Timisoara is an European Capital of Culture in 2023, after a seven-year process of engaging, empowering and involving the cultural community in the area. Members of Timișoara's creative scene have also been working to recover the traces that the pandemic and a neighbouring war have left behind. It's a difficult year for cultural workers in Timisoara. That's why we're offering them the first Common Ground cultural retreat, in the heart of nature, at the WeWilder campus. The call for participants is open until 24 August.
Hundreds of events and dozens of exhibitions have already taken place in Timisoara this year under the umbrella of the European Cultural Capital. And this cultural frenzy will continue. But beyond the numbers and cultural programmes, the festivities and the celebrations, it is the often invisible people who have made all these events happen. And it's the excitement and exhaustion of all these people.
Timisoara has finally put art and culture at the forefront, where we've long wanted it to be, but that has come at a cost. Common Ground aims to look at the enormous work behind this magic, at how culture can bring wealth, but can also cost those involved in this machine of producing events and projects.
During 4 days, 10 cultural workers from Timisoara will follow an experiential route that includes immersion in nature, sessions on professional and community sustainability in culture and moments of movement or relaxation and contemplation, together with guests from the country and abroad. The aim of the programme is to provide the framework and tools for participants to enter into a collaborative process of regeneration and resource efficiency for years to come.