CONNECT.CREATE.

COLLABORATE
CONNECT.CREATE.COLLABORATE. This collaboration includes a comprehensive online presence
and digital practice in a form of an interactive web platform
This collaboration is intended to bring together creative professionals from fields of cultural management, cultural PR and marketing using all tools available from integrated social media outlets
strategy, curators, and artists. Bringing culture and contemporary art closer to the general public through a to audio and video materials. Each activity will be documented
on this platform with an open door policy for active
comprehensive approach to public art is a great challenge. Each partner will host a series of talks and conferences
with all project partners attending in order to open discussion and dialogue about collaborative public art and contemporary participation of the new ideas and development of
avenues creating true interaction with its audience particularly the new generations. the project itself.
CREATIVE MOBILITY DIGITAL CULTURE
Each project partner in their city would organize project Think
Freedom that has several levels of collaborative public art. This
project would travel together with the main project stakeholders
from host city to host city. Through project organization, sharing
the information and gained knowledge in project development,
Think Freedom is intended as the common point of reference for
each partner to have greater mutual understanding.
THINK FREEDOM

Each project partner would organize lectures and dialogue sessions with the new generations of visual professional, including
students of architecture, students of fine art, students of design. These dialogues are intended as both informational
and educational on the life and work of local and international contemporary artists and best practices
creating a platform for the new generations to be a part of the contemporary art scene even before they leave their
studies armed with real world knowledge.
NEW AUDIENCE - YOUNG ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Each project partner would organize series of lectures and dialogue sessions with high school students about culture and
contemporary art with the open call for all students participate in the act of creating by directly working with project artists on
the interactive public art piece Think Freedom. It researches attitudes and ideas of new generations as a platform
supporting new dialogues, interaction, and diverse aspects of their lives in the new millennia. Broadening
the understanding of these students that art and culture can be vehicles for communication, for connection with each other and the
world globally will generate art appreciation and new audiences.
NEW AUDIENCE - YOUNGER ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

between today and tomorrow

 between today and tomorrow
CONNECT.CREATE.COLLABORATE. Ova suradnja podrazumijeva i sveobuhvatno online prisustvo Svaki partner projekta e u svom gradu organizovati projekt Misli
u formatu interaktivne online platforme koristei sve dostupne Sloboda koji ima vie slojeva interaktivnosti umjetnosti public
Suradnja je osmiljena da povee profesionalce kreativne industrije u poljima menadmenta u kulturi, PR-a kulture i marketinkih alate od socijalnih medija do audio i video materijala. Svaka art-a. Ovaj projekt e putovati sa projektnima stakeholderima
strategija, kustosa, te umjetnika. Povezujui kulturu i posebno suvremenu umjetnost sa irom javnou kroz projektna aktivnost e biti dokumentova na platformi sa iz grada u grad. Kroz organizaciju projekta, dijelei informacije,
sveobuhvatan pristup umjetnosti u javnim prostorima je zaista veliki izazov. Svaki lan suradnje e organizovati omoguenom otvorenom i privatnom komunikacijom partnera saznanja i iskustva u razvoju projekta, Misli Sloboda je
seriju razgovora i predavanja sa svim partnerima prisutnim da bi otvorili dijalog o kolektivnoj umjetnosti public arta i suvremenih te sa otvorenim vratima za sve ideje i nove aktivnosti. osmiljen kao zajednika referenca koja e na
naina interaktivnosti publike a posebno novih generacija. DIGITAL CULTURE primaran nain povezati sve projektne partnere.
CREATIVE MOBILITY THINK FREEDOM

Svaki partner projekta e organizovati seriju predavanja sa novim generacijama tj. studentima arhitekture, studentima likovnih
akademija i dizajna. Ovi dijalozi su osmiljeni kao informativni i edukativni o ivotu i radu profesionalnih
umjetnika i njihovih pozitivnih praksi u radu kreirajui platformu za nove generacije da bi postali dio
suvremene umjetnike scene i prije nego to napuste okrilja svojih fakulteta i zakorae u svijet umjetnosti.
NEW AUDIENCE - YOUNG ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS

