Culture Over Division - An International Seminar for Creative Europeans

Name: Culture Over Division - An International Seminar for Creative Europeans
Start: 2025-09-19T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-09-19T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Borgartún 30, 105 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland

Schedule

Fri Sep 19 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Borgartún 30, 105 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland | Reykjavík, RE

Join us for a day of talks about Creative Europe Projects and their impact in Iceland and on the fringes of Europe.
Hosted by Einkofi Production and Creative Europe Desk Iceland (Rannís) we invite you to join us for a day of discussions about the importance of international collaborations within arts and culture. We will be introducing our new Moving Classics Sonic Bridges project and launching new open calls.
Programme and speakers:
09:30 - Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:00 - Opening Remarks and welcome
Speaker: Ágústa Þórarinsdóttir, Director, Einkofi Production and MCSB Project Lead
10:15 - Keynote Address: European Collaborations
Speaker: Clara Ganslandt EU Ambassador in Iceland
10:45 - Morning Session:
Speaker: Ragnhildur Zoega, Project Manager, Creative Europe Desk Iceland Rannis
Creative Europe: Impact in Iceland & Icelandic Project Stories
11:20 - Coffee Break - networking
11:40 - Speaker: Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir, Assistant Professor Bifrost University and Project Manager for In Situ Horizon Project.
12:10 - Speaker: Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir, Artist and President of the Icelandic Artist Federation
12:40 - Lunch Break - Networking
13:30 - Afternoon Session:
Legacy of the Moving Classics Projects and value of European funding for artistic development
Speaker: Anton Kaldal, musician on Moving Classics Sonic Flux
Speaker: Sylwia Zajkowska, actress and participant in Moving Classics Sonic Flux and librarian at Hafnarfjörður Library.
Liminality – Reading
14:10 - Sound as a Bridge – MCSB Partners – Impact and Expectations
Panel Discussion: Agusta Thorarinsdottir Moderator
MCSB Partners
Ireland – Alison Brodie (Creative Placemakers)
Cyprus – George Georgiou (CultureTones)
Bosnia – Benjamin Cengic (Obojena Klapa)
Montenegro – Branimir Zugic (ART365)
Macedonia – Kiril Gjozev (Umpaci)
15:00 - Coffee Break - networking
15:20- Official launch of Moving Classics Sonic Bridges
Speakers: Participants, Anna Wojtynska lector in Anthropology at University of Iceland, Martyna Daniel, artist/filmmaker, Dögg Sigmarsdóttir Producer
Discuss their new partnership, their expectations, ideas and approach in finding stories of Culture over Division and European identity.
OPEN CALL LAUNCH
Speaker: Participant, Matthew Nolan, Composer (Ireland)
15:50 - Closing Remarks and reflections – Agusta Thorarinsdottir Project Director