohuset) is an independent,professional theatre group founded in 1987. The theatreperforms both new works by Sweden’s foremostplaywrights and dramatisations of classic myths forchildren, young people and adults. Sagohuset Theatrehas a wide international network of contacts andcollaborates with exciting actors, directors, set designers,musicians and artists.SKÅNE CULTURAL CENTREThe Skåne Culture <strong>Centre</strong> (Kulturcentrum Skåne) consistsof a workplace, day centre and three-year post-highschool cultural course for people with mild learningdifficulties. The aim is to strengthen the students’ artisticexpression abilities and communication skills, andto create the right conditions for long-term personaldevelopment.SKÅNE ORGAN WEEKSSince 1981, the annual organ music festival Skåne OrganWeeks (Skånes Orgelveckor) has presented music in andaround Skåne.SKÅNES DANSTEATERSkånes Dansteater (Skåne Dance Theatre) is Sweden’slargest independent dance institution, a repertorycompany that performs work by contemporary Swedish,Nordic and international choreographers. SkånesDansteater produces contemporary dance performancesfor adults and children. Danskompaniet (the DanceCompany) stages around 70-80 performances per year inMalmö and on tour.SKÅNETRAFIKENSkånetrafiken is the main public transport body inSkåne and an authority within Region Skåne (the countycouncil). Its tasks include planning, purchasing andmarketing of public transport in Skåne.SPIRITUS MUNDISpiritus Mundi uses culture as a tool for interculturaldialogue. Since the organisation was founded, it hascarried out a number of initiatives in Sweden, Europeand the Middle East, with the aim of creating new,unique meeting places between people with differentbackgrounds and traditions.SWEBLUL - SWEDISH BUREAU FOR LESSER-USEDLANGUAGESSWEBLUL is a committee that forms part of the EuropeanBureau for Lesser-Used Languages, EBLUL. Foundedin 1996, SWEBLUL is the first organisation in Swedenthat unites the five minority languages of Sweden andrepresents them jointly. The committee is a referencegroup for the Swedish Arts Council and for the SwedishGovernment on issues that concern Sweden’s minoritylanguages.TASTE SKÅNETaste Skåne (Smaka på Skåne) is the regional body thatdrives and coordinates the development of Skåne’s foodindustry. Through a series of different projects, TasteSkåne seeks to stimulate interest in the cuisine of Skåneand ensure that food producers in Sweden grow andbecome more dynamic.TEATER 23Teater 23 is one of the oldest independent theatre groupsin Sweden and performs children’s and adult theatre. Thegroup was formed in 1959 by members of <strong>Lund</strong> StudentTheatre, and its first venue was at number 23, SödraFörstadsgatan 23 in Malmö, hence the name.TEATER FORATT272

Teater Foratt is a theatre that seeks to portray humansituations in the world. This is done by creating theatreon current issues such as exclusion, war and theenvironment. Together with Teater Insite, Teater Forattruns the theatre venue Bastionen.archaeological museum. The museum’s collectionsinclude Kilian Stobaeus’s curiosa cabinet from the 18thcentury, many finds from the excavations of the Iron Agesettlement of Uppåkra, and countless objects from theStone, Bronze and Iron Ages in Skåne.TEATER INCTeater Inc is a new body set up to help Malmö’s theatricaltalents to find venues, funding and mentors. A newmeeting place for theatre in Malmö, to bring peopletogether an help provide contacts and good advice.TEATER INSITETeater Insite was founded in Malmö in 2007 with theaim of staging place-specific theatrical productions innon-theatrical environments. Its ambition is to work witha broad spectrum of art forms in an integrated way, tocreate performances that are challenging in both formand content.TEATERCENTRUM (SOUTH)Teatercentrum is an interest group and information/cooperation organisation for professional independenttheatre groups. Over 50 theatre groups from all overSweden are members. Founded in 1969.TEATR WEIMARTeatr Weimar puts on its own dramatisations, but also hasan extensive seminar programme in collaboration with thescriptwriting course at Malmö Theatre Academy.THE COUNTY MUSIC ORGANISATION IN KALMARThe County Music Organisation in Kalmar (Länsmusiken)is a service organisation for music in the county andproduces concerts for schools, associations, studyorganisations, municipalities, churches, companies andothers.THE DANCE STATIONThe Dance Station (Dansstationen) is a meeting place forlocal, regional, national and international dance, and forSkåne-based audiences interested in dance. The workof the Dance Station consists of hosting Swedish andinternational visiting dance performances, producing theirown productions to tour young audiences in Sweden andabroad, and the regional youth and children’s festivalSalto!THE HISTORICAL MUSEUMThe Historical Museum (Historiska Museet) in <strong>Lund</strong>was founded in 1805 and is Sweden’s second largestTHE HOUSE OF DREAMSThe distinguishing feature of the House of Dreams(Drömmarnas Hus) is its work with creative, innovativeeducation and cross-pollination between various artforms, using individual creativity as an effective tool. Theaim of the work is to promote integration and communitythrough making the inherent strength of humankindvisible and responding to the real needs of young people.The Department of Culture has given the House ofDreams a national task, to work as a role model to inspireother organisations in Sweden with a similar focus.THE LUND LITERARY SOCIETYThe <strong>Lund</strong> Literary Society (<strong>Lund</strong>ensiskalitteratursällskapet) organises evenings with visitingauthors and literary discussions.THE MUSEUM OF SKETCHESThe focus of the Museum of Sketches is the creativeprocess surrounding the creation of public art – in otherwords, sketches, studies and models of the art that weencounter in our surroundings. This is a chance to get inbehind the scenes and see the birth of the work of art,and how public art is developed. Most of the material atthe Museum of Sketches is organised in three collections– Swedish, Nordic and International.SPARBANKEN FINN FUTURE FOUNDATIONSparbanken Finn Future Foundation (Sparbanken FinnFramtidsstiftelse) supports regional, future-focusedprojects in the area of work of Sparbanken Finn. Thefoundation aims to promote projects in the areas ofchildren and youth, education and research, culture andenterprise.THE REGIONAL MUSEUM IN KRISTIANSTADThe Regional Museum in Kristianstad takes the entireregion as its focus. It runs the large exhibition space incentral Kristianstad and the <strong>Centre</strong> for Contemporary Art.A short walk away is the Film Museum and the RailwayMuseum. With outdoor museums and other branches,they stretch from Haväng and Åhus in the east toHallands Väderö in the west.THE STORY LABThe Story Lab’s largest markets are currently273

transformative communication in companies andknowledge experiences for the public sector, as wellas interactive marketing where the target group hasan opportunity to interact and co-create. The aim is tocreate strong stories that stimulate long-term chances inbehaviour and attitude.THE WANÅS FOUNDATION EXHIBITIONSWanås is home to nature, art and history. Since 1987,Nordic and international art has been exhibited here,with a focus on sculpture and installations. The Wanåscomplex consists of a Danish medieval castle, an organicfarm and a beautiful sculpture park. Art is also displayedin stables and storehouses from the 18th and 19thcenturies.THE WRITERS’ CENTRE, SOUTHThe Writers’ <strong>Centre</strong>, South (Författarcentrum Syd) isthe south of Sweden branch of the Writers’ <strong>Centre</strong>,Sweden’s largest booking agency for writers. The aim ofthe organisation is to promote literature in society and tocreate meetings between writers and their readers. TheWriters’ <strong>Centre</strong> also runs projects that promote readingand writing, and organises literary events.TRANS EUROPE HALLESOne of the largest networks for independent culturalcentres in Europe. Currently has 49 members and 7friends in a total of 26 European countries.VÄRPINGE IF SPORTS CLUBThe strengths of Värpinge IF sports club are basketballand gymnastics.YOUTH PARLIAMENTThe Youth Parliament in <strong>Lund</strong> (Ungdomstinget) has threecornerstones: dialogue, influence and the parliament’sown activities. The parliament is a forum where youngpeople and adults can meet and discuss issues thatconcern them. Its goal is to advance young people’sopinions.THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (UB)The University Library (Universitetsbiblioteket, UB) wasfounded in 1666, at the same time as the university itself,and has large collections covering over 2000 years andmore or less all languages and subject areas. UB’s task isto preserve, provide information on and make accessiblethe various special collections, all works printed inSweden, and foreign research materials.274

appendixc:arenasand locationsLUND AS A venueCultural locations and the cultural scene.The AF building is located in the middle of <strong>Lund</strong> citycentre, and is the heart of student life in <strong>Lund</strong>. It housesthe Academic Society (Akademiska Föreningen, AF). Forover 170 years, the AF has been the obvious meetingplace for academic life in <strong>Lund</strong>. Student societies,student bodies and student unions are closely linked withthe Academic Society, which has halls and rooms suitablefor any number of guests, from two to 750.The AF’s most well-known hall is Stora salen (the GreatHall). Over the years, hundreds of students in <strong>Lund</strong> havebeen entertained in this striking building. Spex, balls,concerts, fairs, discos - the versatility of Stora salen isunquestioned. In recent