Activate microdistricts through culture

Residency for young artists and activists “Reflections: Botanica / Positron” for the 1st time brought art-practices into two residential post Soviet remote neighborhoods - Botanica in Chișinău and Positron in Ivano-Frankivsk. 14 participants took part in 2 research and 2 practical visits to Chișinău and Ivano-Frankivsk in April - June, 2017. Artists from Chișinău realized their projects in Ivano-Frankivsk, and activists and artists from the West of Ukraine worked in Moldova’s capital. It was the 1st experience of working on the art projects in public space for many of them. 6 artistic projects were realized in Ivano-Frankivsk and 6 in Chișinău. These projects needed active involvemeng of local residents of Botanica and Positron and dealt with the themes of memory, common space of the residential areas, cultural infrastructure, social life, and civic engagement.