London Festival of Europe

Coming in March 2007. The London Festival of Europe is an annual two-week series of events engaging with contemporary European politics, society and cultures. It promotes public discussion of European issues and celebrates cultural exchange.

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European Artists’ Congress

A two-day Congress to reason on the role and responsibility of contemporary European creators

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European Alternatives is a civil society organisation dedicated to promoting intellectual engagement with the idea and future of Europe. It publishes a regular journal, EUROPA, and organises several events including the yearly London Festival of Europe.

Jani Christou: composer of musical surrealism

An articole presenting the work of Jani Christou one of the most interesting contemporary composers

Exhibition-Making in a Trans-national Context

Hans Ulrich Obrist

Engagement and the Arts
in Europe

As artists, writers and musicians come to London for a Cultural Congress as part of the Festival of Europe, what is the relationship between the arts and engagement in Europe?

Fernando Pessoa, poet of the many

Fernando Pessoa is one of the most and important European intellectual figures of the past century. The London Festival of Europe 2008 dedicated a whole day to the exploration of this...

GIUSEPPE PENONE – POET OF THE UNCANNY

Lorenzo Marsili

Giuseppe Penone, originally included by the art critic Germano Celant in the movement of “Arte Povera”, is most celebrated for...

Fronteres y apartheid;
Two exhibitions pour epater les Europeens

Exhibitions held at Barcelona’s Centro de Cultural Contemporanea a bitter warning for the Europeans of today...

London Contempts of Culture

Any potential European Cultural Movement must avoid the increasing phenomenon of contempt of culture.

Fragile Resistance - Vaseva Culture

Ana Vaseva - Most activist movements are in danger of becoming trends. We must learn fragile resistance.

The Plucking of Poetry Culture

- all the way to the goose flesh

At the 160th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution led by poet Sandor Petofi, are poets still capable of leading us?

Living Life in a Languge

Adrian Grima

Every language is the product of a unique historical experience. Languages are not interchangeable, none is dispensable, none is superfluous.

Magris Interview

Claudio Magris, author of many works of fiction, editorialist at Corriere della Sera and professor of German literature in Trieste meets Hans Ulrich Obrist, Director at the Serpentine Gallery.