SPACEX

  • Spatial Practices in Art & Architecture for Empathetic Exchange
EU Project

Project Lead

Hewitt, Andy , Jordan, Melanie

Project Partners

Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien , Coventry Biennial, Coventry, UK , NN Contemporary, Northampton , Architecture, Art and Urbanism, AA&U, Nicosia, Cyprus , Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland , Stedelijk Van Abbe-Museum , Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory , transparadiso , Laboratory for Urban Commons, Athens , Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz , Festival dei Popoli , Home for Cooperation (H4C), Nicosia , Sirius Arts Centre , A Reserva na Fábrica , Stroom Den Haag , Mayday Rooms , Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy , The Wonder Cabinet, Bethlehem , The University of Northampton , Royal College of Art , University of Cyprus, university in Nicosia, , National College of Art & Design NCAD, Dublin , University of Amsterdam , Coventry University , University College Dublin , Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia , University of the Art, Helsinki, , National technical university of Athens , Academy of Fine Arts, Prague

Duration

01 January 2022–31 December 2025

Keywords

spatial practices, social engagement, urban intervention

URL

https://www.spacex-rise.org/

Text

SPACEX responds to the troubling rise of populist nationalism and conflict in European societies by engaging new publics and forging a culture that embraces diversity, difference, and discursive exchange within cities, towns and urban sites. Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (SPACEX) is a transdisciplinary research action that utilises secondments between academic institutions and third sector organisations in order to scope and map European spatial practices. The lack of interdisciplinary knowledge by those working in the cultural sector has significantly affected the way in which the social benefit of cultural activities is understood, articulated and applied. SPACEX proposes that inventing new and inclusive ways of living together, requires the implementation of new transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral practices and methods, that connect spatial practice with cultural sociology, cultural policy, critical pedagogies and behavioural economics. The comprehensive transdisciplinary composition of the SPACEX consortium- 29 beneficiaries comprising of 13 universities and academies and 16 cultural organisations, across 11 EU countries with 1 partner in Palestine – will enable its researchers to undertake secondments in a range of world-renowned academic institutions, research institutes, arts organizations, biennials, urban agencies and a film festival. Secondments at the Angewandte see here: https://kkp.uni-ak.ac.at/projekte/ Secondments at transparadiso: Jaspar Joseph-Lester (RCA, London), Socrates Stratis (University of Cyprus), Mel Jordan (Coventry University), Andrew Hewitt (University of Northampton) Barbara Holub carried out her first secondment at the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, 2023. She realized THE WALK, THE PARADE, THE PAVILION, THE STICKER with Jaspar Joseph-Lester and published a zine with Onomatopee.

Funding

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Funding Category

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) project number 872561. H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019

Status

Running

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Published By: Barbara Holub | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 11 January 2024, 01:04 | Edit Date: 05 February 2025, 11:10