Svaki partner projekta e organizovati seriju predavanja i razgovora sa uenicima srednjih kola o kulturi i suvremenoj umjetnosti
sa otvorenim pozivom svim studentima da sudjeluju u stvaralatvu direktno radei sa umjetnicima projekta u interaktivnom public
art-u Think Freedom. Ovaj projekat istrauje ideje i stavove novih generacija kao platforma novih dijaloga,
interaktivnosti i raznolikosti u njihovim ivotima u novom mileniju. irei razumijevanje ovih studenata da umjetnost
i kultura mogu biti putevi komunikacije i povezivanja jedni sa drugima i sa svijetom na globalnom nivou isto tako iri konekciju sa
umjetnou koja stvara lojalnu publiku.
NEW AUDIENCE - YOUNGER ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
 THINK FREEDOM

Think Freedom is a comprehensive public art project sending a message of peace and freedom from
the heart of Sarajevo to the region, all of Europe, the Americas, and the World. It incorporates sculpture,
installation, performance, light, sound, film, the art of literary word, and new global communication
technologies while connecting young generation with the universal power of art. A renown Bosnian born
New York sculptor joins hands with young students in order to create an urban spectacle and a masterpiece
and share it with host cities providing an opportunity to connect globally through art creation.

MISLI SLOBODA

Misli Sloboda je sveobuhvatni pristup projektu public art-a koji alje poruku mira i slobode iz srca Sarajeva
ka cijeloj Europi, Americi i svijetu. Ovaj projekat objedinjuje skulpturu, instalaciju, performans, svjetlo,
zvuk, film, pisanu rije ali i nove globalne komunikacijske tehnologije kako bi spojio mlade generacije
sa univerzalnom snagom suvremene umjetnosti. Priznata bosansko - amerika umjetnica prua ruke
mladim studentima da bi zajedno stvorili umjetniki masterpiece i urbani spektakl i dijele ga sa svjetskim
gradovima kako bi se povezali na globalnom nivou i to kroz umjetniko stvaralatvo.
 2015 - 2020
Project Think Freedom began in Sarajevo in 2015 at
the Sarajevo City Hall with an installation presented
as the first contemporary art piece inside the newly
renovated City Hall atrium.
Think Freedom 2016 - includes project installations
and exhibition in regional centers: Banja Luka in
collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art
and in Novi Sad in collaboration with SKCNS Fabrika.
Think Freedom 2017/2018 - includes project
installation and exhibition: in Ljubljana in partnership
with the City of Ljubljana, in Skopje in partnership
with Skopsko Leto, in Rovinj in partnership with
Weekend Media Fest and in Split in partnership
with Galerija Umjetnina. The project tour will then
continue throughout Europe in Berlin in partnership
with Red Baum, in Copenhagen in partnership with
BellaTV, in Brussels in partnership with Destelheide, in
Barcelona in partnership with Espronceda, in Nicosia
in partnership with Bank of Cyprus Foundation. Talks
are ongoing for the project presentation in Budapest
and Lisbon. The project will then travel to Ecuador and
Argentina.
Think Freedom 2019/2020 - the installation will be
presented in Asia, Africa, Australia and United States.
The final Think Freedom presentation is scheduled in
New York City at Daag Hammerskjold Plaza in 2020.
Special pavilion at Venice Biennial is intended in 2019.
2015. - 2020.
Projekat Misli Sloboda: Izmeu danas i sutra je krenuo
iz Sarajevske vijenice 2015. godine, kao prvi projekat
suvremene umjetnosti postavljen u tek renoviranoj
Vijenici.
Misli Sloboda 2016. - ukljuuje instalaciju projekta i
izlobu u regionalnim centrima: u Banja Luci u suradnji
sa Muzejem savremene umjetnosti RS i u Novom Sadu
u suradnji sa SKCNS Fabrikom.
Misli Sloboda 2017./2018. - ukljuuje instalaciju
projekta i kulturnu suradnju: u Ljubljani u suradnji
sa gradom Ljubljanom, u Skoplju u suradnji sa
Skopskim Letom, u Rovinju u suradnji sa Weekend
Media Festvalom, te u Splitu u suradnji sa Galerijom
Umjetnina. Projekat dalje nastavlja turneju Europom
i to u Berlinu u suradnji sa organizacijom Red Baum,
u Kopenhagenu u suradnji sa BellaTV, u Briselu u
suradnji sa organizacijom Destelheide, u Barseloni u
suradnji sa Kulturnim centrom Espronceda, u Nikoziji
u suradnji sa Fondacijom Banke Kipra. Razgovori su u
toku za postavku projekta u Budimpeti i Lisabonu.
Projekat e onda putovani u Ekvador i Argentinu.
Misli Sloboda 2019./2020. - instalacija e biti
prezentovana u Aziji, Africi, Australiji i Sjedinjenim
Dravama. Finalna postavka projekta je zakazana u
Njujorku na Daag Hammerskjold Plazi 2020. godine.
Specijalni paviljom na Venecijanskom bijenalu
planiran je za 2019. godinu.
Think Freedom accents
the importance of culture
as source of meaning,
knowledge, values, and
identity and again brands
host cities as cultural centers.
Connecting cities
by connecting EU and non EU
cities, eastern and western
countries, developed and
countries in development,
Think Freedom breaks
down borders through artistic
creation and interactive
contemporary art in order
