Radical Home
Basic information
Project Title
Radical Home
Category
Regaining a sense of belonging
Project Description
Radical Home is a research project that reimagines home as a collective space of care, resistance, and belonging. Through workshops, performances, and public dialogue, it merges art and activism to challenge oppression, amplify marginalized voices, and explore cultural transformation. It creates inclusive spaces for artistic expression and mutual aid, advocating culture as a human right. Radical Home is a network of care, a hub for solidarity, performance, art, activism, and collective action.
Current stage development
Prototype level
Geographical Scope
National
Project Region
France
Urban or rural issues
Mainly urban
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
EU Programme or fund
Yes
Which funds
Other
Other Funds
Residency for exiled Russian artists ON/OFF program, supported by EU commission
Description of the project
Summary
Radical Home is a multidisciplinary research and artistic project that explores the intersection of home, radicality, and belonging in the context of displacement, exile, and artistic activism.
Target group(s): displaced or exiled, local and international, artists, activists, cultural practitioners, local communities seeking to foster artistic expression and intercultural dialogue.
Objectives:
To establish accessible and inclusive residency programs that empower displaced artists to continue their practice.
To create a support network where individuals collaborate, exchange ideas, and find solidarity.
To advocate for culture as a fundamental human right by removing barriers to participation.
To foster long-term engagement through sustainable partnerships and international collaborations.
Achieved outcomes:
A residency program that has hosted displaced artists, enabling them to develop and present new work.
Strong community engagement, fostering intercultural collaboration between displaced artists and local communities.
The creation of a sustainable platform for advocacy, funding, and long-term artistic exchange.
Greater awareness of systemic inequalities in cultural participation and active efforts to challenge them.
Radical Home aligns with the New European Bauhaus values by combining sustainability (long-term artistic engagement), inclusivity (removing barriers for displaced artists), and beauty (creating spaces for artistic expression and community-building). It offers a transformative response to displacement, turning exile into an opportunity for new forms of belonging.
Target group(s): displaced or exiled, local and international, artists, activists, cultural practitioners, local communities seeking to foster artistic expression and intercultural dialogue.
Objectives:
To establish accessible and inclusive residency programs that empower displaced artists to continue their practice.
To create a support network where individuals collaborate, exchange ideas, and find solidarity.
To advocate for culture as a fundamental human right by removing barriers to participation.
To foster long-term engagement through sustainable partnerships and international collaborations.
Achieved outcomes:
A residency program that has hosted displaced artists, enabling them to develop and present new work.
Strong community engagement, fostering intercultural collaboration between displaced artists and local communities.
The creation of a sustainable platform for advocacy, funding, and long-term artistic exchange.
Greater awareness of systemic inequalities in cultural participation and active efforts to challenge them.
Radical Home aligns with the New European Bauhaus values by combining sustainability (long-term artistic engagement), inclusivity (removing barriers for displaced artists), and beauty (creating spaces for artistic expression and community-building). It offers a transformative response to displacement, turning exile into an opportunity for new forms of belonging.
Key objectives for sustainability
Radical Home embodies the core values of the New European Bauhaus—sustainability, inclusivity, and beauty—by creating long-term, accessible spaces for artistic expression and community-building among displaced artists. The project reimagines home as a dynamic, evolving network of care and creativity rather than a fixed geographical space, ensuring its sustainability beyond physical or political constraints.
Sustainability Objectives & Achievements:
Cultural Sustainability & Accessibility
The project ensures that displaced artists can sustain their creative practice, providing residencies, collaborative opportunities, and exhibition spaces.
By advocating for culture as a human right, Radical Home challenges systemic exclusion and develops alternative models of participation.
Social & Community Sustainability
The project fosters long-term networks of mutual aid, ensuring displaced artists remain connected beyond the residency period.
By working with local communities, Radical Home facilitates dialogue between exiled artists and their host societies, strengthening intercultural understanding.
Environmental & Spatial Sustainability
Radical Home adapts existing urban spaces for artistic use, revitalizing underutilized infrastructure rather than constructing new buildings.
The project promotes resource-sharing and low-impact production methods, aligning with circular economy principles.