years it has been used for a widevariety of events for up to 1000 people.Allhelgonakyrkan (All Saints’ Church): When used as aconcert venue, the 72 metre high All Saints’ Church canhold over 2,000 visitors.Cinemas. Biografen Kino: 247 seats. Biografen Södran: 47seats.Bredgatan 3: Theatre with 130 seats.Bollhuset was built in the 1960s, with halls for variousball games. During the day, the space is used for youthsporting activities and in the evenings, for meetings ofaround 25 local associations.Botaniska trädgården (the Botanical Gardens) belong tothe University and are an historic site in <strong>Lund</strong>. In 1868,the garden already held around 6,000 botanical species.There are currently 7,000 species and the gardenscarry out comprehensive botanical, gardening andenvironmental activities. The specimens are not only usedfor academic teaching, but also for teaching in schools.The garden is also open to the public every day.<strong>Lund</strong> Cathedral will work together with <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> toimplement two large opera projects in the Cathedral in2010 and <strong>2014</strong>.The cathedral is one of Sweden’s mainvisitor attractions, with half a million visitors every yearand also houses a number of music events and concerts.The cathedral can hold 550 people, with a further 70spaces in the chancel, and a similar number in theBaptism Chapel and the Candelabra Chapel.Flyinge Kungsgård – the National Stud of Sweden:Sweden’s leading breeding and equestrian sports centre,offering secondary school and university teachingprogrammes. Flyinge Kungsgård, 15 km north-east of<strong>Lund</strong>, is one of the country’s oldest stud farms, datingback to the 12th century. Flyinge has a wide/broad/comprehensive ???, and is Sweden’s leading equestriansport and breeding centre. National and internationalhorse riding events are arranged each year.Folkets Park – which has been redesigned a numberof times over the years, and the grounds of which willshortly be rebuilt into the ‘Kulturcentrum Folkparken’ – anintegration point for immigrants in <strong>Lund</strong> and southernSkåne.Youth recreation centres: There are approximately 15youth recreation centres in <strong>Lund</strong>, providing activities forchildren and teenagers. These are informal and everydaymeeting points.Fäladsgården is a school building with a dynamic design.The three storeys extend outwards, high above thesurroundings, with an imposing “castle-like” character.The middle of Fäladsgården’s atrium-style courtyardshowcases a beautiful interior, which includes gardens,a fountain and an amphitheatre. Inside the building is atheatre stage, fully equipped for musical and theatricalproductions. The annexe to the main building houses asports hall.Färs & Frosta Arena is a newly-built indoor sports facility,with a total area of 9,000 m2, a size that can easily275

accommodate large-scale concerts. The arena is builton three levels, has a total capacity for 2,500 people forsports events and up to 4,000 people at concerts. Directlyattached to the arena is also a newly-built ice rink. Thearea next to the rink is being prepared for <strong>Lund</strong>’s newfootball stadium – a likely choice for outdoor concerts.The Grand Hotel has large, stylish lounge areas, smallintimate group rooms and a modern auditorium - thePiratensalen can hold 225 people. There are severalsmaller areas available for conferences, congresses,seminars, exhibitions or private viewings, as well as forsmall meetings and workshops.Sports halls: <strong>Lund</strong> has a wide variety of sports halls.Gerdahallen is one such hall, and is run as a foundationat <strong>Lund</strong> University. At least 25,000 sporty individuals passthrough the doors of its partially listed premises eachweek.Sports fields: There are around 20 sports fields in <strong>Lund</strong>,providing large open spaces for activities.Smaller sports halls: 18 schools with smaller sports halls.Kaféet Ariman, the legendary bohemian café. A meetingplace for the alternative inhabitants of <strong>Lund</strong>. Arrangeclub nights with a range of music. Can hold 150 minglingguests.Klosterkyrkan (the Monastery Church) is <strong>Lund</strong>’s secondoldest preserved church, and it is where the localmusicians’ network Kulturföreningen K-märkt arranges anumber of concerts every year.Kulturmejeriet is an internationally-renowned culturalcentre, primarily known for its intimate, excellent venueand its unusual variety of concert programmes. Severalmusical associations are also based here. Stallet is atheatre with capacity for 50 people. The bar can hold 100seated guests, and the concert hall can hold around 300.The Månteatern (Moon theatre) is also based here, andhas two stages.Kulturen in <strong>Lund</strong>, one of the world’s oldest openair museums, was founded in 1882, and has basicexhibitions, an auditorium and a shop. A further threeexhibition halls host around ten temporary exhibitionsevery year. Teaching sessions and creative workshopswith a variety of themes, for children and teenagersare also held. There are also two conference locations,Auditoriet in Vita Huset, with space for 215 people, andHornsbergssalen in Borgarhuset, with capacity of 60.Kulturskolan (School of Performing Arts): Concert hallwith 150 spacesLilla Teatern is an umbrella association for amateurtheatre groups. Centrally located, it has 100 placesavailable for applicants.