to bring optimism and hope
to our perception of the
future especially for the new
generations, addressing
artistic creativity as a form of
free expression.
Uniting new generations
through series of discussions
and talks about freedom,
peace, and art, young high
school and elementary
school students are invited
to join the project by writing
about their ideas of freedom
and how they see their future.
International cooperation
promotes creative forms of
expression by involving the
public with an understanding
of how important culture is in
everyday life.
Misli Sloboda izdvaja
kulturu kao izvor pozitivnih
vrijednosti, razumijevanja,
znanja i brendira gradove
domaine kao kulturne
centre suvremene umjetnosti.
Povezujemo gradove
spajanjem gradova zemalja
iz EU i zemalja izvan EU,
gradova istoka i zapada,
razvijenih gradova i gradova u
razvoju, razbijamo granice uz
stvaralatvo i interaktivnu
suvremenu umjetnost kako
bi potakli optimizam i nadu u
nau percepciju budunosti,
posebno percepciju novih
generacija o njihovoj ulozi u
drutvu, stvarajui spoznaju o
umjetnikoj kreativnosti kao
o vanom vidu slobodnog
izriaja.
Ujedinjujemo mlade
serijom predavanja
studentima srednjih kola
gradova domaina na
temu umjetnost i sloboda,
otvaramo dijalog i potiemo
nova razmiljanja kako bi ti
mladi ljudi svojim radom bili
esencijalni dio projekta.
Meunarodna suradnja
promovie oblike kreativnog
izriaja direktnim ueem
ire javnosti, omoguivanjem
razumijevanja vanosti
kulture u svakom ivotu.
 THINK FREEDOM COMMUNICATION AND PR STRATEGY
Installation of the project Think Freedom composed of The project joins cities by gathering over 10 000
THOUSANDS of sculptures will be presented in over messages of young people, asking over 600
30 cities with the unique goal of uniting the concept of community leaders in each host city for their ideas and
freedom in the today and the tomorrow, new ideas and guidance, and reaching over 30 000 000 audience
contemporary art, while branding each city as the city of cultural membersfrom Sarajevo City Hall to Daag Hammerskjold
innovation. Plaza in New York.
THINK FREEDOM
EUROPE
OPENING CEREMONY LIVE CAST OPENING CEREMONY
each opening ceremony will be Project originated in ceremony involves dignitaries from the local community,
Sarajevo at the Sarajevo
Live! broadcast on FB live reaching City Hall. In 2015 - 2018 it is including officials, community leaders, members of community
new audience and inviting new traveling to Novi Sad, Banja groups, all project participants, sponsors and partners, and local
interactions and participation. 57% Luka, Ljubljana, Split, cultural enthusiasts. According to our experience so far 200 - 300
Podgorica, Skopje, Berlin, guests attend the opening ceremony. Each installation invites
Budapest, Vienna, THINK FREEDOM local artists to collaborate on the installation and thus the
Brussels, Copenhagen, ASIA audience is expanded by their supporters as well.
Lisbon, Paris, and
THINK FREEDOM Barcelona. Plans are Project will travel to
CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY NORTH AMERICA developed for St. THINK FREEDOM Beijing, Hong Kong, CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY
in duration of 60 - 75 minutes creative documentary Think Petersburg, Oslo, and Hiroshima in
Project will travel to and Istanbul. AFRICA 2018 - 2019. directed by an award winning director Ahmed Imamovic, the
Freedom expands on the project audience and extends the life of project will be documented in a creative documentary form. This
Los Angeles, Chicago, Project will travel to
the project long past the installations. It also assures the project Miami, and New York City film will also study the concept and idea of freedom in
sustainability and project reach by online broadcast of the Alexandria, Egypt and contemporary culture, thinking, and everyday life through series
in 2019 - 2020. In New York THINK FREEDOM Johannesburg, South Africa in
trailer, online broadcast of the excerpts, and broadcast of the full it will be presented at the of narratives written by regional writers and screen writers,
film after its premiere. At this time all project participant LATIN AMERICA 2018 - 2019.
Daag Hammerskjold Plaza on abstracts by project artists and all written contributions.
contributions will be published. Creative documentary Think 47th Street between 1st and Project will travel to Quito,
Freedom will premiere in New York in 2019 - 2020. 2nd Avenues, overlooking the THINK FREEDOM
15,2 Lima, and Buenos Aires in
United Nations Plaza. 2018 - 2019. In Ecuador it will AUSTRALIA PRINT
be presented in partnership artist interviews and articles are published in local and national
YOUTUBE CHANNEL with the city of Quito.
Project will travel to Australia in 2018 - 2019.
daily newspaper and magazines. Project description and
each installation is recorded in HD. These video provide moving announcement is also published in local event magazines and
City of Sarajevo has recognized THINK FREEDOM as a project that unites