Exemplary Character
Radical Home offers a replicable, scalable model for sustainable cultural spaces that can be applied across the world. By combining artistic innovation with ethical responsibility, it demonstrates how creativity can be a tool for resilience, solidarity, and transformation. The project stands as a living prototype for inclusive and sustainable cultural ecosystems, proving that a home is not just a place, but a practice of belonging.
Sustainability Objectives & Achievements:
Cultural Sustainability & Accessibility
The project ensures that displaced artists can sustain their creative practice, providing residencies, collaborative opportunities, and exhibition spaces.
By advocating for culture as a human right, Radical Home challenges systemic exclusion and develops alternative models of participation.
Social & Community Sustainability
The project fosters long-term networks of mutual aid, ensuring displaced artists remain connected beyond the residency period.
By working with local communities, Radical Home facilitates dialogue between exiled artists and their host societies, strengthening intercultural understanding.
Environmental & Spatial Sustainability
Radical Home adapts existing urban spaces for artistic use, revitalizing underutilized infrastructure rather than constructing new buildings.
The project promotes resource-sharing and low-impact production methods, aligning with circular economy principles.
Exemplary Character
Radical Home offers a replicable, scalable model for sustainable cultural spaces that can be applied across the world. By combining artistic innovation with ethical responsibility, it demonstrates how creativity can be a tool for resilience, solidarity, and transformation. The project stands as a living prototype for inclusive and sustainable cultural ecosystems, proving that a home is not just a place, but a practice of belonging.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
Radical Home redefines aesthetics beyond physical beauty, emphasizing the emotional, social, and cultural dimensions of home. The project creates inclusive, artist-driven spaces that foster belonging, self-expression, and creative exchange. It values aesthetics as an experience—a dynamic interaction between people, space, and artistic practice.
Aesthetic & Experiential Objectives:
Creating Spaces of Belonging
The project transforms temporary, underutilized spaces into warm, welcoming environments where everyone who is searching for a place to share their work can find “home”, connection, and continue or start to create.
Design choices prioritize adaptability, cultural hybridity, and co-creation, ensuring that the space reflects the identities of those who inhabit it.
Art as a Tool for Healing & Expression
Radical Home integrates participatory art practices, where artists and local communities engage in storytelling, exhibitions, and performances that address exile, displacement, and identity.
The project elevates personal narratives through curated artistic interventions, turning lived experiences into powerful aesthetic expressions.
Sensory & Emotional Experience
The design incorporates elements of familiarity and care, making the space not only functional but deeply comforting.
Artists bring their own aesthetics, shaping the environment through collaborative design, installations, and live performances.
Exemplary Character
Radical Home offers a model of aesthetics as inclusion, proving that beauty is not only in form but in the way a space resonates with its users. By centering displaced artists in the design process, it challenges dominant narratives of artistic production, proving that aesthetics can be a means of empowerment, connection, and cultural transformation.
Aesthetic & Experiential Objectives:
Creating Spaces of Belonging
The project transforms temporary, underutilized spaces into warm, welcoming environments where everyone who is searching for a place to share their work can find “home”, connection, and continue or start to create.
Design choices prioritize adaptability, cultural hybridity, and co-creation, ensuring that the space reflects the identities of those who inhabit it.
Art as a Tool for Healing & Expression
Radical Home integrates participatory art practices, where artists and local communities engage in storytelling, exhibitions, and performances that address exile, displacement, and identity.
The project elevates personal narratives through curated artistic interventions, turning lived experiences into powerful aesthetic expressions.
Sensory & Emotional Experience
The design incorporates elements of familiarity and care, making the space not only functional but deeply comforting.
Artists bring their own aesthetics, shaping the environment through collaborative design, installations, and live performances.
Exemplary Character
Radical Home offers a model of aesthetics as inclusion, proving that beauty is not only in form but in the way a space resonates with its users. By centering displaced artists in the design process, it challenges dominant narratives of artistic production, proving that aesthetics can be a means of empowerment, connection, and cultural transformation.
Key objectives for inclusion
Radical Home places inclusion at its core, ensuring that everyone who is often marginalized from mainstream cultural spaces for example, displaced and exiled artists——have equal access to artistic expression, resources, and community support. The project challenges institutional barriers by creating affordable, accessible, and participatory models of cultural production and governance.