<strong>Lund</strong>agård was once a walled baroque park, but in recenttimes has expanded in several directions, to a total areaof 38,832 m2.This area brings together academic <strong>Lund</strong>, historic <strong>Lund</strong>,attractive <strong>Lund</strong> and the trading city <strong>Lund</strong> – in the middleof the city’s most central and important districts. Everyfour years, <strong>Lund</strong> hosts its student carnival, which is ashowcase for wild academic festivities.<strong>Lund</strong>’s art gallery – a place for international contemporaryart, providing space for presentations, research,production and supply. The art gallery has around 600 m2of exhibition space and can hold around 200 people.<strong>Lund</strong>’s town hall has two stages, which have a combinedtotal of 940 seats. In addition, there are a number ofrooms suitable for smaller events.<strong>Lund</strong> Stadsteater (the <strong>Lund</strong> Theatre) is located in FolketsHus (the community centre). The theatre can hold atotal of 491 people, with 410 in the stalls and 81 on thebalcony. The theatre is technically well-equipped, withhigh spec lighting and sound facilities.<strong>Lund</strong> University was founded in 1666. Prior to this, therewas an institute for higher education connected to theCathedral. <strong>Lund</strong> residents were gaining academic gradesas early as 1425. The auditorium in <strong>Lund</strong> University’smain building has a capacity of 450 and the student unionauditorium holds 400.<strong>Lund</strong> University Historical Museum: The museum ispart of the university’s research and basic teaching inarchaeology, medieval archaeology and art history, andis also commissioned at a regional level to deal witharchaeological material, religious artwork and coinage.Exhibitions from the museum’s collections are open to thepublic.The number of student societies at <strong>Lund</strong> University totalaround 30 and their goal is to organise social events.276

These are organised by students and make up themajority of events that take place outside of the maintimetable: pub and restaurant management, variouscultural and leisure activities, parties, balls and more.Each student society has its own buildings which alsodouble up as accommodation for the students.Skryllegården between Dalby and Södra Sandby is adisused quarry - a naturally beautiful future concert site,much like Dalhalla. This provides the opportunity tocreate a stage in the water or further forward, with publicseating in the slopes.Olympen: Sports premises used as a music venue, with1,750 seats.City library, Atriumgården courtyard: Used forpresentations, exhibitions, music and theatre. Spaces: 75.<strong>Lund</strong> city park was opened in 1911, but had alreadybecome the main location for <strong>Lund</strong> exhibitions in 1907,and is a green area for music concerts, festivals andsummer folk events. A permanent stage is set up here.The city park café is one of the city’s most importantmeeting points in the summer.The city park café is one of the city’s most importantmeeting points in the summer. Around 30 musicalpresentations take place at the café every summer. Atwo-day Danish and Swedish cultural festival is arrangedfor August every year.Skissernas Museum – <strong>Lund</strong> University’s archive fordecorative art – that collects, catalogues, values,preserves and exhibits sketches, models and otherobjects relating to monumental art and art in the publicarena. Skissernas Museum has a hall with 150 spaces.Universitetsbiblioteket (UB) (the University Library) is<strong>Lund</strong> University’s 100 year old research library, which ismainly open for students, lecturers and researchers, butalso to the public. The UB in <strong>Lund</strong> is responsible for theSwedish reserve copies.Castles, manor houses and other properties well suitedas cultural venues: Häckeberga castle, Björnstorp,Toppeladugård; Svenstorp, Borgeby, Ellinge, Slättäng,Viderup, Skarhult, Jularöd and more. The Scanian castleand manor houses have a huge cultural and historicvalue. Surrounded by a valuable cultural landscape, theseplaces – with their often mythical history – are well wortha visit.St Hans was once an old refuse dump in north <strong>Lund</strong>,but nowadays it is a green visitor’s paradise. During thesummer cultural festivals are held – not least around theamphitheatre.School buildings: Around ten schools with auditoriums.City library, Atriumgården (Courtyard): Used forpresentations, exhibitions, music and theatre.Teater sagohuset (Sagohuset Theatre): Theatre premises,suitable for 100 people.Market squares in <strong>Lund</strong>Bantorget feels like a smaller park, with a considerableamount of greenery. Cycle paths and pedestrianwalkways cut straight across the square. Bofultsplatsenin central <strong>Lund</strong> is the connection point for local bustraffic. Dominated by the rear facade of Saluhallen,cafés and restaurants. Clemenstorget is known for itsflourishing market trade, primarily flea markets. Knut denstores torg: The southern part of the square is entirelycovered by Knutsgården. The house is one of <strong>Lund</strong>’smost beautiful examples of post-war modernism, and hasall the beauty and detail that reflect the architecture of thetime. Krafts torg is south of <strong>Lund</strong>agård, with the Historicalmuseum to the north and the cathedral in ??? In medievaltimes, Krafts torg was used as a churchyard. In lateryears, one of <strong>Lund</strong>’s most important public springs waslocated here. Mårtenstorget: This square currently has<strong>Lund</strong>’s market hall, the art gallery and the Krognos house.The market square is currently used for market trading.Just outside the square are a number of works of art,such as a fountain in the cobbled street, a speaker’s chairand a bench.Stortorget: A central meeting place in <strong>Lund</strong>. Here iswhere you will find <strong>Lund</strong>’s city hall and the Stadshallen,designed by Klas Anshelm, which is considered to be oneof his finest works.SKÅNE AS A venueTo show the variety and availability of potential stagesin Skåne, the following alphabetical list gives briefdescriptions of a number of important cultural arenasin the rest of Skåne – in the towns as well as in thecountryside.277

Ale stones (Simrishamn): Ship tumulus 42 metres abovesea level at Kåseberga on Skåne’s south coast. Thelocation is well-suited to concerts and outdoor theatre.Christinehof castle (Tomelilla): Castle from the 1700swith a garden and eco-park. Concert arena used inthe summer for concerts featuring major internationalperformers.Dunkers Cultural <strong>Centre</strong> (Helsingborg): 16,000 sq m,10,000 sqm of activity space, 3,200 sqm of exhibitionspace.Kristianstad Arena: Planned arena of 12 063 sqm capacityfor 5,000 people for concerts of which 4,500 seated.Inauguration planned for September 2010.Kristianstad Theatre: Art nouveau style theatre built in1906 in Tivoli park, designed by Axel Anderberg. (He alsodesigned the Opera and the Oscar theatre in Stockholm).Capacity for 402 people. Modern equipment.The Culture Warehouse (Kulturmagasinet) (Helsingborg):Museum warehouse with 8,000 sqm of office space,library, research hall, workshops and public space withexhibition premises, study rooms and lecture halls.Form/Design <strong>Centre</strong> (Malmö): Sweden’s oldest designcentre showing continuous architecture, handicraftsand design exhibitions, Run by Svensk Form’s nonprofitregional association for Skåne, FDC.Landskrona Art gallery: Exhibitions in art and design,from installations and contemporary art to retrospectiveexhibitions are organised in cooperation with local artassociations.Fredriksdal theatre (Helsingborg). Located in the open airmuseum with 360,000 sqm of historic parks and gardens.Helsingborg Concert hall: Arena for Helsingborg’ssymphony orchestra (HSO). Founded in 1912, it housesone of Europe’s most acoustically advanced concerthalls. Also open to guest performances (variety,dance,opera), concerts (pop, rock, jazz), client meetings,exhibitions, shareholders’ meetings, training courses/seminars, fairs and conventions.Helsingborg’s City theatre: Founded in 1921. Sweden’soldest city theatre with a permanent troupe.Himlabacken, Södra Mellby (Simrishamn): Outdoor venuefor about 500 spectators, including an indoor stage.Also runs various forms of performance art and artisticdevelopment work.Hofdala castle (Hässleholm): Restored castle by Finjasjönlake with medieval elements. A good location forconcerts, opera, theatre, art exhibitions and handicrafts.Hyllie Arena (Malmö): 15,000 seats for concerts.Hässleholm cultural centre: 3, 000 sqm of space, threeconcert venues, rehearsal rooms, meeting rooms,exhibition premises.Kivik Art <strong>Centre</strong> (Simrishamn): Art gallery, art studio,residences and outdoor theatre.Malmö Dramatic Theatre: Malmö’s biggest theatreinstitution with a permanent troupe of actors. The Hippmain stage is in the historic monumental Hippodromencircus building in central Malmö. The Intiman is thetheatre’s smaller stage.Malmö Art Gallery: One of Europe’s biggest spacesfor contemporary art with a surface area over 2,000sqm. Shows international and national art. Includesa