As part of the European Project, TANDEM will give an opportunity to a group of adults (carrying mental disability such as; autism, trisomy 21 etc.) and art enthusiasts to participate in an international artistic exchange project between France and Turkey. This project will be achieved through workshops of visual and performance art (plastic arts, dance and theatre), that will be running parallel on a chosen common theme for both, Versailles and Canakkale. Moreover, the project will be led by two associations: PERSONIMAGES in France and CABININ in Turkey. In these workshops, taught by professional artists, the French and Turkish participants will be able to express themselves through different art forms on a specific concept, which is decided together. Therefore, throughout the year, participants will have the chance to work together and interactively in these interdisciplinary artistic workshops (through meetings, Skype, internet and our BLOG). The workshops started in December 2011 and will continue until August 2012; therefore at the end of the year the works that are done by French and Turkish participants will be exposed to the public through international exhibitions. Furthermore, the performances achieved in dance and theater in Versailles and Canakkale will be filmed and screened in arts festivals in France and Turkey. One other important contribution of the project is that professional educators and artists will have various opportunities to share their experiences with each other. The objective of this project is not only to create rewarding and challenging links between French and Turkish participants, but also to create an artistic platform for the exchange of international interdisciplinary art projects, including the mentally handicapped. Therefore, the main aim of this project is to develop a creative, enriching and sustainable exchange collaboration, to establish future projects.
The workshops of Plastic-Art and Dance will be held on Saturday afternoons in Versailles/Paris:
Sainte Sophie Cultural Center:
7 rue Sainte Sophie
78000 Versailles Rive Droite/FRANCE
The workshops of plastic arts, dance and theater will be held on Saturday afternoons in Canakkale/Turkey:
Mavitay Children's House:
Ismetpasa Mahallesi, Hasan Mevsuf Sokak No: 43
Canakkale/TURKEY
