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 […]
Local screening of Newcastle videos
Yilmaz Vurucu and Bahanur Nasya spent summer of 2023 in Newcastle, where they conducted artistic research on the industrial heritage of Newcastle. They visited local organizations, conversed with artists and gathered local knowledge on the industrial heritage and history of Newcastle and the river Tyne. Two of the videos created were screened to the public […]
XsentrikArts Presents Ackerhelden, in German, means Field/land/gardening heroes. The name fits this amazing organization perfectly, as they promote bio-diversity in planting and urban gardening, among others. Since 2017, the organization has creating green spaces in cities, biodiverse habitats in residential environments and urban areas. The “heroes” and their certified organic vegetable gardens create ecological, healthy […]
BioYoutoon project kicks off
BioYouToon is an Erasmus + Cooperation partnersips project promoting bio-diversity awareness among youth thropugh capacity building, training, exchange and a series of digital comic. We kicked the project off with a meeting in Berlin. Project partners discussed the deliverables and workflow, the e-learning platform to be created, the local multiplier events to be hosted by […]
Documentary follow-up in Bratislava
We spoke with Gabor Bindics and Mayor Matus Vallo Visiting sites run by communities, what immediately attracts attention is the detail in such spaces: how a space creates a relationship with citizens, and invites them in (or not) often reflects the philosophy and approach of the communities involved in its maintenance. The Old Market Hall […]
Our Gender and Diversity Policy
Xsentrikarts is an inter-disciplinary arts platform that thrives on conducting research in our communities and telling their stories. As such, we take the definition of community quite seriously, and view it in a broad sense; one that fosters inclusion, equality and access for all. We support communities and themes, topics we’re passionate about; as well as […]
Upcoming Park(ING) Day for Fitness events in Vienna
Upcoming events We’re looking forward to upcoming Park(ING) Day for Fitness events here in Vienna, which will include various sports activities as well as a film screening. We’d love to see you there! Here’s a full breakdown: Park(ING) Day Vienna celebrates Verein LOGINSLEBEN Where: Weiglgasse 19, 1150 Wien When: September 4, 10-30am-14:00 Come join us […]
First P-Spot a great success
OUR firsT P-Spot event was a great success We met with Benjamin Ergün and the Wiir team to start off a great event on Meidlinger Markt’s Reschgasse. Three parking spots were sectioned off and an obstacle course was created as a challenge to our younger citizens and residents. View our interviews from Reschgasse We took […]