POT-VOT is a cooperation project of 5 project partners, which is bringing poetry and contemporary poets closer to young people, teachers and local communities in all partner countries.
The main goal of the project is the development of new performative poetic forms. The artistic team in each partner country is in charge of creating an artistic poetry-educational program.
The target groups are contemporary, established poets, high school teachers and high school students, who are connecting through poetry events that are held at their schools, as well as the wider local community.
Project coordinator:
Pionirski dom – Center za kulturo mladih (SI)
Project partners:
Heartefact Fund (RS),
Fundacja ARTeria (PL),
Pro Progressione Kulturalis Nonprofit Kozhasznu Kft (HU),
Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centers / Suomen lastenkulttuurikeskusten liitto (FI)
Throughout the project, we plan literary events, round tables and two conferences. With all the events, we want to shed light on the importance of reading in school and the connection between performing arts and poetry. During the project we are publishing two books: the first book is a pedagogical tool, which includes poems by poets who are participating in the workshops and are searching for new literary performative forms together with the artistic teams, and the second book is a catalogue for foreign representatives with poems by the main five poets of the project.
20 artists are exploring the potential of poetic performance, sharing innovative methodology with 50 poets, 100 school teachers and reaching more than 5000 young audience members (high school students) from all 5 participating countries.
The international poetry collective is becoming an influencer of the methodological process, performing in 5 different countries and presenting the work process and the potential of different forms of the poetry evenings at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
50 poets are being empowered to perform in schools and connect with high school teachers to start practicing regular presentation of poetry and poets in schools. The most important result are the 50 literary events at schools – Poetry Days.
To support the recognition of poets, active literary events are organized – 5 Poetry City Walks events: connecting poetry with life in the community and offering quality cultural programs for cities with an emphasis on new performative forms of poetry.
The project is ensuring gender equality and has a strong focus on environmental sustainability. One of the most important results is a draft of manifesto that will serve as a proposal for decision makers for more poetry in schools.
Who we are?
POT-VOT project consortium consists of five organisations that are strong in connecting culture, education and socially relevant topics. All believe that culture education is necessary for the development of emphatic, observant, critical, tolerant, open, accepting and confident individuals, who are taking care of themselves, their local community and the world.
PIONIRSKI DOM
Ljubljana, Slovenia
PRO PROGRESSIONE
Budapest, Hungary
ARTERIA
Zabrze, Poland
HEARTEFACT FUND
Belgrade, Serbia
LASTENKULTTUURI
Tampere, Finland
PIONIRSKI DOM
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pionirski dom is the lead partner of consortium, a public body funded by municipality already in 1963, who has the biggest operational capacity in the infrastructure (three different venues and the biggest number of staff), has more than 30 cultural and artistic year-long programmes (1000 participants attend the programmes every week) and organizes 7 festivals for children and young people.
Over the span of some decades, almost one hundred thousand children and adolescents have taken part in a variety of creative and educational programmes.
Contact:
Bjanka Kršmanc, project manager
bjanka@pionirski-dom.si
PRO PROGRESSIONE
Budapest, Hungary
Pro Progressione is a Budapest-based artistic hub that connects people, professions and ambitions by designing international collaborations in the field of culture. From this combination, creative ideas emerge – artists, cultural activists, scientists and experts of various fields meet and give cutting-edge answers for the questions of our age.
They are also experts in working with marginalized and discriminated groups, and will also prepare literary routes in the cities with those audiences in mind.
Contact:
Anna Némethné Molnár, project manager
nemethne.molnar.anna@proprogressione.com
ARTERIA
Zabrze, Poland
The ARTeria Foundation is a non-governmental non-profit organisation established in 2006. It carries out a number of projects and programmes related primarily to supporting artists and creatives, development of the cultural and creative sector and local and regional communities through various activities based on three ideas: culture without borders, innovative education, multidimensional cooperation.
Our aim is to promote, popularise and develop culture and art in the spirit of openness, respect for cultural differences and intercultural dialogue, creating a forum for fascinating people – clashing views and searching for mutual values.
ARTeria is a dialogue about the contemporary world – creating and promoting new trends and phenomena, being open to diverse means of expression and promoting active participation in culture. We believe that culture is one of the most important elements of our lives.
Our team has been very active in the European and international dimension for many years – ARTeria is a member of two international networks – Culture Action Europe and ENCTAC.
Contact:
Anna Ochmann, project manager
annaochmann@fundacja-arteria.org
HEARTEFACT FUND
Belgrade, Serbia
Heartefact Serbia is the non-governmental institution that has extensive experience in implementation of cultural and artistic programmes and projects that focus strongly on important societal issues on national and international level.
Hartefakt is a multidisciplinary organization that convenes and maintains forums where cultural and social reality are critically examined, the past is remembered and learned from, individuality is encouraged and talent is celebrated, creative and progressive individuals are encouraged to try and are allowed to fail – so that the cultural and public space for everyone should be diverse, enriched, livelier and more open to diversity.
Contact:
Aleksandra Lozanović, project manager
aleksandra@heartefact.org
LASTENKULTTUURI
Tampere, Finland
The association advances the operation of professional cultural centers for children and young people in Finland and promotes competence in the field of children’s culture as well as its visibility. Our goal is that every child and young person has an equal opportunity to engage in a high-quality art or cultural activity of their choice, and to create
their own artistic content. Another goal is that art and culture are a part of every child’s education.
The association’s member organizations provide a wide range of children’s cultural services and multi-art around Finland. The association organizes annual networking opportunities for its members and other actors in children’s culture.
The Association’s strategic values are quality, equal opportunities, child-orientation, and art.
Contact:
Aleksi Valta, project manager
aleksi.valta@lastenkulttuuri.fi
Our common end goal is – for people to come into contact with literates and literature more and in the end read more to enhance their lives and to make a more empathic and sensitive world.