TOURING SILK ROAD YOUTH
BIENNALE OF ARTS AND
CULTURAL DIALOGUE
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COMMON YOUTH CULTURAL HERITAGE
CARAVAN : MESSENGERS OF
CULTURE AND PEACE
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I.
The youth Biennale is a touring festival that
takes place consecutively in different countries in Europe and Asia that are
connected with the recreation of the ancient Silk Road. Initially being a trade
road of transportation and exchange of goods between different regions of Asia,
already in antiquity the Silk Road has become a way of spreading ideas,
writings, texts and knowledge. The mission of the contemporary recreation of
this road is accomplished by means of art, exchange of scientific and
philosophical ideas and educational practices, as well as by different forms of
intercultural dialogue. In this way young people from different countries (high
school, university and PhD students, young scientists) gain their own experience
in getting to know foreign cultures and our common cultural heritage. The
restoration of the Silk Road – these ancient and modern roads of knowledge,
creativity and dialogue, is a guarantee of a more peaceful and wiser future
world which the present-day young generation has an opportunity to build up.
The youth Biennale is an original touring school
of arts and cultural dialogue. It is an event that is a part of the
transcontinental project „The Live Youth Book of the Silk Road: our live
recreation of the Roads of knowledge, creativity and dialogue“. This project
has been developed by Centre Ikuo Hirayama – Sofia and partner NGOs from
Bulgaria and Japan, and it has received the patronage of the Director General
of UNESCO Ms Irina Bokova.
The main goal of the Biennale is to serve as a
brigde in deepening the contacts between The Bulgarian schools of art and
cultural dialogue Ikuo Hirayama (BSACDIH) and their partner schools abroad (in
Japan, Kazakhstan and other countries), and in facilitating the process of an
establishing of The International schools of art and cultural dialogue Ikuo
Hirayama (ISACDIH). In a next stage the Biennale will turn into a bridge
between the national schools Ikuo Hirayama from the different countries of the
Silk Road.
II.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BIENNALE
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Main information about the Biennale:
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Date
and time of the opening of the Biennale: June 6th 2015, 11 a.m.
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Place
of the opening of the Biennale: Earth and Man National Museum, Sofia,
Bulgaria
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The organiser of the Biennale is Centre Ikuo Hirayama – Sofia.
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Coorganisers
of the event are:
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Institute for the Study of Societies and
Knowledge (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Bulgaria ;
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Centre for Humanities and Social Studies, Bulgaria ;
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Young Researchers High Technology and Innovative
Centre , Bulgaria
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Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum , Hokuto, Prefecture Yamanashi ,
Japan
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Hirayama Ikuo Museum of Art, Setoda, Onomichi, Prefecture Hiroshima , Japan
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Bulgarian Outclass Activity Schools for Art and
Cultural Dialogue "Ikuo Hirayama" at the Bulgarian Schools: 138 "Vasil Zlatarski"-
Sofia, "Geo Milev"-Varna
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A partner of
the event is the Earth and Man National Museum ,
Sofia , Bulgaria
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The Biennale
takes place under the aegis of:
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The
Director General of UNESCO Ms Irina Bokova
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The
Minister of Education and Science of Republic of Bulgaria prof. Todor Tanev
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The
Mayor of Sofia Municipality Ms Jordanka Fandakova
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the Ambassador of Japan in Bulgaria Mr Takashi Koizumi
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The Biennale is dedicated to:
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The 70th anniversary of the founding of UNESCO;
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The 70th year after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ;
ü The 85th anniversary of prof. Ikuo
Hirayama‘s birthday, the painter of the Silk Road, who experienced the atomic tragedy
in Hiroshima as a student, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for more than 20 years,
who dedicated his life work to the mission of preservation of the world
cultural heritage of the Silk Road and peace on Earth;
III.
The Biennale consists of three main events – its
branches.
The first branch of the Biennale, this is the
touring exhibition „Messengers of creativity, culture and peace“. For the aims
of its exposition‘s formation, in The Bulgarian schools of art and cultural
dialogue Ikuo Hirayama (BSACDIH) a competition over the topic „The creative
strength of knowledge and spirit: temples, palaces, fortresses and monuments“
is held. For their participation in the competition the students from BSACDIH
present a drawing, an essay, a presentation or a model. The best works are
selected by a hanging-committee in three age groups – primary, junior high
school and high school. The drawings, models, texts and presentations selected
by the committee compose the first part of the primary exposition of the
exhibition. The most significant works of the exhibition‘s exposition are
awarded a prize. A similar competition and assessment of works takes place in
the partner Japanese schools as well. The selected Bulgarian and Japanese
drawings give a form to the complete look of the primary exposition of the
exhibition. The opening and the first presentment of the exhibition will take
place respectively in Sofia – as a symbol of wisdom (in June) and in Hiroshima,
Japan – as a symbol of peace (in August). The touring exhibition passes through
different countries of the Silk Road while new drawings and works are added and
in this way its exposition is enriched.
The second branch of the
Biennale, these are the flags-custodians of culture and peace. These are big
cardboard or cloth drawing surfaces divided into four parts and that are
painted by the awarded students in the corresponding national competitions. At
the end of the Biennale in every country there have to stay two canvases of
each topic, whereas the topics are the following:
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world
cultural sights;
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natural
resources and landmarks;
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writings,
stories and ideas – these are the stories found in the written texts of people
and cultures – holy texts, epos, literature, poetry, history; those stories which
reveal human spirit‘s aspiration for perfection and which don‘t part but gather
people‘s roads together;
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images,
figures and individuals;
The third branch of the Biennale, this is the
drawing activity at the venue – Open workshops for cultural heritage „The blue
breeze of the Silk Road by land and sea“. The workshops take place on certain
days during the presenting of the exhibition. There the students get to know
more about the manners of reproduction of cultural sights, natural objects,
pieces of art and human images, namely:
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drawing
techniques;
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poetic
and essay language and speech;
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forming
of models;
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presentation
techniques;
With assistance of the teachers of The schools of
art and cultural dialogue Ikuo Hirayama (SACDIH) the students participating in
the workshop activities get close to cultural and natural sights and pieces of
art, and they realize their own steps in the cultural heritage‘s world.
Resting on these three branches, the touring
festival with an exhibition – the Biennale, becomes a Touring school for art
and cultural dialogue.
The exhibition and the Biennale‘s events take
place for a period of two weeks in every country, having a break in between of
a month and a half for sending the drawings to the next country and city
hosting the activity. Every reference structure responsible for the arrangement
of the activity in the corresponding country is in charge of forwarding the
exhibition and its materials to the next country. The number of pictures
included in the exhibition‘s exposition increases in every following country,
as part of it presents the works and drawings exhibited in the previous
countries and another part presents the works and drawings of students from the
host country.
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