News from the International Network, March 2009

• Community engagement: Art and migration
• Scholarglyphs in NYC
• fD at Institute of Network Cultures' Winter Camp 2009
• Hotel MariaKapel joins freeDimensional + Talks by Todd Lester and Niki Singleton
• Trans Europe Halles and freeDimensional present at "Voices on Contemporary Europe" seminar on behalf of Lund's 2014 European Capital of Culture candidacy
• 1st Annual Cairo Residency Symposium
• TransCultural Exchange 2009 Conference - International Opportunities in the Arts

Community engagement: Art and migration

Thanks to our media partners Contemporary Practices and Bidoun for donating pages to us. In addition we're delighted to participate this year in Art Dubai and the March Meeting of the Sharjah Biennial 9. These opportunities have helped us to get out the word about fD-affiliated projects dealing with migration.

If you're in Dubai, don't miss the screenings of Iraqis in Egypt at Art Park, at Art Dubai. This event series was organized by ArteEast Cinema in collaboration with freeDimensional [Read more]

Come to the premiere of Take to the Sea on April 22, 2009 in Cairo, Egypt [Read more]

Scholarglyphs in NYC

German artist Ottjörg A.C. has brought his Scholarglyphs project to NYC. Check out the Scholarglyphs group on fD's network to find out about upcoming events.

fD at Institute of Network Cultures' Winter Camp 2009

Hotel MariaKapel joins freeDimensional + Talks by Todd Lester and Niki Singleton

Hotel MariaKapel has recently joined the freeDimensional network. On March 8th, HMK hosted talks by fD director Todd Lester and freeDimensional affiliated artist Niki Singleton, about her graphic novel project, Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan. [Read more]

Trans Europe Halles and freeDimensional present at "Voices on Contemporary Europe" seminar on behalf of Lund's 2014 European Capital of Culture candidacy

EUREPICA CHALLENGE - a new European Epic is the result of Belarus Free Theatre's summon to 14 writers from 14 countries to give new perspectives on the most urgent challenges facing their societies. Participants addressed the ideas behind the project at Voices, a follow-up event held on March 10th, 2009. The seminar included "Not without my network!", by Emma Ernsth of Trans Europe Halles and Todd Lester of freeDimensional. [Read more]

1st Annual Cairo Residency Symposium

Inspired by the increased interest in artist mobility between Europe and the Mediterranean region, the Middle-East and Africa and upcoming initiatives in the region, the Townhouse Gallery (Cairo) and the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) are organizing a three-day Residency Symposium in Cairo. The aim of the symposium, in which fD is participating, is to discuss in depth the significance and possibilities of cultural exchange in residency centers between artists from Europe, the Middle East and Africa. [Read more]

TransCultural Exchange 2009 Conference - International Opportunities in the Arts

freeDimensional and Open Society Institute will be participating in a panel on April 5th, at the TransCultural Exchange 2009 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts. More than 60 representatives from around the world will converge on Boston during that weekend turning Boston into the hub of the global arts community. [Read more]