Art campaign on the Oder: Build bridges against foreclosure!

Art campaign on the Oder: Build bridges against foreclosure!

Oderufer bei Zollbrücke, 15345 Märkisch-Oderland, Deutschland - This coming weekend the time has come: the Oder becomes the setting for an extraordinary art project called "Break on Through to the Oder Side". This event will take place on two weekends, the 19./20. and 26./27. July, on Oderufer near Zollbrücke in the Märkisch-Oderland district. The cultural event is part of the "Combine Worlds" theme year and aims to stand up through creative interventions against foreclosure and for a cross -border dialogue. Tagesspiegel reports that director Heiko Michels emphasizes the meaning of the Odertals as a mirror of our modern life.

A highlight of the festival is used to be the ferry connection about the or be, served by a Polish-speaking ferry and a German-speaking ferryman who symbolically transport German-Polish relationships. Admission to the exhibition and performance area is free, whereby donations are welcome to support the art projects.

art and dialogue across borders

The second weekend is particularly exciting, on which the German-Polish music festival "Liederlosen" will take place. The project, curated by Heiko Michels and Almut Undisz, combines artists from different origins, including border land artists such as Michael Kurzwelly, who presents his imaginary country "Nova America". Political topics are also taken up, including in a talk to the armaments debate, moderated by Tomasz Kurianowicz.

The concept for promoting the dialogue between the nations is not new. Historically, the Oder for the city of Frankfurt an der Oder and the neighboring Slubice was of great importance. After the Second World War, the or to the border line between Germany and Poland, which was laid down in the German-Polish border contract in 1990. In the early 1990s, the region experienced an approximation that was funded by a strong cross -border project. Since then, Frankfurt has focused on the focus, reconciliation and nature conservation, such as Planet Knowledge

The way to the cultural connection

The number of border crossings has more than tenfold since 1990, which underlines the potential for cultural exchange in the region. The road bazaar in Osinów Dolny became an attraction for tourists and shows the economic advantages that have arisen from the opening of the border.

The "Oder-Neisse-Cycle Path" and the "Lower Oder Valley" national park are further examples of the successful cooperation on both sides of the border. These cross -border initiatives not only illustrate the economic, but also the cultural connections that extend beyond or

In this spirit, the art project "Break on Through to the or Side" will certainly write another chapter in the history of cross -border cooperation and dialogue between Germany and Poland. Don't miss this spectacular event!