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21. December 2021

Esch2022 Space Program: Our youth activation campaign rethinking the ways we engage with science, space, and the future itself

Throughout our creative fleshing out for the Esch2022 REMIX Festival — our series of action-packed preamble activations to the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture kick-off next year — the guiding values were inclusivity, creativity, and participation. The latter, of course, means reaching demographics as wide and diverse as the region itself, appreciating the full breadth of talent and ideas latent within our communities. While most of our activations have sought to unleash the artistic self-expression of participants by inviting them through sound or movement, the latest junction of our efforts have concerned the realm of future-oriented thinking — and who better to manifest these visionary dreams than the voices of tomorrow, the children themselves?

We designed a major youth research program, the Esch2022 Space Program, for hundreds of children and young adults to collaboratively craft and share their vision for the future through exploring the topic of humanity in space, and the possibility of habitable regions beyond Earth. Is there more to space than its mining?

15. December 2021

Inside Esch2022’s Future Frequencies: the workshop’s participants discuss the power of creative innovation, and shaping the soundscape of tomorrow

Amid today’s overabundance of musical output, it’s commonplace to find ourselves longing for novelty, or romanticizing the distant, the faraway, the unknown – but what can spark true magic, is realising just how wide and varied the creative palette (and community) right on our doorstep can be. Music, just like creativity, can be sourced and spotted anywhere. From the busy street to nature’s noises, and from classical piano to neo-Americana and Iranian folk, what fuels true innovation is, above all, curiosity and passion. Assembling a crew of Luxembourg’s most promising sonic enthusiasts of today, the Future Frequencies workshop – an initiative forming part of the prelude to the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture festivities, which we have been directing and producing – is actively fostering both values.

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7. December 2021

ESCH2022moves: Activating the boundless kinetic force of our audiences

The past year has prompted more than one type of reflection amidst our creative team. With event formats radically altering, and “creative solutions” having to take on unprecedentedly novel meanings, we found ourselves rethinking virtually every facet of our ideation and production processes — not simply out of logistical constraints, but also for the sake of the audiences left in limbo, unsure of what to seek out, and, crucially, of what can be obtained. While in theory, this positioning grants a lot of power to those in charge of deciding the cultural offer, we refrained from using this power in overly didactic terms; we should not be the ones telling audiences what to enjoy, what to look for, or what to experience. Instead, our strategy has been to empower them to create, curate, and live it out themselves. This principle of interactive co-creation and organic engagement lies at the heart of the hybrid experiences and culture we’ve nurtured over the past year. We like our audiences to be active. Figuratively, and, sometimes, literally — as attested by our latest initiative Esch2022moves, forming an integral part of the prelude to the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture celebrations.

22. November 2021

The Power of Collaboration: ahead of Esch2022 European Capital of Culture, battleROYAL sits down with Les Enfants Terribles

Be it internal or external, collaboration has always been a backbone of our work and company wiring. Over the years, we’ve been fortunate enough to maintain, nurture and develop fruitful creative partnerships with peers we’ve grown to consider friends – and inspirations. London-based theatre group Les Enfants Terribles has been one such trusted ally, accompanying us through a variety of large-scale live projects, and smoothly succeeding in the transition towards the hybrid.

As we partner up again for Esch2022 European Capital of Culture, our CEO Brendan Shelper and James Seager, the British award-winning theatre company’s Creative Director, come together and break down the industry’s post-pandemic state, the latent potential of new formats – and the joy of going to work with your mates.

28. October 2021

Esch2022 REMIX Festival: a quick dive into inspiring, activating and on-boarding audiences onto the Esch2022 journey

Bracing up for a year of national and European festivities is no easy feat — certainly not for the flock of creative and organizational masterminds making it all happen, but neither, in spite of common belief, for audiences themselves. Perhaps contrary to (an outmoded) popular belief, audiences are, to us, all but passive. In fact, they’re as instrumental as anyone in bringing a concept, experience, or project to life. Ahead of the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture (ECOC) kick-off, our team has asked: “how can we work not for, but with the audience?”.

Honoring this desire to not just impress but galvanize and boost communities into their own creative and celebratory swirls, the Esch2022 REMIX Festival offers an enticing, engaging, and activating prelude to the celebratory year ahead. Our creative producers — and wiz minds behind the initiative —, Andy Machals and Gabriela Flores take us through the ambition, structure, and methods of the festival and why, far from an ephemeral commemoration, these efforts are in for the long haul.

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Esch2022 Space Program: Our youth activation campaign rethinking the ways we engage with science, space, and the future itself

Inside Esch2022’s Future Frequencies: the workshop’s participants discuss the power of creative innovation, and shaping the soundscape of tomorrow

ESCH2022moves: Activating the boundless kinetic force of our audiences

The Power of Collaboration: ahead of Esch2022 European Capital of Culture, battleROYAL sits down with Les Enfants Terribles

Esch2022 REMIX Festival: a quick dive into inspiring, activating and on-boarding audiences onto the Esch2022 journey

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