Tandem Moldova-Ukraine-EU 2011-12

Over the course of a year, cultural managers from different countries developed innovative, cross-border creative projects together. The video shows two Tandem stories.

Tatiana Popa and Silvana de Hillerin are bringing together tratdiational textile artists from rural Moldova with contemporary fashion designers from Berlin. They organised a series of fashion design workshops. The results of their project „Eclectic Line“ was presented at the Berlin Fashion Week in July 2012.

Yaroslav Minkin and Ewa Hubar co-created the first Ukrainian language original comic book, based on the award winning novel by Serhiy Zhadan about life in the post-Soviet era. The comic book inspired a festival in Luhansk with performances, street art and workshops by artists from both contries, Poland and Ukraine.

Transforming the abandoned part of an old museum into a temporary vibrant place of arts and culture. The final event in Chisinau in May 2012.

The European Cultural Festival completed the Tandem project in May 2012 in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. For the final presentation nearly 50 artists and cultural managers from over 30 cities across Europe travelled to Chisinau to put on their project.

Some Tandems were hot-footing it from Kiev, from an event at the Ivan Honchar Museum in Kiev during Museum Night. Alongside local audiences and politicians from Moldova, visitor’s young and old marvelled in vibrant street theatre, strange and beautiful video installations, edgy films, collaborative visual art exhibitions, music performances, theatre presentations and even a fashion show. It was a scene unique for many and brought together people from all over Europe.