Volunteering is an Art... become an Artist!!!

Festival Recap!

2009-08-03T12:57:00.000-07:00

The Festival place

Our volunteer

Final show with break dancers

Practising poi-poi

PR team at work

Romanian Television was here to film

Arts&Crafs in action

Even good old granies helped us!

Street animation team in action

Thanks everyone for coming and being a part of this amazing event. Hope to see You all soon! Forever Yours Bucharest team!!!

The Living Library´s LAST DAY!!!

2009-07-18T08:48:00.000-07:00

If You haven´t already chose the most interesting book for You - this is Your last chance!!

Join our library and get Your book :

homosexual, pensionar, biciclist, Italian, politist, musulman, dentul, functionar public, psihdog, volntar, artist contemporan, preot tiganca, Czech social assistant and a dictionary, voluntar cu dizabilitai, voluntar la varsta, voluntar Spaniol din familie monoparentala, fosta anorexica/bulimica

Yesterdays FEED BACK!!!

2009-07-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

Here You can see the festival participant opinions about the previous festival day :
INTELEG :
Lucruri!
Volunteering is an art...become an Artist!
Ca nu are rost...
Sa inteleg intotdgauna mai bine simt.
Marea te spolai.
Nedreptaten!
Understanding people!
VAD :
A very beautiful place with nice people!
Oameni frumosi!
In ceata deci...
Oameni fericiti!
I like it a lot it´s very childlish!
Foarte tare!
A fost foarte interesant siam aflat multe loeruri, la toata lumea.
All the feelings comes from inside ad are very intimate.
SIMT :
Lumea!
The poi-poi´s rock!
I feel well!
Hungry!
Happy, happy- joy, joy!
Bello bellisimo, bravo!
I feel like I´m in love!
Ceva ciudat!
Good luck!
This is realy ok - I don´t feel bad at all!

We are also waiting for Your opinion! Join us!!

Our Books

2009-07-18T02:18:00.000-07:00

Check out our living books and chose Your own for 40 minute conversation :

FINAL STREET ANIMATION SHOW!!!

2009-07-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

Colorful, fantastic and never forgetable. . . STREET ANIMATION SHOW!!! Before 4 weeks volunteers from Spain, Latvia, Turkey, Poland came together to learn how to juggle and do the poi-poi´s to show You amaizing street shows in Bucharests streets. You had a possibility to see them in Cismigiu park, Unirii, Unversitate and enjoy their self made shows. Right now, they are ready to show You what they have learned to surprise You!! FINAL street animation show with break-dancer participating You can see TOMORROW in "La Motoare" on 20.00. You have to be there and see it!!

The Living Library feed-back!!

2009-07-17T09:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the Living Library opened!! The Library had on its shelves a lot of interesting books : homosexual, pensionar, biciclist, Italian, politist, musulman, dentul, functionar public, psihdog, volntar, artist contemporan, preot, tiganca, Czech social assistant and a dictionary. 50 readers had the curiousity to read the books. Don´t forget that this chance is available until saturday 18.30 - 20.00. Be one of the lucky persons and rent a living book that You are interested in : voluntar cu dizabilitai, voluntar la varsta, voluntar Spaniol din familie monoparentala, fosta anorexica/bulimica and also the books that You could rent yesterday! Coma and see us in the action and be a part of us!!!!

BIG EVENT TONIGHT!!!

2009-07-17T09:21:00.000-07:00

BIG EVENT!!!
TODAY, the organizations "A.R.T. Fusion" volunteers will performe a famous theather play "Omul cu Visu". We will show You have it´s worth to fight for Your dreams. You can also be a actor in this play. Don´t be a bystander come and take an ARTitude!!!

LIVING LIBRARY IS ALREADY OPEN!!

2009-07-16T09:09:00.000-07:00

The festival is already in the air and waiting for You to participate. Today the Living Library OPENED!!! We are here from today 18.30-21.30 until Saturday 18.30-20.00. You can come and check out the most interesting part of our festival. Don`t miss a great chance to rent a living book and speak with it about the artical that You are interested for 40 minutes : Homosexual, pensionar, biciclist, Italian, politist, musulman, denutal, functionar public, psihdog, voluntar, artist contemporan and more. Come and discover Your world from other point of view! Volunteering is an art...become an artist!!!

Breakdancers - festival participants!

2009-07-14T02:23:00.000-07:00

DLT Was initiated in 2004 by the fusion of bboys from 3 cities in
Romania: Barlad, Tecuci, Craiova.

