TRANSYLVANIA MYTHS EUROPE is a regional project that positions Cluj as the gate to Transylvania. Ten authentic Transylvanian communities create a common cultural, touristic and regional development network that hosts economic, touristic, gastronomical and artistic projects. In 2017 we create the traditional cultural calendar of Cluj county and initiate discussions to develop a regional development […]
THE SOCIAL CREATIVITY PLATFORM fosters the energies of grassroots social processes in the urban space of Cluj-Napoca supporting and piloting alternative institutional models, circular economy initiatives, and a catalysing environment for social business and makers’ culture, along with artistic explorations of these topics. The platform supports in 2017 circular economy projects AlterMall and Repair Cafe,
ART AND HAPPINESS is an interdisciplinary project that connects artists, scientist, health and psychology experts, with the aim to raise awareness on the nowadays threats for our mental and emotional well-being. We envision that Cluj-Napoca will become a leading centre in Central and Eastern Europe in the field of art as therapy. In 2017 we
At the Open Innovation 2.0 conference, Cluj Cultural Center organized several related events, including the Future in 3D Printing – the first event dedicated to three-dimensional printing in Romania, the “Place-making through art and technology” workshop for the Intergalactic Ethnography Park Workshop “Centers of Sciences of the Future”, which discusses the possibility of building such
On Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th of June, took part the first Innovation Dialogue held in Romania. More than 60 Romanian and foreign experts worked in four interdisciplinary teams on topics offered by the European Commission, DG CONNECT, the Committee of the Regions, the City Hall of Cluj-Napoca and ARIES Transilvania. ”The two days
On Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th of June, took part the first Innovation Dialogue held in Romania. More than 60 Romanian and foreign experts worked in four interdisciplinary teams on topics offered by the European Commission, DG CONNECT, the Committee of the Regions, the City Hall of Cluj-Napoca and ARIES Transilvania. ”The two days
THE INTERGALACTIC ETHNOGRAPHY PARK is an extension of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania towards the reportedly haunted Hoia-Baciu forest. The park, unique in the world, will host “portals” for augumented reality and works of art that imagines new ethnographies, and also events who bring together ethnography, sciences, sci-fi and creativity enthusiasts in order to debate
INCLUJIUNE syncrhonizes the audience and diaspora policies on tge 12 Universities in Cluj-Napoca, with the aim to build a community of students, alumni and teachers. These Universities gather 80.000 students every year, almost a quarter of the population in Cluj. In 2017, the universities synchronize calendars to welcome the new students. The common program includes presentations,
CULTURAL INNOVATION FUND is a suport mechanism for cultural interventions that have an impact to the development of the city. The Fund serve the city Cluj Napoca and the metropolitan area and operate as a partnership between local goverment institutions and the private sector. In 2017, The Cultural Innovation Fund aims to draw up a
INTEGRAM builds on the rich cultural diversity of Cluj-Napoca and Europe, and contributes to making interculturality an everyday and lived experience. At its core, the project has a scalable Community Game that connects citizens, by featuring a diverse agenda of cultural activities that the public can either attens as spectators, or experience as game participants.