Busart: the etymology

Bus = 1. Bus, the most popular means of transport. 2. In computer language, a “bus” is a data bus that coordinates the submodules of the computer and thus its basic functions.

Art = art

Busart is all of these! An avenue of culture where artists meet cities and communities meet artistic creation. A channel of interconnection between these four elements, structural components of any cultural initiative that aspires to operate with a perspective of sustainable development.

The basic principle that governs all our actions is the Cultural Democracy, the reconstitution of cultural capital, in which no marginalized and displaced voice is silenced.

What we do

We invest in Artistic Citizenship and Social Art (artistic citizenship & art of sociability) as well as in Aesthetics of Care to empower artists and communities. We believe in the Poetics, the capacity of art to poeticize and transform the world, positively transforming the cities and communities that give them life. We operate on the basis of Glocal (Interlocal)

character of contemporary reality, the interweaving of the planetary with the local. By extension, we are committed and dedicated to the inherent potential of small and medium-sized cities to evolve from small dots on the geographical map into international centres of cultural development.

How we do it

Since its establishment in 2009, Busart has been systematically active in the fields of empowerment, curation and production of large-scale projects (European Capital of Culture), internationalisation and networking, as well as curation and artistic production in the fields of contemporary performing and visual arts through artistic projects, festivals and collaborations.

It is a member of important European and international networks in the field, including the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts IETM and the International Network for the Mobility of Artists On the Move.

Background

• Between 2009 and 2011 Busart planned and implemented structured information and networking visits to important international events such as the Festival of Avignon (France, 2009-2010) and Fira Tarrega (Spain, 2011) as well as seminars on empowerment and interface with the European scene. The programmes were aimed at artists and cultural professionals
• In 2013 he organized for the first time in Greece the IETM Athens, i.e. Plenary Meeting of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts IETM, bringing together more than 500 programmers and artists from abroad in Athens.
• In the period 2014-2016 Busart designed and edited the two candidacy files of Elefsina, which unanimously awarded the city the title of European Capital of Culture 2021.
• In 2022 and 2023 he designed, edited and implemented the respective editions of the international Culture 2030 Conference in the context of the 2023 Elefsina European Capital of Culture.
• In 2023 he designed, curated and implemented the capacity building programme Capital Connections giving 20 artists the opportunity to receive one-year mentoring in the areas of interface with the European scene in collaboration with Kelly Diapoulis and On the Move, and dramaturgy in collaboration with Alexandros Mistriotis.
• In 2022 he conducted research in the performing arts Pigeon is in fashion this year engaging through oral history the community of dressmakers of Peristeri
• In 2023 he curated and organized the group art exhibition Mystery I’ giving the platform to 14 students of the School of Fine Arts to present works, the fruit of years of research in the city of Elefsina, incorporating the view of a new generation of creators in the aesthetic contemporary narrative of the city.
• At the end of 2023 the Ready Steady Go!, a 10-month training/travel programme for 14 artists and cultural professionals from the Mediterranean in collaboration with the organisations Roberto Cimetta Fund, Liv.in.g (IT), Al Badil (TU) and Amuni (FR).