2024 Photo Marathon prize-giving ceremony: A celebration of Lens’ heritage
On 1 June 2024, Pas-de-Calais Tourisme organised its first Photo Marathon in Lens, at the heart of the Autour du Louvre-Lens destination. Despite the gloomy weather, the event attracted around thirty amateur photographers from the Hauts-de-France region, all keen to highlight the heritage of Lens. On 27 June, participants were able to discover the winning […]
Interview with Rui Horta Pereira, creative expert in Portugal
Tell us about your background and what inspires your work. I’m a sculptor with a passion for matter, for the way we mould and adapt it. I’m even more fascinated by the ability of human beings (but not only human beings) to do this, how they do it and why they do it. Human matter […]
Young Belgians discovering the play area
On 26 June 2024, Belgian students explored the play area around Grand-Hornu. After conceptualising its design, they visualised it in three dimensions. They then thought about how it could be used by children, assessing how certain elements could be improved or added to comply with European safety standards for play areas.The installation of a play […]
Recap of the Photo Marathon in Lens organised by Pas-de-Calais Tourisme
On June 1st, Pas-de-Calais Tourisme organized a creative event in the Around Louvre-Lens destination: a Photo Marathon in the city of Lens. Despite the rainy weather, 28 photography enthusiasts braved the rain to participate in this creative and enriching day. A Day of Discovery and Creativity The rain did not dampen the participants’ enthusiasm. Armed […]
A diary inscribed in stone – co-creating objects for interaction
In Portugal, the Storytooling co-creation workshop started from the theme “the beauty of destruction” to work on the heritage and landscape of the marble mines in Alentejo, and create narratives to raise awareness for environmental conservation and sustainable tourism. The 5 days programme, facilitated by artist Rui Horta Pereira, dealt with the invention, study, and […]
Interview with Irmina Insaurralde Andrés, creative expert in Spain
Question: How did you get started in the Storytooling project and why? Irmina: I heard about it when the partner Euroimpulse was carrying out the selection process for teachers who could propose a project to be developed precisely in the area between Alto Palancia and Puerto de Sagunto. The objective was to revitalise the area […]
Highlighting post-industrial mining heritage through a photographic event – Design of the Lens 2024 Photo Marathon
In November, Chérine, Fanny, Léa, Maxime and Matthieu started to work on a photographic concept (element of the co-creation workshops) as part of the prototype phase. After some thought, the group and Pas-de-Calais Tourisme repositioned the project, as it was difficult to develop this concept in the allocated time. So, with the help of Jean-Michel […]
Creation of a photographic experience in the mining basin – France
In October, photographer Jean Michel André worked with the young people to develop a heritage story through photography. This support was organised in several stages, following the design approach. Immersion day: The group met for the first time during a day spent visiting the area. They visited the Cité des Electriciens, the Haillicourt slag heaps, […]
Series of workshops in Spain
The creative expert Irmina Insaurralde Andrés and the young people from Spain decided to split up their workshop into 16 shorter working sessions (instead of having one more compact workshop). This methodology gives them the opportunity to explore different creative techniques such as collage, printing, stamping, photography and more. In the first session, they visited […]
SEMINAR | Industrial Heritage: vector for sustainable development in Europe
On 22 November 2023, Daniela Salazar from our partner organisation _ARTERIA_LAB – University of Évora in Portugal presented Storytooling in an online seminar on industrial heritage, organised by the Interreg project MEDHEUS. During the seminar various issues around European industrial heritage were discussed. The industry was at the origin of the European Coal and Steel […]
