Impact Foundation - Warsaw, Poland
The Impact Foundation organises artistic events from various forms of art in Warsaw, Poland.
The Foundation inspires and stimulates cooperation of artists and cultural animators; encourages active participation in culture, strengthens intercultural dialogue and influences social integration.
We want to reintroduce the river to the city. Our aim is to bring tourists and the local community to the river banks and awaken their interest for cultural events held in abandoned public spaces. Animating those spaces will make them attractive to institutions which are responsible for planning and social policies. Our mission is to organise a series of cultural events on both banks of the river; to develop in Warsaw the understanding and strengthening of the inter-relations between art and society; to explore new values, link international with local, and encourage changes in city policies and planning.
Ecology is also important to us – prevention of degradation of Vistula River and its banks and natural environment is one of our main concerns, which we would like to draw attention to.
We have been organising river projects from the beginning of the existence of the Foundation. In 2009 we were an official organiser of a 1st edition of a 4 month project called ‘Art Festival by the Vistula River – TRANSFORMATIONS’
From the beginning of June 2010 we have been in a process of organising another river festival called ‘Subject: River’. The main objective of this festival is to initiate local ecological initiatives and promotional pro river campaign, organised by the local communities itself. Another aim of the project is to establish a national network of members interested in developing rivers and river banks.
