Q&A with Fernando MEIRELLES (BRA) Position: creative director of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Age: 60 Profession: film director Selected filmography: City of God (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), Blindness (2008) Fernando MEIRELLES[…]
For the first time in Olympic history, a team composed of refugees has been created and will stand alongside the other 206 nations in the Opening Ceremony on 5th August 2016. The concept is provocative[…]
With just a few days to go before the start of the Rio2016 Olympic Games, here’s a short film about what the journey from the airport into the city feels like. The Olympic lane is[…]
Today, we launch our 2012 edition, to coincide with the end of the London 2012 Games. It’s packed full of articles about artist freedoms, insights on the creative industries, the London 2012 Festival and the[…]
Culture @ the Olympics has created a London 2012 specific site where we will post all cultural and arts related activity before and during the Games. Take a peek and see what’s going on so[…]
It can be quite difficult to obtain difinitive information about what is taking place around the UK as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, but here are some key links that may help. Bear[…]
The full programme was announced today for the London 2012 Festival, celebrating the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will take place from 21 June – 9 September 2012 and feature leading artists from[…]
From Music Nation in Derby to Global Footprint in Northamptonshire and AfterGold in Loughborough to Lionheart Project in Lincolnshire and Let’s Dance in Leicester, through to the finalé of World Event Young Artists in Nottingham[…]
In a new book written by C@tO editors Prof Andy Miah & Dr Beatriz Garcia, they argue for the need to develop International Cultural Federations to stand up to the elite sports industries within the[…]
The UK Parliament is making its own contribution to the Cultural Olympiad by developing a unique cultural programme to take place over the summer of 2012. Over the next few months it will be revealing the[…]