DLT members say about themselves, they are not just a crew of Bboys, but it also brings together four elements of HIP HOP.
A little bit o history of the battles that DLT crew had attended.
1ST Place: Vaslui 2006
1ST Place: Bucuresti (wu tang concert) 2006
3RD Place: Timisoara (Bring it On The Floor2) 2006
2ND Place: Lugoj 2007
3RD Place: Bucuresti (RoomRock) 2008
4RT Place: Bacau (Biohazard) 2008

Members: Pyciu, Soto, Emil, Morthy, OG, Gigi, Boxy, Duval, Markone, Bayu.

Flash Mob Programme!

2009-07-07T10:14:00.000-07:00

A.R.T. Fusion invites you to the “ia ARTitudine” Festival

FLASH MOBS to promote voluntarism
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse

"Chalk talk"

PLACE: CISMIGIU PARK, Flower Clock
DATE: SATURDAY, 11.07.09
DURATION: 5 minutes
TIME: 17:00

What do you have to do? Just act normal and walk around the park as nothing is happening…At 17:00 sharp you will be hearing a signal. That is the moment when you go down and write on the ground with chalk "Volunteering is an art", draw something nice (smiley face, sun, etc) and after just go away.

We should meet at 16:45 at the Flower Clock in Cismigiu to decide on the starting signal and to distribute the chalks (it’s appreciated if you also have your personalized chalk).

"Slow motion Gara"

PLACE: GARA DE NORD train station
DATE: SUNDAY, 12.07.09
DURATION: 5 minutes
TIME: 17:00

What do you have to do? Just act normal and walk around the park as nothing is happening…At 17:00 sharp several people will shout "Stop and think!" . You start to walk and move in slow motion. At 17:05 everybody again become "normal" and just go away.
We should meet at 16:45 in front of Gara de Nord train station.

"Human line"

PLACE: Mcdonald’s, Unirea Shopping Center
DATE: MONDAy, 13.07.09
DURATION: 5 minutes
TIME: 17:00

A human line will start from McDonalds at Unirii, going through Lipscani street and end up at Universitate. At 17:00 o'clock one person will put up banner which will say slogan of the festival ("Volunteering is an art, become an artist") on one side, and information about the festival on the other, and rest of participants make a line one by one after the "leader" and follows him from Unirii till Universitate. The papers with writing "volunteer" will be distributed to every person in Human Line. After reaching Universitate everybody just go away.

"Laugh as much as you can!"

PLACE: GOBLIN PUB, SMARDAN Street
DATE: TUESDAY, 14.07.09
DURATION: 5 minutes
TIME: 17:00

We start from Goblin and up the street with summer terases. At 17:00 all the participants start to laugh and continue to do it for 5 minutes. Lets spread positive emotions! After 5 minutes everybody goes away.

Don’t let anything to stop You! Join us and change Your world through different ways of art! Volunteering is an Art . . . become an Artist!!!

Festival Programme

2009-07-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, 15 July
11.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
16.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
17.30 – 21.30 Workshops arts&crafts (creating objects like earings, bracelets, necklaces, wallets from carton)
17.30 – 21.30 Info Point: what is voluntarism and what you can do as a volunteer
17.30 – 21.30 Feedback from the participants: spider-web meeting, words wall
18.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
20.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
21.30 – 22.00 Video projection about voluntarism and how you can connect to the community

Thursday, 16 July
11.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
16.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
17.30 – 21.30 Workshops arts&crafts (creating objects like earings, bracelets, necklaces, wallets from carton)
17.30 – 21.30 Info Point: what is voluntarism and what you can do as a volunteer
17.30 – 21.30 Feedback from the participants: spider-web meeting, words wall
18.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
18.30 – 21.30 Living Library
20.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
21.30 – 22.00 Video projection about voluntarism and how you can connect to the community

Friday, 17 July
11.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
16.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
17.30 – 21.30 Workshops arts&crafts (creating objects like earings, bracelets, necklaces, wallets from carton)
17.30 – 21.30 Info Point: what is voluntarism and what you can do as a volunteer
17.30 – 21.30 Feedback from the participants: spider-web meeting, words wall
18.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
18.30 – 21.30 Living Library
20.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
20.00 – 21.30 Forum Theatre play – Omu cu Visul
21.30 – 22.00 Video projection about voluntarism and how you can connect to the community

Saturday, 18 July
11.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
15.00 – 18.30 Voluntarism Mascot - building the symbol of voluntarism from the objects collected from the participants
16.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
17.30 – 21.30 Workshops arts&crafts (creating objects like earings, bracelets, necklaces, wallets from carton)
17.30 – 21.30 Info Point: what is voluntarism and what you can do as a volunteer
17.30 – 21.30 Feedback from the participants: spider-web meeting, words wall
18.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
18.30 – 21.30 Living Library
20.00 – Street Animation: juggling, poi-poi, flash-mobs
21.30 – 22.00 Street Animation Show

Poster!

