Dive In!
A five-day fundraiser for the charity Frank Water
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June 2-6, 2021
ART WAVES
Wednesday, 2 June
International artists from a variety of disciplines showcase videos of their work inspired by water.
19h CEST (Paris time): Opening ceremony
19h15: The Shoreline Crew
20h45 CEST: Open mic (full)
TIDES
Saturday, 5 June
…are changing. Today we invite the ecology experts to interactive events. Creativity and conversations.
12h: From drought to deforestation, how might data science address climate change challenges? Research scientist (INRAE) Antoine Leblois discusses the climate change challenges involved in environmental sciences and economics. He invites the audience to ask as many questions as they like!
18h: Discover the short film The People of Waste. After watching the documentary, director and researcher Rémi De Bercegol will be interviewed by Stephanie Papa, followed by questions from the audience. Join us!
THUNDERING FUN
Thursday, 3 June
Enjoy art and words with interactive workshops focused around environmental issues for all ages and English language levels.
15h: Can words heal the Earth? A writing workshop with Matt Jones.
You want to do your part, wordsmith? You’re tired of waiting on governments, on policy makers, on leaders of business. You want to use your gifts to affect change, but the target audience is impenetrable; the demons of sarcasm, apathy and ignorance circle their heads. The growing environmental crisis forces your hand – how do you reach the unreachable?
20h: Writing: Recycling and Recyclages. A writing workshop with Jennifer K. Dick and Lisa Pasold.
This workshop will reconsider the pages of language we automatically trash in our lives, and the objects, debris and linguistic fields they are connected to. Come with pen, paper and a pile of about-to-get-binned junk mail, packaging labels, etc. In any language!
FRESHWATER SOUNDS
Friday, 4 June
Tune in and discover new music and musicians to finish your Friday with a splash!
16h-23h: Freshwater sounds into the night
PERFORMER STORM
Sunday, 6 June
Celebrate with us by joining a live stream of multi-disciplinary artists dedicated to environmental issues.
18h: Performer Storm
*As a registered charity (no. 1121273), Frank Water works with some of the most deprived communities in India and Nepal to help them secure safe, clean drinking water and sanitation. Since 2005, Frank Water has funded safe drinking water and sanitation for nearly 426,459 people in 617 communities.
First edition 1 - 8 June, 2020
Paris Lit Up & Cable Writes present
From June 1 -8, 2020, we invited you on a digital “roadtrip” around Europe where, over the course of a week, Paris Lit Up and Cable Writes published a daily 30-minute video featuring short performances from artists in or from as many countries on the continent as possible.
Did we reach our destinations?
To find out, you’ll just have to pack your bags, unpack them, and check out the WORDTRIP Europe journey below.
Videos were premiered on Facebook, then uploaded to the Wordtrip YouTube channel and this page.
Translations and other documents provided by certain artists can be found here.
An interview about the Wordtrip Europe project with our Danish representative, Sari Arent, is on our blog.
And you can fill in our Wordtrip Europe questionnaire here: http://tiny.cc/wordtripquestions
The Wordtrip Europe itinerary
Day 1
The United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Day 2
Belarus
Ukraine
Russia
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Day 3
Armenia
Turkey
Cyprus
Bulgaria
Day 4
North Macedonia
Kosovo
Montenegro
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Day 5
Serbia
Romania
Moldova
Hungary
Slovenia
Austria
Day 6
Czechia
Poland
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Day 7
France
Switzerland
Italy
Vatican City
Day 8
Monaco
Andorra
Spain
Republic of Ireland
What is “Wordtrip Europe” and why?
In 2015, Paris Lit Up organised its first artistic tour around England, a tradition that - until Spring 2020 - has continued and grown in scale. The tour aims to weave and foster connections between artistic communities, with a focus on creativity and outreach. Then came COVID-19 and our 2020 tour was scuppered.
But, while the physical visit is not possible this year, the digital world opens its arms…
As such, instead of working with poet and producer Oliver Cable on an event in London, we’re both staying at home but going further abroad together. We’re off on a roadtrip of sorts, a WORDTRIP around the continent of Europe.
Wordtrip Europe: challenges and goals
The goal of this Wordtrip is to celebrate and document the Arts during this period of confinement. Our bases in the UK (Oliver Cable) and France (Paris Lit Up) make the continent of Europe both logical yet ambitious. Each artist is welcome to express political views: ours is a position of curator, not political enforcer.
That said, our decision of the continent over the EU demonstrates our desire, as organisers, to remain as much an apolitical vessel as possible. Whether you were born in, grew up in, or adopted a country, we welcome work from movement and mixed nationalities - that’s Europe. We are also equally delighted to hear different European languages, although this isn’t obligatory.
Our thanks to every creative mind involved in putting this project together.