Inclusion Objectives & Achievements
Everything that is happening in Radical Home is free of charge, removing financial barriers that often prevent displaced artists from continuing their practice.
Spaces are designed to be physically and socially accessible, welcoming artists with diverse abilities, backgrounds, and experiences.
By hosting open workshops, exhibitions, and community events, Radical Home ensures that both artists and local residents can actively engage, fostering cultural exchange.
Decision-making is collaborative, with artists and local communities shaping the program’s structure and content.
A horizontal governance model ensures that displaced artists are not passive recipients but active contributors, co-curating events and leading initiatives.
The project incorporates feminist care ethics, prioritizing mutual aid, shared responsibility, and non-hierarchical leadership.
Radical Home reframes artistic practice as a fundamental human right, advocating for displaced artists’ inclusion in cultural institutions.
The project fosters long-term networks of support, ensuring that artists can sustain their practice beyond the residency period.
By connecting displaced artists with local communities and policymakers, the project challenges exclusionary cultural policies and promotes systemic change.
Radical Home is a scalable, replicable model of radical inclusion, proving that cultural spaces can be both accessible and transformative. It sets a new standard for inclusive artistic ecosystems.
Inclusion Objectives & Achievements
Everything that is happening in Radical Home is free of charge, removing financial barriers that often prevent displaced artists from continuing their practice.
Spaces are designed to be physically and socially accessible, welcoming artists with diverse abilities, backgrounds, and experiences.
By hosting open workshops, exhibitions, and community events, Radical Home ensures that both artists and local residents can actively engage, fostering cultural exchange.
Decision-making is collaborative, with artists and local communities shaping the program’s structure and content.
A horizontal governance model ensures that displaced artists are not passive recipients but active contributors, co-curating events and leading initiatives.
The project incorporates feminist care ethics, prioritizing mutual aid, shared responsibility, and non-hierarchical leadership.
Radical Home reframes artistic practice as a fundamental human right, advocating for displaced artists’ inclusion in cultural institutions.
The project fosters long-term networks of support, ensuring that artists can sustain their practice beyond the residency period.
By connecting displaced artists with local communities and policymakers, the project challenges exclusionary cultural policies and promotes systemic change.
Radical Home is a scalable, replicable model of radical inclusion, proving that cultural spaces can be both accessible and transformative. It sets a new standard for inclusive artistic ecosystems.
How Citizens benefit
Radical Home is built on participation, co-creation, and community engagement, ensuring that the people it serves—displaced artists, local and international artists, activists and local communities—are not just beneficiaries but active shapers of the project. The initiative is deeply rooted in horizontal governance and participatory cultural production, making inclusion and co-creation its defining principles.
Artists are not passive participants but integral to decision-making, programming, and space design.
They co-curate exhibitions, lead workshops, and initiate community projects, ensuring that their lived experiences shape the direction of Radical Home.
The residency model is flexible, responding to the evolving needs of displaced cultural practitioners, making the project adaptable and artist-driven.
The project bridges displaced artists and local communities, fostering mutual learning and cultural exchange.
Local community is invited to participate in workshops, public events, and exhibitions, ensuring two-way dialogue rather than a top-down approach.
Through shared meals, discussion sessions, and collaborative art-making, Radical Home builds social ties between exiled artists and their new communities, strengthening intercultural connections.
The project is open for creating a collaboration with local NGOs, cultural institutions, and advocacy groups to create long-term networks of support.
These partnerships help secure funding, provide legal and psychological assistance, and amplify the voices of displaced artists in policy discussions.
By engaging policymakers, Radical Home advocates for systemic change in cultural accessibility and refugee integration policies.
The involvement of artists and local communities has ensured that Radical Home remains relevant, responive, and deeply rooted in real needs.
Artists are not passive participants but integral to decision-making, programming, and space design.
They co-curate exhibitions, lead workshops, and initiate community projects, ensuring that their lived experiences shape the direction of Radical Home.
The residency model is flexible, responding to the evolving needs of displaced cultural practitioners, making the project adaptable and artist-driven.
