Eleanor Potter – ASSITEJ Online

Next Generation: Facilitating lifelong connections to young artists

Published on May 23, 2022

On Wednesday, along with the participants of the ASSITEJ International Next Generation residency 2022, we got to hear all about what the different Next Generation programmes are getting up to all over the world! We heard from ASSITEJ Pakistan, ASSITEJ Serbia and ASSITEJ Korea during this lecture and the session acted as inspiration for the […]

‘Getting Uncomfortable with Participation’ with Elvira Crois and Marieke Breyne

Published on May 19, 2022

Is it possible that discomfort can break down some of the barriers between participant and facilitator? How may we create safe spaces, when we ourselves may feel unsafe? Should we be actively searching for negotiations between comfort and discomfort in artistic spaces? Can discomfort be used as a tool to reflect real situations and allow […]

Artistic Encounters- ‘Lets get Regenerating’

Published on May 18, 2022

Yesterday afternoon, the first of the Artistic Encounters seminars took place at the Konserthus in Helsingborg. Artistic Encounters acts as a central point for participants to gather and connect with each other and reflect on their experience of the festival so far. The theme for this session was ‘regenerating’ and attendees were offered the opportunity […]

‘Everything is Connected’- An Interview with Paulo Merisio

Published on May 17, 2022

This morning marks the beginning of the Bibu/ ASSITEJ Artistic Gathering 2022 in Helsingborg and whilst performances and seminars begin, I sat down with Paulo Merisio to talk about his practice and connections to the festival. Merisio is a permanent counsellor of ASSITEJ in the 2021-2024 term and works in relation to ITYARN (The International […]