Turning the Tide 2019 During the past weeks we have been sailing alongside a German sailing boat Lovis with an inspiring group consisting of sailors, scientists, activists and artists as a part of Turning The Tide project. An eclectic mix of international individuals met in an unconventional environent to form a saling think [...]
Harbour Fair for the Climate and Sailing Circus Show Into the Water 2019 Harbour Fair for the Climate - Wondering sustainable fair of ideas and goods For centuries harbors were places where people gathered to trade goods but also where ships were coming back from their overseas adventures bringing not only products [...]
Reflections on Summer 2019 Nordic Tour On the 18th of August we officially ended our Hawila Project and Acting 4 Climate joint collaboration in 2019. We have been sailing together on Hawila since June, trying to translate raising climate emergency awareness into the language of contemporary art. The tour powered by sail gave [...]
Education through action and adventure Last Friday Hawila hosted L’école franco-danoise – Den dansk-franske Skole that organized a tech workshop for daughters and the girls’ primary role model- their mothers, to churn up interest for STEM subjects. http://blog.ecolefrancodanoise.dk/model-moms The event was a continuation of our collaboration with The Danish-French School in the field of [...]
Out of the water Taking Hawila out of the water is like bringing a fish out of the ocean. She resists the crane, benefits from a push by the wind, to escape her cage. Is brought back, and finally surrenders to the metal teeth of the slip, to come up on land, [...]
Ship-Shape - Creative Learning 2016-2018 The ShipShape project aimed at developing a scalable, free, site-specific activity where young people are confronted with stimulative learning spaces. Hawila Project, in collaboration with Welsh based organisation Head4Arts developed an activity designed to give young people and their parents/teachers a new perspective to relate to [...]
Sailing to the European Ecovillage Conference 2018 In summer 2018, Hawila sailed across the Baltic Sea to the European Global Ecovillage Conference in Estonia, a meeting of over 500 practitioners and researchers from ecovillages, sustainable initiatives and intentional communities. The Conference hosted presentations, lectures, co-creation sessions, an Sustainable Technology Expo, dance, yoga [...]
Hawila Festival In June 2015 and 2016, Hawila Project organised two festivals in Kastrup Havn, Copenhagen, to the themes of “Sailing Energies and Sustained Abilities”. The aim was to create a multidisciplinary platform in a most unusual place, a temporary experiment to support skillful practices, cultural integration, live arts and entertainment. [...]
Tribute to a work season - 2016 After a restoration season of over 3 months of growth and serendipity, much has moved ahead under Hawila’s two masts! Thanks goes to the power of determination, the positivity of learning from skilled carpenters and random encounters, and the enthusiasm of a volunteer crew working together [...]
Copenhagen Dream House - Sailing City 2016 In 2016, Hawila was the vessel for nomadic performance project “Sailing City”, where acrobats, dancers, musicians and installation artists created events in collaboration with climate scientists, activists and engineers. A series of public events for all ages on the water and in harbor areas, the ship [...]