The project bridges displaced artists and local communities, fostering mutual learning and cultural exchange.
Local community is invited to participate in workshops, public events, and exhibitions, ensuring two-way dialogue rather than a top-down approach.
Through shared meals, discussion sessions, and collaborative art-making, Radical Home builds social ties between exiled artists and their new communities, strengthening intercultural connections.
The project is open for creating a collaboration with local NGOs, cultural institutions, and advocacy groups to create long-term networks of support.
These partnerships help secure funding, provide legal and psychological assistance, and amplify the voices of displaced artists in policy discussions.
By engaging policymakers, Radical Home advocates for systemic change in cultural accessibility and refugee integration policies.
The involvement of artists and local communities has ensured that Radical Home remains relevant, responive, and deeply rooted in real needs.
Physical or other transformations
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
Innovative character
The project is always pushing its boundaries, and rethinks how to be the most welcoming possible. First of all, the representation of the disciplines, topics, artistic approaches and esthetics, the variety and also through the different forms the invited artists-activists can share their work.
The curating aspect will never lead to any form of censorship or modifications, and more than that, will always support the path and approach the artists chose to take, as long as we share the same values and basics moral standards.
In this manner, Radical Home becomes a place where diversity and difference is highly encouraged and visibilised. The project pays a specific attention to develop this point.
The second aspect is the importance of the audience being part of the project, redefining its role and its place. The goal is to create a space of discussion between invited artists-activits, the audience/community and the organization in a triangular approach and horizontal. It allows everyone to have a free and opened discussion to share actively their ideas, their feedbacks no matter what they are, their desires and even their projects for those who would feel inspired to share them. It is also about inviting the audience to join the practices, workshops, discussions and events, to stimulate actively them and to create a stronger connection and relationship. Importantly, all activities—including workshops, discussions, and events—are free of charge, ensuring accessibility for all. We think that a collaboration between them and the invited artists leads to foster open minds, and artistic/cultural education. This allows also to consider that audience is not only reduced to passive interactions and involvement.
The curating aspect will never lead to any form of censorship or modifications, and more than that, will always support the path and approach the artists chose to take, as long as we share the same values and basics moral standards.
In this manner, Radical Home becomes a place where diversity and difference is highly encouraged and visibilised. The project pays a specific attention to develop this point.
The second aspect is the importance of the audience being part of the project, redefining its role and its place. The goal is to create a space of discussion between invited artists-activits, the audience/community and the organization in a triangular approach and horizontal. It allows everyone to have a free and opened discussion to share actively their ideas, their feedbacks no matter what they are, their desires and even their projects for those who would feel inspired to share them. It is also about inviting the audience to join the practices, workshops, discussions and events, to stimulate actively them and to create a stronger connection and relationship. Importantly, all activities—including workshops, discussions, and events—are free of charge, ensuring accessibility for all. We think that a collaboration between them and the invited artists leads to foster open minds, and artistic/cultural education. This allows also to consider that audience is not only reduced to passive interactions and involvement.
Disciplines/knowledge reflected
Radical Home is anchored in postcolonial theory, critically examining the experiences of exile and displacement and exploring how colonial histories and power dynamics shape concepts of home and identity. Drawing on the works of Edward Said and Homi Bhabha, the project highlights how the experience of being forced to flee one’s homeland for political reasons disrupts traditional narratives of home and belonging.
Feminist care ethics theories offer a framework to understand the network of care that emerges in the context of displacement and exile. Inspired by scholars such as Carol Gilligan and Nel Noddings, Radical Home emphasizes relational practices of care, empathy, and mutual aid that support individuals and communities in the absence of traditional notions of home. Embedded in the project is a critical exploration of performance art as a form of activism and resistance. Drawing on the ideas of Judith Butler and Peggy Phelan, the project examines how performative acts disrupt dominant narratives, challenge power structures, and trigger social change. Through collaborative artistic initiatives and community engagement, Radical Home seeks to amplify marginalized voices and foster solidarity beyond borders.
