page_title: Syrian cultural caravan
section_title: 2014
hierarchical_section_title: Syrian cultural caravan / Route / 2014
caption_attribution_description: English: Caravan crossing borders to Italy. Milan, August 2 2014 in the Cascine Martesana.
context_page_description: The Syrian Cultural Caravan is an artistic and cultural movement led by Syrian artists. Started in 2014 as a project called "Freedom for the Syrian People", it took the form of a road trip, taking off from France and continuing across Europe.
  In face of the success met in 2014, the project became a movement entitled the "Syrian Cultural Caravan".
  The project aims at bringing a wide diversity of artists together around a multi-format exhibition mixing paintings, photographs, dance, music, film screenings, as well as debates and the sharing of food.
  The goal of the project is "to promote Syrian civil society and contemporary Syrian art and culture" by debunking the public's expectations. Artists create a platform for debate on which they can offer their own narrative to counterweight the mainstream narrative of the media.
context_section_description: The cultural caravan started its adventure on July 12, 2014. To celebrate the departure, it had organised a performance, eventually cancelled due the weather, in la Cartoucherie de Vincennes, in front of the Théâtre du Soleil.
  Its first stops were in the Gard Region, where it performed in 9 different towns: 
  Fons-sur-Lussans, July 15, 2014.
  Lussan, July 16, 2014.
  La Lèque, July 17, 2014.
  Mèze, July 18, 2014.
  Avignon, July 19, 2014.
  Mucem in Marseille, July 21 and 22 2014.
  Bonnieux, July 23, 2014.
  Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine, July 25, 2014 for the  Belle Rouge festival,
  Lyon July 26 to 28 2014.
  Then the Cultural Caravan crossed European borders to Italy and Germany:
  Milan, August 2, 2014.
  Berlin, August 7, 2014.
  It came back to the North-East of France and stopped in two cities: 
  Strasbourg, August 22 to 23 2014 
  Metz, August 25 and 26 2014.
  The tour ended in Brussels Fine Arts Centre on September 28.
  Finally, the caravan came back to Paris and participated in the Bastille Quartier Libre festive on October 11. On the whole, it travelled across four countries, organised 17 events in 14 different cities and villages, including 15 exhibitions, three poetry recitals, five drama recitals, three conferences, nine film screenings, and two dance performances.
caption: Caravan crossing borders to Italy. Cascine Martesana, Milan, August 2, 2014.
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