Düsselthaler Str. 1a
40211 Düsseldorf
Germany
- Arts
bridgeworks e.V. is a transnational organization which initiates art collaboration projects and promotes the network of artists and art organizations around the world. Instead of partition, we are driven towards transnational networking. We focus on dialogue between cultural areas and want to break down stereotypes and prejudices. We believe in open societies. We believe diversity and pluralism are leading to added artistic benefit. We are convinced that the mutual view from outside opens up new perspectives and creates new awareness. With the help of theater, dance and music, we want to develop social visions of the future and to build ever new bridges. bridgeworks has 70 active artist participating in different projects, coordinated by the core team of five employees. bridgeworks has experience in producing multicultural art laboratories and interdisciplinary, transcultural productions, moderating intercultural dialog and multicultural programs. The work of bridgeworks is based on it’s three main columns. • Art laboratory (--> Increasing the international Network of artists) • Professional Collaborations (--> Deepen the encounter through fair cooperation) • Talking Heads (--> Transfer and Discussion) The budgetary resource is funding based. For 2020 we have received 84.000,00€ funds for different projects and formats till now. Our main partners in 2020 are the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ, ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Erasmus+, Goethe Institute Ramallah, Al Kasaba Theatre, Theaterfabrik Düsseldorf. In 2020 we are collaborating with our partner culture Palestine. For 2022/2023 we are focusing on collaborations with our partners in Japan.
Our Mission: promoting people's understanding and developing the future through cultural bridges. Our Objectives: - bridgeworks contributes to improving political-, social- or cultural issues. - bridgeworks promotes, initiates and implements international art and cultural projects. - bridgeworks makes use of the media of theater, dance and music, as these are connecting and mediating in social contexts. - bridgeworks sees itself as a platform to build a sustainable international artist network. - bridgeworks cooperates fair and promotes intercultural dialogue.
every year bridgeworks chooses a new partner culture and builds cultural bridges through three project formats: art-lab The art laboratory is a cultural and artistic encounter project, a "crossover" of cultures and art genres. This cultural "two-way street" consists of both respective partner culture visiting each other. Over a period of two times 14 days, cultural "interim-places" are created. copro The collaboration professional promotes cooperation projects that involve professional artists from at least two cultural areas and present the artistic result in the partner culture as well as in Germany. Selected persons or groups are supported by bridgeworks as a partner and co-producer. talking heads The platform talking heads creates dialogue spaces. A digital and real place to share, discuss and ask, argue constructively and seek common answers. Through essays, blogs, lectures and discussion rounds, a visible culture of dialogue is promoted in a sustainable manner.
As a network by and for artists, we have contacts to artists from all disciplines and a broad network of venues and partners for artistic implementation. The added value for the network is our partners, which consist of artists and creatives, whose basic way of thinking is shaped by cosmopolitanism, as well as our knowledge of project implementation in the sense of "fair cooperation". We understand art as a key for dialogue and understanding and would like to contribute with our knowledge, our network and our attitude to the network of the Anna Lindh Foundation and create synergies with other committed people who pursue similar goals.
Considering global issues such as migration, global warming, exclusionary tendencies, distribution- and trade wars, it should be clear that values such as respect, tolerance, equality and freedom of all, have become more important than ever. They are not a question of political taste but a matter of civilized survival. In our opinion, in the current sociopolitical and global developments, we must build on one another with our actions and the will of democratic societies and work synergistically in order to contribute as best as possible to an equal and tolerant society. We always understand the idea of a network and cooperation under the premise of "fair cooperation". In connection with this, we see an equal participation of the cooperation participants in all phases of the cooperation as well as a culture of cooperation that aims at a fair distribution of resources, workload and profit as well as open dialogue and transparency as an essential part of our work, which the chances of success for a successful project increase. The ALF network would support us to do our work better and more networked.