Transeuropa Festival

Taking place in 12 cities across the continent from Amsterdam to Warsaw, from a storytelling bus to a caravan of the commons, from rediscovering the city through the eyes of refugees by bike to repurposing economic alternatives through a treasure hunt, the Transeuropa Festival helps people imagine, demand and enact new ways for citizens to connect across border on transnational issues. The Festival in London will take place this year from 12-20 October.

Pic Your Game

What if you could create a story of your city for people from other cities using photos?

We’ve created mini games where you can do just that! Participants can play these mini-games individually or together.

60 minutes Two people Link to examples of method

Resources Needed

Organiser Pens & Paper

Map your City

Get a map of the neighbourhood, imagine you’re one of the imaginary characters and you have to try and make a living throughout an imaginary day:Find places where you can find food to eat. Find a place to stay. Find something to use your skills. Find someone to collaborate with. Take a picture of what you find and upload using #tef13 hashtag.

30 minutes Two people Link to examples of method

Resources Needed

Organiser Pens & Paper Camera

Read the City

Compose a sentence about making a living by taking pictures of graffiti etc. Example: Revolutionary party student office doing nothing for a better education is good for my brain!

10 minutes Two people Link to examples of method

Resources Needed

Organiser Pens & Paper Camera

Pic your Story

Use Lego or Playmobil figures and short text captions; create a story starting with a sentence provided by the festival organisers. Example: Nicky is unemployed, she starts the day preparing for an interview as a dancer. What does she do during the day to make a living?

10 minutes Two people Link to examples of method

Resources Needed

Organiser Pens & Paper

Travel to another City

Select a picture provided on the festival Flickr site on a landmark from another city.Take a picture of a landmark in your city and add it to the picture from the other city so it looks like your city’s landmark is in the other city. Example: London bus stop in Cluj museum square

30 minutes Two people Link to examples of method

Resources Needed

Flickr Photos Camera

Make your City

Using a mixture of materials from crayons, chalk, paint, magazine photos, card, clay and any other materials you can find in public spaces, design or make stuff in response to: Tell a day in the life of your day Create a campaign to get people to come to your city Create a new service to help people find work

30 minutes Two people See http://bit.ly/13NtnE0

Resources Needed

Crayons, chalk, paint, magazine photos, card and clay