the Europartrain
a contemporary multimedia project, which is crossing boarders on an international, national, organisational and personal level.The journey
The Europartrain
an international contemporary art project by the intervention artist Hans Kalliwoda and executed by the Blindpainters Foundation in Amsterdam. The europartrain traveled through Europe, dynamically collecting railway carriages from every country to initiate and stimulate the interaction and cooperation between the different European cultures. In every city where the europartrain stopped festivals, manifestations and exhibitions have been organised.
The people
People on train stations could step into one carriage and by walking from wagon to wagon, they crossed the entire continent without the train being in motion.
Artists from all over Europe were invited to come to the europartrain and create art works that are representative of the present European cultural climate.
Our Mission & Vision
A temporary autonomous and mobile space delivering extraordinary experiances and inspiration to many local communities and individuals.
The train was exhibited in 23 European train stations attracting over 100.000 visitors, while simultaniously six books have been published accompanied by an art-documentary film that you can find back in libraries of contemporary art centres like the Tate London, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, etc.
The Europartrain in 40 min. an art documentary
Visitors
The advisory on board
The advisory board on the project was comprised of Trevor Davies, director of Copenhagen International Theatre and director Copenhagen 96 Cultural Capital of Europe, Janwillem Schrofer, Director at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam and Chairman/ Secretary at Prix de Rome, Paolo Bianchi, curator, art critic, journalist and editor for amongst others Kunstforum International, Germany, Heiner Holtappels, Director at Netherlands Media Art Institute and Coen Stork who was Dutch Embassador in Pretoria, Havana and Bucharest. He was the patron of the Europartrain project.