Soft Power Palace

27. October 2018 - 11. November 2018

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Æther is proud to be part of Soft Power Palace in Kunstgebäude Stuttgart.

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Do art spaces and artistic initiatives have social and political power? How do they influence their city, their region — or maybe even European thinking more broadly?
In collaboration with the other partners of the Kunstgebäude network, Akademie Schloss Solitude  invites the European community to a cultural exchange program unlike anything seen in Stuttgart before: Under the title Soft Power Palace — Festival about Independent Art Spaces in Europe five artistic initiatives, from five European cities, will be working in a publicly visible process on perspectives about trans-European cultural exchange. During a two week »laboratory«, the artistic initiatives will be working in an open studio, to enable everyone to engage in conversations with the attendees. Each day will conclude with a feature event on the open stage.

The open studios will lead up to a three-day festival, which will include exhibitions, presentations and performances by the artists, a panel discussion, and an open dialog with the Stuttgart community. The mission of the festival aims to highlight the relevance of these kind of self-organized, independent carriers of culture, in addition to their transnational connections.

 

October 29 to November 7, 2018, daily from 7 pm

OPEN STAGE
> Kunstgebäude Stuttgart, Schlossplatz 2

 

November 8 to 11, 2018
FESTIVAL
> Kunstgebäude Stuttgart, Schlossplatz 2

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More information: Akademie Schloss Solitude