dodolab

DodoLab will be in residence June 7-20, 2010, to actively engage with the public and to explore perceptions of Rijeka. We will be collaboratively examining ideas about the city and its future with a particular emphasis on the role of young people. DodoLab will be working with a number of people and organizations in the community including Hartera Music Festival, Rijeka City Puppet Theatre and artist Tomislav Brajnovic on a number of unique projects including surveys, poster campaigns and performances. As always, DodoLab's goal is to get people thinking and talking about their community in creative and meaningful ways.

The first phase of our program will be concentrated around the Hartera Music Festival (June 10-12). The second phase will coincide with the Musagetes Cafe (June 14-17) and the final phase involves youth publishing workshops documenting aspects of the city (June 18-19). Projects are site-specific, encourage alternative explorations of the urban space and use communication and social tools (such as posters, tagging, personal media devices, puppet figures and outdoor cafes) that are ubiquitous in the city.

Do the Ideas of Rijeka online surveys.

Schedule of Public Activities

Saturday June 12 from 7-9pm: See our new giant dodo puppets on the Korzo

Monday June 14 from 4:30-7pm: A return visit of the puppets and Rijeka Is? button and poster survey on the Korzo 

Tuesday June 15 from 10am-2pm: DodoLab Mini Cafe with artist Tomislav Brajnovic at the Art Academy and Rijeka Is? button and poster survey on the Korzo 7-9pm

Wednesday June 16 afternoon/evening: DodoLab Mini Cafe with artist Tomislav Brajnovic and Rijeka Is? button and poster survey on the Korzo

Thursday June 17 afternoon/evening: DodoLab Mini Cafe with artist Tomislav Brajnovic by the river and Rijeka Is? button and poster survey on the Korzo

Friday & Saturday June 18 &19: Youth city explorations and publishing workshops with Lea Perinic on the Korzo, Pier and Cont Square.

June 12-20: Dear Rijeka poster campaign by Lisa Hirmer throughout the city.

Our work in Rijeka iis linked to our program in Greater Sudbury, Canada (also connected with a Musagetes Café) and we are currently developing projects that will establish conversations between these communites in order to create opportunities for knowledge sharing between similarly challenged communities in very different situations.