By integrating these theoretical frameworks into a praxis-driven approach, Radical Home aims not only to deepen our understanding of the complex intersections between the notions of home, radicality, and belonging but also to catalyze collective action and social transformation. Through art, activism, and mutual support, this project envisions a world where the radical notion of home transcends physical boundaries, becoming a symbol of solidarity and resistance. The project seeks to open inclusive spaces for cultural practice, where artists from diverse backgrounds feel empowered to share their work, continue their practice, receive feedback, meet other artists, collaborate with local communities, create a sense of belonging.
Feminist care ethics theories offer a framework to understand the network of care that emerges in the context of displacement and exile. Inspired by scholars such as Carol Gilligan and Nel Noddings, Radical Home emphasizes relational practices of care, empathy, and mutual aid that support individuals and communities in the absence of traditional notions of home. Embedded in the project is a critical exploration of performance art as a form of activism and resistance. Drawing on the ideas of Judith Butler and Peggy Phelan, the project examines how performative acts disrupt dominant narratives, challenge power structures, and trigger social change. Through collaborative artistic initiatives and community engagement, Radical Home seeks to amplify marginalized voices and foster solidarity beyond borders.
By integrating these theoretical frameworks into a praxis-driven approach, Radical Home aims not only to deepen our understanding of the complex intersections between the notions of home, radicality, and belonging but also to catalyze collective action and social transformation. Through art, activism, and mutual support, this project envisions a world where the radical notion of home transcends physical boundaries, becoming a symbol of solidarity and resistance. The project seeks to open inclusive spaces for cultural practice, where artists from diverse backgrounds feel empowered to share their work, continue their practice, receive feedback, meet other artists, collaborate with local communities, create a sense of belonging.
Methodology used
he methodology of Radical Home is based on a multi-disciplinary, participatory, and praxis-driven approach, which intertwines theory, artistic practice, activism, and community engagement to create an inclusive platform for displaced individuals and marginalized communities.
Theoretical Foundation: The project draws on postcolonial theory, feminist care ethics, and performance art to frame its work. It critically examines how historical power dynamics, colonial histories, and gendered relations influence concepts of home and belonging. Scholars like Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Carol Gilligan, and Judith Butler guide the analysis of displacement and the role of artistic practices in resistance and solidarity.
Community-Centered and Participatory: Central to the project is its community-based approach. Radical Home focuses on collaborative creation, encouraging artists from diverse backgrounds to share their practices, work with local populations, and engage in joint activities. It fosters a culture of inclusivity, where every participant is encouraged to contribute and be part of the decision-making process. Through shared artistic practices and mutual aid, the project dismantles hierarchies and invites active participation from displaced individuals, local communities, and artists.
Artistic Activism: Performance art and artistic activism serve as the main tools for disrupting dominant narratives. By using performative acts as a form of resistance, the project challenges traditional power structures, giving voice to marginalized communities. Collaborative art-making is embedded in the process, facilitating not only artistic creation but also social action, as participants turn their experiences of exile into collective forms of expression.
Long-Term Sustainability: The project adopts a sustainable methodology, aiming to create lasting platforms for artistic expression and community-building.
Theoretical Foundation: The project draws on postcolonial theory, feminist care ethics, and performance art to frame its work. It critically examines how historical power dynamics, colonial histories, and gendered relations influence concepts of home and belonging. Scholars like Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, Carol Gilligan, and Judith Butler guide the analysis of displacement and the role of artistic practices in resistance and solidarity.
Community-Centered and Participatory: Central to the project is its community-based approach. Radical Home focuses on collaborative creation, encouraging artists from diverse backgrounds to share their practices, work with local populations, and engage in joint activities. It fosters a culture of inclusivity, where every participant is encouraged to contribute and be part of the decision-making process. Through shared artistic practices and mutual aid, the project dismantles hierarchies and invites active participation from displaced individuals, local communities, and artists.
Artistic Activism: Performance art and artistic activism serve as the main tools for disrupting dominant narratives. By using performative acts as a form of resistance, the project challenges traditional power structures, giving voice to marginalized communities. Collaborative art-making is embedded in the process, facilitating not only artistic creation but also social action, as participants turn their experiences of exile into collective forms of expression.
Long-Term Sustainability: The project adopts a sustainable methodology, aiming to create lasting platforms for artistic expression and community-building.