bookshop, restaurant, auditorium and educationalactivities, theatre, film, poetry, video, multimedia, music,lectures and debates.Malmö Concert hall: Arena for Malmö SymphonyOrchestra. Space for 1,198 people.Malmö Art museum: One of Sweden’s largest collectionsof Nordic art from about 1850 onwards. Sweden’s biggestcollection of current Nordic art, special collections ofartistry, handicrafts, furniture and industrial design.Malmö Opera and Musical theatre: Formerly Malmö Citytheatre, now southern Sweden’s largest stage for operaand musicals. The main stage is one of northern Europe’sbiggest.Mellby Atelier (Simrishamn): Located above Kivik, 100metres over Hanö bay. Arena for classical music and art,famous for its good acoustics.Malmö Museums: Skåne’s biggest museum. It featuresexhibits of cultural diversity and integration, technology,278

navigation, the cultural history of industrial society,nature, photography and education.Marsvinsholm castle (Ystad): Outdoor theatre and arenafor Ystads Stående Theatre Company with plays andcultural events.Mix Musik (Malmö): Skåne’s most important arena forworld music and cultural diversity. Also offers studio,workshops, seminars and courses.Neon Gallery, Brösarp (Simrishamn): Well-establishedactive venue for contemporary art and music, with anorientation towards Nordic, European and Americancooperation. Exhibitions, concerts, performances, workprocesses, seminars, lectures and record production.Regional museum (Kristianstad): a regional science andresource centre. Exhibitions and various educationalprogrammes which reflect the region’s cultural heritage.Wanås castle (Östra Göinge): Run by the WanåsUtställningar Foundation. A permanent exhibition,sculpture park, educational activities for children, youthand adults. Orientation towards contemporary art andhistory.Swedbank Stadium (Malmö): Football stadium in Malmö.Capacity of 21,000 places for concerts.Tjörnedalagården, Baskemölla (Simrishamn): Artgallery which is run by ÖSKG, Österlen’s artists’guild, an association for professionally active artistswith exhibitions, discussions, seminars, lectures andinternational exchanges. ÖSKG also organises theKonstrundan art tour event which gets about 100,000visitors, in cooperation with other art associations.Ystad Art museum: Southern Swedish and Danish artas well as exhibitions of younger artists. Its aim is toconstitute a cultural connecting point between southernSweden, Denmark and Germany. Also holds jazz andavant-garde rock music events.Palladium (Malmö): Guest performance stage in Malmö,run by Musik i Syd and Dansstationen.Ven (Landskrona): Island in the Öresund strait, mostfamous for its Backafall. There are possible concertarenas all over the island.279

appendixd:<strong>Application</strong> preparationIn 2002 <strong>Lund</strong> Municipal Council decided to submit anexpression of interest to the Swedish Arts Council for thetitle of European Capital of Culture for <strong>2014</strong>. In November2005 <strong>Lund</strong> decided to apply to become European Capitalof Culture in <strong>2014</strong>. In the summer of 2006 a team beganwork on the project.PREPARATIONS2004 – 2008The first concrete activity in connection with theapplication was the creation of a number of think tanksin 2004. These consisted of approximately 70 <strong>Lund</strong>residents from various areas of cultural life. They weretasked with listing strong and weak aspects and drawingup a preferred developmental approach for <strong>Lund</strong> as cityof culture.As a result of the conclusions reached by the thinktanks it was decided to base <strong>Lund</strong>’s application on itsstrengths. Three festivals within the fields of choral music,dramatic art for children and young people, and children’sliterature were organised. <strong>Lund</strong> International ChoirFestival and the Performing Arts biennial for Childrenand Youth (now bibu.se) were arranged for the first timein 2006 and have been held every other year since.Littera<strong>Lund</strong> was also established in 2006 is held annually.CULTURAL POLICY STRATEGYIn 2004 a political group was formed to lead the work ofcreating <strong>Lund</strong>’s first cultural policy strategy. This was tobe the basis for all municipal activities having a “culturallink” – in other words, not only the Departments of Cultureand Leisure, but those sections of other departmentswith a cultural connection. The cultural policy strategywas also to be the foundation of <strong>Lund</strong>’s application forEuropean Capital of Culture <strong>2014</strong>.CONCEPT DEVELOPMENTDuring 2006 <strong>Lund</strong> University became involved via threelarge seminars in which the concept of a fifth freedom forEurope was discussed with leading researchers from allfaculties.The concept of a fifth freedom for Europe, a freedom tocomplement the four existing freedoms enshrined in theEU, was completed by the