What is the AA Caravan?

The AA Caravan Caravan is a border crossing project travelling from Greece (early June) via Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Hungary to the annual activist environmentalist gathering Ecotopia in Slovakia (August 6th).

The main aim is to support and connect local youth groups, their actions and campaigns with the power of Activist Art.

The Caravan artists/trainers are specialized in different fields of art like video shooting & editing, creative writing, music and dance, sculpturing, street theater, drawing and painting. They'll visit host activist/youth groups for a week, to give workshops together with local artists. Participants can be local activists, art students, anybody interested in artivism. Next to this, local artists will travel with the Caravan to the neighbouring country, to join the workshops there and strengthen regional activist and artistic networks.

The artists and participants will together brainstorm about ways to put art and activism into practice, using local and international themes. Workshops last up to five days, working toward public creative activism outcome(s) in the end of the week. During the first three weeks, the Caravan will be joined by participants of an Action 1 youth exchange.

The main objectives of this Caravan project are to
* promote the use of art and creativity in activism and campaigning
* create/strengthen the link between artists, art students, and activists
* strengthen regional and international, east-west cooperation among activists and artists
* support local groups in their campaigns and activities
* involve more youth in social, creative activism.
* use art as tool for social inclusion and political participation

The Caravan first and foremost supported local political, social activist actions, campaigns. Participants brought in issues during the first day of the workshops, and then worked with these diverse issues in creative ways throughout the week, with a creative action in public space as final outcome

For the actions done during the Art and Activism Caravan, see: Art and Activism actions