MORE ABOUT ECO-CULTURAL TIDES Project promoter: META Spațiu Project partner: SENT SITE-ECOLOGYNATURETECHNOLOGY. BERGAUST Total project value: 584.857,39 lei (117.566,36 euro) Grant amount (100% EEA and Norwegian Grants): 584.857,39 lei (117.566,36 euro) Duration: 01.11.2024 – 28.02.2025 Implementation location: Timișoara (Romania) About EEA and Norway Grants The EEA and Norway Grants represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to a green, competitive and inclusive Europe. There are two general objectives: reducing economic and social disparities in Europe and strengthening bilateral relations between the donor countries and 15 EU countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltic States. The three donor countries cooperate closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). Between 1994 and 2014, donors provided EUR 3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes. For the period 2014-2021, the EEA and Norway Grants amount to EUR 2.8 billion. More details are available on www.eeagrants.org and www.eeagrants.ro. About the RO-CULTURA Program The RO-CULTURA program is implemented by the Ministry of Culture through the Project Management Unit and has as its general objective the consolidation of economic and social development through cultural cooperation, cultural entrepreneurship and cultural heritage management. The Program’s budget is approximately 34 million euros. More details are available on www.ro-cultura.ro
Field work in Oslo
DAY 1 9th of November.
Urban development Bjørvika walk
The idea of this walk was to give a first overview of how urban developments along the fjord have a profound effect. Cultural institutions of national and international significance are important drivers of the construction of a new city of offices, shops and restaurant and a large amount of luxury housing. The fjord itself is central to this, both as a spectacular view and as a source of relaxation and watersports. At the end of the walk, we went to the sculpture park in Ekeberg and saw the Oslofjord from above.
DAY 2 10th of November.
Meeting at SENT-Site-Ecology-Nature-Technology at Nesodden. Presentation seminar for participants, meeting with artist and professor Gunhild Vatn fparticipant in Oslofjord Ecologies. Walk to the seaside and communal harbour and bathhouse. Lunch and dinner.
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DAY 3 11th of November.
Visit to the Pore Lab Center of Excellence and Marcel Moura at the University of Oslo, collaborator in the former IEEA project Porous Matter, exhibition and conference at Meta Spatiu in 2024.
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DAY 4 12th of November.
Oslofjord round trip to four islands by public ferry. We stopped at Hovedøya to walk around, see the medieval ruins, historical buildings and the beach areas.
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DAY 5 13th of November.
Meeting at OsloMet- Oslo Metropolitan University for presentations by two students at the department of Art, design and drama. masterstudent Ingeborg Helle-Valla presented her thesis on philosophical dialogue as mediation of contemporary art and PhD-student Iris Verschuren presented her work on rivers.
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DAY 6 the 14th of November was for individual visits to museums of interest
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