2009-07-06T04:43:00.000-07:00

The volunteering team

2009-07-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

Genesis 24, Spain

“I needed to feel useful and I could have a possibility to teach people the things that are important for me.”
“I think the festival will be fun and interesting because we are different cultures. We will present the Europe.”
“My motto is to learn - to learn how to live, smile.”

Zane 19, Latvia
“I wanted to learn something new and gain some experience in helping people, because in the future I would love to work for charity. Plus, I like to travel and I have never been in Romania.”
“Before coming to Bucharest, I imaged festivals outcome and idea, mission completely differently.”
“Don’t wish for it, work for it!”

Carmen 24, Spain
“To become a volunteer represent for me the opportunity to do something for me and the others. I can help the others and learn something. It’s a good exchange!”
“I imagine the festival open, funny and with young people ready to participate. A place to meet each other and discuss about volunteering, have a nice time. A place where to use your creativity. ”
“I want to spread the volunteering spirit in European and local level. I want youngsters to know their possibilities. ”

Sanda 24, Latvia

“The reason why a became a volunteer is that I can get to know much more about myself. It’s a possibility for me to believe in myself more and more through getting an experience in different kind of social spheres and countries.”
“Good music, friendly people.”
“To write my name in a history book.”

Liene 18, Latvia
“It’s a great opportunity to discover myself in different ways. I’m glade that I can help someone. I think that’s a human mission – help each other.”
“Colorful, inspiring and connecting, joyful.”
“Experience – thing that You can only get, but never lose. Live on!”

Asli 21, Turkey

“I`m a volunteer because the way people live in our age is mostly based on materialism. Volunteering is the only way that I feel my freedom.”
“The festival of my dream. It`s the one way that arouses the people’s interest, helps them discover something in themselves. Leads the question marks in their minds, so that they look for the answers to volunteering by their own way. ”
“Sharing social responsibilities to make life more bearable for the ones who are at disadvantage through volunteering.”

Lorena 23, Spain

“I became volunteer because with that I could improve my social skills; learning a lot about an unknown society for me and try to leave a footprint with my activities.”
“A young and funny event where organization, volunteers and visitors would share experiences.”
“New culture & society, young activities through artistic expresions Improving my professional skills. Interacting and having fun!”

Agnese 22, Latvia

“I became a volunteer to look at life from another point of view.”
“I imagine the festival as a good meal: you can’t wait for it because you’re hungry, you love the way it looks when you get it, you enjoy every bite and have a fantastic aftertaste .”
“Improve knowledge and learn to love people!”

Dawid 20, Poland
“I like to help another people.”
“Great and fun for youngsters.”
“Sex, drugs & rock`n` roll”

Zeynep 24, Turkey

“Imagining myself in Bucharest makes me happy. I`m a volunteer because I am trying to understand how human works and what are their needs, through actions and feelings. Also, to understand and learn more about myself. In one word: experience.”
“Colorful, soundfull, thoughtful with lots of activities, dialogue, energy. 3 days of compact output of 2 month experience. An expression of volunteering.”
“Take a responsibility. Remember to be happy! ”

Slawek 19, Poland
“I like to help a people and this is how I get an experience.”
“I imagine the festival as a good thing for me and others.”
“Good job and a good time – success!”

Ulkem 23, Turkey
“I came here because I liked the project very much and I thought it would be a good experience working with other people from all over the Europe.”
“It will be a very colorful and interactive what is very important. After that we can have a feedback from the people. I really like “La Motoare”!”
“Everything has to be by chance and it will end good!”

Kamila 22, Poland
“It is adventure for me. Great opportunity to learn something new and travel”
“Colorful, crazy and fun!”
“Every day without smile is lost”

The whole Europe in front of your eyes!

2009-06-30T12:39:00.000-07:00

Already third year, in the summer freckle, from 15th – 18th of July, arts and culture, volunteering association „A.R.T. Fusion” is organizing the festival „ia ARTitudine”. As well as last year, the festival will take a place on the roof of the National Theather, La Motoare.

The aim of the festival is to promote a volunteering work among youngsters through the different ways of art and also to show a culture differences. Any man alive will have a chance to take a part in many actions, for example, create a remembrace thing for himself by his own hands, in volunteering monitoring learn how to make a professional pictures, get to know other’s experience and share your own experience in living libraries and of course a possibility to learn a hot- blooded dances like salsa, flamenco, etc. Sight for sore eyes will also be a different European cultures with their traditional stuff. You will have a chance to memorialize yourself in the pictures of this greatest festival. The festival will be made of more than 30 youngsters, volunteers from the whole Europe- Turkey, Spain, Latvia, Poland and Romania. So you can have a unique chance to see all these countries in the action and improve your skills as well!
That`s why come and see us in the move, we will open your eyes to another world of arts. Keep them open for surprises! Don`t miss the festival. Come and take an ARTitude!!!