How stakeholders are engaged
Radical Home is built on transnational collaboration, bringing together independent cultural spaces and artists from different countries to create inclusive and sustainable support models for displaced artists.
Engagement Levels and Roles of Partners
International Level – Cross-Border Collaborations and Exchange
Radionica (Serbia) – an independent cultural space providing residencies and artistic interventions.
Artists based in Brussels and Germany – participants and co-organizers, shaping discussion platforms and artistic events.
Added Value: Expands the project’s geographical reach, creating sustainable international connections and enhancing mobility for displaced artists.
Local Level – France (La Tendresse, Montpellier)
La Tendresse (Montpellier) – a partner space supporting artistic residencies, workshops, and public programs.
Added Value: Strengthens institutional ties at the local level, offering artists access to infrastructure and creative growth opportunities.
Impact of International Collaboration
Radical Home becomes a hybrid network rather than a fixed place, allowing the project to adapt to different contexts and expand its influence.
The partnerships foster resource exchange (spaces, funding, curatorial support), making the project sustainable and scalable.
It creates a unique ecosystem of support for artists in forced migration through transnational artistic initiatives and residencies.
This bottom-up approach proves that inclusive cultural spaces can be mobile, flexible, and organically embedded in international networks.
Engagement Levels and Roles of Partners
International Level – Cross-Border Collaborations and Exchange
Radionica (Serbia) – an independent cultural space providing residencies and artistic interventions.
Artists based in Brussels and Germany – participants and co-organizers, shaping discussion platforms and artistic events.
Added Value: Expands the project’s geographical reach, creating sustainable international connections and enhancing mobility for displaced artists.
Local Level – France (La Tendresse, Montpellier)
La Tendresse (Montpellier) – a partner space supporting artistic residencies, workshops, and public programs.
Added Value: Strengthens institutional ties at the local level, offering artists access to infrastructure and creative growth opportunities.
Impact of International Collaboration
Radical Home becomes a hybrid network rather than a fixed place, allowing the project to adapt to different contexts and expand its influence.
The partnerships foster resource exchange (spaces, funding, curatorial support), making the project sustainable and scalable.
It creates a unique ecosystem of support for artists in forced migration through transnational artistic initiatives and residencies.
This bottom-up approach proves that inclusive cultural spaces can be mobile, flexible, and organically embedded in international networks.
Global challenges
Displacement and Refugee Crises: The project tackles the ongoing global challenges of forced displacement, exile, and migration, particularly in response to political, economic, and environmental crises. By providing a platform for displaced artists and communities to express their identities, struggles, and experiences, Radical Home fosters dialogue, solidarity, and empowerment. This helps combat the isolation often faced by displaced individuals, providing them with a sense of belonging and a space to share their stories, ultimately contributing to the broader narrative of global migration.
Cultural Accessibility and Inequality: Radical Home challenges the systemic inequalities that limit access to cultural practices, particularly for marginalized groups. The project ensures that all activities are free of charge, removing financial barriers and making cultural participation accessible to a wider audience, especially those who are economically disadvantaged. This local response helps combat the growing cultural divide, particularly in economically vulnerable communities, and ensures that cultural expression remains a universal right.
Lack of Inclusive Spaces for Artistic Expression: Many communities lack inclusive spaces for artistic creation and cultural exchange. Radical Home creates a safe, open environment for artists of diverse backgrounds to engage with each other and the public. This inclusive approach not only empowers marginalized voices but also stimulates intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue, addressing the global challenge of exclusion in the arts and creative industries.
Fostering Social Cohesion and Community Building: In response to rising societal polarization and fragmentation, the project promotes solidarity and collective action. Through collaboration between artists, activists, and local communities, Radical Home fosters stronger social cohesion, mutual aid, and empathy.
Cultural Accessibility and Inequality: Radical Home challenges the systemic inequalities that limit access to cultural practices, particularly for marginalized groups. The project ensures that all activities are free of charge, removing financial barriers and making cultural participation accessible to a wider audience, especially those who are economically disadvantaged. This local response helps combat the growing cultural divide, particularly in economically vulnerable communities, and ensures that cultural expression remains a universal right.
