Documentation
MiramirO possesses extensive documentation on circus and performing arts in the public space. Our documentation centre came into being because of the international activities of our organisation.
MiramirO possesses extensive documentation on circus and performing arts in the public space. Our documentation centre came into being because of the international activities of the International Street Theatre Festival (ISTF). Thanks to contacts with domestic and foreign companies, festivals and organisations this archive/documentation centre has grown throughout the years to be the most extensive one in the Benelux, with more than 1000 VHS, 400 DV and 100 Hi8 of an estimated 1800 companies and about 260 festivals. Because of this footage, and all the paper material, the various themes regarding the arts in public spaces and circus arts are well documented. In 2006 SAIl has started a three-year digitalizing project in order to preserve this unique collection for the future. In this present, technological era it has been proven more and more necessary to preserve archives and documentation by digitalization.
During the past few years, a lot of time and energy have been spent to develop a fully professional documentation centre including a digital database. The database is freely accessible on this website. The centre supports research into relevant issues in the artistic disciplines involved and regularly issues interesting publications. No need to say that the centre is actively involved in international cooperation and exchange of professional information and expertise.
News
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16.01.2012: Fresh Circus #2, 12 – 13 avril 2012: Call for contributionsCircostrada Network, European platform for information, research and professional Exchange in street arts and circus co-ordinated by HorsLesMurs, is now at work organising the second edition of Fresh Circus, European seminar on the sustainable development of circus arts. After the great success of the first meeting in 2008, we would like to invite you once again to come and discuss the current situation of the sector and to define the necessary conditions for its positive development.
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15.02.2011: Watch an old videoclip!The Documentation Centre for Circus and Arts in the Public Space is expanding. Together with the Circus Center, the International Street Theatre Festival MiramirO continues to inventory and digitalize the documentation that has been collected the last 25 years.
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14.02.2011: CasCas candidates have been selectedDuring the month November 2010, hundreds of professionals registered for one of the four CasCas tours. Only 220 of the candidates qualified for the official selection. In December 2010, the CasCas partners met in Stockholm for that reason.
