An itinerant project
activating public spaces
The project brings public spaces to life through site-specific performances and participatory activities, connecting with organizers, artists, and audiences in Pori, Tallinn, and Varnsdorf. Through collaboration, we raise recognition and quality of these performances in the Nordic region and beyond.
Project On Site has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Culture and Art Programme.
Key Objectives
Connect international partners working with performance in public spaces
Develop the local public space scene using the international dimension as a catalyst
Promote the recognition of performances in public spaces by official entities and the general public
Support the development of the local scenes and artists working with public spaces
Exchange and learn from a multitude of contexts, challenges and artistic/political approaches
Activities
React will present performances in public spaces, open to everyone, along with other activities that will engage the community, artists, and policymakers at each festival. The performance will serve as a ”catalyst” to spark discussion and the learning process, connecting with other events such as workshops and seminars.
All partners will be present at each event, enriching the overall experience and learning outcomes.
5 - 8
JUN 2025
Tanambourrée Dance Festival
Study visit
22 - 28
JUN 2025
HOP!fest
Library Stories performance
Workshops
20 - 24
AUG 2025
Tallinn Fringe Festival
King of the Jungle performance
Seminar: Performing in Public Spaces
1 - 7
JUN 2026
Tanambourrée Dance Festival
New creation for “3000 Revolutions"
Workshops
Partners
Hop!fest
Pori International Street Arts
HOP!fest is an urban outdoor festival for the whole family, which was launched in June 2024. The festival spread across the city center of Pori, Pedestrian Street, Eetunaukio, SuomiAreena's citizens square and other surprising locations. The program featured free street theatre and circus performances, which are suitable for viewers of different ages and language backgrounds, so almost everyone. The artists of the festival are experienced performers from around the world, without forgetting our domestic and local artists.
The first edition of HOP!fest was funded with the support of the Finnish Cultural Foundation's "Art to the second power" grant, and it was also supported by Svenska Kulturfonden i Björneborg, City of Pori and Culture Ireland.
HOP!fest is produced by Rakastajat Theatre, which is a bold, ambitious and innovative promoter and producer of vibrant performing arts events: theatre, music and festivals.
The first edition of HOP!fest was funded with the support of the Finnish Cultural Foundation's "Art to the second power" grant, and it was also supported by Svenska Kulturfonden i Björneborg, City of Pori and Culture Ireland.
HOP!fest is produced by Rakastajat Theatre, which is a bold, ambitious and innovative promoter and producer of vibrant performing arts events: theatre, music and festivals.
Tallinn Fringe Festival
Tallinn - Estonia
Tallinn Fringe is a multi-genre, indoor and outdoor short performance festival.Tallinn Fringe Festival started out as a collective of circus, theatre, dance, music and fire performers each performing their own shows plus co-creating to produce a unique group performance during 5 action packed days in December 2016, in Telliskivi Creative City in Tallinn, Estonia. The festival was called ”Boom Chika Wau Wau”
The festival was held as a counterpoint to the theatre festival ”Winter Nights”
Fast forward to 2025 and this 9th edition features multiple venues with a multitude of international and local shows under the easier to market, Tallinn Fringe Festival umbrella.
Tallinn Fringe is not curated by the festival team or a specially designated board of culture officials.
Artists contact venues directly and then the venues provide the confirmed shows to the festival.
This ensures a diverse, vibrant and colourful program for everyone, artists and audiences alike.
The festival was held as a counterpoint to the theatre festival ”Winter Nights”
Fast forward to 2025 and this 9th edition features multiple venues with a multitude of international and local shows under the easier to market, Tallinn Fringe Festival umbrella.
Tallinn Fringe is not curated by the festival team or a specially designated board of culture officials.
Artists contact venues directly and then the venues provide the confirmed shows to the festival.
CZECH CULTURAL INSTITUTE (NIK)
- ARTAMA department
Varnsdorf - Czechia
Tanambourrée is an open national dance festival which takes place in Varnsdorf, a mid-sized town in the Czech Republic in the border region near Germany.The festival is organized by the Elementary Art School in Varnsdorf, non-profit organisation Etuda Prima and by the government cultural organisation Czech Cultural Institute (NIK), department ARTAMA.
ARTAMA is an expert guarantor of the festival programme and dramaturgy. Since 1999, dance groups of children, young dancers and adults have been coming every June to experience the festival atmosphere, meet new dance friends and get inspired in creative dance and interdisciplinary workshops. The special focus of the festival is creating and performing dance in exterior spaces, outside locations and public space.
The Czech Cultural Institute (NIK) was established on 1st July 2025 through the merger of two existing contributory organisations – NIPOS (National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture) and IDU (Arts and Theatre Institute). It has as its primary aim to become a modern, efficient, and open institution with nationwide reach, providing comprehensive support to the cultural infrastructure of the Czech Republic.
ARTAMA department of the Czech Cultural Institute (NIK) supports cultural development, in particular the field of culture-social and creative citizen activities both local and regional, in view of non professional culture activities and copyright matters, information service and expert consultations for both authorities and employees of local government, state administration, civic associations, legal and physical entities and other subjects, operating in the field of local and regional culture, namely on the basis of systematic using of theoretical and practical findings of analytic and research activities in the culture, of the own research and with use of professional knowledge in various branches of culture activities. The professional activity of ARTAMA is focused on the obtaining and analysis of the knowledge about the general role and position of the public culture services in the field of socio-economic development of regions. The department is a section for non-professional artistic activities, it offers and provides the professional service in various areas of the non-professional art and children’s aesthetic activities, organizes or guarantees workshops and seminars, festivals, competitions, it collects documentation, provides the comprehensive information about non-professional art, elaborates the professional expert opinions for local government and self government authorities, cooperates with corporations, civic associations, cultural institutions, with schools and school facilities. ARTAMA offers professional consultations, elaboration of projects of events, dramaturgy consultancy and contacts to experts in specific fields.
The Czech Cultural Institute (NIK) was established on 1st July 2025 through the merger of two existing contributory organisations – NIPOS (National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture) and IDU (Arts and Theatre Institute). It has as its primary aim to become a modern, efficient, and open institution with nationwide reach, providing comprehensive support to the cultural infrastructure of the Czech Republic.