On 6 April 2016, Dutch citizens voted if they were “for or against the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine?” This is an important decision for the future direction of both countries and their relationships with Europe, and we find it very unfortunate that the majority of voters said no.
Read MoreFeatured People: Vasyl Cherepanyn
In 2015, Visual Culture Research Center (VCRC) in Kyiv received the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture. In this Featured People, we talk to VCRC’s Director Vasyl Cherepanyn about the aftermath of Maidan, what the Award meant for the collective and the upcoming Ukraine referendum in the Netherlands on 6 April.
Read MoreWindows into Protest: a Tandem Project
Learn more about Windows into Protest, a project emerging from our Tandem network - our programme for cultural managers across the EU and beyond. It is a project in partnership with three countries where protest in many different forms has been taking place: Ukraine, Turkey and the UK.
Read MoreIvan Krastev in conversation with Philipp Dietachmair - Part 4
We continue our conversation with Ivan Krastev in this fourth instalment of a five-part interview. After we looked back at what the past 15 years have meant for the building of democratic European communities in part 1, we dove into the issues around the real division between people within our societies across the continent in part 2 and looked at concrete examples of this division across different countries in Europe in part 3. We now explore the possibilities of finding a new language.
Read MoreIvan Krastev in conversation with Philipp Dietachmair - Part 3
We continue our conversation with Ivan Krastev in this third instalment of a five-part interview. After we looked back at what the past 15 years have meant for the building of democratic European communities in part 1, and dove into the issues around the real division between people within our societies across the continent in part 2, we look at the similarities of the many issues across our geographies, through concrete examples from Hungary and Ukraine, and we examine empathy and its possible role in solving many issues.
Read MoreAnother Europe: the Book
Since our beginnings in the 1950s, ECF has been pursuing the idea of a Europe that goes beyond historical, cultural and political borders and proposes new ways of doing things. The Europe ECF imagines extends well beyond the EU, embracing the countries that touch our borders to the east and to the south. These guiding principles run through the pages of our new publication Another Europe, which brings together a treasure trove of insights and experiences from partners and participants working with us in the European Neighbourhood over the past 15 years.
Read MoreProvide Them With The Tools - Arts and Culture in Times of Conflict
The Forum on European Culture was launched in De Balie in Amsterdam with the debate Art and Culture in Conflict. That growing wave of anxiety and conflict was reflected by the three speakers, Vasyl Cherepanyn, director of the Visual Culture Research Centre in Kiev (and 2015 ECF Princess Margriet Award laureate); Dessy Gavrilova, founding director of The Red House centre for culture and debate in Sofia; and artist and curator Poka-Yio, co-founder and co-director of the Athens Biennale (also 2015 ECF Princess Margriet Award laureate). Journalist Catriona Black reports back for ECF.
Read MoreInstagram Takeover: Eduardo Cassina/METASITU
Our third takeover is by Eduardo Cassina, on behalf of METASITU, the artistic duo made of himself and Liva Dudareva. They are currently in Kiev as artists in residence at Izolyatsia and are taking over our Instagram account from 24 to 28 August to introduce you to their practice and world.
Read MoreECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture 2015 - Media Coverage
We've gathered the media coverage about the 2015 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture.
Read MoreFeatured People: Visual Culture Research Center, Ukraine
The Visual Culture Research Center was founded in the Ukraine capital of Kiev in 2008 as a platform for collaboration between academics, artists and activists. It is making an unprecedented contribution to the regional cultural debate at a time of enormous political and economic upheaval. Read our feature length overview.
Read MoreMedia Coverage - Conflicting Memories, Ukraine
In the frame of the Conflicting Memories, Ukraine: a political crisis from a cultural perspective event on 26 February, we have collected images, audio and video from the event as well as articles written by renown political scientist Ivan Krastev in the Dutch media.
Read MorePress release: Conflicting Memories - Ukraine: a political crisis from a cultural perspective
26/02 at 19:30, Castrum Peregrini in Amsterdam. With contributions by Yevhen Hlibovitsky, Pro Mova, Lviv, Ivan Krastev, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Mykhailo Glubokyi, Izolyatsia, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, and Vasyl Cherepanyn, Visual Culture Research Centre, Kiev.
