Verdienstkrzyż am Sznurku
In 2019, Michael Kurzwelly received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier.
Since then, it has been awarded to deserving citizens of Słubfurt and Nowa Amerika…
Poznań – Słubfurt
The project aims to bring together cultural actors from the independent scene in Poznań and Słubfurt. They visit each other, get to know each other, exchange ideas and network. By sharing experiences, the project can inspire new approaches and approaches.
Lively initiatives and projects directly from the population promote participation and democracy. The Galeria Miejska Arsenał, the city of Poznań with its Centrów Inicjatyw Lokalnych (Centres of Local Initiatives) funding structure and the adult education centre (Volkshochschule) in Frankfurt (Oder) have understood this.
Africa in the heart
A video installation with 14 Africans who live in Frankfurt (Oder) and talk about their two homelands.
People from many different regions of the great continent of Africa live in Frankfurt (Oder). They have come in different ways to stay. There are also Germans who have lived in Africa for a long time. Anyone who meets them with an open mind quickly realises the cultural wealth they have brought with them. At the same time, it’s shocking how little I know about Africa. Frankfurt (Oder) played an important role in the recruitment of soldiers and generals, who were particularly needed for the colonisation of Cameroon.
Transbordering laboratory
Transbordering Laboratory is a network of individuals and
non-governental organisations to link borderland areas of national
states as cross border regional entities In Between. To achieve this
goal we develop transbordering structures, platforms and projects to
gather, exchange experiences and promote our idea.
Bridge Square, the agora of Słubfurt
The “Bridge Plaza“ can be viewed as a laboratory for artists. It is here that new socio-political structures emerged that have stood the test of time in our micro-society. For example, the Parliament of Słubfurt where everyone who attends a parliamentary session automatically becomes a city representative with the right to vote…
Laboratory – Bridge Square
Laboratorium Brückenplatz by Slubfurt e.V. with the Kleist Forum Frankfurt/Oder: HATE SPEECH – CIVIL WAR?
The consequences of civil wars, post colonial exploitation and unresolved international conflicts stand as refugee movements before our borders. That is why we want to examine…
Transbordering Laboratory
Transbordering Laboratory is a research on and between European cities that are divided by borders. We aim to address the idea of forming new realities in such cities and areas. Hard borders became an issue again with the rise of nationalism and the pandemic, especially for citizens in the border territories. Many of the border…
Gardens of Słubfurt
“Słubfurt Gardens” is a project of the European New School of Digital Studies of the European University Viadrina and Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, the Foundation for the Collegium Polonicum and Słubfurt e.V.. In the German-Polish twin city of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice, two new urban community gardens…
Art saves the world II
Nowa Amerika is a backbone amoeba formed by the two rivers Odera and Nyße. Nowa Amerika is a federation composed of Szczettinstan, Terra Incognita, Lebus Ziemia and Schlonsk. This new space in between expands towards the East Pole and the West Pole and the size of the space is determined by the origin of the players…
A country inbetween
Słubfurt 2030. The future is now. Coming here from all corners of the world, the new Słubfurters bring with them their experiences, patterns and perspectives for a today. A scenic installation explored this utopian island in the sea of Nowa Amerika. For now. And here. Future is welcome. The production emerges from the migrants…