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Art Of Silence
Start date: Mar 17, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2014 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project "Art Of Silence" took place from 4 to 11 august 2014 (8 days) at the youth hostel "Le Relais Verlaine" at Vierves-sur-Viroin. this porject carried 54 young participants from 4 country, that are Belgium, Spain, Romania and Turkey. Oriented on art, non-verbal communication, culture and creativity, the project had for objectives to streghten esteem of young, to value their images, higlight their values,, ideas and cultures. To achieve these objectives, some importance has been grant to develop togetherness, at the discovery and appropriation of new skils, and at involvement as well as ownership of the project.So, for a little over a week, the young were able to express their creativity and develop new skills using various artistic activities implemented by each country (Burning Man, fresco, custom t-shirts, short film) in the workshop "Art of Silence", but also in activities implemented by the MJ and local partners (wild violin, theatrical expression, origins of the fire, dream-catcher, friendship trees ...) in the expression workshops. They were able to discover and soak up the culture and values of each country in cultural evenings which highlighted the openness, tolerance and living together. During a trip to Nismes, they found local wealth, they were welcomed by the deputy mayor of youth, and at another exit in Brussels, they discovered interactively music, instruments and their history, before enjoying some free time to explore Maneeken Pis, the Atomium, the Grand Place ... At the end of the project, the local community was invited to the Burning Man (the name of ephemeral art festival held every year in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada), a day of exposure and participation where the public met the young people and found their way and their achievements, they were also able to participate in various workshops to discover the project, the meeting space has helped to foster the exchange and sharing between young people and the local community During this week, friendships were built between young people, who have taken advantage of the theme and the flexibility of the project to take ownership and make it a rich experience, both common and personal.

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