Lack of Inclusive Spaces for Artistic Expression: Many communities lack inclusive spaces for artistic creation and cultural exchange. Radical Home creates a safe, open environment for artists of diverse backgrounds to engage with each other and the public. This inclusive approach not only empowers marginalized voices but also stimulates intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue, addressing the global challenge of exclusion in the arts and creative industries.
Fostering Social Cohesion and Community Building: In response to rising societal polarization and fragmentation, the project promotes solidarity and collective action. Through collaboration between artists, activists, and local communities, Radical Home fosters stronger social cohesion, mutual aid, and empathy.
Learning transferred to other parties
Radical Home is designed to be highly adaptable, with several key elements that can be replicated or transferred to other locations, groups, or contexts:
Inclusive Artistic Practices: The project’s core methodology—fostering inclusivity by amplifying marginalized voices and providing space for diverse artistic expressions—can be replicated in any community or artistic context. By creating open platforms for artists to present their work freely, without curator gaze or censorship, this model can be applied to various regions, especially in communities lacking access to cultural spaces or facing socio-political challenges.
Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Approach: The project emphasizes collaboration across disciplines (e.g., visual arts, performance, activism) and geographical borders (e.g., local and international). This collaborative model, rooted in community-based partnerships, can be adapted to connect different artistic communities globally, facilitating exchange and mutual learning.
Audience Engagement and Empowerment: Radical Home challenges traditional audience roles by encouraging active participation in workshops, discussions, and artistic practices. This can be transferred to other contexts by establishing interactive, participatory events that go beyond passive observation, fostering stronger connections between creators and communities.
Accessibility and Free Participation: A central aspect of the project is its commitment to offering all activities for free, ensuring that financial barriers do not limit access. This model of accessible cultural programming can be replicated in different regions, particularly in marginalized or economically disadvantaged areas, making culture and art more widely accessible.
Sustainable Community Building: Radical Home focuses on creating long-term, sustainable connections through continuous community engagement.
Inclusive Artistic Practices: The project’s core methodology—fostering inclusivity by amplifying marginalized voices and providing space for diverse artistic expressions—can be replicated in any community or artistic context. By creating open platforms for artists to present their work freely, without curator gaze or censorship, this model can be applied to various regions, especially in communities lacking access to cultural spaces or facing socio-political challenges.
Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Approach: The project emphasizes collaboration across disciplines (e.g., visual arts, performance, activism) and geographical borders (e.g., local and international). This collaborative model, rooted in community-based partnerships, can be adapted to connect different artistic communities globally, facilitating exchange and mutual learning.
Audience Engagement and Empowerment: Radical Home challenges traditional audience roles by encouraging active participation in workshops, discussions, and artistic practices. This can be transferred to other contexts by establishing interactive, participatory events that go beyond passive observation, fostering stronger connections between creators and communities.
Accessibility and Free Participation: A central aspect of the project is its commitment to offering all activities for free, ensuring that financial barriers do not limit access. This model of accessible cultural programming can be replicated in different regions, particularly in marginalized or economically disadvantaged areas, making culture and art more widely accessible.
Sustainable Community Building: Radical Home focuses on creating long-term, sustainable connections through continuous community engagement.
Next steps
To implement the Radical Home concept, we are expanding through European collaboration with Radionica, an independent cultural space in Belgrade, Serbia. This partnership, named Common Ground, aims to bridge Serbia and France, strengthening connections between the two countries and organizations. The initiative focuses on "opening the borders to culture" by facilitating exchanges across various fields.<br />
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The first phase involves online events such as performances, conferences, and interactive activities, alternating between Radionica and Radical Home. We also plan to develop residency programs and invite artists and organizers from each country to participate in physical events.<br />
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To support the project’s growth, financial backing from institutions and foundations is essential. Common Ground aims to expand further into other European countries, providing a larger platform for artists and activists. This collaboration will foster connections between artists and audiences from different nations.<br />
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By hosting both online and offline events, this initiative strengthens ties between countries. While we remain open to global collaborations, we aim to build a sustainable international network. Currently, a Belgian organization is in discussions to join, extending the reach of Common Ground.
Infrastructure or public space
No
Political support
No
Monetary value awarded
Yes
