Street art guy wants to quit

Daniel Scott is a Swedish artist involved in stencils and street art projects. He fears the competition of his students.

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“Photography depends upon my moods”

The Estonian Tiia Päkk of the photography workshop talks about her moods when she pushes the button of her camera.

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Art needs freedom

“Transfer of knowledge is mutual. Not only students can learn from artists, but teachers can also learn from apprentices”, explains visual artist Reiu Tuur. It is for that reason that Tuur decided to be a student for one day and follow the graphic design workshop by the Finnisch artist Hanna Siira.

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“Finding my own style”

The Italian artists Elena Crisanti and Nathalie Vasco combine music with art during the painting workshops. Lucrezia Calabrò (one of the participants) talks about her painting and the opportunity to discover her own style.

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Wonderful world

“And I think to myself … what a wonderful world”, sings the Estonian visual artist Reiu Tuur while he spontaneously paints. “I use simple visual language but I describe something important from a different time and space. I want to deliver this view of art to my young students”, explains Tuur.
Luisa Balaban (a participant at the workshop of Reiu Tuur) talks about her path to the world of painting.

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Follow your inner path

The group of the Lithuanian visual artist Redas Dirzys hammered a huge web of wires through the public hallsways of the Løgumkloster Højskole. “Be free of representation, be free of the cliché-ridden world that controls the artistic world” explains the artist. Follow the inner path of Alter Ego in the video.

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Disturbing art ?

The second day has come and the artists and students are more eager than ever for the creative workshops. The group of the Lithuanian visual artist Redas Dirzys distanced themselves from the others and started with their so-called disturbing art.

“Be free of mind, be free of representation”, instructed the Lithuanian while his disciples took a spool of thread and started hammering. In no time a huge spider’s web started te get form inside the building, disturbing countless public entrances. “I want my students to be free of form, be free of the clichéd world that controls the artistic world”, concluded the artist.

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Artistic passion

The French actor Olivier Cherki wants to develop the youthful enthusiasm of his students into artistic passion. The preformer opened with the aid of physical exercises a new world of body language for the young actors. Olivier tells us more about his way of teaching.

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Rhytmical sounds

The Belgian band Joshua and Alain Mbaki Makengo (Romania) took the full responsibilty for learning the young souls the tricks of the trade. With young élan they made music with different instruments like an electric guitar, piano, djembé and a drum set. A young girl from Belgian tells us about her passion for music.

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Flying start of the workshops

At the crack of dawn the artists and youngsters woke up for the beginning of the intense workshops. After breakfast the young people were divided into smaller groups according their preferred arts discipline. A small group of five followed the famous French actor Richard Sammel who now plays in the new movie (Inglourious Basterds) by Quentin Tarantino.

“You are the master of everything, try to surprise yourself”, explained the actor standing in the middle of a large room. The students scowled and continued to stare at the well-known performer. “Try to copy my every movement” and he suddenly started jumping and running across the big room. The students desperately tried with heart and soul to imitate the actor but failed time and time again.

After a few hours the students were able to recreate every movement without any hesitation. They had become real actors. With happy faces they left the room for a well deserved lunch.

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