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EXERCISES Lendplatz Metahofspitz Orpheum Marienplatz Platz der Begegnung THE SCHOOL OF THE WE is < rotor >´s contribution to the extended Graz Cultural Year 2020. In the premises of < rotor > and on five locations in the Annenviertel neighbourhood, the formation of a collective subject is questioned and at the same time supported. In this respect, conviviality is a key concept for living together. Throughout 14 days in September, a series of "Exercises in Art and Neighbourhood" will take place on the five locations in the neighbourhood, around the "Islands of Conviviality" designed in participatory practice. For this purpose, artists have been invited to devise an exercise for the respective location, which, based on artistic practices, addresses residents and passers-by. Most of these exercises will take place in cooperation with local organisations: Frauenservice Graz, DANAIDA, KAMBUKE / Caritas of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, YAP - Young Active People, RosaLila PantherInnen, etc. The exercises will take place at different hours of the day and can have the characteristics of workshops, performances or interventions. Most of the events will be public events where the public is welcome - and also invited to actively participate. A few exercises will be closed-door events which are held together with vulnerable groups. Structurally, THE SCHOOL OF THE WE is built on the participation of people in artistic processes. Through getting involved in the artistic production or through one´s own creative activities within the framework of the individual projects, a relationship to the work of art, and the subject addressed respectively, as well as to the location of the event is created. This relation is different when someone approaches a work of art as a mere observer.
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