CRAFTER 2018-2019 (Creative Europe)
Reviving Europe’s Bronze Age and traditional pottery-making in a new cooperation project
A cooperation project led by the Friends Association of the Archaeological Site of La Bastida (ASBA), from Totana, Spain, is funded with 104.760,52 euros by the EACEA (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency), on behalf of the European Commission. The project is called Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today, CRAFTER for short, and will draw inspiration from Europe’s Bronze Age pottery to help revive modern-day artisanship.
The funding for CRAFTER is part of the Creative Europe programme and connected to the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The programme targets the appreciation of Europe's cultural heritage as a shared resource and the reinforcement of a sense of belonging to a common European space. In particular, it hopes to make cultural heritage a source of inspiration for contemporary creation and innovation, and strengthen the interaction between this sector and other cultural and creative sectors.
Key Objectives
Four potters from Spain, Germany, Hungary and Serbia will draw on their skills to (re)create ceramic vessels representative of some of the most outstanding Bronze Age cultures of Europe: El Argar (southeast Spain), Únětice (Central Europe), Füzesabony (eastern Hungary) and Vatin (south Serbia).
This process will at the same time be captured in four documentary films, which will showcase a double heritage: the prehistoric pottery and the nowadays threatened traditional artisanship.
To turn the experiences acquired by the potters in the context of the project into an opportunity to revive their trade. CRAFTER is about sharing cultural heritage, preserving it, and finding innovative ways to make a sustainable tourism around it. To achieve this goal, and in addition to online dissemination, the project’s final initiative will seek to make the ceramic reproductions available for at museums and online shops, in an effort to open a market for these new creations.
The official CRAFTER trailer: the complete documentary shows more pottery locations in Spain, Germany, Serbia and Hungary. Its premiere and exhibition is scheduled for autumn 2019, accompanying an exhibition that will include Bronze Age inspired ceramics as produced about 4000 years ago.
Project Links:
https://dev.exarc.net/sites/default/files/Crafter_catalog_web.pdf
https://dev.exarc.net/sites/default/files/roll%20up%20crafter-INGLES.pdf