time the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> team wasestablished in May 2006.During the early stages the team made contact with thecity’s most prominent cultural players and institutions.These contacts were followed up on a regular basis anda reference group of representatives from many of theinstitutions was created in September 2006. The aim wasto build a relationship with each one through dialogueand inclusivity.The team’s next step was to work out a programmeconcept. Much of this work has coincided with theanchoring work. The aim has always been to createa programme concept through involvement – fromgathering information and opinions to participationthrough the expression of visions, and field or genredescriptions .An inventory of the city was made and analysed, and inJanuary 2007 the basis of the concept was complete. Theconcept was successively developed during 2008.CONTACT with organisations<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has been created in dialogue with everymunicipal department. Regular meetings have been heldwith all sections of the Department of Culture and Leisureand council leaders. Special meetings have been heldwith the Directorates for Environment and Schools, theTechnical Office, the City Buildings Office, the InformationUnit, the Tourist Office and the Chamber of Commerce.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has concentrated on building a goodrelationship with the business sector. During spring2007 the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> team and leaders of the councilinvited representatives from the largest companies toan information meeting. This meeting was followed upby similar meetings with local bankers and financialorganisations.280

Collaboration with the Church of Sweden on theproposed joint project for an opera to be held in <strong>Lund</strong>Cathedral was begun in 2007. Since then regular projectdevelopment meetings have been held with churchrepresentatives.A first meeting with the Academic Association (AF), thestudents’ union, was held in the summer of 2007 andregular meetings have since been held with AF’s leaders,as well as a wide range of representatives for the variousbranches.In 2008, a project to link the city with its surrounding ruralareas was set up. This took place in close cooperationwith the LEADER project <strong>Lund</strong>aland.THE GENERAL pubLICIn 2005 the people of <strong>Lund</strong> were invited for the first timeto an open information evening.The concept of the European Capital of Culture wasexplained, using examples from past and future Capital ofCulture cities, and what it would mean for <strong>Lund</strong>.After the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> team had been created in 2006 thefirst Night of Culture open house was held, information,debates and talks. The Night of Culture is now usedannually as an information platform for <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. Apartfrom the Night of Culture <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has promoted itselfat a wide array of <strong>Lund</strong> forums and events. We have alsobeen carrying out Eurosize campaigns from the summerof 2006 onwards, as well as distributing different kinds ofprinted material.There have also been many information meetings withassociations, educational institutions, special interestgroups, property owners and businesses.The three festivals started in 2006 – <strong>Lund</strong> InternationalChoral Festival, BIBU and Litteralund – have beenimportant anchoring instruments during <strong>Lund</strong>’sapplication bid and not only have they enabled <strong>Lund</strong> tohone its competence for organising international events,they have also highlighted <strong>Lund</strong> regionally and nationallyas a city of culture.REGIONALLYThe first contacts regarding a partnership between <strong>Lund</strong>Municipality and Region Skåne were made in December2006. Region Skåne carried out a preparatory studyduring 2008 on the conditions for regional involvementin <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. The study recommends that Region Skånebecome more heavily involved in supporting the <strong>Lund</strong>initiative.