‘Europyourhope?’

How can we make our pupils understand that politics is not just imposed from above, that we are all involved? How can we get them to grasp – in all senses of the word – the fact that citizenship sets a process of complex and unexpected interactions in motion? We examine the relationship between our roles in history and our lives, both of which are in a constant state of flux. Each commitment brings with it an element of risk, a delicate balance between inspiration and luck. 
Within the NGP 2 framework, “Europyourhope?” brings together two secondary school classes (eighteen-year-olds vocational students at the Institut Sainte Marie in Brussels and literary students from the Lycée Rodin in Paris), two institutions (BOZAR and the Pompidou Centre), two artists (K. Goldstein and V. Glowinski) and two interdisciplinary teams of teachers for a year-long joint project. There will be exchanges, residential weeks, writing workshops, sessions with intellectuals and politicians, visits to factories, exhibitions, production sites and creative centres. The entire process will be published in a book planned and produced by the pupils at the end of the year. 

The year is organised around several key moments and a common theme, work. 
Two trips were organised in November, during which the pupils met up in Paris and Brussels for performances, visits and writing workshops. There was also a residential week in January, when each class worked in an artistic institution (BOZAR and the Pompidou Centre) with its allotted artist, followed by a public presentation. The Parisians returned to BOZAR in March and got involved in writing workshops with the pupils from Brussels. In May, the two classes will participate in the European Museum Night at the Pompidou Centre. 
In 2019, the four institutions plus the Michelangelo Pistoletto foundation will publish a book based on this project.

Artists: Vincent Glowinski & K. Goldstein

Young participants: Institut Sainte-Marie à Bruxelles

Collaboration: Lycée Rodin à Paris + Centre Pompidou

Expert: Christophe Marchand

Theme: Loss, transformation, production

Final output: Paintings, performances & more