The topic of the education is planning and realization (production) of large scale cultural events, and the programme in its 10 days of duration includes many different levels - from project management to technical production and curatorial work, and budgeting and marketing. The participants have worked on their theoretical and practical knowledge within the real project framework - during the making of our festival Extravagant Love which took place in September and October 2019 in Zagreb. Part of the participants was selected in collaboration with our partners Second Nature (France) and Liepaja City Council (Latvia). The participants of this project are Ilze Putnina (LV), Kristina Jakuš (HR), Marina Pavić (HR), Alice Santiago (FR) and Teuta Gatolin (HR). Some of the lecturers and workshop moderators are Jadrana Ćurković (200C and KONTEJNER, HR), Stahl Stenslie (curator; NO), Anna Dumitriu (artist, UK), Luja Šimunović and Klara Petrović (curators, KONTEJNER); Sunčica Ostoić (theoretician, KONTEJNER), artists of the M28 collective (Sara Salamon, Hrvoje Spudić, Tin Dožić, Andro Giunio, Sven Sorić, Vanda Kreutz), Ena Hodžić (director of KONTEJNER).
Saturday 14.09.2019.
- 17:00-18:30 introduction - about Extravagant bodies festival (Sunčica Ostoić, curator and festival initiator, and Ena Hodžić, director of Kontejner)
- 19:00 wellcome dinner with the project team
Sunday 15.09.2019.
- 10:00-13:00 curatorial perspective with Luja Šimunović and Klara Petrović, curators of Extravagant love festival
- 13:00-15:00 lunch break
- 15:00-18:00 working in the exhibition space with the curatorial team and artists
Monday 16.09.2019.
- 10:00-13:00 technical production - challenges of creating large scale cultural events, with Nenad Borović, technical director and Klara Petrović, curator
- 13:00-15:00 lunch break
- 15:00-18:00 working in the exhibition space with the curatorial team and artists
Tuesday 17.09.2019.
- 10:00-12:30 project management with Jadrana Ćurković, communication consultant, business mentor and marketing expert
- 12:30-14:00 lunch break
- 14:00-16:30 budgeting and meeting the project goals with Jadrana Ćurković, communication consultant, business mentor and marketing expert
- 16:30-17:00 coffee break
- 17:00-18:00 Making and Displaying BioArt Internationally - talk with Anna Dumitriu, one of the artists presenting at the Extravagant love festival
Wednesday 18.09.2019.
- 10:00-13:00 working in the exhibition space with artists, curators, production and technical team
- 13:00-16:00 lunch break and free time
- 16:00-17:00 working in the exhibition space with artists, curators, production and technical team
- 17:00-18:30 press conference and exhibition preview
- 19:00-23:00 festival & exhibition opening ceremony, performances
- 20:00-23:00 afterparty - at the venue
Friday 20.09.2019.
- 10:00-13:00 brunch with Croatian artists (intermedia, bio-art, design, investigative arts, sound art) at M28 studio in Zagreb
- 14:00-20:00 artist talks: attending the festival programme and working with the team
Saturday 21.09.2019.
- 10:30-12:00 marketing and media with Jadrana Ćurković, communication consultant, business mentor and marketing expert
- 12:00-12:30 coffee break
- 12:30-14:00 marketing and media + workshop wrap up with Jadrana Ćurković, communication consultant, business mentor and marketing expert
- 14:00-20:00 lunch + conference Untie the Knot: Redefining Normativity in Love - attending the programme and working with the team
- 23:00-06:00 afterparty w/ Ćelija @ AKC Medika / Attack