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"SGNS_Empathy for Education.
Creativity and Social Media "(Signos_ Education for empathy. Creativity and Social Media), is an ambitious project created by Natalia Sánchez Lozano.
The Fine Arts graduate and expert in audiovisual communication and social investigates current educational challenges in an intense tour of Liechtenstein and Iceland.
The project is funded by the European Economic Area, EEA Grants, and also receives support from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, ​​within the "Diversity and cultural exchange" program.
The EEA and Norway grants represent the contributions of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reduce economic and social disparities, to strengthen bilateral relations with the 16 countries of the European Union.
The basis of the project is to promote contemporary art and culture to a wider audience, in the context of European cultural diversity.
The research analysis will be released with editing videos, photos and articles that can be displayed in the future natalialozano.net Internet portal, as well as the photo diary project (http://empathy4educations.tumblr.com/ ), which also involved other artists with their resources and opinions on the subject.
The aim is to provide written and graphic information that supports the art as a generator of cultural and educational services.
He is a young project, which aims to expand the invitation and cooperation of the public.
The intention is to question and create new educational paradigms built in today's society, more critical and reflective citizens.
Yecla, the hometown of the artist and researcher will be the first city where this reflection is invited, and learn more about the "SGNS_Empathy for Education project.
Creativity and Social Media ".
The drive by researching educational systems and their impact on citizens and society, born in Natalia Lozano after creating several visual art projects that seek to stimulate public awareness of less visible groups such as people with disabilities or environments of social exclusion.
In 2010, the artist decided to embark on a new path creation with GNSS (Signs), "an artistic-social project in different formats: photo, video, files, objects, audiovisual," which features the elimination of communication barriers between people with and without disability. "I conceive of art as a tool for a more humane and empathetic society.
Signs (GNSS) has become a set of micro actions and products that claim to activate the senses.
I try to motivate reflection to understand the realities of others from the production of educational workshops, critical texts or artistic, "explains Natalia Lozano.
The concern of the young designer has made the project SGSN acquire an international dimension thanks to European support.
With the concepts of holistic education, memory and social integration, has developed new artistic content, but this time change their usual scenario Yecla and Valencia, Schaan, one of the most populated cities in Liechtenstein, and Iceland's capital, Reykjavik.
During his stay in Liechtenstein was immersed in the world of theater as an educational tool.
In Schaan shared his experience with teachers and students of drama schools.
He also met groups with disabilities who use creativity as a tool of individual and social expression.
The director of TAK Liechtenstein Shaan theater and independent artist and filmmaker Arno Oehri offered their perspective and experience to the project.
The new production in Iceland rescue of the memory of the country through interviews and experiences of its inhabitants, with the intention of reflecting on the difficulty of bonding between the past, present and future.
Among the various interviews for research emphasizes the role of Mary Elvira Mendez Pinedo, Professor of European Law at the University of Iceland.
Author of "The Revolution of the Vikings' Victory of citizens.
Lessons from the Icelandic model to overcome the crisis in Spain.
And the participation of Her Bjönsdóttir expert in transforming school culture in Europe.
At this time the artist focuses on "analyze and shape the hours and hours of recording.
During more than three months in Iceland had the opportunity to interview the founder of the Icelandic band Mum, and learn the history of Maraauf Mazen, Palestinian refugees in Iceland, "" empathy, finding how we raise education and early social integration have defined my time in Reykjavik. "
The research also focuses on the history, dancing, fishing and minority languages ​​such as sign language, which is the official language of the country to join the historical memory of several groups, which are part of education and culture Icelandic society.
For yeclana Artist "project is to create connections between people, places and concepts for a better understanding."
Your project includes different branches of knowledge, such as art, theater, communication, emotions or technology, as paradigms of new educational systems, and raises that are not a banal utopia.
Over the next few days the project will be presented in various cities such as Yecla and Valencia, to provide an open forum for dialogue between students, teachers, educators, and anyone interested in discussing the possible challenges and values ​​that art faces and culture as educational actors for social transformation.
Source: Agencias
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