<strong>Lund</strong> Municipality arranged an evening of informationand dialogue for Malmö City Council and Region Skånein May 2008 to discuss how best to jointly support thework concerning <strong>Lund</strong>’s application. Both Region Skåneand Malmö were represented by their chief politicians andcouncil managers.During the spring of 2008 a step was made in thedirection of the regional arts world via a series of afterwork meetings. The regional anchoring work wasexpanded during the autumn of 2008.INTERNATIONALLYMeetings with the Öresund players began in autumn2007 and continued throughout spring 2008. <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>received strong support for its bid from the largest andmost important Öresund regional players.During October 2007 there was a comprehensivecampaign in the form of a large information exhibition,an international art exhibition, Capital, built around <strong>Lund</strong><strong>2014</strong>’s programme concept, three international guestproductions within music and theatre, a regional filmconference and two open panel debates. For four daysthe events took place before packed audiences in <strong>Lund</strong>city centre. The information exhibition subsequentlytoured branch libraries to bring it to people in other partsof the municipality.In connection with that campaign a 16-page newspaperwas created, devoted entirely to <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>. This wasdistributed to all households in <strong>Lund</strong> and over a largearea of Skåne.Internationally <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has experienced closecooperation with the network Trans Europe Halles (TEH),which consists of 49 cultural centres in 26 countries.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> has regularly visited TEH members’ meetingsin various European cities and has also spoken regularlywith the head office in <strong>Lund</strong>. In 2006 TEH presented thetheatre company Belarus Free Theatre to <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>.<strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> and the Belarus Free Theatre then enteredinto a long period of dialogue around the Fifth Freedomand about a large joint dramatic arts project, EurepicaChallenge.We have also met with many Capital of Culture teams.Liverpool was visited in 2006, Vilnius, Istanbul and281

Stavanger in 2007. Essen/Ruhrgebiet, Linz, Stavangerand Vilnius have visited <strong>Lund</strong> in various contexts toprovide information about their Capital of Cultureprojects. From among other candidate cities we have metRiga, Guimarães and Liepaja. We have had discussionswith a number of other cities during Les Rencontresmeetings across Europe. Within the frame of asset areadevelopment we have also had meetings with severalinternational players in the arts field. During 2008 aninternational Community Theatre conference was held in<strong>Lund</strong>.DECISION making process andLeadershipThe <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> team has reported regularly to acontrolling body consisting of Chair of the MunicipalCouncil and second Vice-Chair, Chair of the Directoratefor Culture and Leisure and its second Vice-Chair, andthe <strong>Lund</strong> University Rector. The Municipality’s Leaderand the Head of Culture and Leisure have assisted thecontrolling body. During the process the <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong> teamhas reported regularly to the Directorate of Culture andLeisure and following their recommendations in August2008, the Municipal Council decided on 25 September toapprove the first application.(The process of 2009 – see question 1.16)282

APPEN-DIX:creditsTHE BOARDMats Helmfrid, Chairman of City Executive committee,<strong>Lund</strong>Anders Almgren, 2;nd Vice Chairman of City Executivecommittee, <strong>Lund</strong>Tove Klette, Member of the City Executive committee,<strong>Lund</strong>Gösta John Bredberg, Chairman of the Culture andLeisure Committee, <strong>Lund</strong>Claes-Göran Jönsson, 2;nd Vice Chairman of the Cultureand Leisure Committee, <strong>Lund</strong>Carina Nilsson, Chairman of the Culture Committee,MalmöStefan Lindhe, Vice Chairman of the Culture Committee,MalmöRolf Tufvesson, Chairman of the Culture Committee,Region SkåneChristine Axelsson, 2;nd Vice Chairman of the GrowthCommittee, Region SkåneCaroline Runeus, <strong>Lund</strong>s UniversityBengt Streijffert, <strong>Lund</strong>s Universitythe LUND <strong>2014</strong> teamHans-Martin Hansen, Process DirectorRichard Willford, Project DirectorAlbin Balthasar, Project DirectorLotta Brusk, Information OfficerGöran Mattiason, Communication OfficerKatarina Scott, EconomistPeter Nilsson, CoordinatorSusanne Brenner, Web EditorDaniel Tjäder, EditorÅsa Maria Kraft, EditorDebora Voges, Project DevelopmentMona Olsson, Project DevelopmentAnders Lerner, Project DevelopmentIvar Sjögren, Project DevelopmentMolly Ränge, Project DevelopmentHans Ucko, Project DevelopmentRonny Danielsson, Project DevelopmentASSISTANT TO the boardJan-Inge Ahlfridh, City Director, <strong>Lund</strong>Stefan Sköld, Director, Culture and Leisure Department ,<strong>Lund</strong>Barbro Stigsdotter Möller, Head of Culture Division, <strong>Lund</strong>Hans-Martin Hansen, Process Director <strong>Lund</strong> <strong>2014</strong>Bengt Hall, Director, Culture Department, MalmöChris Marschall, Director, Culture Department, RegionSkåneEmma Jangö, Ombudsman, Akademiska föreningenFanny Dorthé, AdvisorNiels Righolt, Advisor285