White Night
The first White Night/ Nuit Blanche in Košice (2nd October 2010) presented contemporary art in unusual spaces and unconventional times. Almost 15 000 visitors came to the event. It was possible to see unique interactive installations of young and creative artists from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. on set up routes, in various buildings, churches and parks in the city centre. Owing to the White Night organization, Košice became one of many metropolises such as Paris, Brussels, Rome, Madrid, Riga, Bucharest or Saint Petersburg where such events have been regularly taking place for many years. Nuit Blanche is a cultural project accessible to everyone and that is why all events are for free. Nuit Blanche favours contemporary art and thus fine art, video art, projections, installations, contemporary music, performances, scenic art, street art. Nuit Blanche shows public space in various forms: it takes up interest in places that are usually closed or off limits to the public, places both peripheral and prestigious, cultural institutions and sights presented in a new way. Nuit Blanche offers the cities a reflection of different forms of current urbanistic development and provision of different services and adapted organization such as signs, lights and security. Nuit Blanche supports “mild” mobility such as improvement of conditions for cyclists and people travelling by public transport or shuttle service. Nuit Blanche supports exchanges between city centre and the outskirts. Partnership cities of the Nuit Blanche Europe project try to support and develop exchanges between European cities, their artists and inhabitants by way of an annual art project created in cooperation.
- The White Night Košice 201100:00:03.877
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- "The White Night" project was born in Paris00:00:09.613
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- and today is its 10th anniversary.00:00:15.251
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- I've been living in Paris for 6 years00:00:19.098
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- so I've known this extraordinary event as a visitor.00:00:23.384
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- In my opinion, such an event might work in Slovakia.00:00:29.207
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- Very few people here go to museums00:00:35.916
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- so it's important to bring contemporary art00:00:40.568
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- to unusual places and the public space.00:00:45.568
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- This was proven by the last year's success.00:00:50.068
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- We try to balance the project00:00:54.746
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- so as to satisfy the experts as well as the general public.00:00:58.246
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- This is a big challenge.00:01:04.450
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- We need to find installations00:01:08.311
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- that are accessible to the public.00:01:11.999
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- The concept is targeted at experts00:01:15.792
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- as well as the general public.00:01:19.792
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- But our goal is to find the right balance,00:01:23.988
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- not to create a "Disneyland".00:01:28.988
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- There are00:01:33.847
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- They present sound installations, interactive installations,00:01:37.294
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- light architecture, a festival of poetry with concerts,00:01:42.540
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- a lot of modern dance in comparison with the last year,00:01:48.724
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- video art and interactive projects.00:01:54.093
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- You can also find here sculptures and objects,00:02:01.152
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- performances, concerts, all kinds of things.00:02:06.970
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- If I did this for experts like myself,00:02:11.221
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- my choices would probably be different.00:02:15.413
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- But I think we managed to find a good compromise.00:02:21.198
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- Of course, you can't say that all the installations00:02:26.803
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- are absolutely brilliant.00:02:31.671
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- We offer a combination of quality and entertainment.00:02:34.671
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- One of our goals is to educate people.00:02:41.546
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- They really have an awful behavior towards art,00:02:46.597
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- they destroy it or even piss on sculptures.00:02:50.897
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- I hope that they learned from the last year's experience00:02:55.220
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- and that this year will be better in this regard.00:03:00.806
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- But we also learned00:03:06.333
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- and some installations will be fenced off.00:03:09.333
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- It will be a little like in a zoo but it's necessary00:03:13.511
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- because you can't even get a good insurance in Slovakia.00:03:18.976
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- Last year the event was absolutely crowded.00:03:24.696
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- Half of the people were delighted00:03:30.037
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- and the other half were angry as they expected a laser show00:03:33.537
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- and fireworks and a rock band00:03:38.965
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- and when they found out it was all about art,00:03:42.821
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- they were shocked.00:03:48.078
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- But the main thing is that the event raised a discussion.00:03:51.510
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- As a novelty, this year we will present three art stars.00:03:57.573
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- There will be Miguel Chevalier,00:04:04.906
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- the author of the famous installation "Fractal Flowers".00:04:08.406
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- This work is among the top ten digital installations.00:04:13.775
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- The second star is the dancer Catherine Langlade00:04:18.677
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- who focuses on modern dance00:04:24.215
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- and collaborates with digital artists.00:04:27.967
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- This installation was exhibited in Shanghai.00:04:31.593
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- The third guest is Rune Guneriussen,00:04:36.465
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- a recognized artist combining land art with photography.00:04:40.578
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- He presents here a site-specific installation in the park.00:04:46.078