8 Borochov St
Tel Aviv 61999
Israël
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
ZUMU believes that a museum is a place to be creative, to be inspired and to connect to others. ZUMU will visit a collection of locations around Israel which lie on Israel’s seamline of social issues. By placing an emphasis on people, ZUMU seeks out locations that can bring together different socio-economic classes, religions and ethnicities and will serve as a symbol of coexistence in each of its locations.
ZUMU seeks to:
- To provide access to contemporary arts and participatory arts education to the children and youth of Israel’s periphery;
- To build channels of access and collaboration between periphery arts organizations and artists and leading Israeli arts professionals and institutions;
- To create accessible, sustainable cultural experiences which cross socioeconomic, religious and ethnic divides in Israel.
ZUMU seeks to flip the traditional role of the museum and its participants, inviting each city to become the host of this ambitious and exciting project. In its cargo containers, adapted in order to become art laboratories, especially commissioned artworks will be displayed, inviting people to partake into an adventurous cultural and contemporary art journey.
Besides the museum, ZUMU consists of four sub-projects, which altogether collaborate to enhance local cultural capital and promote coexistence, heritage conservation, artistic creativity and individual empowerment. They are: “Time Capsule”, an on-going documentary of Israel’s periphery, through the digital catalogue of artifacts, brought by the project’s participants from their own homes, which translate into culture and heritage significance; “What’s Your Story”, that works with children, youth and adults in order to develop their writing tools, aiming the production of original stories which will turn into theater plays featuring professional actors; “Community Container”, a designated container which displays local artists’ works, and the “Public Program”, a lively multicultural platform for individuals of all ages, which invites the audience to participate in events and activities connected to multi-disciplinary forms of art and culture expressions.
Given that the path to an inclusive socio-economic development is substantially rooted in culture, which includes diverse value systems, traditions and beliefs, ZUMU acts bringing together different socio-economic classes, religions and ethnicities, providing the space for equal representation of belittled cultures in the Israeli society, serving as a symbol of (and working towards) coexistence.
We believe that ZUMU can strongly contribute to enriching the dialogue about coexistence in Israel, and culture as an essential part of inclusive socio-economic development.
We believe that participating in a forum whose members carry such different experiences and operate in diverse backgrounds can definitely contribute to our learning from their practices, and understand the intrinsec aspects of being a non-profit in Israel. Also, participating in a network with like-minded groups can help us improve our potential to serve more people more effectively.