This article by the Paris 2024 Culture team, reflects on the history of art at the Olympic Games and the trajectory of Olympic Art Competitions,
Category: Cultural Olympiad
Paris 2024 | Cultural Olympiad & Seine Saint Denis regeneration
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games headquarters are in Seine Saint Denis, part of the grand Paris metropolis. The area is undergoing noticeable regeneration and hosts
Giant inflatables and flying dancers: Olympic art has always turned heads
Beatriz Garcia, University of Liverpool In the days before the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony, a giant head emerged, floating over the city. Entitled Masayume (which
K-pop and video artist headline Cultural Olympiad highlights
K-pop and video artist headline Cultural Olympiad highlights Do not fight it. Simply lie back and let the wave engulf you. Led by artists such
The #PyeongChang2018 Cultural Olympiad Programme
You can download the entire programme overview from the Olympic World Library
The Rio 2016 Cultural Olympiad
Find here a selection of images from the ceremony organised by Rio 2016 Cultural Olympiad to mark the final one year countdown to the opening
Establishing an evidence base for the Cultural Olympiad (CFP)
call for papers CULTURAL TRENDS SPECIAL EDITION Establishing an evidence base for the Cultural Olympiad: London 2012 Edited by Dr Beatriz Garcia, Institute of Cultural Capital By the time of the 2012 Olympic
Vectorial Elevation | Interactive art at Vancouver 2010
‘Vectorial Elevation’ is an interactive art installation, by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, which features 20 10-kilowatt robotic searchlights along the shoreline. The beams illuminate over a one-kilometre patch of sky and are visible from more than 15 kilometres away.
BC Preps for Opening of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics
This photo essay originally posted over at Kris Krüg‘s Vancouver photography blog Static. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are upon us and things are heating
CODE Live Launch
Over the evenings of the 3rd and 4th Febuary, Culture @ the Olympics staff (Jennifer Jones, Kris Krug and Danielle Sipple) have been present at the pre-launch and launch of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad events, CODE Live.