Bioyoutoon event in Ottakring!
Comic book launch! As the bioyoutoon Ersamus project nears completion, we’d like to celebrate our achievements and share what we’ve accomplished so far with you, the public! Facts: Conserving Biodiversity through storytelling Location: Kunsttankstelle Ottakring (Brunnenmarkt) Grundsteingasse 45-47 | 1160 Wien Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Date: Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 Register here and join: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1234708900559 […]
CHAC progress exhibition at SOHO Studios
Workshop and local research The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. We’ve been busy throughout the month of September, introducing public and oral history methodologies to younger citizens, through training and workshops. SOHO Studios opened their doors for us, and we spend […]
webtoons live
All roads lead to comics What a journey it’s been! We’ve developed training modules that raise awareness on biodiversity conservation among youth, held numerous workshops to train our trainers, as well as create stories for the webtoons, worked with our amazing illustrators to develop webtoon story concepts, and it’s all culminated in the release of […]
The story of the Vienna Biodiversity Corridor
The story of the biodiversity corridor As X-arts, we combine research methods with artistic practice, capacity building and exchange to activate and promote social change, sustainability, inclusion and well-being – in our built environment as well as within ourselves and amongst each other. We enjoy gathering the stories of initiatives and communities that impact society: […]
Visit to Sandleitenhof
Visiting the historical public housing project The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. The project will be introducing public and oral history methodologies to the local youth through training and workshops. The youth will then use their learned skill-set to engage with […]
Call for participants – CHAC
Open call Participants for a public and oral history workshop in Ottakring Are you passionate about history and community engagement? Do you want to learn more about local stories and how to tell them? CHAC, supported by Erasmus Plus, is a unique project taking place in Germany, Italy, and Austria. We aim to empower young […]
BioYouToon Vienna Workshop
The BioYouToon project aims to utilize the power of storytelling and comics to raise awareness on Biodiversity conservation. The local worshops are of particular importance, because they serve as a training session that introduces the participants to the BioYouToon training modules. They are also of significance, because the stories and comic ideas to be developed […]
Life Goals – new documentary
XsentrikArts Presents We initially met Life Goals as “Kicken Ohne Grenzen,” an educational project for children, teenagers and young adults from socially disadvantaged communities. We were enamoured with. their approach towards using sports, and more notably football as a social tool that creates a feeling of value and belonging, particularly in disadvantaged youth coming from […]
Article published in DUT Position paper
The Driving Urban Transitions Partnership Position Paper titled “Regenerative Neighbourhoods: European Cases, Insights, and Initiatives” is out, and includes an article co-written by Yilmaz Vurucu and Bahanur Nasya. In it, they share their experiences on how film and storytelling can be used as a powerful tool – one that creates awareness, transfers knowledge, inspires dialogue […]
Call for trainers/educators to collaborate with
The “Cultural and Historical Awareness for Active Citizenship” (CHAC) project aims to initiate a community engagement process of active citizenship. The project will be introducing public and oral history methodologies to the local youth through training and workshops. The youth will then use their learned skill-set to engage with local community members and conduce local […]