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10 RE-IMAGINING OUR REGION
q4: Explain the concept of the programme which would be launched if the city is designated as European Capital of Culture.
our programme concept
The primary theme is Re-imagining the European Region: Culture, Community & Sustainability beyond the urban. Our two connecting themes are: Cumar (con uence) and Arrivals.
primary theme
Re-imagining the European Region:
Culture, Community & Sustainability beyond the urban
Cumar
(Con uence)
Ours is not a programme of grand gestures and spectacular crowd events, although we will have our moments; nor is it a European Capital of Culture where legacy means new buildings (aside from regeneration projects which will live and breathe culture). We believe that small is beautiful too and when multiple smaller acts are connected, we can achieve much bigger things. As responsible custodians for culture in a Europe of smaller cities and regions, we want to build a programme of activities which are sensitive
to scale, and which enable our cultural sector to grow sustainably rather than burn bright and fade away. Our major events will have an intimacy which re ect our sense of identity and place and which will give us and regions like us an opportunity to plan responsibly and build a long-term future with culture to the helm.
The Three Sisters is a programme where many interconnected small acts combine to generate a cultural region which is integrated, sustainable and vital to our economic prosperity, social vitality, health and wellbeing. This, we feel, is a realistic and relevant approach for regions like us across Europe: each struggling to nd a voice, shape a new role, and build a progressive future.
Arrivals
(as a region past, present and future)
...we want our European Capital of Culture to be one of fairness, openness, and collaboration, built through Cumar.
Arrivals is a state of mind, a way of seeing and doing and a metaphor
for openness, relevance, innovation and creativity.
connecting theme 1
connecting theme 2