images of the installation itself, video interviews conducted young people all throughout the world as the largest study of attitudes and newspapers.
during the installation with local community leaders, and video THINK FREEDOM is supported by the International Association of Peace ideas of new generations - a platform supporting new dialogue, interaction,
of the opening reception. All video are uploaded on Think Messenger Cities as the project that will build greater relationships between and diverse aspects of their lives in the new millennium. Sarajevo has
Freedom Youtube channel. its cities and its people through arts and culture. It is inviting all its member invited all its sister and friendship cities to be project hosts. OUTDOOR
cities to be project hosts.
project outdoor campaign includes two large banners that invite
audience for direct project interaction by writing their own
INTERACTIVE ONLINE COMMUNITY OUR VISION thoughts. Large street banners are positioned in each host city.
social media campaign provides visibility and OUR MISSION Connect young OUR GOAL New generations
Employ cultural
reach to the target audience but also builds a people, communities, and cities through accepting contemporary forms of
innovation to its full
community around the project truly
capacity creating an contemporary culture and art creation creative expression and culture as a
means to generate diverse dialogue and
TV AND RADIO
connecting all those participating in the while breaking down walls and borders project artists give interviews in each host city to local and
QR CODE environment for young global communication through this
project and those who have visited one or around us finding art as the vehicle of national TV channels and Radio stations. These interviews are
people to think and live open platform of the new millennium.
more installations. positive social impact. scheduled both prior and during the installation. Project trailer is
outside of borders and
limitations and generate intended for TV ads as an announcement of the project on local
SOCIAL MEDIA the endurance of TV stations.
social media campaign includes Facebook freedom and creative
expression as a viable OUR MESSAGE
Page, Twitter and Instagram with
#thinkfreedom. During the installations FB path to a better future for PRESS CONFERENCE
campaign includes added value to reach
target audience. This campaign is connected
the entire planet.
THINK FREEDOM each project installation will hold one press conference prior to
the opening ceremony with project artist and partners in order to
to the web platform www.think-freedom.com present the information to the media regarding the project
mission and goals, information about project participants and
partners.
WEB PLATFORM
dynamic web platform with multi media content and modern Each new Think Freedom presentation requires Project unites high school students through
design provides information about the project, the history of the local project partners. In each host city we series of discussions about freedom and TARGET AUDIENCE ONE ON ONE MARKETING
project, and the future exhibitions scheduled as well as the artist work in close partnership with local art. They join the project by writing 25% AGE GROUPS through series of talks, project artist informs
biography and press clippings. Interviews and messages from all authorities, local cultural institutions, about their ideas of freedom and their possible project partners and participants about
current host cities are presented as well as an invitation to youth organizations, NGO sector, and future. These messages are then the project ideas and activities building project
community groups. presented on the installation in audience and project community multiplying this
contribute to the project through visitors own ideas and
thoughts. PROJECT PARTNERS their and each host new city.
20% 20% 20% audience in one on one communication.
PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
Project is based on local PROJECT AUDIENCE
community involvement and Project connects cities 15%
interaction. In each host city the through audience interaction. As
NEW COMMUNICATION installation is designed in a public art project its audience TRADITIONAL
CHANNELS AND cooperation with local design and
architecture college students. Local
are city inhabitants and visitors.
They interact with the installation COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
DIGITAL MARKETING artists participate in installation through self publishing of the installation 13-17 18-24 25-39 40-54 55+ AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
presentation. Community leaders are images and by leaving their own thoughts
invited to speak about their ideas of freedom written on banners together with messages of
and what it means to them for the footage to be the audience members who had visited the
included in the final creative documentary. installation before and after them.
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